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I hope to god that happens for your sake. I'm not sure you could take another Sheaf scenario. ;)

We did, but one good result against a struggling team doesn't automatically mean we're likely to hit near-on promotion form over the next 4 games. Especially against in-form sides who will be full of confidence.

Forest aren't just getting draws though, in the last 5 fixtures they've won 2 and drawn 3. Sheffield Wednesday have also hit form as of late winning 3/4 previous games and drawing once. Both fixtures have also been made all the more difficult given our lack of quality up front. Personally I...

Maybe, maybe not. Even the Scottish Championship has attracted significant transfer fees relative to the league's quality before. If I have my facts right Stevie May was purchased for around £800k from Scottish Championship around 6 years ago. Dundee were asking for £3m for Shankland last...

Given some of the transfer fees paid to Scottish clubs, Scotland already has a premium to it in my opinion hence why I didn't include it in my post. £2m for Lyndon Dykes for instance is laughable. He's scored one goal from open play this season.

I changed UK to English as even if there was no pool to fish from the Irish and Welsh leagues won't have a premium attached to them. I thought as much. I can only see this making the gulf between leagues even larger.

Surely if clubs are unable to sign cheaper options from abroad that is likely to put a further premium on English players. It'll just inflate the market further

I think you've opened a proverbial can of worms with that question. In a word, no. It isn't realistic. If we remain in Birmingham for the foreseeable future there's no eventuality whereby I can see our budget increasing much. Not unless Joy takes the decision to either bring in a co-investor...

An annoying result but it just goes to show we can't rely on teams around us dropping points week in week out as inevitably over the course of a season they're going to hit pockets of form/pick up points. We desperately need to start grinding out results again as the February fixtures are...

It's great to see optimism within the camp but I think the players discussing a push for a top 10 finish next season is slightly premature when survival this season is far from guaranteed.

They've only advised clubs to consider using multiple coaches. It's not mandatory per say as they can't enforce clubs to hire extra coaches if it's financially unviable for them to do so.

I think we'd do exceptionally well to find a club that would pay a fee for Baka, Pask or Mason.

I haven't got back to you? I think you might want to read back through the Jack Clarke thread.

Armund Gnanduillet has just been released by Turkish side Altay. Not the most glamorous of options but he did well at Blackpool and had a number of Championship sides chasing him last summer. Could offer something different. Wages are probably relatively inexpensive too.

The same applies for every transfer. Given our track record with developing young talent I'd back us far more to compete against a higher placed Championship club for a loan signing than I would for a permanent one. What free agents are available though apart from Kevin Stewart - who is...

It's a position we need certainly to bolster and I'm not writing every player over 30 off. It's clear as day that we require experience desperately and in an ideal world Robins would have the means to bring in a player of this ilk. But gambling what little budget we have left - if we have any at...

Even if in the event we offered Huddelstone a short term contract and he accepted, it's not unreasonable to predict that by the time he got up to speed Kelly would be fit. Especially when you take into consideration he hasn't played for nearly 12 months. So, considering our finances, I...

He hasn't played for nearly a year for a start.

It really wouldn't be ideal.

I think we will bring a player in. I've said previously we'll probably bring in at least one loan but that doesn't mean we're not broke. You saying otherwise doesn't miraculously make it less true. Most pundits and journalists are predicting that it's going to be a quiet window so despite us...