Just spoken to someone ITK unrelated to Rovers who said he’d be extremely surprised if Undav is on his way to us.

The main question is, if we get O’Brien and Undav in, who gets the bigger apology? Gregg because we all doubted him or Chaddy for being ridiculed for his optimism? 😂

Only strikers in Blackburn tomorrow will be Gallagher, Vale and the teachers by the looks of things!

Found the story on Twitter, didn’t take long 😂

I’m feeling a Twitter Space from 10pm onward…?

Sheffield United officially ruling out selling Berge now. He stays until the end of the season. That rules them out of a move for O’Brien.

Link? Because I cannot find this on Twitter.

Usually arrive 90 minutes before, but maybe different for mid week. Surely a new signing will just speak to JDT on the phone/FaceTime and be handled by Gregg etc. It’s also entirely possible that Rovers had an agreement with Birmingham to use their facilities for a medical etc and for the player to complete their move in the midlands, as part of the negotiations of having 2 days notice to sell tickets for this game.

Is this 18 good enough for the playoffs? Kaminski JRC Hyam Cook Pickering Morton O’Brien Thomas Dack BBD Gallagher Pears, S.Wharton, Garrett, Buckley, Dolan, Hedges, ‘New striker’ Leaves Ayala, Travis, A.Wharton, Phillips, Carter, Edun, Vale, Szmodics, Brittain (injured) all without a spot. Whatever new striker comes in at this stage won’t be a starter. Also blocks the passage of A.Wharton & Phillips, and keeps our most expensive signing of the summer out of the 18. This wouldn’t be my 18 by the way but I don’t see JDT ditching Buckley etc any time soon. Doesn’t really scream ‘plan’ or ‘project’ either does it? Just observations.

There’s zero chance of us getting Cook, O’Brien and a striker today. We couldn’t even afford to compete for Porteous’ wages, never mind three new additions, two of which are on PL wages.

Judging by the amount of time Benson spends stood at the edge of the technical area, he’s preparing to take the reins. Never, ever seen a GK coach so involve with outfield decisions, it’s bizarre.

Given the players he has available JDT has performed miracles. Our squad is a bottom half Championship squad and we’re in the playoffs.

I do wonder what it was about the previous 3 transfer windows that made everyone think this one would be any different. Hyam Szmodics Morton Hirst Mola Brittain Markanday Hedges Zeefuik Brown Edun Van Hecke Giles Poveda Khadra Clarkson 16 players signed - about 4 of them have been decent. By that reckoning we need to sign another 3 before Tuesday for one of them to be any good this window.

Have you seen the screenshots though of him chatting up a 14 year or girl? Not sure he’s the type of character we want!

Add in that we wouldn’t have anywhere to train as Venkys own that separately, not the club.

There is no chance at all that the club will get in the required players with 3 days to go until the deadline. We can kiss goodbye to the playoffs now, so let’s just not get our hopes up. If the club could actually manage player’s contracts we might have some actual money to spend. We need to implement a policy of players with 18 months on their deals have 6 months to agree a deal or go on the transfer list, whoever they are. Time to stick players like Ayala and BBD on the bench who aren’t going to be here next season and give the likes of Markanday, Dolan, Phillips more games and get them ready for next year.

BBD, more like BB. Been crap since the January window was in the horizon.

Ike Ugbo from Troyes is the latest miscreant to be linked.

Really don’t rate this move. Loan without an option to make permanent. Where does this signing fit into the project then? It’s a pointless move that will just block Dolan/Markanday’s progress. Either sign him permanently or on loan with a buy option. Straight loan from a Championship rival is ridiculous.

Middlesbrough trying to sign Van Hecke and now they’ve joined the race to sign Gelhardt too. It’s like they’ll have the transfer window we’re dreaming of.

I’d argue we do. Let’s stop pretending Wharton and Carter are actually top 6 quality players. Ayala is made of straw and can’t be relied upon. Phillips is 17 so needs to be eased in. Hyam is our only genuine top 6 quality centre back.

Nobody has got Venkys to do anything they didn’t want to since a certain agency. Time to judge Greg is in 2 years and we see whether the club is in a better state than it was when he came in.