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Doesn’t sound like we are trying to play football …Warne won’t last if he can’t see we have good enough players to keep the ball and play football 

I hate letting the opposition have the ball and playing on the break …Rowett style 👎🏻

Not there today 😞

what formation are we playing?

16 minutes ago, Big Trav said:

Thommo the injured one then, Calf injury apparently 

Yep fair play you did say someone was injured in midfieId

keep the info coming BT if you hear any mate 

Let’s hope keeping Cashin and not getting a striker in will see us promoted but I’m not so sure 

if we could’ve sold cash for the 3.6m and got JCH for 800k I think would’ve been great business 

6 minutes ago, inter politics said:

We would have had to pay more 

Has he gone for 800k?

We need to get out of this s**** league and let’s just hope we don’t regret not getting a top striker in ….

Just now, inter politics said:

How do you know we'd have got JCH in?

I don't know but it would've given us more scope to get a goalscorer in and a CB 

I'm guessing more chance of getting a couple of decent players in if we had a couple of million to spend 

Just now, inter politics said:

Depends doesn't it? Loan back could have been worth it. Otherwise, who do you replace him with at this stage?

There are plenty of more mobile CB's about and I'd have accepted 4m and got JCH and a CB in and think then we'd be sorted for season ...If we hadn't time to get a CB we'd be ok until Jan with Foz, Bradley and Rooney who could all play there if needed 

1 minute ago, inter politics said:

Exactly. We know what we have in Cashin.

So would you have  turned down the 4m then??

3 minutes ago, inter politics said:

I don't get why so many fans want us to sell our best centre half and one of our best players when we're trying to get promoted. This isn't football manager. The new centre halves haven't pulled up any trees yet so how would selling Cashin definitely help us?

Because he can go for peanuts if he doesn't sign a contract and 4m if true is a good offer thats why

Its really quite sad to see how much we have fallen........Forest signing players like Odoi and players from PSV whilst we are excited about the possible signing of a 30 year old league 1 striker ffs.....we should never be in this position!!🤬

Thanks Mel Morris !!!

Selling Cash for 4m if true would've been a great deal I really don't see how keeping him until Jan is going to end up with a 4m deal....be lucky to get 1.5m so not good news 

I really don't get the comments about keeping him because he will be out of contract end of season and he's not the quickest 

Would'e taken 4m thats a good offer and if we'd brought in JCH and another couple it would've been seen as astute business imo 

big Chris Weale takes some beating !! 

10 minutes ago, Ambitious said:

Hendrick has been pony for a while now that's assuming that you rated him before his demise too - assuming he's still getting paid a good sum too thanks to the ridiculous deal offered by Newcastle at the time. 

Relegated Reading last season, fans hated him. I already know he'll relegate Wednesday this season and the fans will hate him. 

Overrated but some Derby Fans  thought he was better than what he was, did well to get what we did for him, never been a fan of him myself goes missing in a lot of games 

1 minute ago, Big Trav said:

My ideal end for this window would be: 

- Keeping Cashin 

- Signing Emberton

- Signing another forward player 

- and because I’m greedy I’d like a creative midfielder 

I'm not opposed to Cashin going if we could bring in a pacey CB but otherwise think you're spot on BT 

Even though I'm opposed to the restrictions of a transfer window, never the less its an exciting day for most fans....

DCFC though are not usually over active and I always stay up with a few beers watching the breaking news hoping to see our name mentioned with an exciting new signing and tonight will be no different even though it's bound to end in dissapointment. lol

I will never forget how crap i felt losing Rasiak at the last minute and not replacing him so...here is my TDD questions

1/ What would constitute a good TDD for you ?

2/ who would you like to be brought in ( realistic options )

3/ would you be dissapointed if we got no one in ?

4/ How much difference do you think it would make if we brought in your choices of player ?

Here are my answers:

1/ I would like at least 3 players in even if its a couple of loans 

2/ JCH , Vaulks , A decent young  CB with pace like Earl from Fleetwood 

3/ yes

4/ I'm not a massive fan of JCH but do think a goalscorer will make us top 2 rather than top 6 also a quicker CB would help 

4 hours ago, Terry Hennessy said:

As you say Brighton will just farm him out to a Champ club. As much as I love Cash, for me he'd struggle at Prem level...so he needs to think carefully through his next move.

I think the hoovering up of any "likely looking" players is a business in itself for Prem clubs. Then Farm them out ...then sell them for a profit...a bit like Used Car Dealers...

If he's got any ambition he'll go...and I don't blame him...it would be a good oppurtunity for him and money , if right, would help us get up if we are allowed to spend it wisely !

42 minutes ago, duncanjwitham said:

Maybe you're happy to settle for mediocrity, but I'm not 😉 😛

We all want better mate,  who doesn't !! but you never say anything positive.... cheer up we'll be ok 👍

26 minutes ago, duncanjwitham said:

And how many of them were actually good crosses, that ended up vaguely near an attackers head?  Not many from what I remember. Lots of crosses getting blocked etc.

Do you ever stop moaning  ....🤣

If we get a couple of decent attackers in I won't be so worried about our defence as we'll win games 5-4 !! 🤣

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I wouldn't get too excited.

He wants to move back nearer Bristol and where is partner lives and knows Bristol Rovers already so I really don't see this happening at all 

43 minutes ago, Jimbo Ram said:

Look at the scoring stats of the two and then explain why you would want Nombe over JCH.

Because I think he’s younger and will improve in a better side just a pity we don’t have someone like Mac here who I think could coach him to improve …JCH is a half decent player but it’s just my view that Nombe could be better but yes admittedly hasn’t got the goalscoring stats as yet 

Seems odd to me that JCH hasn’t moved already …I’ve said it a few times I’m not a fan after watching him a few times last season and think we should be looking at players like Nombe if we are going to spend 1m 

some saw him lay the ball off neatly a few times on Saturday and now think he’s better than what he is ….watch him in second leg against Weds when it mattered he didn’t hold it up then when posh were desperate for someone to do exactly that and also an error from him led to 3rd or 4th goal ….let’s go for a younger up and coming striker ! 

2 hours ago, duncanjwitham said:

Basically, none of that has anything to do with what I posted 🤷‍♂️.

Rooney and Rosenior built a squad to play football out from the back.  A fair chunk of whom were given 2 year contracts.  (And to be clear, I have no problem with any of that, they did a decent job.)

We then appointed Warne, 10 games later, who didn't want to play out from the back, he wanted the polar opposite.  So we had the whole of last season being told we couldn't judge Warne because he needed his own players in.

This season, we've still got the likes of Hourihane, Smith, NML, Barkhuizen, maybe even Collins, who either do not fit the fit/mobile type of player that Warne wants, or play in positions that don't exist in his preferred system.  That's arguably 5 of our 6 biggest signings from the previous summer (McGoldrick being the 6th), and I reckon maybe a quarter of our total wage budget (purely based on 5/~20 senior players).  I don't see Warne really being able to consistently get the sort of team he wants on the field until most of those players are gone, which realistically means waiting until their contracts expire.

None of that is a criticism or Warne (or Rosenior), it's just that as soon as we did a massive shift in playing style immediately after a complete rebuild, the instability was baked in for the next 2 years.  Sticking with Warne isn't going to make the problem of playing gas-out football with at least one of Hourihane/Smith in midfield, and NML stuck somewhere he can't play, disappear.

If Warne had doubts about whether Hourihane could do what he wants I very much doubt he'd be captain

Nothing wrong with upping our fitness levels and do think having Thommo in midfield and soon Fornah will help Hourihane be more effective but I think he'll still have to help with closing down/pressing etc