The Court Case can't be used as a legitimate excuse, Waggott has said repeatedly that it doesn't affect the day to day operations of the Club. As regards Broughton renewing contracts, I know I wasn't a fan of his ( to put it mildly) but (genuine question because I dont know the answer) whose contracts did he renew out of senior players still at the Club as opposed to new deals for people who were going to be sold immediately afterwards?

Yeah, but he was no use whatsoever whilst here was here. Quite the opposite in fact - he cost us a shedload of points - so whilst he was here that £800k we spent on him was wasted. My original point was about whether the recruitment last summer was better than what had originally preceded it.

Just after Batth has twatted him.

800k was wasted on Wahlstedt. Another 500k last January on O Riordan.

I agree with both you and SG sadly.

No, I know, it was just trying to make the best of a bad job with minimal money to spend. What I meant was, with no money it was better than the windows with no money under the previous recruitment regime.

Hmmm....I'd say Welmann has no pace, isn't strong enough, no good in the air, doubt he can hold the ball up - apart from that he might do OK. He does have a knack of being in the right place at the right time though so if one drops right to his feet he might finish it off.

Did you think the summer was "another" failed window? On little or no money I thought it was a lot better than what had gone before tbh.

You're not the first person to suggest Weimann up front. What attributes has he shown to suggest he can do a job there?

We did this to death at the time but I think it had rather more to do with having the likes of Lowe in midfield.

If we keep our noses above water he might have people beating a path to his door wanting to copy the Blackburn "How to survive despite selling all your best players whilst spending fuck all on replacements" model though.

Yeah you're right. No need to antagonise them further by giving it the big'un before the game. I'll expect to see him all day on social media tomorrow then!

Yeah, had to make do with the England job.

Like you I've absolutely no idea, but I'd imagine they'd say someone who could find the net on a reasonably regular basis like themselves.

I'd give him a pass on this if he's also as active on Social Media posing rousing stuff about beating the Dingles before our game. Otherwise like you I think it's extremely odd and quite bad form.

Police "advice" no doubt.

A backs to the wall operation for 90 (or 111) mins like at Leeds isn't ideal for him. If we're hopefully going to be a bit more expansive at home I'd have no qualms about starting him. Gueye on for last 30 mins.

Probably all on a lot more money than they were here. As they are professional footballers and not fans, I'm guessing they're all really sorry they left!

At Derby I think.

It all depends on whether we're offering him something realistic. Brereton, Lenihan, Rothwell and Nyambe obviously didn't think so.

Yes, noticed the quoted target in the FF minutes of having a Park replacement in " before the end of the year" had been and gone. No rush, we can always get someone comfortably installed by the end of the first week in February or something. "What - what's that you say?"

How do you know that? Do you know how much he's on now and do you know how much we're offering him to stay?

6/10.

That's a really bad sign imo. How long before we hear the well worn phrase "Having him available is like signing a new player".

Is that you Todd? Lol.