If anyone thinks we have pulled out of the McGuire deal because we have someone better lined up is absolutely kidding themselves. We will have pulled out of the deal because Venkys will have told GB he has no money to spend, even though we're selling Wharton to Palace. Everyone should have seen this coming. "We let Adam go and tried to get some bodies through the door but deals couldn't be done in time before the window closed" Money will vanish into a blackhole come the summer and we're back to scrounging for loans and freebies. The club is an absolute shambles.

You'd like to think that a deal, with both the club and the player was basically all agreed (even in principle) BEFORE he jumped on a plane and flew half way around the world. Surely, surely Rovers aren't that fucking stupid?

We're just signing this 37 year old, aren't we? (And getting relegated)

The risk is that he plays, isn't up to it and we end up back at square one, with no experience in the back line, surely? Low risk financially but we are in a relegation battle.

McFadzean confirmed. Proper random signing that, we need experience but 37 is risky. We have seen before how quickly legs go in football . There aren't many 37 year olds playing effectively at this level. Not convinced this will work out too well.

Good to see we are investing that Wharton money wisely. Jesus

Twitter rumours that he'll sign today. It's twitter though, so hopefully complete bollocks. Why in god's name would we sign a 37 year old centre back but the owners refused to sign a 32 year old?

Maybe she's just the ultimate internet troll?

Don't know the details but it was announced on the Rovers website as him signing permanently.

Can't wait for Broughton to say "we tried but couldn't get deals over the line" in his post window interview

We need another centre mid but I'd deffo be exploring this option and keeping JRC in centre mid full time. Great player but we'd have to be weary of his injury record.

I didn't think Ayari was a centre mid (my bad) but Buckley is surely not going to play again this season, isn't he out till March? Then he'll need to get back up to fitness etc.

We can't can't through the rest of the season with just Garrett and Tronstad in centre mid.

Worrying lack of links to any centre mids.

But Leeds aren't the Rovers circus, and they are making a genuine push for promotion.

Isn't he captain of Leeds? That's not happening, surely?

A faster Gallagher....... ......great

Out of the frying pan....

Absolutely gutted that we are selling Wharton. We won't have a player of his quality on the books for quite some time. We are now desperately in need of a CM or 2 and our whole game plan/way of playing is up in the air, as he was the only player in squad of taking the ball off the centre halves. Who've we got left in CM? Tronstad Garrett That it? Buckley is injured, JRC will be at RB and Trav is at Ipswich. Mental. If we fuck this up, we are going down.

I missed most of the game last night, Gallagher didn't look overly bothered when he scored, not sure what his demeanour was for the rest of the game? Wonder if he is unhappy and wants to move to Ipswich (couldn't blame him) or if he just didn't feel the need to celebrate much after scoring past lower League opposition? We've been burned in the past by keeping unhappy players. And it's probably too much to expect a decent plan off the clowns in charge.

Ah cheers, my bad.

2 days left in the window, we won't be signing any replacements for either Gallagher or Wharton with the time we have left. It would be madness to sell either.

The cherry on the cake would have been a Telalovic goal but alas, the wait goes on.

Good win. Great to see Tronstad on the score sheet (even if it was deflected) but it clearly meant something to him. Shame we've pulled Newcastle in the next round, as it's basically a guaranteed defeat.

No idea tbh. The line up is normally announced in formation though.