We wouldn't be so lucky. I think Philip was being facetious because his name wasn't on the team sheet for this afternoon?.

Sadly I think you're right. Even if Venky's have been taken aback by how well Wharton's done since we practically gave him away and have gone back to their old stance of demanding top fees for players, we run the risk of having an extremely unhappy player if there was a gentleman's agreement we'd let him go to a PL Club bidding £8 m - £9m.

That would still have been a poor deal based on how well he's done and his value now though wouldn't it?

With his FF hat on I think K-Hod was letting his guard slip and saying what he really thought as opposed to repeating the cobblers that comes out of Waggott's mouth.

Maybe not on the playing side, but a pounds a pound at the end of the day. Hypothetically if someone was offering £50m for him would you be happy with £10m? Agree with matty - if he has to go, screw Ipswich for every penny we can get. We might do now Broughton's gone.

Indeed I did.

Exactly what I said.

Harsh on Eustace but a very funny post nevertheless.

One in two should be the minimum yardstick for a decent striker. ** Forget all this modern running about a bit and "bringing people into play". **Not that we'll be signing one I don't suppose.

In the light of the last few transfer windows I would wait until the deal is confirmed before crowing about it personally. Might not adapt to conditions over here either but at least I applaud the thinking outside the box and unearthing a contractual situation whereby it might mean we get a real bargain. Hope it's not a Ruben Rochina type scenario where we get a very talented player for nothing but the agent expects £1.6m........

Nope. How would that line up "comfortably survive" when it only scraped home on the last day of the season and due in large part to SS and the fact Leicester had been on the lash all week? Barely a goal in that line up. Plus Derby and their supporters will be on the crest of a wave - initially at least. We're in the depths of despair before a ball is kicked - and that's likely to be an optimistic take unless something unexpected happens in the transfer market between now and the end of the window.

Doesn't Park have a bit of a history for signing Japanese players? I'm not sure this lad will come off if he signs but I applaud the lateral thinking behind it.

Don't forget the excruciatingly sickly beaming mug of the DOF next to the player showing off about what a great deal he's pulled off.

Better draft Gregg back in specially for that.

Oh my word. The volcanic ash cloud all over again.

Even if we sign the Japanese lad, still think we need at least one more striker regardless of whether SS stays or goes and we will need a lot more attacking impetus in general assuming he does leave at some point.

The puns that were made, with absolutely no malice intended, had no connection to China or Chinese people so if indeed you are Chinese then technically yes you are. However we've both made our respective points so I'll leave it there.

I know what you're saying but blimey, that'd be a stretch. Bit like saying "Who could we possibly get who is better than Mowbray?" * ** (Magnified by 1000.) *The next guy in ** And probably the one after that

Does it not seem more and more likely as time goes on that it was Waggott and/or Pasha scuppering these high value incoming deals? I'm still not having it that Silvester conducted hundreds of deals over the years without a hitch then all of a sudden forgot how to do his job. But not with outgoing deals.

I dont know if Ill get into trouble for this but don't you have form on this site for screaming "racism" at the most innocuous of things? The posts you are complaining about were puns with quite clearly no malicious intent intended to any race of people or no intent whatsoever to minimise the seriousness of war. The broader discussion is about signing a Japanese player which everyone is particularly excited about. If anyone was opposed to his signing purely on the basis of his nationality then you might have a point but the exact opposite is the case. I don't know how you manage to get out of bed in the morning, you seem to get so easily offended on other people's behalf.

You don't need to be prickly about it. All anyone wants is an indication from the minutes that Waggott was given a good grilling about the overall financial situation and the 20th of August hearing and was pulled up if he was being obviously economical with the truth or evasive with his answers.

No, sorry. Didn't mean to create the impression I was on the Forum. I was for a period in the PL era.

If that comes off and turns out to be a success then fair play - bit of thinking outside the box there. As the other player we're linked with however is Baath (who we we were after last year) I won't be holding my breath.

Always the same, the Club have to approve the minutes then o2g needs to type them up and publish online. I can almost guarantee everyone will be disappointed when they are finally revealed.

Yes, this aspect is particularly noticeable, and worrying. You'd have thought the guy from Leeds, Cooper, would be worth a 2 year deal for example.