The thing with Wes Brown was that his legs had gone. Even if he was mentally there he could never have contributed. Rodwell has the fitness but does he have the mental aspects and attitude required???

5 minute warning

He is a free agent, of course it is a bloody free transfer.

Well given Rodwell has been a free agent from the end of June we can probably assume he isn't anyone's top pick.

There might be a player in Rodwell but I would rather we didn't gamble that we can improve him. If he maintains his current decline we are just wasting money.

Travis should be kept , right back cover and can put a shift in. Hasn't looked out of place when he has played.

I don't trust any club voice on transfer issues.

There is no money. Anyone who believes we are about to drop £8 mill on a player are fooling themselves. No buy options will exist. Venkys still remain.

Need to get 4 players stat

This Brereton would be a good buy at 8 mill . Very quick and could complement our others players well. If he scores 15 plus goals this season, not only would his value be closer to 15 mil but we might not be too far away from the playoffs.

Was having a read on Reddit today regarding Glenn Murray's comments and I was very surprised that several supporters of other teams were talking about Dack being ready for the prem. We need to be careful we don't lose him in Jan , could easily imagine Venky's cashing in for anything above £10 mil

I haven't been indeed. Much worse to come I am sure haha

The crazy statement was out of all the shit managers and owners we had that Rhodes or Gestede were at all responsible for holding us back

I am sorry but that isnt even a choice. Rhodes and Gestede held us back??? One of the craziest things I have heard on this board. Both were quality throughout their time here.

Disagree with that entirely. Rhodes has always been unfairly judged on this board.

We should have no fear. With a couple of nice loans we should be mid table imo.

If we had a Rhodes in his prime in this team we would score a hell of a lot more. Need someone who can stick in the net.

Did the Dack Injury look serious?

FULL TIME 1-0 WOOO COYB

6 mins of extra time Bloody hell

Raya is only 22 as well. Huge value in the future.

For me the team that played tonight should be the regular line up. Looked fantastic on the highlights. We need to play enough attacking players to unlock Dack and Palmer. If we play less as Mowbray is suggesting players get double marked etc

Wow , holding the club accountable to their outlandish claims. How unrealistic of us to hold the club to it's word.

I wouldn't mind if the club said that we have a limited budget and weren't expecting any major signing but the overhyping of the window, from Waggott in particular, and the club repeating the claim that we want "4 or 5 more" has left a particular sour taste in my mouth. The strange 4 million pound bid for Freeman, a position we are not desperate to fill, for me was a fake. I do not trust the club's management one bit. As I have banged on about a few times , if we had the money we would have spent it long before deadline day. The loan window is simply an excuse to mask the fact that the budget wasn't there but that didn't stop that idiot Waggott claiming we would sell 1,500 more season tickets based on some new signings.

It is all well and good to not overspend on a player but some decent additions could make the difference between survival and relegation. If we go down no one will take solace in having some money in the bank.