I think i originally had de neve next to him

Making the mistake of thinking the playing side is the priority here. Michalski and Montgomery are probably at least 80% cheaper than Pears and Buckley. That is the answer to why those two are favoured.

TBH, an absolute battering will give Pasha, Gestede and Ismael nothing to hide behind and the wider media might just start to take note of what is really happening at Rovers. It's time the fans turned big time on the club and it's powers that be - Saturday would be a fine time to start should the expected battering materialize.

Ismael has one more transfer target, a striker according to the LT. We should have moved for a striker 6 weeks ago, it would give Ohashi and Gueye competition.

Think the manager deserves a run of games before the jury is out on him when JDT went through his bad patch it was because of no squad depth injuries je he over Xmas and new year 2 wins in 11 was because of injuries and squad depth look at what Val is working with here I think he deserves some grace for a period of time

£600k per hedge?

Sadly there is nothing left that they would actually want, as they are building a football team.

3-0 Brum will do a lineup in a bit. Lost all care for it to be honest. None of em play for the badge, surprised they're even here for the money!

Aye, but they don't play in the famous blue and white shirts and aren't based at Ewood Park. Therefore they aren't Blackburn Rovers, and don't deserve your support. Isn't it horrible when a crime is perpetated right in front of your eyes, in graphic detail and in the light of day, yet you are powerless to do anything about it? As Rovers fans, we are the football equivalent of someone with Locked In syndrome. Yet there they are, plain as day and completely unchallenged - the Venky BASTARDS and their BASTARD STOOGES 😞 VENKYS OUT! VENKY HENCHMEN AND STOOGES OUT!

Travis after moving to Derby, let's make it easier for eustace, send the all fucking team there.

Terrible manager. One good season during the COVID season. Barnsley supporting mates even think he's shit regardless of the one COVID season

Toth Abeliosu. Hyam. Mclouglin. Ribeiro Tronstad. Tavares Henriksen. Cantwell. Kargbo Ohashi Subs: Pears, Wharton, miller, Pickering, Buckley, Hedges, tyjon, De Neve, Gueye.

Owners to Pasha/Gestede: we want the club to be self-sustainable by increasing academy minutes and sell them later on for big money like with A. Wharton. We wont support the club with additional funds on the transfer market; you will have to generate it on your own with player sales and salary cuts. Gestede to Ismael: you need to start playing our youngsters. There will be an incentive strucure in place with bonuses paid out if we reach our target (3 000 minutes per season). Ismael to Gestede after cup exit: this is the current level of our academy players. As you can see, they aren't good enough to even compete with a newly-promoted L1 side who fielded six reserve players themselves for the tie. If we play these in the Championship, our standards will drop considerably and we'll struggle to pick up points in the matches. Can we please go back to recruiting players that we need to strengthen the squad? You know, 'Allez les bleus' and so on.

Haven't lost at home to them since 2013, and we've often given them a good hiding at Ewood looking at the OP. Oh how that's drastically going to change... 0-4 Birmingham, if we're lucky. Will be surprised if we register more than 2 shots on target. For what it's worth, i'd go with this lineup;

It'll be interesting to see how 'busy' the BBE end is after ST hikes and £35 match tickets in there just so they can fleece the Brum lot.

I was having the same thought - they have more Rovers players than Rovers do at this stage.

personally I would play Kargbo at right wing and say to him your game is simple beat the full-back on the outside then cross from the wide position with your favoured right foot.

Leaving West Brom and one of their fans said ‘you best get used to results like that with that manager in charge’. Not rated there at all and it’s becoming very clear why. He has done nothing in his career. Had one good spell at Barnsley which was more down to the roots laid by the now Bristol City manager. He’s a nobody, a journeyman and in any normal football world would be nowhere near our club.

Toth, Miller, Tavares - £1M at most each (no way with all the cuts we paid £2M up front for Tavares, its will be at most half initially) Hyam - was it £2.5M? Ribeiro, Tronstad - free Hedges £600K Ohashi - low 6 figures (so no more than £0.5M Mc Loughlin, Cantwell, De Neve - £0.5M each So somewhere under £9M, for the first 11 Gueye £1M - £1.5M Alebiosu - £0.5M Pickering £600K O'Riordan £0.5K Forshaw - free Kargbo -£1M Henriksson - £750K Pears £500K Wharton, Buckley, Travis, Carter, Montgomery, Tyjon, Michalski - youth And probably less than £14M for the whole squad

It should've been 2-2 as Ohashi missed a sitter. Then who knows what would've been next. Rovers are a step up for Kargbo though, so we definitely didn't purchase the finished article.

Very niave from Ismael last night with his team selection. Even more surprising considering in every friendly he played the same team for majority of the games. Previous managers have gone with strong teams in this round to get a win. Winning builds confidence. That loss last night along with the Travis news i'm sure has has dented any fans confidence in the team, new signings and optimism for the season. Early days, but the lack of footballing ability is worrying.

What's the sum of all parts in the Rovers team at the moment, if Travis isn't playing? Total transfer fees paid for our starting eleven must be a lot less than £10m?

He normally does put 1 or 2 decent crosses in tbf but over a full game or even just 45mins, it's no where near enough.

I'm worried. Not gonna lie. Last night we a had small glimpses of good play despite the individual errors leading to 2 goals. Be more confident having Hyam back in the rear end along with Ribiero. I'd like to see Kargbo start this one ahead of De Neve. Also would like to see him cross with his left foot instead of cutting back and floating balls to the edge of the box. Not going into it with much confidence but I think a busy home ground will up the ante and be that 12th man. (Cringe alert ⚠️ ) We're gonna have to really get behind them and give them extra incentive to get stuck in and work harder. We go again.

Did Ismael prove a point by playing de Neve in two posisions? First showing how ineffective he's in his natural position at LM/LW, then how he was a duck out of water on the right. Some baffling substitutions last night that tells me Ismael was more worried about some of his starters than the result.