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Bird is going to look sensational now we've got someone in midfield to do the grunt work, isn't he?

4 minutes ago, OwdGladysHinton said:

peterboro 0-1 wigan, where 2nd for now

Peterborough will still win that.

Just now, CodnorRam said:

Need to get control here , not looking too brilliant 😂

This could have been posted at any time during the last few matches 

1 minute ago, Steve How Hard? said:

Hopefully we'll be Robin the points at the final whistle. 

What an utterly pointless back and forth this has degraded in to.

As it stands and like it or not, Collins is our main man up front. Get behind him, help keep his confidence up and he'll do his level best to get us over the line.

I don't give a toss what his % of his goals are penalties, just that goals are going in. Get a grip. Ive done my share of moaning about our style of play but this takes the biscuit.

18 minutes ago, jimtastic56 said:

Agree - L 1 will be much stronger next year. But the Bird money will be swallowed up by our £6 million a year losses.Is this January window worse than last year ? Probably about the same .

I dont think we can assume those losses in our latest accounts are going to repeat at the same level every year. Were there not some 'one off' items in there hanging over from administration that impacted the number?

8 hours ago, Caerphilly Ram said:

There are some options out there according to transfermarkt, whether any of them are feasible in terms of fitness, work permits, willingness to join etc is the bigger question;

- Lucas Joao formerly of Reading, only 30 so would be the pup of our forward line if he signed.

- Josef Martinez (also 30) formerly of Beckham’s Inter Miami. Venezuelan international, big name in the MLS for a few years and probably way too unrealistic an option for us.

- Lys Mousset formerly of Bournemouth and Sheff United, only 27 apparently. 
 

Connor Wickham, Dwight Gayle….Lewis Grabban 👀 

Realistically I think Warne will go with what he has, rightly or wrongly, but there are some options out there in free agent land. 

There must be a reason Jaoo still hasn't got a club. Pricing himself out maybe?

Gayle has scored about four goals in the last four years. Not sure he's the answer we're looking for, especially as he'd probably demand a significant salary.

8 hours ago, dcfcreece1601 said:

Interested to see what they want for Gregory, are we asking for a loan and they want permanent? Can't imagine a 35 year old would cost a fee? 

The final straw was when Chansiri asked for a threesome with Rammie and Ewie. Clowes slammed the phone down and vowed never to business with him again.

Just now, G STAR RAM said:

How much money do we have to spend?

And why was it reported last week that we couldnt make permanent signings without selling someone first?

But we did sell someone, and that deal presumably wasn't cooked up in an hour earlier today.

If we had to sell to buy then fair enough, but we only did the selling part.

Just now, Cam the Ram said:

Pompey, Bolton and Peterborough have all breached FFP and will be deducted points? There's now 4 automatic spots in League 1? The EFL have realised they made errors with our charges in the past and will refund us some points? McClaren is returning?

Spill the beans!

If they decided to promote four teams automatically we'd probably finish 5th on goal difference.

1 minute ago, MACKWORTHRAM said:

Nothing to be concerned about mate. It's good news.

Good enough for the fans to put their pitchforks down?

Just now, G STAR RAM said:

Are the u21s playing without strikers?

Do you think Warne would use the U21's if Collins got injured, or do you think he'd play someone in the senior squad out of position instead?

Also, the main striker in the U21's has been sent out on loan.

2 minutes ago, dcfcjj said:

Everyone needs to get behind Collo now, he’s our only hope. 

We should buy him some extra large shin pads, make him wear knee braces and a crash helmet for the remaining games this season.

For what it's worth I think the reason we are all so racked off is that Warne has been going on about adding a striker for weeks, and the club have done a crap job about being explicit with any restrictions we may or may not be working within.

The perception will be that the club has over promised and under delivered and it looks like we'll be limping home this season having apparently learned nothing from last season.

7 minutes ago, Rample said:

Is Weston still here?

As if it makes a difference, Warne would rather play someone like a knackered NML up from t than give a youngster a chance.

1 minute ago, harwich ram said:

You can see it now the we tried really  hard but just couldn't  get  it  over the line headline 

Sums up everything we've attempted as a club in the last year.

For what it's worth I don't blame Warne entirely for the lack of a striker signing. It sounds like we had a deal in place for one and got done at the last minute by Stoke. The issue is on the business side of the club, if the Bird deal was known before today why leave it so late and leave us short of time to move on plan B,C,D,E? Did we even have a plan B,C,D,E? Why did we indulge that clown from Sheffield for days on end instead of telling him to do one last week?

Warne is probably as annoyed as we are that he hasn't got a striker in the squad.

7 minutes ago, StaffsRam said:

True, but we couldn't really do anything until £££'s changed hands. In the meantime our targets have seemingly all gone elsewhere.

If only we had a whole month to sort it and not just 24 hours!

Just now, Rample said:

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

Right, I'm off to bed.

The twitter admin does have the opportunity to do the funniest thing ever and post a "Happy Birthday [insert obscure former player]!" tweet at 22.57 tonight.

Just now, angieram said:

 

I got some skiing trousers once. Never been skiing before, probably never will.

Just now, CodnorRam said:

I fear we’re just gonna sign some randomer that walks passed the stadium at this rate. 

My time is now...

Just now, MACKWORTHRAM said:

From what I have heard. Something will be announced soon that isn't a new signing...

Finally, a new half time announcement sponsor 

3 minutes ago, Carl Sagan said:

We absolutely need a striker having sent Brown out on loan. There's only three hours to go. If we were hoping for Ennis, as we should have been, but he's now gone, we should be ready with a back up. And I'm sure Reading will be grateful for the cash for Sam Smith. That's the obvious deal to get done as we simply need a body in the building, and it's way better than paying massively over the odds for some Sheff Wed has-been.

When have we ever done the obvious and seemingly correct thing?