There is absolutely nothing to talk about regarding transfers, thats why.

I dont need to justify not going to the match as I am still a season ticket holder. Not that anyone has to justify their non-attendance to any one else, nor does that mean that those people dont or shouldnt still have a vested interest. My main criticism of your "opinion" is that it is based on something that I am not sure is entirely true, that people who dont attend are the ones complaining about a lack of signings.

Putting aside the ridiculous nature of the suggestion that no team in the last 24 years has matched Mowbrays for effort, something thats irrelevant to the original point you made. I've no idea where you've got this agenda from, whereby people who are not attending ("putting their hands in their pockets") are complaining about a lack of signings. Do you have any quotes that can back this up, if so then fair enough. If not its just blatant fishing for a reaction that you have clearly got. And to be honest, just because someone doesnt attend doesnt mean he/she doesnt have a vested interest and passion or that they dont want it to do all it can to succeed.

Never a Championship player, terrible goal record.

Such a strange comment. I was under the impression that most of the main contributors on here are either season ticket holders or live too far away to be able to get one.

Steven Davis has signed for Rangers and Hoban is neither ever fit nor particularly good anyway.

Very much a no from me to the Downing signing. Unimaginative deal for a player well past his best.

Many of the players I mentioned are pacy wingers who play on their natural side. Whether the tactical requirements of a winger has changed is neither here nor there, many teams play with out and out wingers. My point about Armstrong was that he is far better on the right than on the left.

Hes not the best crosser but being on his natural side makes his game far simpler. Look at his assists v Ipswich, Brentford and QPR, bursts of acceleration followed by dangerous crosses.

A common myth. Look at last season. Benrahma, Canos and Watkins at Brentford. Hernandez and Buendia at Norwich. Harrison at Leeds. Barkhuizen at Preston. Murphy, Montero, Barnes and Phillips at WBA. Adomah, Green and El Ghazi at Villa. Wilson, Jozefzoon and Holmes at Derby. Lolley at Forest. Eliasson at Bristol City. James and Dyer at Swansea. Grosicki and Bowen at Hull. Ince and McLean at Stoke. Taylor at Rotherham. Maghoma at Birmingham. Osayi Samuel at QPR. Edwards at Ipswich. Ameobi at Bolton. One or two of them may be wingers who play on their weaker side and cut in, but wingers are very much still effective. I also think from our current team, Armstrong is 100x more effective on the right playing as a winger than on the left repeatedly coming into traffic.

If weve got a similar budget then Mowbray is very lucky IMO. Just hope the biggest signing is a centre back, Jake Cooper fits the bill. Have to look at free agents, the likes of Jake Bidwell, Albert Adomah and Liam Palmer could all improve the team without a transfer fee, as well as the loan market as the 2 play off finalists prove. And hopefully pick up a couple of gems from abroad.

Nah it was just pointing out that no one would accept a purely pay as you pay contract, as you say he would have to receive a guaranteed wage, even if he ends up on much less than he was at West Ham. People pay good money to watch their team hoping that the 7m striker plays rubbish because its more important to justify him not being their first choice signing? Right.

But theres no way that he would accept a contract without a guaranteed wage.

Not a chance that he would agree to a pay as you play, maybe he will have to settle for quite an incentivised contract for his next move but he will undoubtedly have a decent basic salary, otherwise if he doesnt play for a couple of months through injury he wont get paid and it doesnt work like that.

Thats factually incorrect. Only Pukki, Abraham, Maupay, Gayle, Sharp, Rodriguez, McBurnie, Adams and Bowen scored over 20. To compare, Dack and Graham our front 2 got 15 goals each. Derby got in the play off final and their top scorers were Wilson on 15 and Waghorn on 9. Leeds top scorers were Roofe with 14 and Pablo with 12. Dont get me wrong, we need a new striker, but calling Graham consistently average and suggesting that (especially due to Graham not scoring enough for your liking) that Brereton should start is absolute madness.

Cant profess to know any Derby fans but hes been an ever present practically for 4 or 5 years for a consistently top 6 challenging side. His style is a little ungainly and whilst hes ungainly, he can bring the ball out as shown in the build up to Marriotts winner at Leeds in the semi final. Hed be an excellent signing but totally unrealistic. Agree on Keogh but totally disagree on Conway being very good whenever hes been on the pitch. His goal contributions have been a consolation goal at Sheffield Wednesday and a corner to set up Lenihan v Leeds. The 2 good games hes had this season (Sheffield Wednesday and Derby) have been followed by injuries which have become increasingly common. As great a servant as hes been, if we cannot find someone who can be an upgrade on present day Conway then we really are struggling.

Think historys being re-written somewhat, we didn't just get promoted, we got promoted with a impressive points haul, comfortably by 9 points as @Bigdoggsteel said, with 2 games to spare and thats baring in mind in the first quarter of the season we were well off the pace (12 points) due to a long adaptation process, we made a lot of signings, the likes of Dack and in particular Graham took a bit of time to get going, and we had players like Caddis, Ward and Whittingham slowing things down. Also, the same team with very little improvement (due to Mowbray blowing most of his budget on a one goal striker admittedly) finished comfortably in mid table in the Championship. I still think we would definitely have got promoted from League 1 this season. I stand by the assertion that a great season would have been winning the league, and that Mowbray was totally out of order by publically discounting its importance. But whether anyone else could have got us promoted is irrelevant, it was still a good achievement and he still deserves credit for it. I also think the Sunderland job was a much harder one, there was less to work with in terms of the existing squad for Ross, and also it seemed from the outside to be a far more rotten core in terms of the atmosphere at the club; Mowbray didnt save us from relegation but there was a noticeable boost in terms of us under Mowbray compared to under Coyle, as youd expect. People mention the money spent on Grigg but he lost his top scorer in Maja.

He has clearly been mentally and physically fit then considering his excellent statistics. If hes not fit then he really is some player.

Talk about United and Everton is fantasy but 15 goals and 7 assists for a team who finished 15th suggests he is not overrated at all. Parachute payments enable clubs who come down to support their high wage bill in the main. Its not just a booster of transfer budget.

His value is zero, a value is what he is worth to someone but he no longer belongs to a club.

It certainly wont be for a 600k fee as stated in the article as hes out of contract.

Very good, proactive business by Stoke. Adam Davies would have been a very good signing for us, Powell a no go (doubt hed come and we have Dack) and Gregory would have been decent but not groundbreaking. Sheffield Wednesday are apparently signing Bidwell on a free, he would have been a very good upgrade on Bell. The free agent market is always key at this level, especially for clubs like ourselves. Unfortunately, the best ones tend to be snapped up fast which is at odds with our system of making the manager wait to fly out to India a couple of weeks after the season before he can start to do deals.

Its either that or talk about tumbleweed.

The announcement was purely confirming that his initial loan has ended. Local media in Norwich suggests that they are strongly considering an extended stay. Latter 2 certainly not good enough.