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Don't worry, Ismael will find at least one further excuse: Clubs ask silly fees in the Jan. window and we couldn't secure all our targets The lads coming back from injury need time and games to get their rhythm Further injuries happen - I've never known such a season The games just keep coming, we have 6 alone in Feb The pitch isn't helping (used already yesterday) and no doubt there will be more!

Glen, sorry to hear the bad news about one of your parents. Hope the surgery has been successful and recovery is good. Horrible situation for all the family. Puts football firmly into perspective. Life is a precious privilege but sadly so fragile. Take care.

You mean confirmed?

Indeed! It happens - past, present and no doubt the future.

Just a further thought on Gudjohnsen. Ismael has been hammering on about how many injured and how desperate we are to get players back - won't have gone unnoticed in football circles. If a key player suffers a longer term injury just a week or so before the window closes and you need to replace, you wouldn't want the football world to know as asking prices for potential replacements would rocket. Think we should know soon if Rovers playing 'a straight bat'.

Nope

My 'peppercorn' doesn't normally 'talk' to me unless I've consumed too much red before eating . If you mean 'source' then not the same.

Seems, and hope, someone has been a tad mischievous. You will note, I caveated with question mark and 'if correct'. Let's see where we are next week then. Surprised Montgomery might be back - weren't we advised 4 to 6 weeks?

A huge blow if proven correct. Yuri has been run into the ground - at risk, IMO, from longer term injury. Think we now need 2 more decent strikers to give us even half a chance.

What I've heard. Update atm Ismael's presser?

Gudjohnsen out for season? Heightens need for a proper number 9.

Don't think a decision will be taken until the window has closed or almost closed on Tuesday 2 Feb - and we know why! Think there's so much dross that needs removing including Forshaw, Henriksson and probably Baradji. Problem is that's almost a full team and illustrates, IMO, just how abysmal our signings have been. Further problem is who will buy such players!?!? Still think one or more of Alebiosu, Cantwell and Tronstad will go through the exit door. In most likelihood, this season's calamitous player trading will at worse relegate us or at best set us back 2 or 3 seasons.

Think we've had half a dozen with 'three thousand and odd for a League game'. Remember a league game in Bobby Saxton's reign against Cardiff where we just about scraped over 3,000 - think it was our last home game of the season and ended in a draw. I was there!!!!!

It's remarkable how Hughes seems to have lost so much of his 'touch'. In reality, done nothing remarkable since leaving Rovers (how he must rue the day) and some would say he has 'bombed' in a number of his jobs. Would take him over Ismael but feel he's very much yesterday's man.

Think virtually anyone would be an upgrade on Ismael. As for Mowbray and his mate Venus, personally wouldn't touch them with a sh1tty stick. How much did these two know about Waggot's plan to flog part of Brockhall and downsize our wonderful facility there? IMO, Mowbray is selfish and in it for what he can get and he is not the affable 'uncle' type character he likes to portray. Failed to save us from relegation, got us back up on by far and away League 1's biggest budget and then trod water for 4 years, allegedly turning down an offer from City to take Liam Delap on loan in a Jan. window when we had a great chance of play-offs. No thanks.