Slightly off topic here but how exactly does the transfer deadline/embargo situation work?

Is it basically there to prevent teams announcing signings from clubs within the same league etc? If that is the case then how can the signings of Newton and Morrison already be announced?

I only ask because I was under the impression that signings of this nature could not yet be disclosed.

Interesting thng about that is Dave has clearly just lifted all the quotes from Bulls Eye. Now why would the T&A reporter not get his own quotes?

Yea, what do I win??

As for Deacon, there are no stats on it, but how many times this season has Deacon taken a serious knock (often to the head) and looked a shadow of himself for the remaining game? I can think of about 4 or 5 occasions of this, such as both games we played against cas. It really effects his game IMO, more than it used to.

If club give players permission to talk then they can be disclosed, if they dont then they not meant to talk, but everyone knows they do, they just try and keep a lid on it till 1min past midnight on sep 1st.

Well obviously the communication with the club isn't the best right now. Note to McNamara, the only stats that matter are the league table at the end of the year. I could understand him looking at these sorts of stats if we were in a poor run of form. But largely we have been crap for most of the year with only a few notable exceptions. These next 5 games can't happen quickly enough for me now, I just hope the recruitment gives us reason to be hopeful that things might be different next year.