That's all a bit Hush-Hush.

Looks like Poku is going to QPR.

The Style Council - Walking the Night

I'd like to upgrade on both.

i think there is a trust meeting tonight at Blackburn library and perhaps after that, there will be some news.

If we do lose Dolan, we won't sign a better replacement. Venky's are truly in their stingy era.

Poku from Peterborough maybe as good as Dolan. Free agent. Likely going to Rangers, but there are players to be found. £1m for sign-on fee and wages... You can find them, but it aint an easy task to get them to sign for this lot.

Maybe it’s just the calm before the storm.

Yep. Jilted lover stuff.

If Dolan had put the same amount of effort he showed in the last few weeks of the season into his earlier Rovers' career, I suspect he might have already moved on. Clearly, put himself in the 'shop window'. A very frustrating player who, IMO, lacks the two essentials for a forward with PL aspirations - pace (Rhodes had none and bombed in PL) and football intelligence (Adam Armstrong has little and also bombed in PL). As for 'circle spins', Stuart Metcalfe liked a few though in fairness Metcalfe was a talented footballer who for various reasons didn't make the most of his abilities.

Unfortunately some people fall for this.

I have been critical of Dolan but he has improved this season especially since he has played on the right. He is a good Championship wide man, not outstanding or stand out but he is our best player by quite a bit in that position. If we signed him for a million from another Championship club, we would see it as a good signing. Its not impossible that he makes a poor career move and doesnt kick on but some of the crap on here because he is leaving us this morning is laughable.

To paraphrase Paul on Nyambe however, Mum and daughter are probably the best judges of footballing ability in their house. 🙂

I said many moons ago that we should have targeted him to replace Rhodes. Wish we had, but at 35 I think the ship has sailed.

Pick's missus and Mani's 9 yr old daughter, neither with any football knowledge and barely any interest. Yes, great judges of footballing ability, thanks for that, that's that debate settled then...

It shouldn’t be forgotten that the reason the owners have conditions on sending money is because they broke the law, it’s a situation entirely of their own making.

He is into double figures against us.

Plus the conveyor belt of boardroom, management and coaching staff - again a direct result of their poor recruitment, negligence, cost cuts, lies and lack of ambition - enables them to continually hide behind a 'new era' as each new manager/CEO/Head of can come along and ask for a clean slate, forget about the past, nothing to do with me, lessons have been learned and the cycle starts all over again.

My worry is it's all over and disbanded.

Not the point. If he or anyone does enquire and there is no answer, more fuel to the protest group against Pasha. You said you would take credible offers to Venkys…

Dolan has his faults. Completely agree he slows down attacking plays with his needless circle spins. Could move the ball quicker,Be more consistent. yet this is the championship and players who have quality and don’t tick all boxes usually end up at that level. On the other hand is his work ethic,determination, gave everything he had despite his performances. These type of players don’t come very often and yes we could replace his ability but it would take more than we can afford.

I think if we spent a million pound on most positions in the team by a good manager and recruitment dept we'd have a better team. Paul seems to think that's revolutionary for some reason but the reality is we can't and won't anyway because cheap wages and no/low fees are the order of the day. We aren't replacing Dolan with better for nothing or next to nothing just like to replace a homegrown right back of modest ability with one with better wing back potential cost at least a million and will now cost good wages to keep him.

Exactly, you can see this within the structure (I use that word loosely!) they’ve developed (multiple heads of etc). It makes it difficult to nail down who is to blame for any single mistake and makes it easy to be distracted from the fact everything is ultimately their fault.

I always thought Waggott ran it as though the intention was to run the Club steadily into the ground until there was virtually nothing left.

If there is one thing this ownership has proved very good at it's the smoke and mirrors tactics.