I think it was obvious over summer we had two very distinct recruitment strategies. The players Warnock wanted (the cheap ones - none of the others got done) and the longer term recruitment department ones (Sporar, Payero, JLS). Sounds like Warnock was pretty sure that any signings he wanted in Jan wouldn’t happen and he would be given players he wasn’t sure about.
I wouldn’t put it past Boro to tell Warnock that Wilder would need to agree the Jan signings! It’s been known he would be the new manager for 3 weeks, probably due to arrive in summer, and we’ve brought it forward. Probably because Wilder was being offered other jobs and pushed us to make the move earlier.