Duncan Barkes

You know?

Not that one.

Yeah, those two predictions are pretty much in line with what Steve Bone is saying, and the bookies kind of agree.

At least Betfair does.

The favourite correct score is 1-0 to Watford at 7.4 and the next favourite is 2-0 to Watford at 9.2 which is quite tight.

2-1 is joint second favourite with us getting a consolation goal but going down 2-1 that's also 9.2.

And if it's a bad day at the office for us, 3-0 is 17s.

And any other home win is quite short at 11.5.

So it's very much a case of let's suck it and see it tomorrow or today if you're listening on Wednesday versus Watford.

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You have to strike a balance between waiting too long and that player not being available, then missing what the second or third choice might have been.

We have to make sure you get the balance right, we could have signed 15 players by now, we could have had everything done and dusted, but we want to wait for the right ones.

By the same token, we don't want to get to the end of the window and miss out on any of the ones we could have taken who may have affected things, but aren't at the top of the list.

We're not sitting there waiting for the sake of waiting, though.

If we can do deals, we'll do them.

But I still look across the championship and don't see a huge amount of activity.

Wow.

Those are tributes indeed.

You don't very often hear of a player leaving a club with such glowing commendations coming from, you know, the people who pay their wages, the people who are, in a sense, their bosses, when they've got nothing but praise.

And it seems to me that there are very few reservations about this guy coming from the fans.