My mind may be changing, I can’t decide if it’s utterly horrible or I quite like it I predict that like the pink it will sell well and become a bit of a cult classic, reminds me more of a third kit though

Rovers losses makes sense, I assumed you meant Venkys own business losses, and taking money out of the club, not putting it in. Commercial is the obvious one, aka overall income / turnover. Better management would improve that - I’m not sure it would be enough to put us into a position to have a lot more competitive salaries though.

No, I think it was 96/97 away shirt where we narrowly avoided relegation. Had a panel down one side that had Rovers crest replicated in different sizes then repeated on one of the arms, both home and away had 'grandad collars', sponsored by CIS

Again, your first paragraph suggests that the reason you keep posting stuff like this is because you have an issue with my posts and a preconceived idea as to what I think of everything. Ive tried to point out positives and negatives of the deal and consider both sides. Overall I think its a decent enough signing.

That's why you have different lists. That's how football works. Experience Championship centre defender for low fee is a bargain. Still think we need another centre back in. Kapaudi has been not available for weeks.

Don't know much about the guy, but on the face of it this seems sensible. Decent age, plenty of champ experience, and by the sounds of it, £500k. Have to see how he does, like all players we sign, but it seems low risk and logical to me.

You make a lot of content, it’s difficult not to see your stuff first. It’s invariably revisionist, goal post moving stuff that just irks, and as you know, has done for probably a decade. Decent signing, we’d agree - that’s the neutral observation. We needed and wanted a left sided centreback, he’s at peak, cheaper than he’s probably worth. I don’t see any issue.

yes, going to both and hopefully we be meeting up with a few friends there.

Peter Gabriel - The Book Of Love

Every year Venkys have to find somewhere between 10 and 20 million to keep their regime going here. Adam Wharton's sale meant that they saved that money. And yes, a large chunk (not all) of Rovers' losses are a direct result of Venkys and their continuing mismanagement and neglect, which is another reason it wouldn't cost £20 million a year to fund Rovers under proper owners.

Indeed. We cant just build a smaller squad and assume numerous graduates can have a breakthrough season similtaneously. It puts far too much pressure on them when we have no idea if they are currently ready, and its very unlikely that they all will be.

It isnt bullshit at all. We have been bidding for Kapuadi for ages, before considering the likes of Sagnan and Nade. Doesnt mean that they dont rate McLoughlin or that he wont be a good signing. Never said he isnt well regarded by our scouts. We clearly had a top target whose price was too much for us. If you cant get your main targets you work down your list.

He's played like 2 games and got sent off in the game he started. I think you're overstating how much of an impact he can make...

Do you mean the Uhlsport one? We got relegated in that. Central badge too, always a bad omen.

So we should be proud and happy that a lad developed through our academy, a Rovers fan, is ushered out the back door in the dying days of January for a relatively small fee to what was a smaller club until this lot took over, and then none of that money is used to improve or advance Rovers in any way? I'm pleased for Adam and his family and delighted he's developed but totally ashamed of Rovers' conduct before and since his sale.

‘A love letter to Blackburn’… then show Darwen Tower.

That’s the thing I like the background having some local relevance like the third kit last season but I don’t need the ‘famous’ wainwright bridge on 5 times on the front

You are fixated on policing specifically on my "negativity." Another poster literally described the player as terrible yesterday. I think its a decent enough signing and the above "issue" was simply a neutral observation. He wasnt the first choice. The comment about experience was more across the board, experience going out and none before this coming in. I said when the link came out that McLoughlin will help to address that.

It reminds me of the hi vis yellow and blue ASICS one that was horrendous at the time but has since grown on me in a cult status type way

Yes you are quite right - we spend on the academy and have category 1 status - so that is the place for young players to play and develop, not the first XI, where the ONLY focus should be on winning games and trying to get promoted. Far too much talk these days of projects, pathways, development. It is a way of lots of people making lots of money. These owners and their goons in the shadows will NEVER allow us to benefit from such a model in any event. It needs stability, reinvestment, good management, all in short supply here. Selling Adam Wharton did not, as far as I can see, benefit Blackburn Rovers in any way. It didn't release important funds for facilities or new players, it didn't lead to a better future, it just meant the revolting owners saved themselves the need to transfer their own funds from India. Whoop de doo. Remember that we aren't a club that offers Championship level wages or even makes an effort to keep important players like our academy developed captain. So what's the point? Even when they make the grade and go on to become Championship standard players we will either sell them and see none of the cash or release them because we can't be bothered paying them the going rate.

An absolute abomination - and copy pasting the same landmarks over and over makes it considerably worse. Whoever did the kits this season should never be allowed near them again - 0/3 are good for a normal season, let alone an anniversary season.

Complete BS. We were after him last summer as well. He has been highly regarded by our staff for at least one summer.

Which is fine, if we see decent fees on other siginings ( I won't hold my breath)

I don't think we can sign both of these as we only have one ESC spot left and they would both require one I think. (Al Sahafri was 50/50 depending if the Belgian side he was on loan at or his current Saudi side is classed as his last club) Believe it or not Burnley's owners are close to buying them to add to there portfolio of clubs. True though, spent all summer chasing targets that are financially out of reach, and have now found one they can afford. For what it's worth I am more at ease with this signing than any of the others, good to have some championship knowledge back there.

I'm assuming his situation is complex but I've a feeling he might even do a Bentley or Ben Marshall.