Them 4 plus Montgomery as 5th

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Isn’t Forshaw considered CM? Tronstad, Trav, Tavares and Forshaw? it will be exciting to see what happens with Buckley. Always held him high in regard and thought he would establish himself, but time is running out.

How is Nicko doing that? His story today is that England are interested in him playing for our national teams. Arsenal interested in him is no surprises given his qualities at his age but Ismael and Rovers want him to stay here. Ismael spent over a minute yesterday post match talking to him about his performance. Doesn't suit our style one bit. Could see him at Derby or Wrexham.

Sean McLaughlin a steady centre half in his prime... hopefully he scores some headers ..he didn't score any for Hull.

Surprised no stories about Brittain- pleasantly surprised. Here's hoping Pape, Ohashi, Leonard and Tyjon all kick on this season as I cannot see the piggy bank stretching to a decent forward even if one or more of Brittain, Tronstad and Travis depart. What has happened to Vale?

It's hard to put into words how good Usyk is but for me he stands alone with a prime Ali as technically the best HW's of all time. I'd argue Ali's era was a bit deeper at the top end than this one and he dominated twice two different versions of him but Usyk honed his own skills dominated arguably the best ever cruiser division. Said at the time though Dubois battering AJ showed more about Joshua and where he's at than actually telling us much we didn't already know about DD. The lad can bang and is all raw aggression but there is little else to him and he cannot handle a good punch. Usyk though a great in any era.

Thanks - Vale released passed me by and mean our striker options are even weaker than I thought. I had him down as a possible saleable asset but I guess injuries wiped that out.

It’ll be Higgins next week. Bloke never stops.

At this stage of his career, due to his past injuries, I think Leonard needs to go on loan at a club that will guarantee him games each week - even if that is as low as League Two or the National League. He's too far behind Ohashi and Gueye at the moment to be getting regular 90 minutes. He doesn't need to go out and prove anything, as we know he's capable of playing in the Championship, but he just needs constant games and momentum. Getting quite a few goals would be a bonus in my view just for his confidence.

Nixon absolutely determined to sell Tyjon for us.

Definitely need another striker, especially if Leonard isn’t considered up to it or loaned out. Not sure Big Mak fits the style we are looking at tbh. Probably need to be looking for a hardworking striker with a bit of pace, who can press the centre backs quicker.

Indefensible from Rovers. The liaison guy, the actual club secretary works from home......in Brighton.

Still think to cover an injury or just lack of form we would need another striker it could be one of those that it’s not a main priority yet and could b something they look at again in Jan

Hedges got in some good positions yesterday and played the right pass to Brittain for his assist. He played a great weight pass for Ohashi's winner at Luton last season. Plus he has been regular under the previous 2 head coaches and Ismael wanted him to stay this season. we were short in midfield last season cos when injuries hit and we lost Baker aswell, we were short. We need 5 options in there and right now we have this Still need in terms of players in, right sided attacking player, another forward and centre back. if we made those 3 signings, we have 25/26 man squad

I was being sarcastic, I.e the kind of cheap skate thing they’d do.

you posted this didn't you?

The Club Secretary forgot to press send for the request for a game, I heard.

Last pre season we played Tranmere behind closed doors at Brockhall on a Saturday afternoon and that was well publicised by the club. I think this summers effort is just down to rotten planning, and being caught out that league one/two start a week earlier than us.

Why would I have known about a secret game against Blackpool? And of course if we had they would have at least mentioned it. A midweek game in the middle of the season to help a player back to fitness, maybe they wouldn’t, but of course they would announce the final friendly regardless of the venue… come on Chaddy, it’s piss poor for a supposed Championship club.

Yeah - I don’t see Bamford as a VI type signing at all. Much more likely to join Eustace at Derby.

No I'm not saying there would be genuine interest just to be clear, it just ticks a few boxes that would make someone like Nixon or Nathan Jones say we're "working on a cut price deal to secure the services of him" that's all. In reality, maybe someone like Wrexham would take a punt, failing that I would be surprised if he went overseas somewhere.

I think we need the following, in this order assuming no sales of key players: 1) RW - Dolan replacement / better than Hedges (easy to find as both are average) 2) CB - We need one more. Carter is made of glass and Wharton early back from a long injury. 3) CM - Trav, Sonny, Tavares, +1 Fwiw - I don’t think we need another striker. I would be really inclined to put my trust in Yuki and big Mak who I think will get better after a year in the league and a full preseason.

because they don't, didn't you say the other week we had behind closed game against Blackpool, was that announce?

They could, but why wouldn’t they have announced it?