Thats down to the manager though, he should choose and then if it goes well, great, if not then he gets the blame. I agree that short and long term it made sense to sell a player with 6 months on his deal and get a couple of assets for the longer term. As it was, we got the worsr of both worlds.

Then it still wouldnt be what we need and that would be squarely on the owners for again not reinvesting any money at a time of need.

He wasnt going to say "right, now we are up I can get rid of most of these shit players." He didnt "actively decide not to win the league." We went to Charlton and he made a few changes but if I recall we had a number of injuries. I have never seen before that he turned down Archer. Have you got a link to that? He did turn down a striker on loan (wrongly) but that was rumoured to be Liam Delap who went on to have a couple of terrible loans before a half decent one at Hull last season. He was right to kick up a fuss about not being given the autonomy to sell Rothwell.

I dont think Egan Riley is on loan. Im sure they bought him and initialy loaned him out themselves and his emergence this season seems a bit of a surprise.

If we signed 3 loans then we would have 6 so one would always be unable to be even in the squad. The amount of money we have brought in and barely a slither available to reinvest. We clearly wont make the play offs and our squad will have the numerous sticking plasters ripped off and we will be left with a skeletal squad again come the summer. And with no sellable assets to speak of. You HAVE to reinvest some money. That then gives you assets, you can then potentially sell them in the future, reinvest and so forth. Not here. And even then, people still shrug their shoulders. Even if they claim its gone to running costs, reivesting some will potentially lead to further profits on those players in the future.

I dont think he is. We need a winger or 2 with pace and who can offer a goal threat. Obviously thats not easy on our budget but either way Schlupp is IMO not what we need. He has never scored more than 4 league goals in a season (plus he got 1 in the cup) and due to his age his legs are going. Hes more of a utility man, I always thought he was best as a wing back. He might be a steady eddie as a wide man, working hard but we have lots of them already. We need some more attacking threat. Kent would make more sense. Can be inconsistent, questions about attitude and has not played for a bit so it comes with red flags. But hes quick and takes people on, would be permanent and isnt into his 30s, and he has had seasons where he scored a decent amount of goals as a wide man. Venkys will not invest. Its not Waggott and its not even Suhail. Its Venkys. Just because Eustace endorses a signing doesnt automatically make it what we need. Is Schlupp an attacking player who can score a decent amount of goals, and who is going to take people on? No, hes an aging utility man. And if hes signed partly to cover left back, as and when hes needed there, then we are back to square one. Kent I think could potentially give us what we need. If its Schlupp as well, different story. If not, no to Schlupp.

Your logic makes absolutely no sense. It would have been very much in his best interests from a career and financial point of view to get promoted. The problem is, he was here too long so peoples dislike of him grew to unhealthy levels to the point where they start creating nonsensical theories to try and discredit him further.

If he went up and then got sacked, he would have been paid up on a massively increased contract and had a considerable improvement in reputation at Championship level so would have been given further work easily. Every manager is doing it to line their pockets. But the idea that Mowbray wouldnt want promotion is illogical, financially as much as anything.

Makes zero sense. Promotion would have lined those pockets further with a considerable wage increase and probably a new deal.

Versatility doesnt trump whether I think he would be a good signing.

I know based on your posts that you will struggle to agree but not everything Nixon will post is true. He is a self proclaimed gossip.

Schlupp is not what we need. He is heavily reliant on pace and at 32 that will be waning and he again does not offer a goal threat. Kent I would understand more. Will offer more of an attacking threat.

The wingers cant hold a candle to our prolific one goal a season striker featuring missed tap ins and headers 30 yards out.

It is on them, 100%, if they put money in/back in. End of. All these theories about Waggott and Suhail not asking. Just evasion of where the blame lies. They have been regularly slashing the budget even at times mid transfer window in the last 2 years. So I am not having for one minute that there are potential funds lying there that simply havent been asked for. Even if that was the case, the owners should say here is x amount to spend. Nixon said we wanted McBurnie. After a press conference when it was asked, it was rubbished in the LT.

But its Venkys that he will be giving the benefit of the doubt, or not. His happiness will depend on if he is backed. That is 100% on them, no nonsense about not being asked, if no reasonable budget is forthcoming, then he would be more likely to jump ship, nothing to do with the lapdog messengers.

Nothing says transfer window like getting updates not that Nixon has linked us to someone. But that Nixon is going to link us to someone and we need a build up of anticipation as if someone has actually signed and ready to be announced. He linked us to McBurnie last week or the week before. Turned out to be bollocks.

*Venkys

Did Dolan have any shots, create any chances etc? Or just "look to do things." ACD very much did look to do things, even if it wasnt that much. His cross was really good but Gueye made himself impossible to pick out as he was nowhere near the danger area, the ball was really inviting.

Also please ask why we havent spent anything other than crumbs in a time period where we have brought in £50m+ in sales. Including in January when we desperately need numerous reinforcements. (We know that will be the case)

There definitely is a raw element which unfortunately leads to stuff like this although there was a lot that happened afterwards where we could have stopped the goal. Hyam and Brittain got in each others way then the second ball in should have been defended better. I am yet to be convinced either way but he does provide more threat than those around him going forward. The only one who gets shots away or takes people on. He put in a really good cross but a combination of Gueye on his heels as ever and the others not showing a desire to push into the box meant that it was wasted.

Its a grim choice and because of Gallagher's injury record its hypothetical. Then again, if Gallagher is injured he cant play. Gueye usually is fit to play so at least if you pick Gallagher you likely have neither in your side. If he is fit, he at least gets more than 1 goal every half season and a ball isnt quite as alien a concept.

Hes scored is it 1 goal in something like 1 in 18 games? Works hard but little else. At least he looks like he has seen a football before unlike Gueye. We cant be confident of that to be fair. Especially under similar budgetary restraints and with the same people in charge of finding someone who managed to find Gueye. Who even his biggest fan only has down as a lump to bring on when chasing a game hoping to get the scraps off him. But there has to be someone better. Hard to find worse.

The fact that hes barely been fit and has still matched Gueye tells you a lot. And just to clarify as you like to claim otherwise, I dont rate Gallagher and am glad hes gone. Shame we found someone even worse.

ACD wasnt as effective as he had be but I dont get the distinction between him and Dolan. The latter, I cant remember doing anything. ACD at least showed our only fleeting flashes of doing something in the first half, tried a couple of shots, got a couple of good crosses in that the donkey in the middle just stood and didnt try to get on the end of.

Absolutely, he does have 5 league goals overall though. But I dont think he is necessarily good enough.