Derby would have to pay us a compensation fee due to Dolan's age and us making him a contract offer. If they can't agree a fee with us, then it will have to go to a tribunal.

It's a bit like the Finneran deal (and Tyjon). We have no say in where he goes, but we're due compensation due to his age. That'll be decided by a tribunal unless we both agree a fee. Suspect we've got zero interest in making things easy for Derby.

You’d imagine Derby and Boro don’t want to go to a tribunal if they think they might get stung (No idea how Tribs work tho). So they’ll have to negotiate with Rovers. I’m delighted Rovers are being difficult to deal with over Dolan.

If the French lad from Hibbs still an option?

I thought the same. Now he’s a free argent surely the club have no say over who he can and can’t talk to. Right?

If he goes Derby, we have to agree to compensation or it will go to a tribunal. That's probably what he means, we are setting compo higher than they want to pay. In which case fine, take it to fucking tribunal then. Maybe get your own scouting team too...

Yawn. It’s a discussion thread about Rovers-related transfers. There’s a Rovers-related transfer in the X link. Thanks for your contribution though. Quality as ever!

Scumbags.

'Blackburn are being extremely difficult to deal with' - well if this story is all true, that would be 5 of our better players from last season after taking our manager who had us in the playoffs, so yeh, no shit we are being difficult to deal with!

Why would rovers be difficult to work with when it comes to Dolan? He isn’t our player

£32 for a senior in the Blackburn end if you pay on the day

Thanks, but...Yawn...! Not bothered what the sodding Rams are doing. Just interested in what Rovers are up to (if anything).

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/july/23/subscribe-to-roverstv-for-2025-26-/

He did deserve to be treated like royalty though, to be fair 🤴

£35 to £37 (or £38 to £40 if you actually had the temerity of buying it from the ticket office) for a second division game, against Birmingham.

I really like him, a few question marks on his decision making/final ball but let's be honest, if he had that polished he'd be playing at a higher level. His pace and directness is so refreshing, if we can keep him fit he'll cause issues this year, then it'll be a task keeping hold of him.

Probably been mentioned already but just in case it hasn’t, new fitness and strength coach in from Watford. Replacing Hodges, who of course has gone to Eustace and Derby. Come on John, it really is getting beyond a joke now 😡

Agree. Posted last night that my first impressions were that he was raw and clumsy.

I would say we're currently weaker than our squad last season, but not significantly (yet!). The 'bigger' deals tend to be done towards the end of the window when the better loans become available and prices drop for the better players. So many unknowns yet, but Brittain will almost certainly leave and prob Trav too. That makes us significantly weaker than last season. Can we compensate that by being stronger in attacking positions? We need two attacking additions - RW and ST. The attacking players generally make or break your season. I do like the look of Kargbo and Tyjon. Think they'll add a lot to the attack next season. Ohashi could easily bag 15+ goals.

Spot on.

When can we stop calling Kargbo raw? Bloody brllliant is what he is.

Follows the same pattern as every window in recent times. Nobody has been bought that's any better than what we have and to impact the first 11. Just squad fillers & downgrades. McLoughlin might be better than Wharton, although I think they will end up being very similar.

I think its pretty normal for away fans to be banned in Holland pre season, and other European countries too. They just expect large groups going on the piss causing aggro and its an unwanted expense policing it.

So you do still think about me. I'm flattered. That calls for another drink