We were further adrift than Derby are now - 3 points away from 21st and 6 points from 20th. I'm not Mowbray's biggest fan but he got 22 points from 15 that season. If Eustace gets that then Derby stay up comfortably.

Ominous

No, probably not. I heard it's something like 5k home tickets sold which is absolutely crazy.

Sounds like a poor crowd, unsurprising really but going to be embarrassing seeing nearly as many Wolves fans as our fans 😂 we all know the context (digital only, not priced well, bad form etc) but my worry is how a crowd under 10k will look to Eustace and the new boys.

The Telegraph have been miles off to be honest this window. I really like Elliott and he seems a smashing bloke but doesn't seem like they're given much in the way of transfer scoops.

ITK accounts have been brilliant this window. When I say brilliant I am of course taking the piss. Occasional rewords of actual reputable sources (not a mention of Dennis until Romano posted it), the odd guess, all feeding on people's desire for news. Wasn't it last week we were due to make an announcement that never came?

So in short....not much would surprise you (apart from maybe signing nobody - ironically I'm the other way round!)

In summary according to Jackson. We tried (probably not too hard) for Danns. Didn't try for the other 2 lads linked. I'm hoping it's just a case of the LET being miles away from knowing anything and we have a surprise lined up, although I know hope and Rovers on transfer deadline day is a match made in hell.

No chance they'd loan a player with 25 appearances this year to a potential play off rival sadly

It is a flawed stat but is interesting. One thing about Gally is he didn't miss many chances - he just never ever got himself in a position to score them. How many times did a good cross come in and he'd be hiding behind a centre half? Or wouldn't read a rebound?

All of our recent activity (and inactivity) fully undermine our claims that we'd be a 'trading' club. We've brought in north of £40m, we have a chance (thanks to selling our 30 goal stalwart and our generational midfielder) to really reaffirm these claims and invest and we've done feck all. We've signed a loanee and an old plodder. If they were serious we'd be spending a few quid on players who can slot into the team but also have resale opportunity. If they wanted to progress short term and abandon the trading angle they could have signed some more established players of ability. They've done neither. Talks of FFP, attendances and the other excuses don't wash. We have been given this wonderful opportunity to move beyond our current malaise and appear to have blown it. If the window ends in the same vain, someone needs to hold the powers that be to account. Gestede - what happened to your promises of better communication and why hasn't the manager been helped? What is the truth behind the court cases and why does the evidence contradict the statements? Do they feel Eustace has been suitably supported? What has happened to the £40m and what would have happened funding wise had we not stumbled upon said goldmine? Do they feel a season ticket represents value for money given the inevitability of their inaction undermining our manager and squad in the second half of the season?

You're probably right. Think we dodged a bullet with West Brom (maybe a different story if later in window). Thankfully can't see any of the other realistic teams being in the market soon.

That's reassuring at least. Maybe they've learned from previous boom and bust years.

He's only on a 2 year deal isn't he? Not insurmountable for these clubs. I wouldn't imagine he's on silly money either. And I wouldn't say so but if he feels he's been poorly treated he might decide to take one. Imagine Derby have a few quid to spend. And they were just 3 examples, who knows what is around the corner? Even if he doesn't take a job, why treat him like shite? We saw what happened with JDT, he downed tools. I don't see that from Eustace but even marginal drops in passion and enthusiasm can feed down to the players and impact performance. My point is - we should be backing him and rewarding him for his good work so far. Not dragging our feet, wasting valuable points as the injuries mount and not delivering the players he is mentioning (in less subtle terms) in each passing interview.

The issue is that inevitably a job will come up somewhere and he might choose to jump whilst his stock remains high. Swansea, Derby, even Bolton (unlikely I feel he'd go there) all could be in the market for new managers soon.