January transfer window

I wouldn't like to be in Peter Odemwingies boots at West Brom today! What a plonker!

Natasha Whittam wrote:On paper it looks a good transfer window, but it'll only be good if Dougie uses these players.

We've been utter shite for 18 months now, it really is time for a drastic change, how much longer can Dougie put faith in Knight, Kevin Davies and Bogdan? Despite what people say we can still make the play-offs but we need to go on a run of 10 games or so unbeaten and turn draws into wins. It's a long shot but not impossible.

I'm sick of this bullshit about players not being fit enough or mentally strong enough to play games - the players Dougie is picking might be fit but they're shit!

If Sordell doesn't start at Watford Dougie is fecking clueless.

If we go to Watford with the usual suspects and play for a draw I will be pissed.

I absolutely agree with this as with many others I'm sure.

This is absolutely spot on!

I am now hoping to see big changes into our starting 11

Reebok Trotter wrote:I wouldn't like to be in Peter Odemwingies boots at West Brom today! What a plonker!

It was helluva funny watching the pictures of him sat in the car outside the ground. A U-turn in every sense required.

Reebok Trotter wrote:I wouldn't like to be in Peter Odemwingies boots at West Brom today! What a plonker!

What an absolute prick he is and shows what football is all about these days and that he is only after a good wage and a nice big fat bonus if he helps keep QPR up!

West Brom should have sold him in the end, what is the point in keeping a player who doesn't want to be at his current club? I doubt he will play to his best now!

I feel sorry for the fans to be honest.

wanderlust wrote:

I think everyone would like to see Sordell being given a run out but because it's Watford I think DF reckons it would put pressure on Sordell.

If Dougie doesn't pick Sordell tomorrow I will be seething. But if he doesn't pick him and uses the above excuse i.e. pressure of playing at his old club I will be seething and quite livid. Players always score against their old club, it's an unwritten rule of football.

I can't think of one good reason why Sordell shouldn't get picked tomorrow.

he will be

Lofty_Love wrote:he will be

I think so too. In fact, I would put money on it.

He'll be sub. I'll stake my reputation on it.

I hope he plays too but I'm not sure Dougie's mind works that way.

Let's say that if he doesn't start I won't be shocked. Mildly disappointed, but neither livid nor seething.

If he doesn't play Sordell then it is only going to knock his confidence.

Natasha Whittam wrote:He'll be sub. I'll stake my reputation on it.

You admit to being surgically modified. Half the contributors on here think you're a bloke. Some people think your political standpoint is somewhere to the right of Genghis Khan. Many more fall for your windups and others dislike your negativity and self-aggrandisement.

So which reputation are you on about?

Am I right in thinking that there is still one signing to come in?

Natasha Whittam wrote:He'll be sub. I'll stake my reputation on it.

Amazingly, I agree with you.

I think he'll be a sub too, being away from home i can see us opting for a defensive line up.

Away formula so far seems to be:

Play one striker to hold the ball up and hope to score with midfield support despite being outnumbered up front

Everyone behind the ball when not in possession

Try not to concede, but if we do push further forward. If this occurs anytime after 65 minutes, throw on another striker and push on.

All out attack if we're losing with 10 minutes to go.

The one striker to hold the ball up is likely to be SKD as I think DF reckons he's better than Sordell at it (and working without support I kind of agree) That said, I hope Sordell will soon be able to develop that side of his game. He's already good at linking play and OK at finishing but as a lone front man he's going to struggle ATM.

Now if we were playing with two strikers, or even just playing with more deliberate rather than hopeful attacking intent I reckon Sordell would be a shoo-in. But so far Dougie hasn't set the stall out to have a go at the opposition from the off when we're away so I'm not confident he will go that way regardless of how many goals Sordell scores in the cup.

Just to provide some context for the transfer window, here's the full story. In terms of making a push for promotion this season I would say that Palace, Leeds and Hull have made the most ambitious signings. Also of interest - NRC released by Ipswich.

