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Jack Barrett makes his Tranmere debut (Jason Lowe also starts, with another former Rover, Richie Smallwood on the bench) as Tranmere play Nottingham Forest U21s this evening in the EFL Trophy Game is on Sky Sports +, kick off at 7pm Barrett - score/update

@Herbie6590 - Can you give us any advice on the size of shirt above? Well not hold you to it, but without flying USA over we’re guessing.

Even for us. What an absolutely ridiculous signing.

pretty poor when you're struggling to put a defence together at the very beginning of the season.... and injuries will come. We will be down there come Christmas.

Asked chat gpt: 0–6 weeks: Usually non-weight-bearing with a cast or walking boot, often using crutches. 6–12 weeks: Gradual increase in weight-bearing if X-rays show healing. 3–6 months: Most people can begin careful rehabilitation with more weight-bearing activities such as faster walking, elliptical, and light strength training for the foot/calf. 6–12 months: Many can return to running and higher-impact sports, but this must be gradual and always after medical/fysiotherapy clearance. Healing time for minor stress fractures is often 6–8 weeks before gradual return to low-impact exercise, but full return to running/jumping may still take 3–4 months. Factors like location of the fracture matter a lot. For example: Metatarsal shaft stress fractures usually heal faster. He might be out for a while

Video in X of Baradji's foot in a boot, I presume he's had his operation but god knows how long he'll miss.

I think the older generation of Venkys are probably beyond kindling any interest in the club or even in being bothered to sell it (makes no sense I know) and the antipathy towards them from the fanbase is unlikely to ever change. I've often wondered if there are any of their adult children who could be persuaded to take more interest in the Club and maybe try to re-engage with fans and champion the Club in family discussions. Glen Mullan hinted that there is at least one of this generation that he has talked to. If as seems the case Venkys don't want to sell for whatever bizarre reason then as a fanbase we can try and force them to see sense (through the coalition most likely) or find another way of developing a connection that restores some interest and taps into their considerable wealth more reliably (and a new generation of interested Venkys might just be acceptable to the fanbase...though they would have a lot of work to do). I'm just interested to know if anyone knows anything about the younger generation of Venkys and if they have any interest in football at all. All the evidence would suggest its unlikely I know. Carrying on like we are is only going to end one way...downwards.. until we find a level we can afford to be at with the disinterest and underfunding Venkys senior employ. Probably League 2 or National league.

Quite possible, but the guarantee condition staying in place during the window gave an excuse for the cost-cutting that the suckers in the fanbase will lap up.

Wood and Salt are playing for England. Green and Turner are away with Australia (I think). Don't think Buttler will play. So it's not our strongest team at all. Well done ECB, as ever.

Difficult to think that won't be the case.

I went into Chorley on Saturday for a few beers. It's a cracking place to go for a drink.

If the club dies, I'm never supporting another club again. Zombie or otherwise.

It’ll take some skill to do that and remain in the championship. Skill I don’t think they have. League 2 here we come. Happy days.

It’s because our owners don’t want to sell. Their accounts show too much😉

If we ever got a life line for someone to buy us and the venkys agree they'd make a Uturn and buy Derby 😂

If Ange is a success there I will be amazed. His style of play makes Lemmings look risk adverse. Fine if you're celtic and have all the best players. But if you're playing teams at a similar or higher standard to yourself you get taken apart.

No. It is not the done thing. At least one of them has gone to a competitor club.

I have started thinking maybe rather than the "big six" fucking off to a European Super League, what may well happen first is less well resourced clubs leaving the Football League to form a league more based on the German model with required fan ownership and close spending controls. I think a lot of fans would trade off the quality of players their club can afford to feel like the club is actually "theirs".

Nuno sacked at Forest - seemed inevitable after everything that came out lately. Looks like Ange will replace him. Bold strategy.

If we had kept Travis I thought 2 - box - 3 would work quite well, getting 2 10's on the pitch and using the full backs for width as we've not got much quality out wide. With the sales we've made and the personnel we have 4-2-3-1 is the most obvious choice to persevere with, although with Cantwell often dropping deep it's more of a 4-2-1-2-1

On the face of it should be great news. But then again it doesn't seem logical that our reduced funding has really been linked to the guarantees transfer of money specifically as they could just pay the guarantee anyway. I suppose not having to pay any more lowers the risk, and I guess the feeling of oversight? So maybe that will increase funding again? Confusing. I guess the key question to the clubs is "was the financial planning of the club and transfers assuming the latest £12.5M would arrive, or was it anticipated that this may not be forthcoming so was not planned to be spent?" I suspect that this money was already planned to be spent, but if not wahey! That they are investing in persuing these court cases, sending big sums of money, never the slightest hint they are looking to sell at all suggests that they are invested in the future of the club for the long term. But then again the massive reductions in wage bill, non attendance at games, complete lack of engagement, all suggests they are not. It's one of the great mysteries of all time. Someone somewhere has to be able to explain it. People do not sink £150M+ over more than a decade and fight the Indian government without there being a rationale behind it.

Right now, I feel we just need to go bust and start again. Do a Rangers, Bury etc. This club is a zombie club, with all sorts of nefarious parasites controlling it. Let it die. I've had enough of being violated by crooks and idiots and want to see something that represents the town of Blackburn and it's people. Something that people can really get behind. The FA and Premier League are not fit for purpose and should be scrapped. Too many clubs have gone down similar paths as we're seeing in Sheffield Wednesday. Before them we've had Bury, Bolton, Morecambe and countless others taken over by all sorts of scoundrels. Hell, North Korea nearly owned Notts County.

Great work @wilsdenrover - thanks for all the efforts tracking the chaos and updating us all on this.