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He was very good until January last season and a key part of our success. He definitely would get into our central midfield now which IMO is by far our weakest area. He has been injured for the majority of this season.

Blackpool have signed Tom Trybull, very poor player based on his time here.

True, I just assumed that it was compared to the Rothwell of last season that just left. Either way, Rothwell certainly wasn't consistent but he was one of the better players of his type in the league last season, the same can't be said about Szmodics who is on his third attempt at proving his ability at Championship level.

Rothwell plays deeper than Szmodics so unfair to compare based on goals.

The most obvious misconception is how you saw the state of the team going into the season. Prior to the first game, only Brittain signed in time to play. Within our first 11 going into that game, Kaminski, Ayala, Wharton, Pickering, Travis, Buckley, Hedges, Brereton and Gallagher all started, as did Vale but only because Tomasson specifically picked him over Dolan, Dack and Markanday. You look at the signings, 2 have been woeful and at least one has/will be sent back as soon as was possible, 2 have been really injury prone (Brittain a good player when fit, Szmodics a squad filler) and that leaves only 2 regulars, one of whom has been no better than ok.

Edun isnt good enough and has looked out of his depth basically in every appearance. Glad hes going. We do need to be bringing in 2 or 3 to improve the starting 11.

Its all totally speculative but imagine replacing Jude Bellingham with Tyler Morton 😂

Fair attitude. We are third so why try and improve, we are already good enough.

The transfer window was far from outstanding, but 2 out of 10? Also on Morton who IMO has been average, the only proof of quality is not playing in the Premier League.

I dont like the idea of stopping the clock, the approach in the World Cup of excessive injury time was IMO a better one.

A professional club making such a decision does not automatically make it correct. It made sense for them to try and take a low risk (we would have paid his wage or much of his wages this season) with an chance of a reward, they will barely have seen him play.

Where is the Brown rumour? That would be really strange, from struggling to get into a League 2 side to a Championship move.

Clever business would have been to sign someone with ability. Hirst has only returned because Leicester said so, and he cost us points in the absence of an adequate striker being signed in his place.

Fulham might be recalling Rodrigo Muniz to send out elsewhere, he wouldn't be a bad signing.

Of course not but they had lots of injuries, hence why it was a rare start. As I said, I would be amazed if Dortmund bid £20m in the summer.

If we finished 10th then I suspect that things might get very tetchy for Tomasson because that would be a hell of a fall.

He is really savvy in big games tactically so I do wonder if he will thrive in international football, especially with less time to fall out with players. That being said, I haven't seen that news.

Millwall are rumoured to be after Ogbene who is soon to be out of contract, he is quick and a real threat, we should be all over that.

I am not his biggest fan, he is not a promotion standard Championship midfielder, but "league 1 player at best?" Behave. Where have you got that ridiculous rumour from? Gossip aside, I would be flabbergasted if Dortmund bid £20m for Tyler Morton this summer. We are third in the league, the aim should be promotion. To not potentially sign an upgrade on what we have for fear of temporarily blocking the path of a couple of youngsters is loser talk. It's not as if neither can still get game time. Agreed on League One being laughable, I think either top Championship or bottom Prem standard eventually. But hadn't Clarkson also featured in predominantly dead rubbers for Liverpool too?

The player that the linesman flagged as offside was the corner taker once the ball came back to him. I dont think he was but because the camera angle that was needed wasnt available, the on field decision stuck.

Ive got no idea which striker we can get, weve supposedly got an in depth recruitment team to find one. But if our intention is to get someone as back up to Sam bloody Gallagher then that doesnt show any intention of a genuine promotion push. I think you are practically alone in thinking so highly of Morton, and all 4 midfielders I mentioned would be our best in the position and a serious upgrade in quality which should be the aim of the window, an injection of quality not a bit of padding.

Why would any team with genuine aspirations of promotion to the Premier League opt to try and sign an inferior player to Sam Gallagher who himself is average? We need to sign players who can improve us, not squad fillers. As we seemingly intend to piss over £12m down the drain in 18 months, there can be no moaning about FFP. Self inflicted.

Boro have spent big money because they aren't as brainless with player contracts as we are. In midfield, its not about numbers, its surely about quality. It would be a real statement of intent to get someone like Ben Pearson, Lewis O'Brien, Jack Colback or Dan Barlaser who would be a considerable upgrade on what we have. You then can decide whether to have 6 and some good strength in depth or move someone on, either sending Morton back or loaning out Garrett or even Wharton, but likely the former, ready to be a strong option next season. Regarding an attacker, the focus has to be a central striker. We currently have Gallagher who isnt prolific and is always injured, Dolan isnt prolific and is equally useful out wide and Vale clearly isnt getting regular minutes for a side serious about promotion. I think ideally we would probably sell Brereton for maybe 10m and reinvest half on a striker and get a few more on top with the rest, including a left sided wide man and a central midfielder.

No one went into last season expecting much different to this season yet we were all fuming when it fell apart. Maybe one of those where it would hurt more than people realise if it happens. Lets hope it doesnt as successive collapses would really grate. If we keep Brereton and gamble then the pressure intensifies.