BARNSLEY

Ins: Jason Scotland (free agent), Chris O’Grady (Sheff Wed, loan), Rory Delap (Stoke, loan)

Outs: Craig Davies (Bolton, undisclosed), Lee Collins (released), Mido (released)

BIRMINGHAM

Ins: Jack Butland (Stoke, loan), Wes Thomas (Bournemouth, loan)

Outs: David Lucas (Fleetwood, undisclosed), Jake Jervis (Elazigspor, undisclosed), Papa Bouba Diop (released), Jack Butland (Stoke, undisclosed)

BLACKBURN

Ins: Josh King (Manchester United, undisclosed), Todd Kane (Chelsea, loan), Anton Forrester (Everton, free)

Outs: Myles Anderson (Exeter, free), Bruno Ribeiro (Clube Atletico Linense, loan), Mauro Formica (Palermo, loan), Amine Linganzi (released), Christopher Dilo (Hyde FC, loan), Osayamen Osawe (Hyde FC, loan), Jordan Slew (Rotherham, loan), Simon Vukcevic (released)

BLACKPOOL

Ins: Matt Derbyshire (Nottingham Forest, loan), Reece Wabara (Manchester City, loan)

Outs: Ashley Eastham (Bury, loan), Scott Robertson (Hibernian, undisclosed), Kevin Phillips (Crystal Palace, loan)

BOLTON

Ins: Craig Davies (Barnsley, undisclosed), Craig Dawson (West Brom, loan), Jan Gregus (Banik Ostrava, loan), Cian Bolger (Leicester, undisclosed), Steve De Ridder (Southampton, loan), Mohamed Kamara (Partizan Belgrade, undisclosed)

Outs: Martin Petrov (Espanyol, free), Martin O’Halloran (Tranmere, loan)

BRIGHTON

Ins: Leonardo Ulloa (Almeria, undisclosed), Vitalijs Maksimenko (Skonto Riga, free), Emil Asmundssen (Fylkir, free), Matt Upson (Stoke, loan)

Outs: Matt Sparrow (Crawley, free), Romain Vincelot (released), Matt McGiveron (released)

BRISTOL CITY

Ins: Liam Kelly (Kilmarnock, undisclosed), Brendan Moloney (Nottingham Forest, free)

Outs: Brett Pitman (Bournemouth, undisclosed), Martyn Woolford (Millwall, undisclosed), Jody Morris (released)

BURNLEY

Ins:

Outs: George Porter (Colchester, loan), Shay McCartan (Hyde, loan), Steven Hewitt (Alfreton, loan)

CARDIFF

Ins: Fraizer Campbell (Sunderland, undisclosed), Rhys Healey (Connah’s Quay, undisclosed), Simon Lappin (Norwich, free)

Outs:

CHARLTON

Ins: Kevin Feely (Bohemians, free)

Outs: Leon Clarke (Coventry, undisclosed), Ade Azeez (Leyton Orient, loan)

CRYSTAL PALACE

Ins: Jacob Butterfield (Norwich, loan), Alex Nimely (Manchester City, loan), Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United, loan), Jazz Richards (Swansea, loan), Kevin Phillips (Blackpool, loan)

Outs: Ibra Sekajja (Barnet, loan), Wilfried Zaha (Manchester United, undisclosed), David Wright (Colchester, free), Kwesi Appiah (Yeovil, loan), Jason Banton (Plymouth, loan)

DERBY

Ins:

Outs: Nathan Tyson (Millwall, loan)

HUDDERSFIELD

Ins: Neil Danns (Leicester, loan)

Outs: Kallum Higginbotham (Motherwell, loan), James Spencer (Crawley, loan)

HULL

Ins: David Meyler (Sunderland, undisclosed), Robbie Brady (Manchester United, undisclosed), David Stockdale (Fulham, loan), Mohamed Nagy (Al-Ahly, loan), Ahmed Fathi (Al-Ahly, loan), Ahmed Elmohamady (Sunderland, loan)

