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A centre back from Burton? Its not the Coventry player.

Dyche would be a fantastic appointment.

None of the 7 signings Broughton has overseen have resale potential really.

Waggott is very poor at his job and under interested owners would not stay in post but he is not the sole problem.

The owners intervened to prevent Rothwell and Brereton being sold. The latter had bids after Mowbray had left.

Legitimately? Kaminski, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering, Travis, Buckley, Brereton, Gallagher, Dolan. The majority of a team that finished 8th, with Dack returning and 3 permanent additions bought as direct replacements for the 3 leavers. The main difficulty is our owners allowing key assets to run their contracts down.

Yet people hang on his every word.

Will it be another window defined by players we couldn't sign rather than any we do? Porteous, Gelhardt and Undav. Also, we were meant to be the push of a button away for the signings of Undav, Porteous and that keeper last week...

The game against Huddersfield was one of our most boring of the season, and that is saying something. His comment about an attacking style just shows that players will say anything.

I have always been staunchly against the idea of "writing off seasons" and I was saying that signing a loan suggests that such an assumption is clearly false. The club has lacked ambition ever since these owners came in.

I hope Porteous wasnt the only player we had in mind on a permanent deal now that we have failed to complete that deal.

I agree, I think some have read too much into the comments made to the press.

There has been plenty of talk on here about that. @J*B and @Mike E have said they believe similar.

https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/10118305/kevin-nisbet-ryan-porteous-hibs-millwall/?utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=ScottishSunSportTwitter&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1674681927-1 Porteous is going to Watford.

A short term signing which further highlights the inconsistencies of any theories that we are writing off this season and shows how it is clearly not true. Im not saying that we arent also trying to plan longer term but the amount of focus on projects etc is predominantly an attempt to buy time and reduce expectation.

No mention of a potential permanent deal and Broughton mentioned players cheap due to expiring contracts and short term loans so seemingly only here for the rest of the season.

https://downatthemac.proboards.com/thread/117762/sorba-thomas?page=33 Not necessarily the most flattering thread. Big question marks over his attitude and his contribution aside from his set pieces, but clearly has ability as I have seen when I have seen him for Huddersfield in the past.

I dont know he wont, but he certainly doesnt have a track record of scoring. If he has been signed based on his goalscoring credentials then it makes no sense. I suspect he will play from his favoured position from the right and maybe he will also rightly or wrongly play as a wing back if we ever go to a back 5 as he has filled in there occasionally. I would imagine that Markanday might leave on loan, for me he should be in the forefront of Tomasson's mind for a start but he may aswell go and play week in week out elsewhere if he is not fancied. If we get a striker then we could have Brereton, Dolan, Dack, Szmodics, Thomas, Hedges, a new striker and Gallagher. I would let loan Vale go ideally permanently but failing that on loan to League 1. I will be very disappointed if there is no option to buy though. For a club thag bangs on about this project we have a very short term focused attack.

We have quite a few fans on here though that through interpretation have taken it as though this season is basically just a free hit and a foundation setting ahead of a push next season. That is not consistent with many of the decisions made on contracts/loans/use of youngsters etc...

We have been shocking in attack from both open play and set pieces this season, in neither instance do we appear to be well coached. The good thing about Thomas is that although he adds to a group (Gallagher, Dolan, Hedges, Szmodics) that don't score enough goals, he does give us a potential solution to the lack of set piece threat that we have, Hedges and Morton have not done well enough from there. The worry is that assuming we also get a striker on loan, what is perhaps our best front 4 all would then potentially leave at the end of the season.

Does he usually play on the left? I always had him down as coming in from the right which isnt what we are calling out desperately for with Hedges and Markanday naturals there with Dolan also often featuring from there. He has impressed me at times for Huddersfield and he brings pace and set piece ability and it is another option in a currently impotent attack that looks like it has never done any attacking training but not sure he is exactly what we need as an individual.

@roverandout is rumoured to be a big fan...

Replace our main goal threat with a winger with 3 goals in 70 games?

Unsure what to make of Thomas, decent player on his day but has failed to replicate his form this season. Much more underwhelming as a loan without an option. One thing he would give us is a set piece threat, the likes of Hedges and Morton are usually appalling from set pieces. Pushes Markanday further away, maybe he will be loaned out?

More boring that Tomasson's football?