He rightly absolutely slayed them. JDT might be struggling with this group, but absolutely no wonder. 3 completely abysmal transfer windows in a row. If any fans think he’s the problem, they are in fact part of the problem.

You are insane

This too. LET are notoriously careful with their wording and reporting, never risking the possibility of a club ban. So why would Jackson use such strong terminology here? If he’s mislead or embellished in any way then he’s at risk of at least a slap on the wrist from the club.

That in itself is not a non-story. Can anyone remember a scenario like this before? I find it bizarre that you’re calling it a non story when it’s clearly a very rare occurrence and the club gave no reason for it…

🤣 Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

I don't know if anyone else has mentioned this, but I think this transfer window, and the current mood at the club draws pretty strong parallels to the Lambert era, obviously approaching the Coyle farce. That season we'd sold Cairney and Gestede, followed by Rhodes in the January window - total sum £20 - £25m. We'd signed the following; Doneil Henry https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/379_1464675286.png?lm=1464675287 West Ham loan transfer Simeon Jackson https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/349.png?lm=1574162298 Barnsley FC free transfer Danny Graham https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/289.png?lm=1485645633 Sunderland loan transfer Elliott Ward https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/989.png?lm=1457991811 Bournemouth free transfer Tony Watt https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/358.png?lm=1448178743 Charlton loan transfer Hope Akpan https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1032.png?lm=1457723329 Reading free transfer Tom Lawrence https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1003.png?lm=1472229265 Leicester loan transfer Fodé Koita https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1162_1465134668.png?lm=1465134668 SM Caen free transfer Nathan Delfouneso https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1181.png?lm=1407655321 Blackpool free transfer Danny Guthrie https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1032.png?lm=1457723329 Reading free transfer Elliott Bennett https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/1123_1658217232.png?lm=1658217233 Norwich ? Jordi Gómez https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/289.png?lm=1485645633 Sunderland loan transfer Matt Grimes https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/2288_1658400144.png?lm=1658400145 Swansea loan transfer Modou Barrow https://tmssl.akamaized.net/images/wappen/tiny/2288_1658400144.png?lm=1658400145 Swansea loan transfer £0.00 spent. This season, £25m brought in with Kami, Phillips and Wharton gone. A chipping away, obvious decline of the squad with assets being flogged to stop the ship from sinking. The only slight difference this time is that one of our prized assets (BBD) walked away for sweet FA. They're being replaced by short-sighted, no strategy loans and freebie has-beens. JDT, just like Lambert will be disillusioned, sold a cock and bull story that the club has serious aspirations. No surprise when he jumps ship this summer and we're left scrabbling around looking for a manager who will take a chance on this complete circus.

What on earth am I reading here

Well, there was only one of them that ever took the ball off the defenders and got us moving. Dress it up any way we like, we’ve seriously weakened the midfield in this window. The recruits are depressingly uninspiring with 80% of them going back to their clubs in May. JDT must look at this shitshow and wonder what on earth he signed up for. It’s just another death by a thousand cuts degradation of the squad that will ultimately leave us in the same mess as the Coyle debacle.

Woeful.

Yet we let two of our first team midfielders leave, and so far have replaced them with a youngster from Brighton, who doesn’t actually play the same position as them.

Manager is ex-Plymouth

This is underwhelming garbage. No strategy, no real direction, just desperately filling the squad with bodies. No way are we signing McGuire permanently if the figures are even close to what is reported. Just another loan to tide us over until May, and then the cycle will start again.

Roll up, Roll up 🙄

And here we are, deadline day.... Wharton leaving.... absolute fucking debacle with McGuire.... no other real links or rumours. And the fans are squabbling amongst each other 🤣 Venky's wet dream.

It's not honourable, it's downright barmy! Loads of transfers fail due to complications with other deals in a chain. It's the natural domino effect of the transfer window and it's why players are often haring up and down the UK motorway network (or in Odemwingie's case, sat outside a stadium) with very little time to spare. This notion of being honourable is bollocks, and in the unlikely event of it being true, would be astonishingly idiotic. PERHAPS Orlando were pressing for some sort of response before the end of the working day, but I can't see why, when McGuire was supposedly sat on an aeroplane already. No, something isn't right about this. My hunch is the Rao's have pulled the plug on it and Bayes' source is arse covering. Let's see if we spend anything like the value of the McGuire deal....

