Curzon Ashton gave us a pennant at the toss up. We have them nowt.

Baradji is coming in to replace Trav, who will almost certainly be sold if/when a bid comes in for him.

Has he said that? And even if so, progression planning is all well and good on top of fixing holes in the team in the here and now but we badly need attackers now, not next summer. If it is Baradji plus 3 new attackers then great but seemingly it wont be.

I actually don't hate the look of this. Obviously a lot would depend on how the wing backs adapt, they're so crucial in this scenario. Would have looked a damn sight better with Brittain and Beck in there, but there we go. As I said when the link was initially made, Miller makes a lot of sense. Good age, played in a Hibs side that has progressed in recent years, contract running down. £750k looks a decent deal on paper. Like all signings, we won't really know for a good while yet.

More competition for Tronny, who seems to be sitting deep. Important to plan around Tronny leaving next year. He has said he loves life in Blackburn, but wants to move back to Norway for family matters.

Who would be happy with this: GK: Toth/Pears/Michalski RB: Miller/Alebiosu/Montgomery RCB: Carter/Miller/Hyam LCB: Wharton/Mcloughlin/Pickering LB: Ribeiro/Pickering/De Neve LW: De Neve/Kargbo/ DM/CM: 3T/Montgomery RW:Hedges/Ohashi? CAM: Cantwell/Tyjon/Bucko ST:Gueye/Ohashi/Leonard Anyone missing? several players could be used in different positions - quite versatile without square pegs in round holes. Must have: quick, energetic RW. For me that’s all I need. nice to have: another striker

You might be right now I look again, edited my previous post as to not dash any more hopes

Yeah it's just the full training video is available on youtube. The one's posted to social media are just a clip of the training video

You should normally be able to buy a match pass for £10 from there From memory, the option to do so may not appear until about 24 hours before the game

I think in a year or so (when Travis is gone), he will eventually replace him in the midfield 2, but initially he will play further forwards to ge used to playing at a higher level & being much more disciplined than he currently has to be In the meanwhile, his attributes make him look capable of covering an attack minded right back getting forwards, whilst also offering a bit more guile and vision than Hedges Just my hypothesis of course

Thought we'd be the next Derby? Doesn't sound too bad to me.

I am in Spain for the opening match - what options are there for watching the match?

To me that reads as though you can watch the video of them training ahead of the Nijmegen game in full on Rovers' Youtube, not that the game itself will necessarily be live.

Whoa, hang on. Look what the women’s first team still get, not sure what all the drama’s been about: All players chosen to play for the club will receive official 25/26 Blackburn Rovers training, travel and match day kit.

I was told that Waggott's original plan was for this weekend to be a 'showpiece' 'curtain raiser' game against someone to commemorate the 150th anniversary. Of course his departure, coupled with the realities involved in organising such a fixture - costs, logistics, forward planning - meant we very quickly reached a point where we were getting too late to organise one. Nor is there much appetite for a game at Ewood unless they are confident the away club will bring thousands to cover the expense e.g. Everton. I think Nijmegen had been due to play another game this weekend and that was cancelled meaning they became available and were also looking for someone to play. Of course in a position of increasing desperation Rovers were willing to accept whatever terms the host club imposed including not allowing any Rovers fans to attend. Ridiculous really when you might have got 100-200 at most so soon after the Spain trip.

He seemingly plays deeper though so its surely square pegs in round holes. A lot of what his strengths seem to be defensive.

Great to see Leonard in the goals for the U21's!

Modern day teams often do things like that but I dont forsee a total formation change. Nor does Ismael seem to want to replicate his very direct Barnsley side despite that being the only Championship job to which he has done well in.

Good

He looks like an athletic playmaker rather than a box to box to me, so I could see him in either of those roles in Ismaels system

I think Miller will be confirmed today If you watch the pre season games it has been 3-4-2-1 when in possession and out of possession 4-2-3-1/4-4-2.

The Baradji one is strange because i dont see which of those 2 slots that a box to box midfielder who seems to have played deeper fills.

Im not sure it has. Many targets this and last seem to be foreign based with the story coming out when linked by foreign journalists. Indeed, that privy account on twitter seems to have emerged since Waggott has gone.

According to this post on Rovers Instagram, the game will be on streamed (presumably for free) Rovers YouTube channel Edit, - apparently its just the training video 😞

He has never tried to replicate what he did at Barnsley in any of his jobs since. Although he has struggled for success since, nothing suggests he sees that as the blueprint for how he wants to play.