Outs: Aaron Mclean (Ipswich, loan), Liam Cooper (Chesterfield, undisclosed),

IPSWICH

Ins: Patrick Kisnorbo (Leeds, loan), David McGoldrick (Nottingham Forest, loan), Aaron Mclean (Hull, loan), Frank Nouble (Wolves, undisclosed), Richard Stearman (Wolves, loan), Anthony Wordsworth (Colchester, undisclosed)

Outs: Ronan Murray (Plymouth, loan), Jason Scotland (released), Nigel Reo-Coker (released), Nathan Ellington (released)

LEEDS

Ins: Michael Tonge (Stoke, undisclosed), Ross Barkley (Everton, loan), Steve Morison (Norwich, swap), Stephen Warnock (Aston Villa, undisclosed), Mouhamadou Habib Habibou (SV Zulte Waregem, loan)

Outs: Patrick Kisnorbo (Ipswich, loan), Andy Gray (Bradford, free), Paul Connolly (Preston, loan), Charlie Taylor (Inverness, loan), Danny Pugh (Sheff Wed, loan), Ramon Nunez (released), Paul Rachubka (Accrington, loan), Luciano Becchio (Norwich, swap)

LEICESTER

Ins: Chris Wood (West Brom, undisclosed), Michael Keane (Manchester United, loan)

Outs: Neil Danns (Huddersfield, loan), Cian Bolger (Bolton, undisclosed)

MIDDLESBROUGH

Ins:

Outs: Matthew Dolan (Yeovil, loan), Kevin Thomson (released), Jake Fowler (Stockport, loan)

MILLWALL

Ins: Martyn Woolford (Bristol City, undisclosed), Nathan Tyson (Derby, loan), Rob Hulse (QPR, loan), Adam Smith (Tottenham, loan)

Outs: Darren Ward (Swindon, free), Darius Henderson (N Forest, undisclosed), Shaun Batt (Leyton Orient, loan)

NOTTINGHAM FOREST

Ins: Stephen McLaughlin (Derry, undisclosed), Elliott Ward (Norwich, loan), Gonzalo Jara (West Brom, loan), Darius Henderson (Millwall, undisclosed), Khaled Al-Rashidi (Al Arabi, free)

Outs: David McGoldrick (Ipswich, loan), Robbie Findley (contract cancelled), Matt Derbyshire (Blackpool, loan), Brendan Moloney (Bristol City, free), Lee Camp (Norwich, free), David Morgan (Dundee, loan)

PETERBOROUGH

Ins: Scott Wootton (Manchester United, loan), Davide Petrucci (Manchester United, loan), Jack Payne (Gillingham, loan), Alex Pritchard (Tottenham, loan)

Outs: Lee Frecklington (Rotherham, undisclosed), Danny Kearns (Rotherham, loan), Scott Griffiths (released), Nicky Ajose (Bury, loan)

SHEFFIELD WEDNESDAY

Ins: Leroy Lita (Swansea, loan), Danny Pugh (Leeds, loan), Jeremy Helan (Manchester City, loan)

Outs: Liam Palmer (Tranmere, loan), Daniel Jones (Port Vale, free), Chris Lines (MK Dons, loan), Rodri (released), Mark Reynolds (released), Jarrod Kyle (released)

WATFORD

Ins: Fernando Forestieri (Udinese, undisclosed)

Outs: Adam Thompson (Barnet, loan), Steve Leo Beleck (Stevenage, loan), Stephen McGinn (Shrewsbury, loan), Joe Garner (Preston, free), Jean-Alain Fanchone (released), Dale Bennett (released), Chris Iwelumo (Oldham, loan), Piero Mingoia (Boreham Wood)

WOLVES

Ins: Lee Evans (Newport, undisclosed)

Outs: Frank Nouble (Ipswich, undisclosed), Ethan Ebanks-Landell (Bury, loan), Richard Stearman (Ipswich, loan), Ronald Zubar (AC Ajaccio, free)

I think dougie will give craig davies the nod over sordell all day long.

Has there ever been a transfer window when Leroy Lita didn't move?

And I thought Rovers signed DJ Campbell, or did that not happen?

Think we've had the best transfer window looking at that list.