Impairment is a method companies can use to reduce the value of an asset where they deem (through ‘circumstances’) the figure in the accounts to now be inaccurate. An example in football would be a player experiencing a serious injury from which they didn’t/or weren’t expected to return to their former level of performance.

I think if he was off to Derby, he would have gone by now. Seems he really wants the Boro move and has held out, even returning to Preseason for the last few weeks, in hope that it happens. He must have had encouraging talks with Boro that they would push a deal through if he sat tight.

Sadly Chaddy, I think you live in a world of delusion and self denial. Posters on this MB have quoted your biblical mate Nicko about Rovers bids etc and the following is an extract from the LT in June: There have been efforts to make a breakthrough on the defensive front. Modibo Sagnan was an early target and there was strong optimism that transfer would happen. Sadly, no progress was made, as is the case with Mickael Nade, another defender on Blackburn Rovers' list.

Even if le was bought and then loaned out to League 2 for 6/12 months, to bridge the jump in divisions it would make sense

That's all well and good, but has he ever played in a Belgian league?

Get the money from Brittain, bang it on a decent goal scorer.

Just noticed that Swindon have signed non-league goalscoring phenomenon Jake Tabor, and feel a bit like an opportunity may have been missed (by a lot of teams tbf). Yes he's been playing in the 9th tier I believe, but if he manages even half as many goals (127 goals in his last 91 games) he's probably costing upwards of a million by the end of the season, as he's just turning 22. Swindon have probably paid buttons. He apparently also broke the record on Holloway's fitness test he's been using all his managerial career, whilst on trial, having been using non league facilities til now. Could be the next Jamie Vardy type. In fact from what I can tell it's considerably more goals than Vardy was scoring at the same age just one or two tiers higher. With a nominal fee, surely would have been a better bet than targeting no striker at all. Even if it didn't work out by January a decent loan wouldn't have been too hard to secure.

I did say when posting about this on Monday "and atm, Derby are leading the way". Clearly, the sale of Hackney has given Middlesbrough further financial clout - don't think Derby can be ruled out just yet and much will depend on where Brittain fancies going the most. Understand Rovers have fielded enquiries for Travis this summer and the pot has now started to simmer!

Owned by a hedge fund, they were the 9th most wealthy owners in the Premier League last season

Completely agree. Only thing is if the idea is to eventually exit paying off losses as much as possible they need to get to the premier league which doesn't gel that well with this approach.. Their ownership is so baffling. Surely they must have some sort of time horizon. The longer they stick around the more more they lose.

No surprise really. I'm not sure we can get away without reinvesting any of the money, as RG said previously. Alebiosu is totally untested at this level and Montgomery is a natural CM. Duru looked ok previously but seems to be injured still from last season (I think?)

Fantastic - thank you. One thing that is a bit weird about this table is Ipswich are 6th on it despite just being promoted from League One. I didn't realise they were spending so hugely. Surprised we are outspending QPR given they are a London club. What is Impairment?

That's the sum total of the Pune Loons ambition for our Club.Promotion or play off place not on the agenda.

A commission generator for the 3rd party in the shadows is one train of thought.

Warm up your grey matter…the prediction competition will be here very soon. 🙂

Fixed it for you 😉 Sorry, but amazing would be pushing things, He is versatile, has good potential, but would be a downgrade in the immediate short term. With the caveat being that it would only be acceptable if he was tied down to minimally a 4 year contract

Wishful thinking: Bali Mumba as Brittain replacement - that would be amazing business unfortunately won’t happen

Lets remember that Chief Venky Stooge Pasha hasn't just turned up, he's been lurking in the shadows for at least 10 years now, probably longer. He's already overseen his vision once before, it began in 2015 when we sold off key assets like Tom Cairney and Rudy Gestede, followed by people like Ben Marshall, Grant Hanley and Shane Duffy. In a very similar fashion to what we are witnessing now those players were bundled out the back door or made to feel unwanted, sales were sought and Rovers trousered 90% of the cash. In their place we turned to the loan and cheap markets and recruited largely dross which culminated in relegation to League One. It was only after he'd delivered that relegation, Mowbray went off to India and agreed on a plan of action, and they started to act almost like fit and proper owners, that the decline was stopped and reversed for a few years. Now the Chief Venky Stooge has seen off Mowbray, his mate Waggott, and re-established hegemony over the entire club again with his dogsbody Rudy making the phone calls and wearing the fancy suits, he is setting us back on the course we were on in 2015-17. Hopefully one day someone finds out just what the real story is with this guy, where he comes from, what his qualifications are and what his remit is.

In National League cup games, academy teams only play National League teams, not other academy teams, at least during the league stage https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/july/15/rovers-learn-national-league-cup-opponents/

And Burnley. Probably scheduled for 8am on a Monday behind closed doors.

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"Loans aren't free ya know....."

Does anybody know how long it takes for ‘minutes’ to be agreed. I’m pretty sure the meeting was well over two weeks ago

Why is this club so terrified of improving the first 11?

Yes they absolutely know the risk they are running with this model but it's either they aren't that concerned where it will eventually lead or they have no choice because the finance backers of Venkys are finally saying enough is enough.