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Nicko confirmed just now, we want striker and we have targets in mind. We still need another centre back cos we cant rely on Carter. My preference would a right footed. Maybe they will use Miller more as wing back now going forward. Plus can we rely on Carter fitness? No we cant. We will bring a striker in. We have targets as Nicko has said today.

Genuinely who will come to us? Say we need a striker - any in the top half of league one will probably look at us and think no chance. So then we look to the lower league one sides which then begs the question are they any good? Get a prem loan in - lightweight, no relegation battle experience recipe for disaster. Do you look at the SPL? SPL is on the up and most strikers will not move to a relegation threatened champ team. Abroad? no one from any of the top 6 leagues. Okay we will go further abroad eastern Europe perhaps? or a rogue hidden gem? Have been tracking a few that could work, in the fact they can absolutely hit the target. Aljosa Matko - Ujpest (Hungarian top flight sit 8th out of 12) has 11 goals in 18. 62 in last 4 seasons. Brayan Muniz - Indepente Medillin (Colombian top flight side) 29 goals in last 2 years. Bissoli - Buriram United (Thai premier league usually top or there abouts) 64 goals in last 2 years. Stefan Sigurdsson - Sandefjord (5th in Norway top flight last year so missed out on Europe I believe) 15 in 27

I see that season ticket holders are already complaining that they can't buy the shirt because the computer system doesn't recognise them as season ticket holders. Sums up Rovers under Venkys to a t

I keep looking at those awful looking final games of the season every time Rovers drop points in games they should be winning. It will catch up with them in the end I fear. Portsmouth have turned a corner since beating Rovers, while I don't expect Norwich to be idle in January. I think its going to be Sheffield Wednesday, Oxford, and one other between Norwich, Charlton, Pompey, and Rovers.

When the club captain openly takes the piss on Sky Sports and then laughs at him, and the manager makes it clear he doesn't rate him, I am not surprised Gueye's enthusiasm in training is diminished. I bet he can't wait to leave. Good luck to him wherever he goes. He will be better off out of this shell of a club.

Two strikers has to be the priority, especially now Gudjohnson is injured for a while. I love Ohashi and he works so hard up top with no service whatsoever most of the time, but he also clearly needs a rest to maintain his effectiveness. Remember even with Gudjohnson he does most of the running and pressing up front. After ST, wing back options as competition/back-up to Hedges and Alebiosu is key; again we need to be able to rotate, and De Neve has proven he's not good enough, while we have nothing on right (Litherland and Miller are CBs, or at a push RBs, but not RWBs). Back-up for Tronstad in defensive midfield next; Baradji, TGH, Morishita etc can all do the box-to-box role, but we have no-one behind Tronny except an ancient Forshaw. CB by my reckoning should only be the 6th guy we bring in; Pratt, McLoughlan, Miller, O'Riordan, Litherland, Atcheson, with Wharton and Carter returning is enough. I would like an experienced (c.27 not 37 y/o) to replace Hyam's role in middle of back three but that's a luxury given our needs elsewhere and the relatively strong performances of our defense since the change in formation.

Gueye was a nuisance at times last season but badly faded as soon as Ismael came through the door, and has regressed ever since. I think a player like Gueye needs an arm round the shoulder, something Eustace and then David Lowe were ore suited to doing with him last season. Ismael does not appear to be that type of coach on the face of it, so Gueye's attitude and application has probably dropped off a cliff as a result. Seems like a total breakdown of relationship between player and head coach.

cover/eventual replacement for Tronstad would also be nice, but I suspect you are already asking for too much, without throwing in my additional request on top of that

It's been interesting to see someone like Diamini force his way into the managers thinking, a player who has not been getting the exposure of the likes of Joseph, Tyjon, Higgins and the like from academy regulars. Presumably, he has impressed in training and caught the managers eye, unlike Gueye who seems to have thrown his toys out of the pram

Really think the return of ORiordan and the impact of Pratt and Litherland, along with Atcheson has lessened the need for a CB and highlights the real issue now is obviously a striker. With the new formation, and Gueye out of favour,I I would personally prefer to sign 2 strikers than another CB. A rwb to challenge Alebiosu and possibly lwb as well we should be covered for this season hopefully

