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I hope they're paying him at least what Bradley earns every week. Congratulations Cash!

We are missing a striker, that's obvious to everyone involved. The loan option was the right move because why would you sign a permanent striker when Collins doesn't need replacing? We needed a back up who could rotate when Collins got tired. Warne didn't think Brown was ready, hence why he left on loan to gain experience. Putting my pretend football manager hat on, why not approach a young player on loan who wouldn't be a starter but have some energy to come off the bench and compete with Collo? I couldn't get my head around why we insisted on trying to look at the Sheff Weds old boys when it was pretty nailed on they would not move unless we gave them silly loan fees. We have been unlucky though. Ennis was taken off us by Stoke at the last moment. JJ doing his hamstring again. Washington injured on international duty. I just don't think it was the right call to let Brown leave on loan without bringing someone else in. He might have proved himself as a really useful option. But letting him leave without a replacement beforehand was a huge mistake. Collins is one bad tackle away and then we have no strikers for a number of games. We are risking having to rush back Washington. Happy with the two lads we signed. In comparison to our rivals, I don't think we have had a great transfer window and I do think this will come back to haunt us again. Whether that's Warne being stubborn on his targets or our recruitment team not getting deals over the line. We will never know.

"Well I waited outside Hillsborough all day for Smith and Gregory, and forgot there's other clubs with players available."

There's that fine balance between signing hardly anyone and doing a King Billy and signing a whole new squad in January when you're top of the league. We will absolutely regret not bringing in a striker. Granted we signed a couple of good players but that's not enough when you consider rivals have really improved their squads and we simply haven't supported the squad enough with more bodies in the building. Another really missed opportunity and questions need to be asked.

Think there's more chance of signing Peter Sutcliffe as our new attacker from Yorkshire than trying to bother Sheff Weds again.

Me every 5 minutes tonight

I hope he didn't leave his Coke behind.... The drink, the drink 😶

Can't believe those chip eaters pinched one of our targets.

Hopefully we will find someone late one. I'm sure I'm stuck in January 2023. We did the exact same last year? Panicking around, couldn't get anything over the line until the final hours. When it happens two years on the trot questions need to be asked of the club. Our rivals are surging ahead with recruitment. It's a shame we couldn't bring in Ennis.

I don't understand what Bird's done wrong? He had a contract, he doesn't want to sign a new one. He's got every right to choose what he wants to do. Stayed through the dark times and now he wants to play at a higher level. He has a manager who does not play to his strengths. Fair play to him. If people want to point fingers, go to the club for selling him at the last minute and causing a scene.

Seeing the Bird abuse online makes me hate the Internet and I want to go live in my log cabin in the woods and socialise with nobody.

I think Warne will chuck it at Michael Smith. He's been desperate to sign him for ages. Even if Bird was sold weeks ago, I don't think Warne had any intention to invest the money into a permanent striker. He wanted Smith last January, wanted him in the summer and finally he might get him today. If Smith signs, that tells me a lot about his transfer policy.

It's the right decision to sell Bird. It's been fairly clear for awhile he was never going to sign a new deal. I'm concerned at the timing of the sale. I would have given him two weeks into January to sign a deal and then gave green light to sell him if he wasn't going to do it. Thankfully we will get him back on loan. Are we really going to invest that transfer fee into loan fees? It stinks of desperation, lack of planning and deja vu of last season. We desperately need a centre forward and another attacking player.

I hope Brown hasn't moved into his Gateshead apartment yet.

Everyone knowing for days these deals were never going to happen

Charismatic chap. Hopefully he's an upgrade on Fornah, who I've not been impressed with to be honest. Adams is what I thought Fornah would bring to the table. Sounds to be Warne had no faith in Fornah and that's why he's been looking at Adams for a couple of months to potentially replace him.

Feel bad for Conor Wickham. He looked amazing for Ipswich then did okay in the Premier League with Sunderland. That move to Palace ruined him. Constantly injured, never fit. Looked really useful at Forest Green. Maybe as a last resort.

Being a lazy statto, is there really much difference between him and Fornah? Could argue Fornah has started more matches in the last couple of years. Sounds like a midfielder is on the way out.

In the grand scheme of things, there's plenty of time left. How many deals get done on the last day (tomorrow)? Happens every bloody year, like last minute Christmas shopping.

I am wondering if Warne has secretly entered a squad in for the Masters Football tournament that used to be on Sky.

Gregory and Waggy up front you say?

Jordan Rhodes has done alright dropping down a division. This might be Gregory's level to chip in 7-8 goals. I'm not surprised if we went for him. Warne and his lack of trust in a young loanee makes me think he'll be after older players. I mean, look at how he treated Will Osula. Didn't want him for some unknown reason and then Sheff Utd recalled him. I've been watching him recently and he'd be ideal for Warne, chasing down and pressuring defenders. Bonkers.

With Bolton, Peterborough looking strong, plus Pompey getting over their bad patch, it'll be 3rd or 4th. I will be amazed if Warne makes the exact same mistakes again and we end up finishing 7th. We have got enough scrappy wins in the team to get us into the play offs.