I don’t think he’s that bad either but he’s not going to be here so why play him? Wharton needs to be given a shot at some point. When, if not now?

This. 100% this. Why he’s contemplating Williams above Wharton when he’s come out and specifically said he’s actively trying to get shut of Williams is PEAK Mowbray. Zero logic in that at all! Give Wharton a chance because a. We need to see if he can cut it at some point and b. He’s likely to still be here when the window slams shut.

Sorry, this confused me when you said 'he's actually a central/defensive midfielder'.

Wasn't the player you were talking about a midfielder?

Haha, this was purely based on gut instinct. Sorry, optimism. I should've been clearer!

Today is going to be a good day, I can feel it.

But when would we be buying him then? Crazy to pay a fee next summer when he'd cost nothing

Just this quote on the article: The other player I'm talking to wants to get to the Premier League and I say 'if I sign you then that will be really positive'. "But I have to get one or two over the line in order for them to believe that's where we're going and that's what we want to do and that's how the journey is going to be." Load of bollocks most likely but the proof is in the pudding.

I wouldn't be surprised if this is the player who's told Tony to buy some quality to prove we are serious about promotion

Intriguing comments from Mowbray about the player (s) that wants us to sign a couple of targets to prove we're serious about promotion. That's where we are as fans at the moment too. Hopefully, he does bring in some quality in defence and we can push on.

So, Mowbray plans to start Williams above Wharton on Saturday? Baffled by this one. Williams is sure to go soon and we've not brought anyone else in. Just play Wharton - he's going to be here and we need to see if he can cope.

I heard the deal was based on the loan fee from Fleetwood paid the rest of his wages.

Surely that now buries the Mulgrew to Fleetwood rumours?

Early night? It's like Christmas eve but instead of waking up to loads of presents, you're waking up to severe disappointment again.

Why would Rich Sharpe pluck Kipres name out of thin air? The point is, you can't say don't believe everyone else but believe me. ?

There's no evidence of us going for Whiteman though?

2-1 Bournemouth Kaminksi Nyambe Lenihan Wharton Bell Travis Holtby Evans JRC Brereton Armstrong

So why should we discredit others with 'news'?

I wasn't worried over the past couple of weeks as we kept getting told things were imminent (I know, more fool me). Now the sounds out of Ewood are changing and I am starting to get very worried about the lack of progress we're seeing with incomings. I don't want to be settling for players like Lindsay when we could have done so much better. It's just not good enough. It's not even just this window, we should have been addressing our defensive problems over the past 4 windows at least. Even with Tosin, I didn't really want him back because I was hoping we'd actually sign some players to contracts but as time moves on, we'll be begging for Tosin back and we shouldn't be!

Exactly!

There are two mystery foreign players we missed out on this week too that can’t be named for some reason either? JB and unleaded alluded to them

It looks like it already has been abandoned. Rich Sharpe hasn't mentioned an imminent signing matching his description.

Yeah, I agree. Not for one minute suggesting that JB has made this potential signing up but it would seem it's untrue if Rich hasn't heard about it at this point.

How long do we take to get signings over the line? We must be the worst at closing/completing signings in the league, not good.

No talk to correlate with JBs info!?