The more I see "in the right direction" and similar the more I get the feeling that this will be used an excuse for why we didn't get half the deals we should have over the line when it falls through.

Will believe it when I see it - O'Brien and Maguire were "marquee" signings and look how they turned out.

Still major questions about both the teams and Eustace after tonight and if we get no one in and get turned over as expected at the weekend the relative feelgood factor from the start of the season is going to evaporate.

This is exactly why I'm not going to get excited about a couple of wins against Oxford and Derby - we're still relegation fodder because the second you leave the first 11 we have no depth at all

Unfortunately with the shambolic way we're run gambles are all we can get away with.

Big week coming up and not one that Swag can afford to cock up. We've had too many transfer window failures recently and eventually that will catch up with you. Who know what the club model is anymore, because my understanding was that we were investing to sell on, but to do that we actually have to invest for that to work. The squad is looking alright, but as others have rightly said we do not have the depth to last the winter. If we can pick up a few players in key positions we should be fine for the season. Absolute priority for me should be GK, LB and a pacy winger, but depth at RB and CM would be ideal too.

Keep saying this, if they refuse to add any money in and won't even attend games to run the club in person, then the club may as well be fan-run. At least whilst having no money we'd have people who had the best interests of the club at heart. The only argument against that is that a rich owner acts as a guarantor - but with this court issue Venkys can't even do that.

After O'Brien and Maguire I'd be amazed if anyone is willing to let us have a loan to buy type agreement anyway.

Difference is I guarantee they spend some of the proceeds on good Championship talent rather than scraping the barrel for anyone willing to play for headpats and tummy rubs.

I don't disagree, but that doesn't change the fact that every season we collapse the second the squad gets stretched by fixtures and part of that is due to our squad being threadbare. Relying in the likes of Tyjon and Duru is at this point no different to having a Semir or Billy K because we have no idea if they can make that step. We need numbers AND we need quality, not either or. Even if the core we have now is good enough we will struggle when injuries and suspensions set in.

Aren't we 8 players or so down from our first team squad last season anyway? So if that were the case l, at best we'd be 2 players down on the threadbare squad that collapsed when the fixtures piled up last season. There is absolutely zero planning for success in our structure, Waggott just learned that blowing smoke up the general fan by claiming we were going for play-offs is better PR than last seasons "we might survive".

We've heard that 100 times at this point and yet there always seems to be a hitch when it comes to getting things over the line. Since Tony left there hasn't been even a hint at building a team properly. Times running out to prove me wrong this window.

He did, and so did Steele and Walton. All of them looked awful at times for us, yet all of them find themselves Premier League keepers whilst we flap about keeping our heads above water in the Championship. The same coaching staff throughout that entire time on our end - makes you think.

Yup, I noticed on my lunch break someone has posted the delay on the facebook supporter's group and was getting absolutely hounded for "being negative" when our nee signings are doing so well. The vast majority won't react until the club is already gone.

If the Venkys can't (or won't) fund the club and the club is relying on its own internal fundraising to be able to function then they offer zero value and need to sell up. Simple as that. The FA/EFL should be all over any owners that either do nothing or strip clubs but of course they still fit under "fit and proper" for some reason.

Tbf most people of any profession won't accept being paid in buttons and IOUs so doesn't surprise me in the slightest.

We've still got a poor manager and we have a squad that has lost its only decent player from last season, I'm not sure what anyone was expecting. Burnley will put 5 or 6 past this lot.

Am I imagining set pieces supposedly being one of the strengths of Eustace's backroom team when they arrived?

Almost as if we've neglected to work on improving a relegation level team.

In which case we should be seeing some come in. The squad is somehow considerably smaller than last season and whilst there is the argument that we've started well in an attacking sense we also need to bear in mind Sammie was on when the majority of those goals were scored. Will be a massive loss but there is an opportunity to use this as an opportunity to create a better squad... wishful thinking I know.

It can be found wanting as much as it likes if he scores a goal a game. We've had enough strikers who are allegedly good away from goal but utterly useless in front of it.

The current league system makes competition very difficult and those teams that do go up suddenly have resources more than every team in the Championship combined. The fact that the powers of be don't see this as an issue is bewildering.

I appreciate we're looking to sell him, but which moron decided it was a good idea for him to not even train for the last month?

I was thinking that. Decent signings but yet again we will need half a squad next summer regardless of where we end up.

A good day with a lot of potential, but still a long way short of what we need to be competitive this season. However, some out of the box thinking that hopefully comes off better than the likes of Ennis and Telalovic. We definitely need a keeper, at least one full back and one or two wingers, and that's assuming we don't lose Szmodics, Dolan, Hyam etc. Hyam had a bad season but if we were to get him off the books and replace with McFadz and Batth we'd be mad. On a personal note, there's something about Ohashi that makes me really want him to well regardless of everyone else and I can't place what it is. Potential cult hero in the making if he can kick off right.