Quite a lot of inflation on these reported fees. Our budget is the same as last seasons for transfers, we are clearly getting it to stretch further, and its not the tap has been turned on, or a reinvestment on sales. The budget has been set and agreed and sales have no baring. To be more granular sales dont mean more to spend. At the same time, we are not being told to sell players. If we do sell thats a choice at ground level based on , not wanted, dont want to be here or wont sign new contract.

Looking like 4 weeks again, like last time. Club will be expecting that all attention will be buried by a new signing and the KO off to the new season. It will (again). O2G has gone into hiding, too embarrassed to make excuses or explain the only forum of club communication, which he chairs. This is years in the making of cosying up to the club for personal super fandom. Time for change, if this is how the club dictates it will (only) communicate with the entire fanbase.

When its a pattern then surely it becomes a worry. I suspect a mixture of money when they are offered one, but often a total lack of proactivity to even offer one. Hence why Brittain, Tronstad and Travis all said at easter that there has been no talks.

Seems like we swerved a bullet with that Germain we supposedly wanted last year. Had a brief spell of goals (think 4 or 5 in one game) before returning back to irregular scorer.

It depends on the reasons why they're not signing.

So no concern about the pattern of us constantly being unable to get current senior players to sign new deals?

I didn't mind it at the time as I thought he'd kick on, but yeah those spots are at a premium now and he seems to be a dud unfortunately.

There is zero point in releasing the minutes at all if they are mostly fiction. As noted previously, it will completely destroy any faith in future minutes being taken seriously and casts suspicion on previously released information too. If the club are not willing to allow a truthful transcription of the meeting to be released then no version should be released, and a statement from the FF should be put out instead confirming the reasons behind this decision. Further meetings with club officials will be pointless if any contentious elements will just be redacted from the minutes or, as is seemingly being alleged, amended to be a fabrication of what actually transpired.

I don't so much mind anyone not signing, that's their prerogative. Obviously, the key is a, getting money for them. b, replacing them with a good/better. With receiving good money for Britain and signing new players on longer contracts, maybe, just maybe the new broom is getting busy.

I think people need to be very careful calling people firstly Who says it the Chair of fans forum fault at all? Far too many people quick to play the blame game again

Worrying about resale value on signings... People seem to forget we are Blackburn "run your contract down and leave for nothing" Rovers. How was the resale on Dolan, Brereton-Diaz, Lenihan, Rothwell, Nyambe, and Dack (though we can forgive that one to a degree). That's £25m - £30m worth of assets that walked for nothing in the last 3 years. Travis, Hyam, Tronstad (£7m?) - even Hedges (£500k?) - are at best going to be sold for under value (like Brittain) due to contract malpractice, or will join the list of £0 departures. Let's just say I don't share the same concern if they spend £1m on a 28-year-old. Rovers players walk for free 80% of the time regardless!

Thank you, I thought so 😁

Okay, I thought we would line up with him maybe in a 4-2-3-1, maybe midfield diamond.

I agree. We havent learnt any lessons. Not while none of the contract situations are taken.

Hes a central midfielder who I think played right of a midfield 3.

The Mafoumbi signing has always been an odd one. Using up a valuable slot.

Not really. All of our signings have come from the continent where wages are lower. Brittain / Travis / Tronstad are established Championship players and want comparable wages to their peers. I think we'll really struggle after this season to recruit - we'll find this continental scouting harder and harder as our permit places dry up (due to fewer and fewer English players logging minutes for us). That hard £10k wage cap clearly isn't a myth.

isn’t Axel meant to be a right sided midfielder meaning we could line up like this trav - tronny axel - Cantwell - de neve Ohashi

Rudy and VI love him…

We seem determined to sign Baradji , VI must be a big admirer

In my mind as well, and I’m not Hedges biggest fan.

Its just maybe slightly strange that there are long spells at this club where its not just the odd player that wont sign one, its all of our key players.

That works both ways

Exaucé Mafoumbi & Moussa Baradji have the same agent .. am sure the powers will strike a deal with him to move the former for the latter on ….Hes like Buckley though hard to shift as not many takers for the lad ……Talks ongoing …