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Complete rubbish, Leo is a far better player and we'd have him for the whole half of this season (rather than having to wait until end of February). Leo won't come back but to say Murray would be better is wrong (and is definitely not a fact).

Return of Leo would be amazing but I can't see Leicester letting him come back to us on loan.

I think it is simply down to the fact that we can compete with top clubs in this division in other positions whereas strikers cost that much more. There's no doubt that Rhodes will score goals for Middlesbrough but £9 million is a lot of money for a player who has never played in the Premier...

Doubt it will have the same issues as the Bolanos/Calleri deal as Europe based but who knows whether it will happen.

Not sure I could disagree more with your post. Short sighted would be keeping a player who is sixth choice central midfield in case we have enough injuries and hindering their development in the process. This is a great move for Ince and hopefully gives him the chance to get first team football...

In fairness, he might have the backflip but not had a chance to use it yet.

I think he's had two big issues this season. Firstly, he's not played a lot so is quite rusty when he does come on. Secondly, he's always played in a three man midfield until this season so he's been able to be more defensive. In a two man midfield, he needs to get forward more and it's not...

As said elsewhere, why not name them then? If you mean Rhodes and McCormack, they are clearly not realistic options. They are not pushing the boat out, they are probably risking our future and certainly an issue with FFP. If not them, who do you mean?

This is what irritates me. We apparently live in an era where fans believe signing a player is the same as it is on computer games. There's no acceptance of how difficult it is to get a signing sorted and how many options a quality striker will have if they decide to join a Championship club. We...

It's hardly a big statement though. Most clubs will be looking to increase their firepower. You could argue Sidwell will bring us goals from midfield, which will increase our firepower. My point is the club never publicised all the South American stuff and never talked up the budget. They've...

In fairness, the club haven't really said anything. All the reports re strikers have come from South America. The club are definitely looking for a striker though. I just think it will be very harsh to call the transfer window a failure if we don't get one. And, we seem to have a new thread re...

What frustrates me with some attitudes on here is that the signing of Knockaert is ignored when moaning about a striker. He is surely an expensive and quality player, possibly the best signing in the Championship this transfer window, and has improved our squad a lot. I said before, I'm not...

You may well be right eventually. I am far from convinced we will sign a striker. However, I don't think the email is a sign of that and I am sure the club are still working, and will be working until the end of Monday, to try to bring a striker in. And, even if we are not, I doubt Barber would...

Nobody said we definitely will sign a striker. However, anybody who believes that a football club Chief Executive would confirm their plans for the rest of the transfer window to a supporter by email needs to take a look at themselves.

To be honest, I'd have been okay with signing Van La Parra at the start of the transfer window. However, we've moved on. As said earlier on this thread, Knockaert is a far better player. Good luck to Van La Parra if it's true. He always gave his all for us and was much better than the wingers we...

What a bizarre comment from you. Paul Barber apparently emails you (although I debate whether that is actually from him) with a couple of vague comments about the current status of the squad and you say he has ruled out further signings. The club are very secretive about these things (see...

Maybe we will loan him to Wednesday as long as he keeps playing defence splitting passes like that!

Would be pleased with Bamford but can't help feeling there are a number of other clubs in the Premier League and Championship who would think he is taking a chance on and would be surprised if we beat them. If we do sign a striker, I still think it will be from abroad (although Europe not South...

Absolutely. He's looked very poor when I've seen him play. Wasn't good enough for us when we were down the bottom last season. Certainly isn't good enough this year when we're up the top.

Certainly shouldn't loan one of our players to Sheffield Wednesday. Fulham or Blackburn could work as it would help them against our rivals (and presumably he couldn't play against us for Fulham). Would need to be a short term loan with a recall clause after 28 days though as we don't want to...