Your missing the bigger picture the reason we need all these spots is because we’re signing unknowns from lesser leagues meaning they have less points so from that standpoint a club like rovers with billionaire owners I don’t think it’s unreasonable that we would expect our ‘marquee’ signing to be more established and not requiring a slot but here we are meaning a young lad (good enough or not is turfed to the side not because of ability it’s because he holds that slot if he didn’t he wouldn’t be released at all) Now I’m not caring either way but it’s another poor showing from rovers end I feel

On the flip side, we took a risk and signed him believing he would valuable enough to take up one of those slots but hasn't fulfilled his potential and worth to fill the spot... Therefore released. I'd argue it's actually pretty fair, decisive and cut throat which is what I want to see tbh. No one should take this as if I'm impressed by the current management at the club, just calling it as it is.

Well there can be- start signing more established players and not taking punts on 90% of our signings from abroad - we’re effectively getting rid of mafoumbi and likely signing another mafoumbi type

That was never ever the intention it was just chucked out there when Mowbray started to feel the heat. Then it became the Barnsley model when the training ground stuff leaked out because they run their academy and training complex all in one apparently. All just whitewashing to cover that the owners weren't making money available for transfers and at some point all those at the club knew the sales conveyor belt was about to begin again sooner or later. Perhaps those were the models TM and/or Waggot wanted but it was never going to happen as the model under Suhail and friends was never going to be more than player development/survival. Keep everyone in wages and commissions and keep the owners happy with the cost cutting.

I think the book is a nice idea but given the amount of AI used in recent comms they could do with sharing more about the content

He couldnt do those things but he was a highly intelligent and gifted footballer and one who is respected both in this country and by foreign players. Regularly see those quotes from big names (Zidane, Xavi etc) constantly recycled saying how they wished they had played with him. Or talk of how he was wasted for England, often with the myth that he retired because he was played on the left which was obviously a poor decision but he has said certainly not the reason. Certainly dont think its an anti English thing either way.

M-Matthews takes a phenomenal stutter run up penalty

In my opinion , its tricky and catch 22 , my best explanation 3 fools try to rob the store , the owner for insurance , the staff to sell goods for profit, the broker who'll sell the goods ...... now can they cut each other loose ? again it's all my imagination

Not forgetting it is Gestede's and Waggott's faults that the players have been walking for nothing.

Lampard was overrated. He scored 20 goals a season but he didn't really have many other facets to his game. Gerrard was a good club player but at international level he was found wanting

I've read loads of posts on Facebook and YouTube saying Scholes is hugely overrated. He can't tackle he can't head the ball etc

But then youve got to keep a sub and a sub window available, its influencing the manager when making in game decisions, and you are dropping a more suited player off the bench to give a player a few humiliating seconds purely as an administrative procedure. And what if the games in the balance which is probably likely? Not for me. He doesnt seem to even impress or regularly play for the under 21s.

Depends on what's in his contract. Imagine if we played him for 1 min just to free up a slot and it costs us £1m. At the end of the day, if he was good enough or the manager rated him, he wouldn't be leaving. He might have been called a hotshot but if he didn't prove it, not much else can really be done.

Surely you just stick him on for 60 seconds at the end of the game regardless as it will free up the ESC slot and allow us to keep him for the u21's and then sign a senior 'foreign' player. I wouldn't be surprised if he was promised a WP when he signed and the club just forgot.

Thats absolute nonsense. A very good player but equally not remotely underrated, he has always had loads of plaudits. Former players, pundits, fans. Not a good example of the no one rates the English mindset.

We've already had M-Matthews on the bench this season...

Underrated? No chance. One of the most overrated players from the Fergie-Era for me. Lampard, Gerrard and maybe even Carrick above Scholes in midfield IMO.

They'd be better just allocating a permanent lounge for leaving do's !

If Scholes was called scholesinho he would get loads of plaudits but because he's English he's underrated

A lot recently. If there is an actual event taking place presumably they'll all be going off elsewhere.

Is it hard back or paperback? Difficult to tell from the photo.

How many staff events does the club shop host ?

Does he need a ESC slot?

If the book is a limited edition it is normal to state how many are being produced for sale. A little birdy at Ewood tells me they are doing a “gold trimmed edition for special guests”. I guess the club executives are expecting us to subsidise these.

From a purely playing perspective, if we hadn't have needed to spend fees on replacing Brittain/Travis and could therefore have brought in a striker it makes it even more ludicrous that we won't give all these players the going rate to stay in the first place.