I wouldn't be entirely surprised if come opening day, Higgins is seen as back up for Ohashi & Gueye, & Tyjon for Cantwell, with Kargbo, D Neve, Hedges and a new signing competing for spots out wide.

These shirts are designed to sell. That’s what Macron want, that’s what Rovers want. They are designed to be marketable. The green shirt might get trotted out a couple of times in matches, like the pink one last season. This is probably contractual. It has very little to do with colour clashes with opposition teams!

No I don't care. He is under salary and we should play him until a deal is struck. Sick of always letting players have all the cards whilst being paid generously. And if he is professional and wants a good deal when he moves on in January or the summer, he will have to play well.

Elliott was excellent; Beck very good; Morton average; Clarkson poor. Overall, unless they're obviously potentially outstanding like Elliott I don't see the point and would rather give our own academy lads a go. They have to believe there is a route to the first team if they work hard and play well and their career path is not going to be blocked by interns from "bigger" clubs.

Did I say that? He can still be part of the first team squad without having an unhealthy reliance on him. Theres still scope for him to break through if hes ready. You want another right back and keep justifying the Forshaw deal. So with 2 senior right backs and 4 central midfielders, we may aswell sell Montgomery, right?

Good to hear we’re not going to waste money on developing other team’s players. For every Harvey Elliot there are 5 Morton’s. The Academy lads who are good enough and ready, like Montgomery, should be utilised in the first team squad.

When we play Shrewsbury in a cup?

Slowly they have taken better decisions? In recent years, two successive managers have decided they had no choice but to leave such is the running of the club. 3 potential signings fell through due to "admin issues." A one off talent through the academy was pushed out the door for a knock down price and the money wasnt reinvested. The womens team has had the rug pulled from under it. The stadium has not been maintained. The club has been submerged under the shadow of a court case due to the owners dodgy doings. Has the academy been invested in or has it just been kept going, and are they getting praise because its an area of the club they havent closed? Attendances are really low due to disengagement and also high prices. The owners havent attended in about 10 years. Im not sure the public liason woman who was binned off after 30 years agrees with the family feel. We tried to keep Weimann and Batth so it wasnt a strategic choice for resale purposes. Forshaw still signed so how does that fit in. Wage to income % will never be healthy as a Championship club.

He sounds the type of athletic striker that could play up top in the future.

So we might aswell sell Tyjon to Arsenal with your comments?

Thank you

Thanks. Ismael has praised Montgomery alot recently and he seem a big fan of him. I wonder if we will go for centre back given his comments about Wharton and Carter's injury. Interesting comments about loan players. There is upside to loaning players in but also a downside. Ismael's comments seem to suggest he thinks the negatives outweigh the positives. I think a couple of quality loans can push higher in the league and worth it if you got quality loans in. If you bring in average players on loan, might aswell use the academy players surely?

Thanks for the info. Seems he's kind of a technical 'ten'👍🏻, not an out and out striker. Still need one of those.

“ Paul Gallagher “ went through my mind watching him last weekend. If Gally had have quicker he would have been a top striker. As it was he was blessed with only average pace. Having said that he had a good career playing in a deeper role without ever reaching the heights.

Is De Neve any good? Forgot to ask after the Accy match! Is he quick quick or just quick? Skilful? Etc etc

Loan players should be the cherry on top, real quality that's too good to turn down. For far too long we have just padded out the squad with poor to average loan players, I would much rather get some young lads on the fringes/bench instead.

Stick to your opinion Alexanders

saying Wharton isn’t fit and he wants a new CB could be a way to set himself up for «being happy» when McLoughlin is here. Then he has his CB.

In the main we don’t tend to buy loan players

Yes,we may have a look but buying is another matter altogether with these Clowns.

If someone with significant quality comes up and is available for loan it would be silly not to have a look at it. Can’t see any way come sept we haven’t filled one or two loan spots

That last bit is the key. We need another first team attacking midfielder.

My granddaughter pointed out to me that Harvey Higgins was on the photo shoot for the new kit. This young lad is a few weeks into his first year scholarship and the recognition of being in the kit launch is hopefully how highly he is rated. Get him tied down as soon as possible if that's the case, no waiting or hesitating. Of course it might just be that he was included because he is a Blackburn lad and from a family of Rovers fans but in my opinion it's the former.

Quite interesting to hear that he said publically that Wharton isnt fit to play how he wants. Obviously hes been out for ages so its not quite like calling out any random player but still. Presumably he will want another centre back after McLoughlin. Did he say which position he sees Montgomery playing in? Also, we know that he isnt interested in loans so if any come they arent necessarily to his approval. Its a market we have relied too much on but its probably not one to totally dismiss, if you use it purely to bring one or two bits of quality we couldnt ordinarily afford. Did he say anything else about how many he wants to sign or anything else interesting?

My apologies, it was Ryan Alebiosu who was an Arsenal academy kid. I have been furious with us playing loanees such as ACD and Tyler Morton instead of our own. I personally love the route we are taking with our own more playing time. in some cases it has worked out well with JVP and Harvey Elliot, but the club has no gain on it afterwards.