Have you ever seen these players play?

He scored against us but hes not a particularly good Championship player. Another plodder.

St Johnstone fans would seemingly drive him down. Thankfully not the most reliable of sources!

Amazing how context less emojis from anonymous twitter accounts get people so excited.

Obviously quality is the thing you have to prioritise. Im just saying that timing still has some importance aswell. We have some other non performers in there who I would happily sacrifice if it meant getting what we need. And obviously its about what anyone does here.

If we signed a random player in Serie B would you not be concerned considering you have echoed that Eustace wants Championship experience throughout this window that it clearly wouldnt be a Eustace signing? When you have such a limited budget and prioritise domestic experience then you are likely going to get someone who is sat on the bench and/or past his best. Bamford wont be coming here as his wages are extortionate. Players like Thomas Asante and maybe someone like Jacob Brown would also probably be beyond us but even if you got someone of that ilk, they arent natural goalscorers and struggle for game time at clubs lower down the table. Riis seems to be second choice to Osmajic and has struggled to score many goals since a serious injury and Robinson will be too important to Cardiff. If we go for a young lad on loan it is a bit depressing. Danns has barely played senior football. Scarlett has just been recalled having found it impossible to play at Oxford ahead of a striker who hasnt scored for ages, he would be bottom of the barrel. If we have even a couple of million, the choices are to go for someone like BTA/Brown (not necessarily those 2) who isnt going to score that many but is an upgrade on what we have and you know what you are getting. Or take a risk abroad where you do then have a chance of finding someone with a higher ceiling but also know theres a chance he could flop. So risk and reward. The first option is 3 on a dice, you could roll a 6 or a 1 if you think outside the box. If we go for a young lad on loan on top of a Serie B winger (who has struggled to replicate his Serie C) and/or fail to also get someone in to help to cover the Tronstad void, then we clearly arent serious and wont have the capability to be in the top 6 reckoning. It will all come down to money and it is hard to have any optimism that we will get what we need. Buy a striker, buy a winger, loan a midfielder and loan a left back should be the order of the day.

If we lose at the weekend with our depleted squad, it would further highlight how its not just a case of getting the right players in. It would be 3 losses on the bounce.

Have you seen much of Aasgard as you must have mentioned him 100 times? Theres no chance of this happening by the way.

Parma are interested in him on a free.

"I'm not aware of anything imminent or being on the table." The usual line again. Mentions wanting a left back as Pickering is out until March. No mention of a midfielder even though Tronstad is out until March so we are going to have to put up with sub standard midfielders in Buckley and especially Forshaw until then.

When is Jed Wallace being announced?

We were told that Forshaw was signed as an attempt to save resources for the attacking positions. If a player from Serie B who has not replicated his form in Serie C is the primary buy and we also dont bring in another midfielder then that would be a predictably sorry state.

I doubt it is £1m+, and I cant see us signing 2 strikers. Bamford is a non starter due to his wage and the fact he is injured.

The choice is on the owners and their willingness to provide a reasonable budget.

It sort of does. Otherwise you could just sign literally anyone and say that. He might be a hidden gem, who knows.