The Prophet

It's not been a good window but it doesn't mean the sky is falling in.

Douglas reporting we've blocked a loan move for Alex Murphy.

Leathery bastard tickled me.

While I can see why the club might look disorganised, I don't think it looks particularly foolish. It's another case of "club priced out of top target".

What are your thoughts on the window?

Could probably use a couple of contract extensions and stadium news to lighten the news over the international period.

Ties up with what other hacks are reporting though.

At least now this nonsense is over I csn enjoy the season again.

Who'd have thought Troy Deeney was chatting shit. I wonder if we revisit this in January when Palace have time to replace him. I hope not.

Trafford I assume.

They rarely shut up about it. We wheeled, Eales Ashworth and Howe to chat about it in January.

Fuck off Bird

Appropriate autocorrect.

From today's prezza: "We’re working well, in respect of our relationships. I think that is fine, there are no issues there. Of course, turning that into transfers, I’ve said all summer that I’m not involved in negotiations for players, that is separate to me. So, hopefully, that answers the question. 'You have to understand that in the majority of the other windows, the whole structure of the club has been different, so that is not necessarily a criticism of the structure we have now. There are different personalities and there’s a different way of working now. Yes, it probably has been the most hands off I’ve been, but that’s not necessarily a negative.’ He added: ‘All together we want to find the right solutions, but they have to be the right solutions. The worst thing we could do is bring the wrong players into the football club. That would cause harm for a long time, so it’s always about the right players. ‘It's never about one player, we've tried for numerous players. But there's not a bottomless pit of names. There's probably four or five players that you go through and, once you get to the end of that, you're then going, is this player of sufficient quality?" When asked about the mood of the stressing room: "If I’m being honest, it probably mirrors the narrative created and it’s my job to shape that in the most powerful way that I can,’ 'What I mean by that is there’s been a number of unsettled players during this window. It’s not been a clear window for us in terms of just bringing players in. It’s been difficult the other way as well. So I think once the window shuts we’ll have clarity. The players will have clarity. “Right, we’re all here now together for the same aim”, and then I’d like to think we will all go together until January in the pursuit of excellence and in the pursuit of success. 'We have some brilliant characters in the squad and a great changing room, so there is no criticism of the changing room. It’s just it has been unsettling. That’s always difficult when the situation is like that."

Generally speaking, clubs don't bother to agree a fee unless the plsyer is interested in a transfer.

The club finally get a right winger and we still whinge.

Some speculation Van der Ven might not be available.

Nothing particularly new here.

Christ, I'm just pointing out it isn't exclusive to us, it isn't an endorsement of our transfer window.

It's not that uncommon either. For example, Arsenal need a striker, they really wanted Sesko who decided to sign a new contract with Leipzig so they didn't bother.

Fair enough.

Mitchell, Howe and Tindall watching highlights of Marc Guehi.