On Gallagher... He surely can't be costing more than a couple of mill. He hasn't really done anything since his season with us.

Ah OK. For it to get as far as talks is an interesting one because surely there would have been some sort of rough financial agreement in place for talks to take place... Perhaps the manager didn't like what he saw/heard.

I don't think much time was spent on him tbh...

Didn't realise the Gallagher link was being reported by SSN has to be sonething in it.

Done himself no favours...

Spoke to a guy today who did some work on a house on buckshaw a while back. Turned out to be Reed who was living there. Hanley owns it and rents it back to Rovers. Reed never had any intention of staying but I think we all knew that. Mrs didn't like it up here, she wanted to be closer to her family. He got chatting to his neighbour who said Hanley was at it partying every weekend till 3am when he lived there, if he comes back I hope he's grown up.

I've thought most comments on our lack of transfer activity have been mostly an overreaction but Mowbray has really done himself no favours here at all. What sort of manager looks at a side that conceded as many goals as we did and believes strengthening the back 4 isn't a priority? It's our main weakness mate, it was your main weakness at Coventry and it cost you your job. To me it sounds like he's now only looking at 1 defensive player, not even a keeper or left back. Nice season ticket push TM. Season over.

Phew

On Payne... It doesn't exactly get my motor running but on a free and low wages could turn out to be a useful squad player. Put it this way, he's got some very good attacking midfielders to try and displace, so if he can manage to do that then he will be more than decent.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17729756.rovers-explore-keeper-options-with-leeds-youngster-considered/ This suggests to me that they're not now looking for a first choice keeper. If that's the case then that is putting next season in big jeapordy, especially if they fail to strengthen in other key areas too. Raya just isn't good enough for this standard, perhaps he will be in time, but we don't have time to stagnate in this league whilst he develops.

Bennett shouldn't be playing.

Sharpe saying no signings expected today. Was saying to Chaddy yesterday their could be something happening soon though.

I've heard from people he was at a wedding with recently that he could be coming back. We should be looking to do better.

Good shout!

Surely this guy can just find out this guys name? Silly season has well and truly begun!

I wasn't over the moon on Downing but I've come to look at it like this... Who would you rather have out there... A fella whos played for massive clubs, England, moved for big money and played regular for a team who finished above us? Or Conway or Smallwood?

The stats don't lie on Mulgrew I'm afraid.

Came from a conversation a fan on here had with Mowbray after the last fans Q&A. He suggested Cooper and Mowbray said it would be one that would interest him... Or words to that effect.

Perhaps. Over time though he has mentioned strengthening each of these positions though...

Media Mowbray saying pretty much the same as what I said, we need a spine. Just hope the 5th signing he alludes to is a left back. What media Mowbray says and what manager Mowbray does though...

Source?

Van Dijk it is then...

We did, Waggot pretty much confirmed it when he did the press cindmference in India. You'll be able to see it somewhere.

Got to say I wasn't too keen when I heard Hanley being mentioned but for the type of defender we need, considering our budget... He's probably the best we could do.

I agree, I'm just saying once we make a few decent signing people won't care. For what it's worth I think we need a keeper, centre half, left back, centre mid and forward.