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He wont be going anywhere regardless. He has 3 years left. They arent paying that off.

So, at most 1, heres a bit ot a glimmer to also cover my own back but almost certainly wont happen. Central midfield is a real concern. Im glad we shipped off the old model that is proven midfielder Travis for our new premium athletes. (One is currently having a tyre change)

Agreed. Today is probably the day where loans make most sense. A couple coming in to add some extra quality and depth. Especially people like Browne who arent in the plans of the club that they are at but they would bring experience and an upgrade on what we have. The attitude we have towards them is counterproductive. We seemingly would rather go into the season short. And im sure the "project" will change next summer as it always does and we will bring in 5.

First interaction of deadline day. I never said that Pears will be number 2. I dont think he will. I think he SHOULD. Opinions dont have to match what actually happens. We dont just have to parrot what the manager says and does.

Less. Less. More.

No way are we buying 2 players in the next 10 hours. Id love to be wrong. Also, to rip up Pears' contract would just be pouring money down the drain. Have him as number 2.

When we did get £15m to spend on the 3 strikers, the squad we had before was one that had dropped into League 1, having been totally wiped out in the summer leading to relegation. So even that money wasnt enough to build that to a squad to get us promoted. But had Tomasson been given reasonable money on top of that, and had Venkys not repeatedly denied us the chance of selling and reinvesting, then the platform was there. But Venkys didnt seem arsed about pushing on, quite the opposite.

Im not sure hes a good Championship keeper. But hes reasonable back up. Ismael seems to be cutting his nose off to spite his face.

Would it tire the opposition out if we played Gueye and they had to keep getting the ball for free kicks after he keeps getting caught offside?

Yeah thats right.

By that, I mean that any remaining funds should go towards getting players for now as we are still short.

Yeah once the window closes that includes loans. A number of years ago, they had an extra window for loans but thay has long since gone. You can only then sign free agents and they would have had to be free agents when the window closed.

If Wrexham do get Sheaf and potentially Vyner, theyve had an absolutely unbelievable window. They have signed Callum Doyle which was a brilliant signing, as well as Conor Coady. Add Vyner on top and theyve made a new back 3. Theyve also signed a left wing back for a decent fee who was playing in Serie A last season. In midfield, both Sheaf and O'Brien are stand outs at this level and with James, Thomason, Rathbone and Dobson theyve plenty of further experience. Then in attack, theyve added to Sam Smith with Broadhead, Windass, Moore and Hardie. Their main issues aside from gelling it all together are Danny Ward in net who has instantly become number 1 and is woeful, and I still have question marks over whether Parkinson is the man to get the best out of it.

Seeing as we arent signing a keeper. I cant believe im saying this. But I hope Pears doesnt go and he regains his place as sub keeper.

Prediction for deadline day. No signings, the biggest news being Leonard being sold and one or two young lads like Batty going out on loan. A brief period where someone (probably Alan Nixon) links us to a deal that was never happening, the rumour lasts an hour or two before fizzling out.

Yep, we arent in a position to spend a reasonable fee on players to be immediately loaned out. I really hope (but doubt) that we are trying to shift Gueye however possible. And someone like Cadamarteri might be good to push Ohashi and Gudjohnsen. But we need a central midfielder, goalkeeper and winger more urgently than a striker.

Kargbo and Tavares getting 5 out of 10 and Ribeiro 6 out of 10? Lets say thats generous.

To be honest, in 3 of the last 4 seasons, we have had seasons whereby 3 different managers have done excellent jobs to get us league finishes well above what resources we had at our disposal. The first, we sold Armstrong and reinvested nothing. The second, we spent a whole £4m and then had a disastrous January. And the third, we sold Szmodics, spent a small amount then had another terrible January and then fucked Eustace about before his inferior replacement oversaw a damaging run of constant losses. All 3 seasons had similar patterns of brilliant starts and the wheels coming off. The source of which goes back to India, Venkys are the common denominator, this sort of shit has gone on for 15 years. I am sure youd put the source down to Mowbray, Broughton and then either the court case or Waggott.

Thats the key.

Such a passive way to admit blame. Their issues fall far below employing those 3. The first 2 were flawed brought as much as good as bad, especially Mowbray, and surely after Suhail's influence has come to light, Waggott was an issue but clearly never THE ISSUE over here. I expect us to thrive though now without those 3 at the club.

He didnt. He just talked about how he used to come up from the academy when we were a senior player short in training. Again, the blame goes to the wrong place. Broughton wasnt great but he did add some value. He made some good/very good signings and was proactive with contracts. He wasnt this disaster you made out to deflect blame away. As with every "era" or "project" it was the owners who stopped us.

Maybe Ismael is lying!

No I dont think that, stop being patronising. But it doesnt mean that all of his stories are accurate. Take Browne. Ismael was unaware of any interest whatsoever. Take Smit. The Go Ahead Eagles journalist said the club had heard of no interest. Take Afolayan. And probably Gassama. We clearly were waiting on Morishita all summer.

Would you like to buy some magic beans?

Hes also got a lot wrong this window. Including Alan Browne, Armstrong, Smit, Afolayan, Gassama and Pye.