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Pasha be rubbing his hands together at that news. ‘Sell sell sell!’.

Good summary, RE Pratts 1 month loan, Olson originally joined Altrincham on a 1 month loan last season, played himself into being a regular starter and saw out the season, winning their young player of the year award. I don't mind the short term (anything outside of the transfer window) loans as a way of finding a good fit, either for a longer term loan or another loan higher up the ladder. Short term loans to non league teams offer that flexibility. As they can be recalled and sent elsewhere at a moments notice if it is not working out or if they are obviously a level below where they should be. Either way, they still get some experience in an environment where results matter against grown men

we have good defenders and alot of them are playing champions league or previously have plenty of PL experiences. Hall is being slowly brough back into the first team. White is quality player for me. him, Guehi, Konsa, Burn and Colwill would be good 5 centre back to take the world cup

@KentExile has posted his CV so matched most of it what we wanted. lets judge Rhodes on the job he does here.

on Gueye, he hasn't progress under Ismael cos he doesn't suit our style anymore. on Gestede, he has been full control along with Owen and Ismael with signings this summer without in fighting we witness the summer previously exactly my point

lol I had actually forgotten that we had “ signed” baradji

https://www.englandfootball.com/articles/2025/Sep/06/england-mens-under-18s-morocco-match-report-20250609 Seems he was on the pitch for 25 minutes. He came on with the score at 1-1 to score the 2nd and 3rd goals for England in a 4-1 win

I assume that they are trying to negotiate for someone who doesn't mind being controlled by an unseen hand. My money is on this guy

And doesn't stay fit for more than 12 minutes at a time

It would seem he does have the on paper qualifications, in fact he may even be over-qualified based on qualifications alone. It's the practical experience that he lacks. I will assume he has a driving licence 😉 If we are going to be critical of Rovers, there are plenty of things to criticise them for without us resorting to either guessing or making things up

Slow, tedious, boring where was the tempo?

Chaddy it would seem Gestede can do as he damn well pleases regardless if his actions impact. Too bad for BigMac he had that WBA game after showing steady improvement it just seems like his form disappeared with the arrival of VI. He has regressed tonwhere he is worse than when he first got here and I really liked him.

Never knew they were an item

1 year until they close down the academy.

That just shows how shit all the others have been. The bar's so low it's buried about 2m underground.

Defensively, we look really weak, in terms of being at the top level. Stones and Walker were stand outs of the defence we had, they were key for Man City amidst their dominance. Stones just simply cant stay fit anymore, his involvement at City in the last couple of years has become massively reduced as a result. Walker was so important but his main asset has gone hence why he got bombed out and left to Burnley. Shaw was also important and his body has long since given up on him. The likes of Maguire and Trippier werent at that level but they themselves are out of contention. What we have now is really underwhelming. Rice is a really good player but finding a suitable partner to sit and protect the defence and use the ball well is a problem. Wharton is the obvious choice but until he is allowed to step up, is fit to step up and proves it then we cant assume. Anderson did well today but it was Andorra and im not convinced that he is a holding midfielder at all. We do obviously have some good players in attack but as we agree there is a big imbalance. Our best 2 players are probably Bellingham and Palmer and if you try and squeeze them in together, then one would be out of position. All the options out wide beside Saka are far from being top class.

They were and all the fans stood together as one : There's only one Simon Garner !

Those were great days. And I really do miss them. What we have now is a fucking insult. Andy Kennedy. Steve archibald. Ossie. Chrissy price. Try gennoe in goal. Marvelous days. Some really great players. And a much better support to the club

Not sure about his age at the time, but David Raya is the only one I can think of. For all the propaganda about 'becoming men' by going off to the fifth or sixth tier (George Pratt's just gone to Chorley to play "regular" football for "a month" (note the contradiction)), it appears unlikely that many, if any, will return to be Rovers first teamers. Montgomery is favoured by the manager and he was at Chorley, but not sure he'll make the cut long-term. Players like Darragh Lenihan, Scott Wharton, Hayden Carter and so on, cut their teeth at L2 and then L1 levels. Then, players like Travis, JRC, Nyambe, Buckley, broke into the team/squad without going away on loan, as far as I recall.

Blackburn Council = Don't want a nightlife, don't want a busy matchday crowd, don't want a thriving market. Do want - parking fines, mass house building, anything the ISSA brothers demand. Maybe if the club didn't invite so many away fans the problems wouldn't be as bad.

You cannot argue that ! But, what is twice nowt ?

I disagree personally on the quality point. England have a very good available players, for the first time in the last few years a lot of players playing abroad in Champions League teams. I haven't seen a lot to suggest we are far behind other European nations in quality except Spain who are in a bracket of their own. Walker retiring is a big loss but most of the other players you mention (Maguire, Henderson, Shaw, Trippier) don't think is a significant issue. I would not say any of those are better than what we have. Stones on his day is a step up, but he's still got fuel in the tank. When Kane retires (after this world cup?) that will be another challenge. On the English attack being too similar I do agree... lots of players who want to cut in or play at number 10 makes us very narrow and not get in behind. Only really Gordon who wants to get to the byline. We do need to figure out how to address that. Kane always wanting to come short doesn't help. As for whether Tuchel is the right guy... somehow we have only managed to play 5 games since he took over 300 days ago so it's too early to tell really.

Tomori only started 19 games last season in the league, White predominantly is a sub full back for Arsenal and Hall seems to be 3rd choice in the full back position at Newcastle. Unfortunately, we have a really weak choice in terms of defenders across the back line. We did have a solid defence but it has gone with time.

Agreed- which is more likely too- can’t imagine Rovers offering him a contract as wouldn’t have made sense, although them lot don’t do anything that makes any logical sense

Like I’ve said, I don’t specifically have a problem with Rhodes in the role, he COULD be fine. But I feel like a club of our stature, utilising a relatively new role (previously an in-house responsibility of other staff) we would get someone who at least had experience of coaching or scouting, let alone the actual role itself. Even purely thinking of ex-players, Dunn, Neill, even ex-academy Keith Brown all have more qualification than Rhodes.