How things will work at Blackburn Rovers under new 'European model' | Lancashire Telegraph It is a bit like the European way, where you have the Sporting Director and a Head Coach. Of course, Gregg needs to provide us with those names and I need to buy in as well, before I say yes.

Told Rovers have now fixed up a friendly behind closed doors in the Netherlands to fill the void.

I think the reason Cantwell struggled there last season is that playing too far forward he get's isolated and bullied - too slow to escape his markers and weak enough that they can just push him off the ball. He's got technique, passing, shooting etc. but the other team knows it and he gets marked out of the game. I don't think he can play in our current setup and be as effective as he should be at 10. I genuinely think we should shift the formation a bit so that he can play deeper and be protected by Travis and Tronstad - go from ie. Travis Tronstad Winger Cantwell Winger Forward to Tronstad Travis Cantwell Winger Winger Forward See if we cant get a Tugay/Savage type partnership going. I think he'll be a lot more effective with someone acting as his enforcer. He can still make runs from deep if the space opens up. Risks isolating Yuki, of course, which will depend a lot on who our wide players end up being. Not to mention whether we still have Travis and/or Tronstad.

I’ve just answered and told you why you’re different. You just can’t comprehend what folk are saying half the time.

I can’t remember JDT saying it. All I recall was in answer to the question “We’re they signings that you gave the ok to, that you wanted” JDT “First of all I’m the head coach. I get (given) the players, I train the players”. That distinctly wasn’t a “Yes”

Just seen at the darts this afternoon 😀

GB and JDT always said JDT had the final decision on whether a player sign or not. hardly second stuff is it?

who knows what will happen with those 3 but Boro haven't come back with another bid for Brittain since the original bid over 10 days ago. They have enquired about Swansea's right back Josh Key and Chelsea's Alfie Gilchrist

He doesn't appear to have had a very serious injury, at least not since he joined them last summer. Transfermarkt shows him as missing 4 games on 2 occasions, and only one of them shows as injury (the other says not in squad...though I presume that was still an injury as he was a top player for them). He has played since the injury. I think it's more a case of something showed up on a scan that is of concern and could develop into a serious injury. Now the cat is out the bag, his club may well be prepared to accept a deal a bit more like that. Other buyers will be aware of the risk and we were already the best bid. They only paid 250k Euros for him last summer so I wouldn't be surprised if they'll take a bit less guaranteed. I believe the earlier rumours about this renegotiation suggested we were going back to the club to talk the fee down.

I was under the impression it was in the player contract a significantly lowered base salary but padded up with appearance fees to the level of their worth suppose rovers board are likely trying to find a cheaper solution it sounds

Same old Matty. Still didn't answer my question but I couldn't give a monkey what you think

Is that the Greek bloke ?

Ideal world yes but I think it's fanciful to think that Brittain, Travis and Tronstad will all be here come end of the window.

Nixon has said the players wages might not be factored in to this deal. The difference is the overall fee for the player. Rovers want to pay x amount then different instalments once player hits different milestones.

I read he has played off the right before but even if its going to Centre midfielder here that's gives us plenty of depth, options and cover for potential injuries. Whilst I wouldn't be priority another centre midfielder signing but focusing on bringing in a right sided attacking player which we need. after that Striker with some pace and another centre back. If we sign those signings in their positions I would be happy with the squad. squad Keepers - Toth Pears Michalski Right back - Brittain, Alebiosu centre back - Carter Hyam Wharton McLoughlin plus 1 more left back - Pickering Ribeiro centre midfielder - Travis Tronstad Montgomery Forshaw Tavares Right side - Hedges 1 more signing number 10 - Cantwell Tyjon left side - De Neve Karbgo strikers - Ohashi Gueye plus 1. I would loan Leonard out for the season and would sell Buckley.

Don't ask me to name names but looking at that squad we need another striker.

It’s irrelevant to his club the fee is still the same itl be negotiated in the players contract so itl be up to him

that sort of deal is for a player who`s had a very serious injury and is looking for a new club,there is no way him or his club will accept that,i think we are wasting our time or in typical venky style,trying to get him on the cheap

If we start the new season off like we did his tenure with one point from eighteen. will you want him sacked again?

I’m clearly not speculating that we left the Telalovic signing until the last 24 hours. Thats far more fact than someone telling you second hand stuff about JDT signing players off.

We’d just finished outside the play offs to the Premier League and he chose some lad from a German regional league… aye ok.

I assume the deal structure will be around appearances. So a very low fee, but higher fees if he hits certain appearance milestones.

Hmm, I wonder. Maybe because you like to jump on fans that ‘don’t trust the process’, ‘to just give time and patience’… and you will be doing the same again if we go on a bad run this time. Nobody likes hypocrisy.

He signed off on Ennis and he picked Telalovic over a 31 year old La Liga striker. Anything else we can only speculate on what we think happen. They got their striker signings badly wrong that summer we know that