Or overplayed, when there just back from injury, with our flimsy squad.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25728691.blackburn-rovers-boss-reveals-damning-reason-behind-player-absence/ Valerien Ismael revealed Makhtar Gueye has not been selected for Blackburn Rovers due to his performances in training. The big striker could leave the club in the January transfer window after falling out of favour at Ewood Park. Gueye could've departed in the summer after late interest from Turkey but stayed at the club. He has not started a Championship game under Ismael this season and his time at Rovers appears to be coming to an end. Despite an injury crisis up front, he has been left out of the last three matchday squads. Axel Henriksson has started up front in the last two games in which Rovers have failed to score. 18-year-old Nathan Dlamini has been called upon in the last three games as the only attacking option on the bench. Ismael confirmed that Gueye's absence was a selection decision after poor performances in training. The head coach revealed he has been running less than team-mates and so hasn't been considered for the squad. "It's a selection. It's my selection (choice)," Ismael said. "I don't know (whether he has played his last game). It's just the selection. We were not happy with his performance and especially in the training session. "He was running one kilometre less than all the others. For me, as I said, the first thing is always the intensity we see on the pitch. So it's up to him. "As I said, the performance was not right in training and that's why. So if he's not doing it, then I give at least the chance for Academy boys because I know that at least he will run what we need to see." A striker is high on Rovers' list of priorities next month, with Gueye likely to depart if an acceptable offer arrives for both player and club.

I think so. Seen enough of Gueye to last me a lifetime. Can pretty much gaurentee that he would have been even less effective than Henriksson/Dlamini was as we have seen the evidence already this season.

More likely be the way they are being trained !

Your family dog will probably have more ball sense !

I could not agree more but it will not happen ! A couple of washed up footballers , no one wants will arrive on the last day !

Henrikkson is a poor player. What is he, because he’s certainly not a forward? Did we actually pay money for him? I don’t see what he offers, apart from running around a lot. But then our family dog does that

With a limited budget then yes we might miss a player. We have just gone several games without conceding so is a cb a priority at the moment bearing in mind we have several due back in the coming weeks? Or do we sign another cb and miss another forward who can score goals for the sake of a few quid on wages that has been taken by the not essential cb? The stats show that conceding is the issue but converting chances is. I understand there is an argument that Hyamn wasn't replaced and this needs addressing and at the start of the season I would agree but as last night proved it is the other end of the pitch where we need to focus.

We've 9 injuries in the dressing room, and something similar in the last 3 or 4 seasons, makes you wonder, is the Ewood pitch anything to do with it.

KentExile has mentioned Valentin Joesph in the U21's thread. From the sounds of things he could/should have been a squad option for sure last night.

Does he though? Gueye got 8 goals last season including the winner in this exact fixture last season. He's 6'5 and is a useful target in the box. Your telling me he couldn't have done half an hour off the bench in place of Dlamini? Not saying he's a world beater but we'e got what we've got. I'm all for trying to sell him when the window opens but I feel if he'd been managed more effectively over the past few months he couldve been a body for us out there yesterday.

There is no planning at the club. No vision in how they want to play or build the squad which leads to no proactivity on the transfer market. Wouldn't be surprised if Gueye was sold without any replacement lined up. - We continue playing with two up front when one of them isn't even a striker (Henriksson). - We bought Miller to replace Brittain but he ended up becoming a centre back. - We sold Hyam on deadline day without bringing in a replacement. We brought in TGH on loan presumably to cover for Alebiosu with Miller moving in to centre back, but only for him to start at central midfield instead to fill the gap left by Travis. - We have two left backs on the bench for our matches (Ribeiro, Pickering) but they don't fit into the wing-back system and thus rarely plays. - We only have one creative player in the squad who's currently playing with a bandaged knee which restricts his mobility (Cantwell). If he gets injured, what do we have left? - We sold Travis and replaced him with an injured player who has only recently been getting minutes after five months (Baradji). - We still don't have any players with pace and technique who can take on their man in 1v1 situations. Kargbo is perhaps the closest one we have but he lacks in decision-making and is therefore not very effective. - Attacking movements and play must be poor in training. No running in behind, ball control and first touch is below par (see: Ohashi) and we keep shooting from range or from difficult angles (see: TGH). We are a reactive side, not a proactive one. This mindset can be seen across all areas, from recruitment to tactics, changing course as we move along with the season.

Backwards club.

We need more practice on the training ground, on putting the ball in the net, with 2 home games on the horizon. A striker is a must, in the January transfer window, and 2 or 3 more to strengthen the squad, and ease the burden of our flimsy squad.

The only signing they need to have lined up to come in very early in January is a striker. Any other positions can follow as and when. As for Centre back, we now have: Miller, Litherland, Pratt, McLoughlin & O'Riordan. Obviously we don't know for sure that O'Riordan is up to it and Litherland has been good, albeit he's playing out of position. I can see the logic in getting another CB but I think signing a RWB and moving Litherland back into CB would be better? Absolutely has to be a striker in first and quickly.