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12 minutes ago, Comrade 86 said:

Tore up his contract mate as he wasn't getting enough starts. 

They have to agree to it as well, so was released I guess. Was about to sign for port vale so am hoping people temper their expectations slightly. Is not the Dwight Gayle of years ago scoring 20 a season in the championship.

hopefully does a job for us!

That was awful, the subs made me hate football. Really not sure how that worked! Hope we find another plan soon

don’t think anyone played badly but the plan was bizarre at best

1 hour ago, Ghost of Clough said:

I swear Warne (or Pearce?) said we had a long list of CF options. After finding out the wage/fee demands, the list was reduced to just 3 (or 4?) on deadline day. We agreed everything with 1 of them, then at 8pm their manager or owner decided to cancel the move.

I don’t doubt there are reasons why we didn’t get someone in. But it was an essential that we did. Leaving it until 8pm on the last day not the best idea maybe.

11 minutes ago, G STAR RAM said:

I remember in the not too distant past, Hughes andn Bryson both getting injured and MM going out and panic buying Butterfield and Johnson on deadline day.

If I recall correctly, with hindsight our fans were saying how ridiculous it was...

Only the prices paid were ridiculous, the idea of replacing injured players not so much. 

6 hours ago, G STAR RAM said:

So you think he should have been preparing for Waghorn, Washington, John Jules and Collins all to be injured?

Who are these freebies that will do a better job than Barkhuizen, NML or CBT up top?

Seeing as waghorn and Washington were already injured and then John Jules got injured with days left in the window then yes I’d suggest we should be preparing for that.

Collins is 32,33. Expecting him to play 90 minutes for the rest of the season was crazy. Likewise as a team chasing promotion you’d probably want a striker to bring off the bench if chasing a game, or even fresh legs if winning to to see it out. 
warne obviously agreed as was trying to sign a striker.

We should have had three or four options at least and been able to get one over the line on deadline day. 

17 minutes ago, MackworthRamIsGod said:

To quote Simon Jordan...That is absolute Poppycock.

If he does his job properly and prepares accordingly, he would have found someone to improve us within the set budget.  

There are footballers beyond the top 3 divisions in England.

The fact Collins is injured as our only fit striker was something we all worried about, we didn’t need someone to improve the team. Although that be ideal

just a striker to play would be ideal at this point. Is Dwight Gayle still an option?

8 minutes ago, Ted McMinn Football Genius said:

This ref is gonna shaft us tonight. We will see a red, I just that feeling. The officiating in this tier of the footballing pyramid is atrocious and we tend to get the rough end of it to

Yeah it feels like that sort of game! Adam’s will have to be careful but imagine is used to playing on a booking 

Shaun barker is painful to listen to!

Bird been brilliant since we sold him!! Fair play to him

Would imagine will be 4231 myself 

wildsmith

wilson, Nelson, cashin, elder

adams, hourihane

mendez, bird, Blackett Taylor 

Collins 

pretty adaptable to 433 like others mentioned though.

like the look of this team. Feels one of our strongest.

Wasn’t the best game was it, thought we improved slightly after the break but not hugely. Hourihane is really struggling to have an impact. Be happier with a back four, and looks like midfield has to be Adams and bird. 
Think we’re all quite eager to see more of Blackett Taylor as well.

Is that him saying will be moving on in the summer? 

1 hour ago, ap04 said:

Well known football argot for "not deserved" (along with "hard fought" "gritty" "professional" "great fight/resilience/character/defending" "winning when not at one's best" etc.)

It was an awful game being honest!

Ground it out well today, thought ward and Bradley had their best games for us. Didn’t hate 5 at the back for a change either. Bird had a good game as well.

hourihane had a shocker and Thompson when he came on. Certainly some good grit and fight about the team though.

back it up with a home win next week now.

20 hours ago, Ghost of Clough said:

Not just forwards, but this is the full list of January loans in League 1 (bold = players I think would have improved us).

