That Lorient striker looks like he's off to Qarabag. Can't say I'm overly bothered. No fee for Travis, the usual undisclosed

Any fee mentioned? Best of luck to him. Great servant.

The never ending journey ........whilst managers/head coaches, agents and Senior Executives pocket a small fortune.

A bit more to add I was told that he hadn't returned to Brockhall in June for pre-season training. I have no reason to question that information given he hasn't been seen on any of the videos/photos from pre-season training. Ismael confirmed after the Accy Stanley friendly that he was 'in the process of leaving' despite not being around since May Valerien Ismael on the future of Blackburn Rovers coach | Lancashire Telegraph The clear suggestion here is that he was being removed because Ismael had decided he didn't want him and that he wanted his own coaching staff. A pretty reasonable thing to want/expect for a new manager (shame Mowbray, JDT and Eustace didn't appear to get such luxuries) but despite that nobody else has been brought in, with Dean Whitehead the only coach brought in since Eustace's gang left, and Damien Johnson/Ben Benson seemingly remain cornerstones of the operation, now onto their 4th manager in just over 3 years. Even if correct I find it odd that the club can't just confirm his departure. It certainly isn't normal for a 2-3 month process of removing a coach surplus to requirements.

Trav to Derby confirmed (by Derby)

It is lunacy on the face of it BUT we are where we are and if it were to take a couple of seasons to succeed and come to fruition then that wouldn't be unreasonable nor would it be for this year to be one of consolidation and improvement. (I dont think that will happen for the avoidance of any doubt, I think the whole thing is completely bonkers and entirely cost driven)

🙂 You know how this one goes - transition, lots of changes to bed in, building for the future.....

That story has now been removed as Nixon says there's a further update which he hasn't posted yet. Could be he's going to Qarabag who look like they are going to qualify for Champions League

How do you know this? Another non-judgement that is a judgement. You should be in PR 🙂

But that is mostly, or even entirely, of the club's own choosing, due to well discussed issues with contracts and budgets. So if it is a path we have chosen, why should people get credit or labels of it being a success to finish lower than last season off the back of it?

Equivocation is a wonderful thing. Who will put it out though -so far the club has used up all the oxygen.

I think 7th to 10th would be a relative success given all the upheaval if you could see definite signs that we were on an upwards trajectory and were improving all the time. But no, of course we shouldn't have ripped everything up and started again, we should have kept Eustace happy and built upon and made a few tweaks to what so nearly worked last season. And also once Eustace had gone, VI was completely the wrong appointment for the remainder of last season. As I said at the time they only needed someone to come in temporarily and keep the hand on the rudder and tell the players how great they were, not someone who wanted to go in a completely different direction. If we'd made the play offs but not gone up then maybe that was a better time for the completely new approach in the close season. Still wouldn't have been my choice but we're stuck with it for better or worse.

No, because finishing out of the play-offs in the second division, is not good enough for Blackburn Rovers.

If you offered me 8th, then I'd say that exceeds my expectations by a fair distance. I wouldn't call it a success. Success for us in this division is either promotion or a big step forward from the previous year.

In Ryoya morishita 28 midfield-legia warsaw euros 2.1m Sidnei Tavares 23 –midfield –Portugal euros 2m Axel Henriksson – 23- euros 860k Lewis Miller 24 - right back –Hibs (Australian) euros 860k Dion de Neve 24-midfiled –euros 759k Ryan Alebiousu 23 right back – euros 576k Sean McLoughlin-28-centre back-Hull euros 575k Moussa Baradji – 24 –loan Total expenditure = Euros 7.72m Out Assuming Travis Euros 3.5m? Joe Rankin Costello 25 Charlton euros 870k Callum Brittain 27 Middlesborough euros 3.5m???? John Buckley 25 Al-Kolood euros 1m???? Tyrhys Dolan 23 Espanyol –free (wages saved)? Andreas Weimann 33 Derby free (wages saved)? Danny Baath 34 Derby free (wages saved)? Jordan eastham 23 free (wages saved)? Jalil saadi-free transfer Cauley Woodrow end of loan Jack vale-without club O’riordan-loan Dilan markandy -free ACD – end of loan Beck – end of loan Dennis –end of loan Sanderson – end of loan Total Income = euros 8.37m So thus far, spend = circa euros 650,000k edit sorry that should be total profit this window = euros 650k Discounting the shedloads from Adam etc, sell on fees for Raya etc. Also, the plenty saved on wages (Swag + players).

Yes, given we've lost more than half the team (especially given we've lost Brittain and Batth) and the new recruits are as yet untested in this team (and league in most cases).

Would anyone consider anything below 7th this season to be a success? If so, and in view of last season's finish, why?

Sir Roger, Ken Knighton Simon Garner.

Atcheson & Doherty called up for Northern Ireland U21

That and his highlights look shiiiiiit.

This one won't happen. When there are other clubs involved, we get outmuscled financially. Suspect the club doesn't really expect this one to come off.

Fair, had me wondering if he was Jordan Henderson's kid or something

I stand corrected. I saw that episode and cannot recall him saying we would get a striker. Then the narrative from the manager throughout the summer has been that we wouldn’t either. If we are to get one, I’d like them to ensure this one is better than what we have. I don’t want competition for Ohashi and Gueye.

So the only difference is weds owners aren’t even doing that ?

I think Mckenna gets an incredibly easy ride off everyone by virtue of his back to back promotions. Yes that was an unbelievable feat, but, they spent a lot of money and were piss poor last season no matter how you try to dress it up. Seems like they've started in similar fashion again this season as well.