1-0 and well deserved, according to the commentators. Sounds a very professional performance.

Yes, Sorba has signed - one of the best wide attackers in the last couple of seasons. O'Brien has passed his medical and is about to be confirmed, undoubtedly a huge signing for us. And, as per my comment, IF he can pull Undav out of the bag at the last minute, that is a very impressive window and bit of business by the club. Criticise when it's warranted; praise when it's due.

If he pulls this off, Broughton deserves some apologies for a lot of comments in this thread...

If we could land Undav, as well as O'Brien and with the lad from Hudds already in, strongly fancy us to challenge to go up this season.

And don't forget, free transfers can join after the window closes. So we can still add to the squad even after tonight.

A goal is coming (at either end, but we sound most likely).

"Excellent holdup play" from Vale there; sounds like he's doing ok tonight, so far.

BBC commentators have been quite complementary - we've been sharp and crisp with our passing and unlucky not to be leading. Quite promising so far.

Brereton isn't leaving until the summer and Hirst only counts as 0.25 of a striker, so as long as we bring in a living, breathing man who can play in a forward position, it'll be an upgrade.

I mean, it became more accurate post-edit?

Thought Morton wasn't allowed to be dropped (despite being on the bench plenty of times this season)...? 👀

He wouldn’t be at Brockhall having a medical right now if he didn’t fancy the move…

These two and a forward, as well as Sorba - that would mean a pretty fantastic window and would make a lot of the recent tantrums on here look a bit daft. Always wait until the window closes before you judge. Trick now is to get these over the line in the next few hours…

Of course promotion is the aim, the management team are just playing down expectations; this is how it almost always works. Experience tells me to expect nothing today, in terms of transfers in. But hope tells me there’s a chance of a decent midfielder and a forward, though it sounds like Undav doesn’t fancy the move, so pointless wasting time on him, if that’s the case. I’d love for us to add a couple of quality additions today, mainly to strengthen us. But a little bit just to make those having a meltdown look a bit silly. Plenty of time for meltdowns after the window shuts…

Morton has been on the bench plenty of times this season, most recently away to Norwich, a couple of games ago. I don't think for a second that there's any credence in that 'we're not allowed to drop him' rumour.

Hirst was an 'option to buy' - ie we could have still walked away. It's good business in the off-chance that he was decent and we got promoted; an agreed price was in place with Leicester.

Just seen this 😄

It's a really weird thing for someone to make up; but sadly also not an uncommon thing. We see it far too often at our club.

Big Sam was never spoken to, sounded out or even on Everton's 2nd or 3rd options list. Bielsa was the most likely, but he had a change of heart after the face-to-face meetings and Dyche was next on the list. If you genuinely did waste £50 on Big Sam, you might as well have flushed it down the toilet; same outcome.

Maybe after a dozen matches or so. But not sure we can claim ‘false position’ when you’re over halfway through the season.

Krasso would be an upgrade on Ugbo, in my opinion.

Exactly this - he’s clearly developed since being a kid and his goal record in Belgium and a couple of other places suggest he knows where the net is. We’re actually making a forward signing, as well as Sorba to supply him; let’s see how they fare before we start moaning, eh?

Ok, I didn't phrase it well - it has existed in the form of the odd idiot here and there. But BRFC is not a club you identify as racist, or is known for being systematically racist. I remember those bogus claims by Anderson, who was coincidentally linked with this Ali idiot.

With the exception of that random pitch invader near the end - making his escape (seemingly) via the Walkersteel / Riverside.

If true - and it should be noted that there's not even been anything other than 'gut feeling' as evidence of such an agreement. Morton has been on the bench a few times this season and, based on recent performances, you would expect to see him back there again for a spell soon.