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Brentford winger, has played for the England U20s, wonder if thats the game Warne went to see. https://www.footballinsider247.com/sources-swansea-city-blackburn-rovers-and-derby-county-make-moves-to-sign-brentford-forward-michael-olakigbe/

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I cant see Oduroh featuring, it would mean he cant go out on loan again which id imagine is what we want to do. I dont think Burton will come away to us & play 2 up front so I think we will stick with a back 4. Nelson was set to play right back vs Fleetwood but Warne changed to a back 3 when he saw the Fleetwood lineup with 2 strikers, so i think Nelson may end up right back. Vickers - Nelson Cashin Bradley Elder - Bird Hourihane - Barkhuizen Thompson NML - Collins Wildsmith Wilson Fapetu Fornah Sibley TJJ Brown I do think maybe Wilson might make the bench.

Personally think we could do with 4 new players.... Fast winger - CBT Centre Mid - Arblaster Attacking Mid - ??? Striker - ??? A fast winger to help NML is obvious. Arblaster would effectively replace the Embleton loan, maybe Smith out too? I can see Sibley going this month (if TJJ stays), so an attacking mid replacement. I see Dobra has been mentioned but whether it is him remains to be seen. Then we need a forward with physicality & pace - Mubama would have been ideal but doubt that is possible now. Dont think Smith is the type of forward we currently need.

No deflecting at all, answered a question he was asked. He also was very honest about how poor the performance was.

Warne saying that we are so close to a couple of signings, reckons we will get at least 2 in at the top end. Says they're coming to be starters but if for some reason they're not as good as we think then they will have to wait their turn & will be squad players. Also said tonight gives him some thoughts on who he might let go out too

Probably joining Charlie Adam at Fleetwood, ex Burnley loan manager

Im sure it was stated at the time there was a clause in Jan for him to potentially go back. Dont know who is able to exercise that clause though

As it stands our only centre mid beyond this summer is Fornah so not shocked at all to see us linked with centre mids. We will probably need 2 or 3 beyond this summer. I can only really see Thompson staying. I think we will offer Sibley a new deal for compensation purposes but thats it. Bird will go regardless of promotion, Smith wont get a new deal & I think Hourihane only stays if we go up.

Thought it would have been made official the loan has been mutually cancelled by now?

Now we are out the group stage we should be looking to win this as well as goving fringe players minutes. Warne managed to do it at Rotherham as well as winning promotion, I said at the start of the season we would win the league & this cup & still think we are capable of doing both. For Tues night it is a good game to give players some much needed minutes & others a rest. We should still be strong enough to win. Wildsmith - Ward Cashin Bradley Elder - Fornah Thompson Fapetu - Sibley TJJ Barkhuizen Loach Nelson Forsyth Wilson Bird Robinson Weston Brown Collins Hopefully one or both Smith & Waghorn are able to be on the bench to get some minutes. If so, have them on the bench over Bird & Collins.

Dont know if it is down to Warneball or not but 2 things he wanted us to get better at & says the top teams do is score from set pieces & subs making impacts. Well I didnt realise until todays game that we 1st in terms of goals from subs & that was before Barkhuizen scored. Then we are 2nd for set piece goals, no coincendence that Peterborough (1st) & Portsmouth (3rd) are also up there so goes to show Warne really does know what gets you out of this league.

Oliver Arblaster?

If JCH is 300k we need to be bringing him in

Midfielder from Sheff Utd now linked with a loan, been recalled from Port Vale https://www.sheffieldunited.news/news/derby-county-now-interested-in-signing-sheffield-united-midfielder/

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Looks like a 3421 to me, I did think we would go to a back 3, especially away with no Nyambe. Dont they have Stockley who is a big lad up top so Bradley makes sense up against him

Wildsmith - Ward Nelson Cashin Forsyth - Bird Hourihane - Barkhuizen Sibley NML - Collins Vickers Bradley Elder Fornah Thompson Wilson TJJ

I dont think too may players will be rested for this game, they will more than likely get rested for the Bradford game next midweek with abit of a longer rest til the Monday night game vs Burton.

Bird has a couple of really good games a season but thats it. Doesnt control the game from deep, not a very good tackler, not really a box to box midfielder & doesnt score all that many. After all his appearances I still dont think anyone has a clue what Max's best position actually is. I think with him being an academy player he gets more grace from fans, if he had signed last summer under Rosenior fans would say he was a poor signing. If we got over £2m for him id snap your hands off. Much better centre mids out there imo, Randall & Kyprianou today & Branagan just from recent games.

Would be a decent signing, thought we would be after him when he left Man Utd originally

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It would go for any incomings too, wouldnt be say 1.5m upfront it would probably be 750k

I like the lad but 4m is alot of money for a league 1 player, especially if we can keep him on loan for the reat of the season. That 4m could be the difference in us going up autos or making playoffs if we spent it wisely.

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