I always thought Suhail worked for Venkys, not the other way around? 🤷‍♂️ If Venkys wanted to invest into the squad, they get on the blower and tell Suhail he's getting the ol'warchest and to work with the recruitment team to get some players in, surely? Makes no sense why Suhail is the blocker, if Venkys want to invest, nothing is stopping them, it's their name above the door.

JE has a real conundrum on his hands for this one. Trav probably shouldn't start, so he'll have to go with Forshaw and Buckley in midfield. He could switch to a back 3 of Sanderson-Hyam-Beck but then he's screwed for a winger back, probably Hedges on the left but no one really for the right. Might have to give one of the younger lads a go at CB and move Sanderson to RB. No matter what he goes with, I think we're in big trouble for this one. 3 - 0 (but could easily be 4-0)

I agree with you here, but what an absolute tragedy that this is where we are at as a football club. It's all just lies and smokescreen to try calm the fans, so they can ride out the storm of no investment until the window closes. It's fucking bullshit, I hate this regime.

I'm sure I read somewhere (likely on here) that someone posted that Venkys will now only be looking at sanctioning low fee signings, max £1m. The days of spending £6m on a Gallagher/BBD are long gone. As the whole 25man squad has been assembled for circa £6.5m, it seems that's very much the case. It's not sustainable and is a sure fire way to League 1.

Was just about to ask what we reckon the fee will be. Wasn't expecting it to be a lot tbf.

Looks like he's trying to force a move

I'm sure the rumour (on here i think 🤔) was that Gestede was brought in to "learn the ropes" and eventually take over Waggotts role.

He doesn't seem to sign off an awful lot tbf 🤷‍♂️

Dire is an understatement Jim, I'm afraid. Disinterested and now seemingly completely disengaged owners, who have absolutely no desire to invest any money into the squad. The clubs hierarchy are constantly lying to the fan base in order to protect the owners, with a "no impact" court case, clearly having a severe impact. An unprecedented injury crisis completely destroying any hopes of a sustained play off push and not even a rumour of any reinforcements surfacing on social media which is usually full of bullshitting attention seekers. The club has been in receipt of its biggest transfer influx in its history and it's been used to cover the costs that the owners either can't or won't cover, rather than being reinvested into the squad. We're now set to put out a starting 11 that wouldn't win league 1, in a game we're likely to get annihilated in. It's a bit worse than dire.

I don't think we'll go down but inevitably, we will slide down the table. It's going to get a lot worse before it gets any better. I think we'll end the season closer to relegation than the top 6.

Fear not! I'm sure there will be another last minute, desperation, Billy Koumetio-esq loan before the transfer door closes firmly in our face.

😂😂 You should know better on these boards!

He's finally realised that no one is coming in, so the rhetoric has shifted to "players need to step up".

#VenkysOut, it's the only way anything ever gets better. They've absolutely fucked the manager over, it's disgraceful. Loads of injured players, players playing with injuries and now we are down to fielding fuck knows what kind of team in our next game.

Now JRC down injured 😂