Patrick Roberts would be nice but I can't see that happening either. When people were suggesting Nmecha, was that taken from somewhere or was it a presumption? I don't know much about him

I'm with Ricky. Don't think we have a chance - sure I saw that he was linked with a few Prem teams earlier in the window. If it's going to be a Championship team I would imagine someone with more money than us will be taking him.

No solid rumours have come through. We've literally just been speculating as to why we haven't signed anyone since Rothwell and Davenport.

All going to plan then?

Imagine the scenes if the away kit got released with Armstrong, Chapman, Gallagher, Bauer and Maddison all wearing it. Unfortunately we may see Pascal Chimbonda, Dino Baggio, Sebastien Perez and Martin Dahlin modelling it before that.

Did this ever happen?

Swap Samuel for Rothwell? I've not even seen Rothwell in a Rovers jersey yet and I know he'll have a better end product than Samuel. I agree with everyone that says we need pace outwide but with that has to come some quality. I would rather a player with an end product who isn't quick than a player that is quick with zero end product.

Not sure, he may have done. Apologies if he did!

I doubt we were in for Harrison. People seem to think when clubs buy a player for a certain fee and we don't buy him, we missed out or couldn't afford him. Mowbray isn't going to be interested in every player that moves.

Woah, we'll have less of these sensible comments in here please.

I'm not saying any have been leaked out. I was merely asking for opinions - you seem to throw out opinions like this on a daily basis but I got pulled on it when I ask for some ?

Who do you reckon we're after? If it's Gallagher, do you think that's it? I can't work out who else it could be - surely we're not out of options...

Hopefully these hypothetical conversations will turn in to happy discussions about some decent signings haha!

The only thing I can think of is that we don’t value them at the same price their clubs do. Again, hopefully they’ll work that out and they’ll come through the door - naturally both clubs will budge as the deadline approaches but who knows if they’ll agree. Agree with Armstrong though. Signing him would get the fans positivity back a bit

Oh yeah, completely agree with you. Agree about the targets too. I trust Mowbray to choose the right players and I don’t think he’ll also just panic and sign any players as a last resort either! Hopefully he’ll get who he wants over the line sharpish

I’m just playing devils advocate here but what if all of Mowbray’s targets are still available and the reason we’ve not got them over the line yet is because we’re still negotiating. I mean, the only legit targets I have seen haven’t gone anywhere yet. All these teams signing players Bolton, Wigan etc have signed players that we probably didn’t want. Not for one minute suggesting we have loads of money but I do think we have money to spend, just trying to do the best deals for the players he wants maybe? I don’t buy into ‘missing out on targets’ this summer. He wants Bauer, Chapman and Armstrong - we’ve known this all summer. And they’ve not gone anywhere! IF they do go somewhere else I’ll get worried but for now I’ll just sit tight and trust the process

Did you say there would be someone coming in before the Liverpool game as well? Just wondering if that’s fizzzled out or taking longer than expected?

Same. Even though it was likely he wouldn't move, it puts potential rumours to bed and we can all breathe a little easier. Wonder if there's a release clause in it though?

Dack new deal. Great signing!

Yeah, I completely agree! I am not worried, just bemused when they’ve been saying it’s ‘close’ for weeks ?

All sings point to it being us - Taking an age to go through / secretive stuff from their chairman when quizzed about us / basically ruling our everykne but us / hearing it’s about payment from buying club. I wonder if this is what’s holding Dack’s renewal up. Maddison may want more than what Dack has been offered and Dack may want the same or more. And the bottom line is, we’ll be trying to keep our pay structure in place as well I am sure

Dack is probably holding off on signing a new deal until he see's what investment is put in to the transfer market and the quality of player he ends up having around him. Also, I feel if we wait it out with Armstrong, Newcastle may lower their asking price towards the end of the window - sit tight Tony.

I’d love to know which players you would drop to replace your 7 players with. Not saying we don’t need quality (wingers and a forward) but a complete overhaul isn’t necessary in my opinion.

Yeah, completely agree. Maddison, Chapman and then Kent in that order (if they are our only targets). Preferably two of. Armstrong would be a good addition up top but yet to see another rumour that would fill me with excitement up front!

I agree with this. Seems a waste to spend some of our budget (if we have one) on a 'backup' player when we already have a ready made back up player in Wharton. Especially when we need to improve starting positions in the squad.