Even better would we if we could sign our own players.

If Carlsberg did transfer windows - confirmation Cantwell has put pen to paper, Stansfield, two pacey wingers, the RB from Newcastle and a younger CH on loan.

I think you'll be waiting a long time for that. I'll get me coat..........

Don't talk nonsense. If that were the case, why don't England managers pick the keeper whose team are top of League 2 and whose stats are probably off the charts then? Despite your seemingly rather strange efforts to convince everyone what a great window this is (seems the same thing from you every window) this lad is a huge gamble. Very odd after getting our fingers burnt with Wahlstedt. Might turn out great though, who knows?

Those are my feelings as well jim. I am feeling exceptionally underwhelmed after what seemed a very bright start to the window a few weeks ago. I feel a lot will hinge on the signing or otherwise of Cantwell. He seems to be the marquee signing of the window and right now I'm expecting it to go the same way as our other high value deals of recent windows. IF however he signs and can chip in with double figures that will take a lot of pressure off the unproven strikers and the signing will raise morale. IF we can also sign a couple of decent pacey wide men and maybe a RB and if both full backs are better than the present incumbents and if the keeper is better than Pears it will have been a pretty good window in theory. If nothing were to happen from here though I'd call that a very disappointing window other than shifting Gallagher. £40m plus in sales and nil net spend.

Don't hold your breath by which I mean don't be relying on him to save your season if you start badly. You're probably better off without.

Yet again, we're a bloody sight quicker at agreeing outgoing deals than incoming ones.

We were meant to have been at that stage 24 hours ago weren't we? An analogy I've used before, but this one is starting to sound like Alan Partridge waiting for Roger Moore to turn up in the studio. Of course it never happened.

Would the other Japanese striker alongside Gueye have been suitable?

Baker on loan has been confirmed hasn't it? Not that I'm particularly enthused about that one.

It'll be really disappointing but hardly surprising if Cantwell has fallen through and Baker is the replacement. Would hope Beck is better than Pickering otherwise what's the point. The keeper does seem like a panic last minute buy because either there's no-one else still available or we've decided we don't want to pay the going rate for a decent one. For all the names floated about and £41m in sales we've only actually brought in a couple of loans so far. Hope things improve before the end of the window.

Pretty fair.

Wow! "Stole a wage?" You never saw Gallagher "in action" for 5 years then? I think you'd better ask them to turn your seat in Corporate round to face the pitch for this season!

Fair comment. I'm not convinced by Fadz or Batth if we get an injury at CB. Anyone would be an upgrade on Wahlstedt. I still think we need extra firepower. Most importantly this is still all largely theoretical. This is Venky's Rovers with Waghail at the sharp end of operations on the ground. As things stand with three days or so to go to the end of the window, we've still only signed a young loanee from Liverpool who might well be back up.

Don't want to labour the point or state the bleeding obvious but (I'm going to anyway) if we'd have kept him and he hadn't missed pre season there's no reason why he would have continued to be as good for us as he had been up to that point. Surely no-one can argue Brittain hasn't been a colossal disappointment? I was quite excited when we signed him as well.

And if we sign Dembele and Duberry? Would that indicate an element of co-operation behind the scenes?

Damn you. Not even allowed to dream for 30 seconds.! Lol.

Bloody hell - if we get that done - even Dick Turpin wore a mask!. Lol. (Miller's prediction)

This is what I couldn't understand about the collapse of the O Brien and Mcguire deals. Presumably the owners must have okayed the deals in the first place for us to take them to the wire. Which leads me to think the deals were sabotaged closer to home. If on the other hand we're negotiating deals, "agreeing" terms, holding medicals etc and only then asking the owners for permission we're doing it the wrong way round.

I couldn't disagree more either. Brittain can't defend and has a heart the size of a pea. Better leave it there at the risk of diverting the thread!

To that I'd say Ohashi and Gueye are both unproven and Gueye in particular, whilst he has many pleasing qualities doesn't look a natural finisher. With the best will in the world if Leonard and Tyjon make a significant impact I'd say that would be an added bonus. Can't say if Weimann will make a major impact either Of course IF Cantwell signs and could chip in with double figures that would make a huge difference and take the pressure off.

Losing Nyambe for nothing was an absolute disaster. I always predicted he'd be the hardest of the 3 to replace and I think I was proved right. Look at the dolloper we have in situ now. If Dolan left for nothing I'd be mildly irritated but nothing more. It wouldn't be a game changer.

Do we need another CM IF Cantwell signs? I'd rather see a bit of extra firepower up top to try to go someway to replacing Szmodics' 27 goals.

Yep. 7 goals from 30 appearances from midfield sounds very impressive on the face of it. Especially if things haven't been going well for him up there. If he thinks he's swapping a basket case Club for one run properly he's going to be sorely disappointed however.

Yep. If the likes of Myers and Jackson are to be believed it sounds a long way from being cut and dried.