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Tell you what is a bit pants, 2 of our 3 young player candidates are a couple of months away from their contracts expiring. 

Our midfield for next season: Xavi, Yaya, and Zidane

We're up sh*t creek so if he can bring a padel, it'd be great.

Just read this, too late to check accuracy but pretty damning fact. 
"The transfer window has officially slammed shut, meaning that Derby now won't have signed a striker under the age of 30 on a permanent deal for SIX YEARS."

Is Weston still here?

Just read this, too late to check accuracy but pretty damning fact. 
"The transfer window has officially slammed shut, meaning that Derby now won't have signed a striker under the age of 30 on a permanent deal for SIX YEARS."

Just read this, too late to check accuracy but pretty damning fact. 
"The transfer window has officially slammed shut, meaning that Derby now won't have signed a striker under the age of 30 on a permanent deal for SIX YEARS."

Barnsley away towards the end of the month. If I were them I'd kick Collins off the park.

Mendez-Laing at CF (usually with astrike partner) has just 1 assist in his 6 starts at CF. Last season he averaged 1 every 3 games overall, whislt this season he's averaging 1 in 2. Moving his away from the wing would hurt the team overall

Let's hope Leeds demand £5m and 200% wages for it to happen.

Victims of the business plan in this window. 
We clearly had targets but couldn't pursue them, or got outbid until we had outgoings. Just our luck that an offer comes in at the 11th hour and we seemingly have no time to do anything with the £££ and most, if not all, of our identified targets have already moved somewhere.
I'm guessing, had Bristol's offer for Bird come in earlier in the window things would have looked considerably different/rosier.
Do we ever get any ****ing luck in transfer windows? 🙄

Listening to a Bristol Rovers deadline day live podcast as they were talking about Fornah and they've just spent a good 5 minutes praising the wardrobe as unstoppable. Scores any chance he gets, has 11 in 14 starts, has best goals per minute in league one. 
A lot of speculation from rovers that they are after a Costa Rican midfielder from Forest so maybe not signing Fornah. 

Listening to a Bristol Rovers deadline day live podcast as they were talking about Fornah and they've just spent a good 5 minutes praising the wardrobe as unstoppable. Scores any chance he gets, has 11 in 14 starts, has best goals per minute in league one. 
A lot of speculation from rovers that they are after a Costa Rican midfielder from Forest so maybe not signing Fornah. 

Twitter rumour. Goalkeeper John Ruddy currently having a medical with us. Wildsmith off? 

Twitter rumour. Goalkeeper John Ruddy currently having a medical with us. Wildsmith off? 

So not great news unfortunately, Niall Ennis was the player booked in today for a loan to buy. However he got a late bid and looks to be off to Stoke. Can only imagine we are scrambling around to find someone 

That's a weird thing for Bird to agree to. I'd have thought he'd have a few suitors when out of contract at the end of the season, at which point has been repeatedly said, we'd get very decent compensation for him.
To do this deal now, we must be very keen on money now to bring a striker in. We've discovered that the restrictions of the business plan we're having to work to mean we cannot buy any players unless we sell, hence CBT had to be a loan until the end of the season. I suspect Bristol City will have got him on the cheap by us getting the money up front now.
If we use the money on Smith, we're fools. It's just so short-termist and so short-sighted. If we use it to bring in a promising striker with the likelihood of flourishing for us in the Championship after helping us towards promotion, then it's clever business.
 

I meant certs for the play offs, Bolton, Peterborough or possibly Portsmouth for the top 2 as things stand.

Don't forget if/when we fail to sign someone today we can still moan about the available free agents:-
Connor Wickham, Gary Madine... Troy Deeney... Fraizer Campbell... Maybe Peter Crouch to come out of retirement?

I understand plan C is in operation 
Niall Ennis on loan to the end of the season 
Ward looking very likely to be leaving on loan 
Smith and Gregory - not coming - Wednesday apparently wanted 100% wages + 1m loan fee for smith - 50% + 150k for Gregory 

Wilson and Adams were team mates at Forest Green the season they got promoted to league one.
Both played 40+ games and got championship moves in the following summer. I hope he can be another Wilson for us.

Convinced there will be a bit of action today.
There will be a striker, Gregory may be plan C or D, but if we have to fall back on him I reckon we will.
Outgoings wouldn't surprise me either - think Wildsmith, Cashin, Oduroh, Ward, Bird, Sibley, Fornah, Barkhuizen, Robinson, Radcliffe, Allen, Fapetu and Weston could all be subject to late moves, albeit more than likely loans.
Devil's advocate - would you swap Sibley for a striker, loan or otherwise?