Is he? I read it as it meaning a couple of weeks since July 19th, which is essentially now.

Excellent post. Unfortunately for some all it takes is some transfer tittle tattle and all is well with the world. We haven't even tried to retain Brittain - no doubt the narrative will be getting rewritten in the coming days "We did our best to persuade him to stay" "It's a good deal to get cash for someone out of contract next year and didn't want to be here" "The new bloke is better" "We can't compete with Middlesbrough" All nonsense and lies. We haven't tried to keep him. At best we have made some limited efforts since April but I sincerely doubt that given we haven't even replaced the CEO and hadn't even sorted pre-season out until a week ago. Nor have we made any effort to keep the other players - we want rid of all of them for precisely the reason we are seeing now - it is a quick and easy way to get a cheaper player in and a few million into the coffers. Make no mistake they've been beavering away hoping a bidding war developed between rivals for Brittain, have decided to finalise this one and now will be turning their attentions to Travis and Tronstad. They are disgusting and a disgrace and should be nowhere near this club or any other professional football club.

Personally think brittain is one of the best RBs in the league, and therefore in my opinion we’ve downgraded. Fear for the right hand side, if this miller isn’t very attacking and with hedges further up, it looks pretty bleak, hopefully some of the brittain money and whatever else we have lying around gets us a good Rw, pace, bit of tricky wouldn’t go a miss. Not just a happy we’ve signed a RW. I want a starting 11 RW with hedges dropping to the bench. Bored of losing our better players now, always replacing with inferior players, it’s never a case of let’s upgrade, build on the better players we have. Rinse and repeat every year. That’s why we’ve been stagnant for the last 15years.

We were a top 10 Premier League club when our lot took over and look where we are now. The Venkys and their stooges, should be reminded of that, every single day!

the words rampaging and hedges are about as far apart as you can get😄

We've got Hedges for that 😂

Bit concerning this lad is injured ‘for weeks’ as is Tavares. We know how long they take to get up to speed down at Brockhall.

well he`s not short on physical presence,though a completely different player to brittain,he is`nt going to rampage down the flank

My biggest gripe in losing Brittain isn't seeing him move clubs, it's the club he's moving to and the fact it's totally unnecessary. He is the perfect Rovers Championship player who should be staying with us a long time as we push to actually do something. It shouldn't have been hard to convince him to stay, so the question has to be asked to the board why can't we? He's not good enough to attract Premier League interest, so why the hell are we losing him and why is he so quick to jump ship in what will be a Eustace style sideways and confusing switch to Boro. On top of that it's the usual missed full revenue because Suhail Pasha is unable to orchestrate contract renewals proactively, or influence the owners to allow for attractive renewals of our better players into the budget. A basic function for an employee of his "level". The circumstances for this departure are horrible again, unacceptable. We have to get Pasha and Venky's out of this club. As a fan it's my main ambition for the season, it's all I want to see happen at the club now. Their time is up. Players want to leave because the club isn't managed properly, managers want to leave because the club isn't managed properly. When is the entire fan base going to wake up and see? The majority have. Sell the club and allow owners to come in who will appoint a proper CEO, and reconnect the fans at one of the best clubs in England. They should be ashamed. Get the club listed for sale!!

Yes, if they get service.

Eh? Suggest you give up whatever you been smoking cos you talking total and utter nonsense

Yes. Nixon says its done. Jackson says he will be Brittain's replacement

Well I always he would stay here but looks like he's a goner so but I'm not the saying he was going Derby yet they haven't made a bid since before the Stanley game and still nothing. The same poster said that same week Brittain was set to sign a new contract. Fight? Give it a rest Rev

has it been confirmed that miller is coming here????

Love the way you make it sound how losing Brittain was part of the grand masterplan, has made us stronger and we need to move onto RW next! Yes - having downgraded at RB we need to downgrade from Dolan at RW as well next. 🙂

Lol. 🙂 Chaddy seemingly proved completely wrong about Brittain not going anywhere but still coming out swinging. You're like the boxer who gets knocked spark out then when he comes round has to be restrained from getting at his opponent because he doesn't realise the fight is over.

The next priority has to be right sided attacking player now.

I think it was the same account but I read that all the EFL said was "all we're concerned about is Sheffield Wednesday fulfilling their fixtures" They literally didn't give a toss about anything else.

I wonder if the 2 or 3 is before any outgoings and Miller is on top of that. Also, seeing as Miller could potentially fill in at centre back, I wonder if this gives us more scope to fill those "2 or 3" spots purely in attack. As we are badly short there. Assuming Miller joins, I would say right wing, number 10 and striker are all bigger priorities than centre back and central midfield as much as we could do with more there aswell. Jackson keeps peddling the line that we want "competition" on the right. We dont, we want some really quality, not another Hedges.

He's always been good for us, people on here started giving him stick for ages because he bottled a challenge (which he got injured in) but he's always been a top full back.

Elliot confirmed in his article Thursday is rovers day off

why asked me then? utter pointless asking me that question. Who knows when it was film. Rovers could have had training this morning and then fly to Holland later in the day. I don't know.

Can he put it in from his own half because he is playing with at least 6 league 1 players

Normally we would get north of £5m for a player like Brittain but with one year left on his contract he's one of the bargains of the summer. Will be difficult to replace, and any replacement will be a downgrade. Wonder where our goals and assists will come from...heavy burdens on the shoulders of Ohashi and Gueye this season. Are they good enough to deliver 10+ goals each?

I think Miller is a decent replacement and I'm pleasantly surprised we're actually signing a replacement for Brittain. Miller has all the 'battle hardened' traits to be succesful here. Adds height to the team, can play CB, played at international level, very rarely gets beaten 1v1, and has a long throw. By all accounts, good defensively but not great going forward. Size, pace, and athleticism is a clear strategy this summer. Not sure of the calibre of player generally, but at least there is some kind of strategy I suppose! I suspect Baradji will sign at some point too who also fits that wider strategy. We're gonna try and outrun and outmuscle teams this season. Probably the right approach given we can't afford top players.