Very sceptical about this. Okay, so the Wharton deal may have been stalling, I'm not going to speculate on that for the minute. Who knows why or how that would be the case. Why on earth would Rovers immediately advise Orlando that the deal won't be happening? Based on timeline of events, it can't have been much earlier than 9pm UK time when we advised them. He's supposedly on a flight here so there's a nice natural buffer there, and clearly the Wharton deal wasn't completely dead. If, today the Wharton deal is dead, we have a perfectly acceptable reason for not progressing the McGuire deal. Instead, we appear to be in a position whereby we've sold Wharton and conveniently, the McGuire deal is gone, to the detriment, embarrassment and ridicule of the club. Prove me wrong Rovers, but currently this stinks. It looks to me like we can anticipate another 'not our fault', hard luck story in the next few days. Question: Who is Bayes' source? Was it him who conducted the cosy interview with Waggott in August?

This is such a strange take on the situation, I can’t really understand why you’ve bothered typing it out. The fact is, we’d negotiated a deal, presumably fee, wages and all that goes with it and organised travel for McGuire and his representatives, only for our meddlesome owners to seemingly take it upon themselves to veto all transfers in to the club at the 11th hour. Whether McGuire is any good or not is completely irrelevant at this stage. The only reason it would be relevant is if we’ve decided to sign another (seemingly better) option. At this stage it sounds highly unlikely.

Disagree. JDT was livid with the O’Brien palaver last Jan, clearly angry about the slashing of funds in summer, and now has this shambles unfolding in front of him. He can’t work in these conditions, an almost constant erosion and downgrading of the squad, lies, backtracking, embarrassment. If he’s any sense he should pack it in now. IF Broughton is also blameless then I totally agree, his position is untenable too.

If this is accurate then I can’t really see how JDTs position as manager is tenable. I’d be amazed if he’s still manager beyond the weekend.

It's all well and good listing those players, but which of those can come and get the ball off the defenders in tight spaces like Wharton did? JDTs style of play is heavily reliant on that, and as recently as Monday night their goal came from a Garrett mistake in a dangerous area. You say Travis' doesn't suit JDTs style of play, but which of those 4 (assuming Tronstad is a mainstay now) is going to play alongside him to great effect? JRC also had a couple of cameos in midfield before his injury and I'm not sure he has the discipline or know-how to play in a fairly exposed midfield. As things stand we've lost two first team midfielders (one the best player in the team IMO and irreplaceable with the current crop), and we've brought in a relative unknown from Brighton who struggled at Coventry earlier in the season. It's not good enough, and if we don't address it I'm expecting a real slog from now until May.

Not the point. The conditions were clear - if Buckley goes he needs to be replaced, if not, as JDT said yesterday, he's a good player and we need good players. All this nonsense about "should have played him more" is churlish.

Has Rigger deleted the post you quoted? I can't see it on the timeline. Perhaps realised it's one of the worst posts in the history of the MB. He was out for the last 3 months of the season, he's been involved in most match days and has played in the league cup, to very good effect. JDT is the coach, he was appointed to take charge of first team football affairs, and part of that role is to do with his squad what he sees fit. If, all of a sudden first team players are being sent on loan without his agreement, then it massively undermines his position. Travis was left out for a good portion of last season, and was brought back in when JDT thought he could best effect our performances. What's next? The team news gets faxed over from India? Waggott dangling (ooooh matron) over the box shouting tactics or making substitutions?

This is a massive concern. Seemingly no-one consulted with JDT, which I'm gobsmacked about (I know, I'm a fool). Whilst JDT doesn't take day to day responsibility for the transfers in and out, he has to have the final say on his squad. GB spoke very clearly about how involved he is in selecting transfer targets and speaking to players before any transfers reach a conclusion. To let a first team player leave without his say so is a shambles. I'm sure GB will address this in his usual post-window interview, but on the face it this looks like another deadline day cock-up and another nail in the coffin of the managers tenure. Conspiracy: was GB involved in the last minute Buckley departure or was it another cloak and dagger budget cut decision in an already depressingly belt tightening summer? There has to be some accountability, and GBs interview has to address who had the final say on this. If he wasn't involved either then it's further evidence that the owners are meddling in affairs they shouldn't be, probably via Waggott or Pasha, which totally undermines the DoF model.

He certainly didn't. He's already admitted "the project has changed". Whose responsible for that I wonder? I read today that we were 20th in the league for transfer fees spent this window. What exactly can we expect from this group with such disinterested owners at the helm? The coaching and playing staff are the only source of pride at this shell of a club - they will have off days because we're so reliant on whatever the academy produce.

I don't know if I've missed it already, but I'm interested to hear his thoughts on the window in the end. He got a striker.... Was it one he wanted?