GK: Louie Moulden, Jamie Cumming, Craig MacGillivray
CB: Caleb Taylor, Elkan Baggott, Sean Grehan, Andy Smith, Jack Shepherd, Elijah Campbell, Rhys Williams, Kacper Lopata, Zane Monlouis, Charlie Goode, Nigel Lonwijk
LB: Hayden Coulson, Nathanael Ogbeta, Tolaji Bola, Harry Boyes, Imari Samuels, Nesta Guinness-Walker, Luke Chambers, Saxon Earley
RB: Calvin Ramsay, James Gibbons
DM/CM/AM: George Byers, Brandon Aguilera, Harry Vaughan, Tyreeq Bakinson, Lewis Fiorini, Luke Harris, Ryan Woods, Gavin Kilkenny, Conor McGrandles, Jay Matete, Myles Peart-Harris, Jensen Weir, Dan Gore, Jack Hinchy, Chem Campbell
RW: Jonathan Leko, Michael Olakigbe
LW: Jack Diamond, Tony Springett, Alex Mighten
CF: Freddie Ladapo, Joe Hugill, Ola-Adebomi, Kyle Hudlin, Antwoine Hackford, Macauley Bonne, Joe Nuttall, Mo Eisa, Daniel Adu-Adjei, Khayon Edwards, Joe Taylor, Tyler Burey, Vadine Oliver, Charlie Kelman, Gideon Kodua
 

Ladapo the glaring one on this list 

4 hours ago, Jourdan said:

Would Georgie Kelly improve us? Would he want to sit on our bench? Maybe he has joined Carlisle to play first team football?

Chris Martin? Was he ever likely to leave Bristol Rovers where he is scoring goals and playing first team football and obviously enjoying living in the city? He would have come here and had to prove himself to the manager and would have had to work his way into the team. Again, would he have jumped at that chance? Not convinced.

It’s easy to say X, Y, Z were available but we have the easy job of sitting on the sofa, not dealing with all types of variables.

 

I think if Collins gets injured in the next month then pretty much any striker improves us at that point?

Not sure this is a 0% chance. We’d be a better option than Charlton and Barnsley I think, sheff weds having money issues. Personally think Ipswich have better than him already.

Didn’t know Warne say last week was waiting on a premier league striker? What happened to that

he’s had two shocking January windows now. Will see how the rest of the season plays out

40 minutes ago, Wolfie20 said:

For me they were the favourites before any new signings, he just makes them better.

Yeah I keep hearing how January is a tough window, everyone wants a striker etc. Collins be a great signing for us. Genuinely unsure what excuses we’ll have when restrictions expire in the summer.

It’s not necessarily vitriol is it, just some people not that keen on the loan back idea to a player who wants to leave us. He’s not that good that we’d be begging him to stay!

Can Blackett Taylor play?

1 minute ago, Kernow said:

I’d say he’s more likely to be committed than if we didn’t sell him now & loan him back.

A strong 50/50 on the halfway line which leads to a potential injury just a few months until he’s a free agent, potentially leaving him injured and without a club?

He’s sorted his medium-term future whilst still being involved in a promotion battle. I don’t think you get to the stage of being a professional footballer if you don’t have the mentality of being committed at a stage of the season like this.

I’ve seen him s*** out of loads of tackles whilst a derby player, wouldn’t expect that to change!

don’t mind him, never kicked on though. Should have been running games in this division, wasn’t at all. Little to no improvement in last few years. Good luck to him.

Honestly I give up if it’s Lee Gregory 

5 minutes ago, simmoram1995 said:

Peterborough have recalled the ex chesterfield striker I have a funny feeling JCH will be the player by 11pm  

I’d be very happy with this compared to smith or Gregory.

was talk of Charlton for about £300k? Would be worth that

3 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Before we get too exited . Remember we are losing £3-£6 million a season and we have too be careful. Didn’t see us spend the Jason Knight money .

I know, that’s why I don’t get some people’s slow progression option. Getting out of this league the quickest way to being profitable. 
Ultimately we can’t be afraid of transfers though, it’s a huge part of football.