One more thing about Elliott’s article: It’s irrelevant that Mafoumbi hasn’t made a debut with any other club. What matters is 1. he’s a youth player and 2. him making his Rover’s league debut.

I don't know where it would show, but there is something highly suspicious about the wage bill, that never drops, despite the players seemingly being signed on lower wages. That again, cements my thoughts about the reason they do not want to entertain a sale, as the prospective buyers would see the payroll and maybe people on there would raise a few eyebrows.

Thank you. Do we think Elliott has been reading again or is it just a coincidence he’s just written this piece? I maintain he’s wrong about the Japanese player btw - I think he’d need to be an ESC but not because he played yesterday.

I think that applied previously but in this new era I'm not so sure. I think we are at a point where every £ is vital. I think the Chief Venky Stooge has more power and autonomy than in previous years and is now king pin at Ewood having previously had to 'share' with others. So he can order a sale to help reduce the 'burden' on the owners and I doubt they'll know anything about it until the balance sheet is reviewed. Fully agree with this. Just the latest in a long long line of people to be sh1t on by the regime that holds BRFC hostage. A grubby, dirty, thoroughly unpleasant organisation that people would be wise to avoid. Though I suppose the treatment of long standing staff members at Brockhall and Ewood tells us all we need to know. They couldn't give a stuff.

I'm one of those 😔 But yes your right get the first 3 round free would be a good incentive gets bums on seats and potential profit to be made from bars and food outlets

We’ve already got a losers mentality, we don’t need more players coming in to reinforce that.

I agree with GBE expert that the debut needs to be in the league.

Ipswich only took him last season as an insurance policy in case Sam Morsy self destructed. The fact that Travis hardly played tells me the level he’s at.

It feels inevitable that Trav will be moved on, and I'm perhaps more gutted about this than Brittain in a way. Not necessarily in terms of footballing ability, but for what it means in terms of how the club views their playing staff. Trav is the captain, and clearly cares about the club. He was brilliant and a leader for much of last season. Meanwhile the club (Suhail) couldn't give a sh*t about that and Trav's reward for being a leader on and off the pitch is to not be given a new contract, and instead sold off. It makes me embarrassed and ashamed to be a Rovers fan at times, knowing that those who run the club are as rotten as it gets. Baradji may well be a decent player if he comes in as his replacement, but its another player with no champ experience who's most recent experience is getting relegated. Signing a bunch of relegated players breeds a loser's mentality IMO.

Different scenario for Brittain he is a specialist in his position and was outstanding in his position last season so i assume interest went much further than just Boro and Derby but they were the only ones to try and force Rovers hand. Trav is a bread and butter defensive mid a type more akin to fighting fires than giving you a possible nudge towards promotion through assists and goals. I know Eustace is a big admirer they are cut from the same cloth but he won't pay silly money and beyond that who will ? What you say about the owners was correct up to a point but times have changed now and the needs are different. I don't believe for one min we'll be seeing 3.5 mill for Brittain either unless he has a long successful career at Boro that triggers all the add ons etc. I think a fee of around 2 million plus some realistic add on triggers will be nearer the true deal.

Yes, it definitely feels like this could go very much the same way as JDT....team struggling at the wrong end of the table, Ismael starts getting more and more honest in the press over the lack of contract renewals and poor standard of summer signings...exit negotiated by the club and we're back to square one.

It’s definitely just his senior debut - relevant paragraph, table + definition of youth player below:

unless someone gets a bonus for reducing costs

I really can't see us taking an offer that low. The constraints you mention are the same as they were for Britain, and i am sure we will drive for a deal north of that. For all their faults one thing the owners don't do is sell at cut price. Theyd rather Travis went for free than sell for below his market value imo.

Doesn't make much sense forcing a relegation unless you want a complete reset of the whole operation and your owners can only or are only prepared to meet half the costs they previously have.........

Grealish joining Everton on loan for the season. Him and Dewsbury-Hall are two very good signings for them.

I’ll be absolutely amazed if he sees the season out.

Plus fire sales,

Any scout watching him on Saturday would have been in their car and halfway home before the final whistle went.

As per AI so far from gospel Blackburn Rovers' latest financial accounts reveal a revenue of £21.4 million for the 2023/24 season League One clubs averaged £9.1 million, according to Deloitte. This difference is primarily due to higher broadcasting revenue and increased commercial revenue in the Championship. The League 1 figure is an average, so imagine Rovers would be slightly higher than the average So the cost of relegation is somewhere less than £12.3M/year Although I would hazard a guess that relegation wage reduction clauses would cover the vast majority of that

Financially relegation might suit them. Sell off all the big earners and bring in more cheap spear carriers like DeNeve. We’re down to the die-hards now so the gates won’t drop off to the same extent.

At the end of the day right now he's only worth what a team will pay and i really don't see anyone stumping up 2 million or more and a good contract when they can get him for free in summer and maybe offer him two years on big money. As for us it would be really stupid to entertain anything less than around 2 million with add ons but i assume they are getting desperate now having brought a few in. So i'll stick to my guns and say if he does go it'll be undisclosed to save the blushes and probably be about 1.5 million.

How many times in modern football do you see a speculative shot hit one of the throng in the goalmouth and completely wrong foot the keeper and end up in the back of the net ? If you don’t try it will never happen.

I wonder what would be the cost of relegation... The Suhail way-Spoil the ship for a hap-orth of tar...

Put into context most regular fans have signed up for or paid for season tickets and there is an expensive first home league match on Saturday. They should throw this in for free the price they are disgracefully asking for an adult BBE ticket on Saturday against a club that was in league 1 last season.