It will be "Ismael wanted the signing" and then questioning anyone by saying "dont you want Ismael to have final say." Not realising or purposefully missing the fact that you can believe that the manager should have final say AND sometimes disagree with his choices.

Smacks of mates rates by Gestede too, giving his crocked Boro teammate another year for god know what reason.

Pathetic decision and shows exactly how far we've gone. We can't even resign Batth but Forshaw presumably costs peanuts in comparison.

Chaddy must be locked in his war bunker discussing furiously with his Press Secretary how to spin this signing. I'm Predicting: "Pleased with this signing. A good dollop of experience to help the younger players". 🙂

Look at that pitch. Like Blackpool beach.

We all said he'd be back. Most people just thought they would leave it till the end of the window before sneaking him in. You know, after a semi-positive signing. But no. The fact he's being touted as a a 'signing' is hilarious. They're openly taking the piss at Ewood.

"He's just a back up" "He's just a squad player" "He's cheap" "He won't be playing much" A signing that shows nothing but a real lack of ambition or forward planning and just further evidence of cost cutting.

Exactly.

According to some they did offer him a deal but he wanted to see if there was anything else. Not exactly a ringing endorsement.

Also on Forshaw. Its telling that we didnt give him a new deal straight away. An act of desperation to then go back.

Charlton, Bolton even Reading will catch up then pass us in the coming years the way it's going.

I disagree on the Eustace stance. Out dirty laundry was aired publicly for all to see regarding the court case / struggling finances etc well before Eustace too the role. A quick search that any person can do would show the failed windows we have had, the failure of duty of care for some players we messed about all on top of what was already obvious re venkys so ANY manager taking us they should have done their due diligence and if they have and still accept the role then they can’t be surprised

I dont get this idea that its fine as long as he isnt for the first team. We repeatedly have issues in the second half of the season with squad depth. Our squad players are massive downgrades and when they have prolonged periods in the team, which will likely happen at some stage, results drop off. Its all well and good thinking he will be useful to see games out etc but thats assuming everyone is fit 46 games a season.

The most concerning part of the Forshaw signing is he very well could be here to take the place of Travis when he’s shipped off to Wrexham

Was only a joke mate, don’t take it so hard.

Don’t mind it if he isn’t starting 11

An average player these days but I’m not too concerned in isolation, it was always going to happen at some point. The worry is what it’s a sign of

People used to accuse Eustace of this and I felt that if he had specifically been told "We know what happened with JDT but don't worry it won't happen again" then he was entitled to take that at face value until proven otherwise. However, now that it's happened TWICE I have a very hard time believing that VI could be naive to all this or that he isn't fully complicit and agreeable to anything that happens as long as he draws his salary.

Forshaw???? Feck me. No, no, no .......... Pasha, Gestede, Raos - get the feck out of our club.

I said the same about Eustace and I double down on it with Val. Iv zero sympathy for him he has to have known about rovers financial struggles and off field issues. He accepted all of this when he signed

The interview with the #nob end chap was interesting and everything that's missing here when there is silence then they stick 3 stooges in front of the cameras to try and save their own backsides. No time for Preston but the difference in how the two clubs are run is night and day and i fully expect them to outdo us this season. Also interesting how they are increasing their turnover despite the cheaper ST offers but of course that couldn't possibly work here even though we still have a bigger fanbase waiting in the wings.

100 % agreed. Money is tight and we're spaffing it away on Forshaw. Surely the money could be far better spent. What next? Cauley Woodrow?

The most interesting thing now will be not who we sign but who we manage to keep and how long Ismael will stick around before he starts engineering his exit.

A league 1 player, most probably where we're heading soon.