Ric Flair

The 3 year renewal when he could have walked away for free and got a big signing on bonus might well have led us to agreeing a reasonable £10-15m buyout clause.

Risky transfer but he's had some devastating spells at clubs.

I called this would happen weeks ago

2 goals and 2 assists is nowt special, but then again Morgan Rogers output at Boro last season wasn't overly impressive and he's been unbelievable. I don't think I've ever clocked this Tanner in Cardiff stuff I've seen. Ruben Colwill was the one I liked the look of last season.

Do you see the logic of us not spending this month to try and stay up? I think we can all agree it's highly unlikely we find 20+ points in our remaining games from the current squad and the mood around the place.

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Yes, this said manager did from PSV 2 years ago. It happens frequently in countries where they aren't sat on millions if they bide their time and get sacked instead. Fairly rare in the PL obviously.

Let's wait until after source more reputable than The Sun covers this. Percy is due a story on us surely.

That's an early presser that

Left footed CB. We seem obsessed with Serie A looking at the links so far this window. Pavlovic, Chukwueze and Jovic please all on loan with options to buy if we stay up.

I didn't realise the deadline was 3rd Feb??

Hahahahahaa well I'm shocked

Yeah it's staggering how we threw it away.

Hmmmmmm but we were getting severely hampered by injuries and Rodgers went on record too in the summer of 2019 that we hadn't got all the players he needed, so I'm not so sure that was the expectation. Plus Man Utd strengthened with Bruno Fernandes and the rest is history.

Well ideally I'd like the club to be better at transfers but that aside, the two January's we failed to strengthen when going for the top 4, we had yet to feel the effects of PSR and nor was it a problem for any club back then. Even you, a staunch defender of everything with hindsight must admit it was a missed opportunity that we may never ever get back to. In fact I know your answer so don't bother.

Not always as clubs can opt for player impairment as well sticking to the amortisation over the initial contract length.

Wilder seemed perfectly happy to talk about Cannon signing last night and yet still not announced. Built different

Might as well refer to them as OH Leave-it, given the complete reluctance for us to benefit from the multi club model.

Funny you should mention January 2016. We forget that the failure to recruit a striker didn't backfire as we went on to win the league but it was the first signs of how indecisive we are mid season. Our failure to strengthen in January 2020 and again in the winter window in 2021 when finely poised to break in to the top 4 again will forever haunt us but it also casts doubts against the view that it's only been in recent years we've made a mess of things.

Xmas chopping

But the £2.6m will be accounted for from July 2025 for 2025/26 anyway, so agreeing for him to leave on a free in the summer makes us no worse off and we save the years wages (same as just loaning him out as well). Agreed on the rest, hopefully really clear up and have a new strategy.

Watford are very good negotiators, probably be £10-12m but we'll worth the punt.

Slid down the middle bit of an escalator at Oxford St tube, bobbing and weaving the bollards in the middle like a young Nigel Mansell only to shatter my coccyx on the metal box at the end.

I'd scrap the attempts to sign a CB this month, try and get one of Coady or Faes out and use Nelson when he's back fit next month. Let's face it, any new signings would be adeadlien day and another week to get international clearance, another few games out the squad or on the bench and then available for selection back end of February.

Futile I know but that Rocco Vata at Watford is pure sauce.