Alebiosu is 23 years old, has played over 50 senior games and cost us a fee. He's the replacement. The cynic in me says he always was.

Anywhere else, and I would agree.

Yeah the replacement may well be albieosu. From all accounts that young lad Montgomery was the best player on the pitch on Saturday, I've read? Maybe they will have those two competing for the position who knows? It would seem strange to sell both him and jrc and rely on two lads, with little to no championship experience.

It doesn't matter at Rovers once the ink is dry on the contract you can say what you want. You might rile the SD or CEO sorry COO or whatever his imaginary title is but they won't sack you because A - Can't afford to B - Don't have the outright power to do so. So once feet are under the table you are quids in, won't get sacked, do well in difficult circumstances but regularly hint at your frustrations and other clubs will be watching. Then engineer your own exit, may take a while but it'll come and even though those above you are aware they can't do anything about it unless Pune gets angry. Even then they'll try and head it off because they also might get the boot for recommending you in the first place. Ismael will view this like the others as a stepping stone back into a better job and more money all he has to do is keep the team stable in the league and try and coach value into individuals. The big lad is quids in here regardless.

Could you send this to the club, you never know, if they are pre-warned they may look into the questions, and be able to give reasonable answers at the meeting.

I hope Dolan finds something soon and moves on with his career and does as well as he can. I'm not convinced his ceiling is much higher than our current level, but would be happy to be proved wrong. I don't hold any grudge against him, he never developed as much as I hoped he would at Ewood, but he always worked his arse off every time he played. He may not be worth as much in wages as he thinks he is, but that's probably true of most footballers, you have to back yourself and show ambition. I don't know how much we've offered him but I wouldn't be surprised if our offer was beyond the pale and insulting. I think there's a reason so many players are letting their contract run down here or desperately being linked elsewhere in the media via their agents. It's probably somewhere between us being complete cheapskates and an absolute circus with no ambition. Understandable

Even with favourable game times for me I saw very few matches. It wasn't something that was on my radar. I did watch yesterday though as I had spare time due to being sat in an airport waiting for my delayed flight, as is the norm at the moment over here. The South American teams are mid-season so are fully match fit. City wanted nothing to do with the tournament as their early exit proved. What do Chelsea do now? The Prem season starts in a month. Do they get any time off? Will they have any preseason?

Maybe not so with Dolan but you'd think most with a balanced thought process would understand the situation Brittain is in, might not agree with his actions but understand why. Then again......

I did suspect that V was going to be a yes man, but I’m not too sure now. I agree with what you have said and do think he will do one, if things go pear shaped, due to them not backing him.

No ney never!

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Isn't the next one planned for Saudi maybe in the winter ?

One to go

Might we get a couple of overs of a new ball? This is too close to call now.

In case anyone isn't aware yet, we're into the freebie loan and 'just missed out' part of the window

They’ve taken the academy approach to the front office.

The ball I’d doing nothing.

Don't mind Hedges at all in the squad every squad needs an old hand or two like him around willing to do the dirty work to let others get the space and credit. However imo he should rarely be a starter and it is a bit worrying big Val might view him as such but lets be honest he won't last long anyway before he's on the treatment table again.

Squeaky bum time this looks like it’ll be close

There isn't one yet. For some reason he's bullshitting.

Happens all the time now when someone leaves, club get criticism, club puts bait out everywhere bait gets gobbled up, fans hate player. Most of the very same fans then revert to moaning about the owners, running of the club and next inevitable cock up when it comes along. They just copy the tried and tested formula govts use for social conditioning in this era and it gets hook line and sinker results.

We are doomed. Losing Batth and now probably our CM partnership and RB... We are doomed

Not exactly, but they both did the honourable thing and walked when the situation became untenable for them. If VI does the same at some point I'll have a similar level of respect. If he doesn't and just puts up with whatever **** they throw at him as we decline, I won't.

But that would be playing to his strengths, so unlikely to happen.

What bookie? Oddschecker isn't showing anybody has relegation odds yet.