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But if you're a football manager and you're handed £7m and another £5m 6 months later, you don't splurge it on two strikers (of any quality) when you're "skint" and you need to build a team in the league you've just been promoted to. The fact that Brereton at that time was a kid and Gallagher hadn't set the world on fire up to that point only adds to the stupidity of it.

Why should he have to come up with a style that fits the players best? He didn't bring them in. Mowbray's paid a ton of money for making that work.

And when you're skint you don't go gambling £12m on two strikers.

Poor do that we can't even sign young players that haven't set the championship alight previously. And yes I know he was only a kid and has bags of potential, but it's still disappointing we can't sign someone as yet unproven in the championship.

I'll buy him some maltesers.

May 2022 I believe. My theory is that they will employ a new manager then and let them prep for the new season, unless it looks like we're sliding towards relegation in which case bring in someone earlier. A risky game as there could be an ideal candidate available that won't be next May. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/46405156

Either of those would be a massive level up. You've got to admire Wilder's CV though.

I've always thought that was the case. It's strange they went from spending £7m in consecutive seasons on permanent signings, then just £500,000. I know there's ffp to factor in, but it's still a strange one we didn't sign a striker.

It was the year after being promoted for me. He deserved his time in the championship but I could see he was sleepwalking through the job. The Brereton signing was mystifying at the time as we badly needed a defence. And he was holding onto players that were clearly league 1 standard. Frustrating times and at the time people were saying, well he's building for the future... The future is here and it's still frustrating being a Blackburn Rovers fan. Ps, that was 2018, the defense is still wobbly and we're heading towards 2022 without a striker that he's willing to play in the correct position. How much has he spent?

It doesn't save money, it's just an idea cooked up by lazy overfed halfwits in suits promoted beyond their station. Trying to justify their jobs by making bad decision after bad decision. It especially grates because I've been in meetings with moronic suggestions like this, and middle management noting it down with a stupid fake smile on their face. And you just know it's being greenlit the following morning. I was always that person to say "why?", I'm so glad I don't have to put up with it any more.

A bad thing? It's not really clued up to see that Mowbray has done a poor job. Praise him all you like for steadying the ship but he's done a good job of unsteadying it. At any other club, after spending the money he's had, and the quite frankly baffling decisions he's made on and off the pitch, he'd be out of a job. I've seen some daft comments about us getting promoted to the Premier League since we signed a league 1 full back. Am I really unkind saying that's "daft". It's just common sense that losing a 29 goal striker and bringing in only one permanent signing, a league 1 full back who is being paraded around like a star signing, isn't going to turn us into play off candidates overnight. But for some that's all it takes, it's daft talk. I hope we get lucky but history and basic sanity would tell me otherwise.

It sounds like he'd play anywhere if given the opportunity. He's damaged goods but I'm surprised a lower league team hasn't took him in yet.

Sturridge could do a job for us and inspire a few, it's a shame the club have lost all their ambition. Souness or Hughes would have been all over that. Talented player.

About right.

Not due to lack of talent, due to breaching betting rules. He scored 7 goals in 16 games in Turkey. At the moment if a club were to offer him a 12 month contract he'd take their hand off. Last year.

At the moment he's training with Liverpool's kids. Also didn't we just sell someone combined with letting a load of players go? And don't we need bums on seats? Not really speculating to accumulate are we.

Sturridge - 32, free agent. Sounds like a sad situation for the guy at the moment and he just wants to play football. Andy Carroll's move to Reading collapsed on deadline day - still a free agent, 32.

It'd be good to bring in an experienced forward. Can't see it happening though.

15th last season. It'd be a stretch to suddenly become top 10 when we've just weakened the squad. Unless we get lucky and one of our kids turns out to be the second coming of Alan Shearer.

And we finished 15th last season. I have a terrible feeling the decline will come well before Christmas.

I don’t fancy our chances with a couple of kids and a couple of disappointments (even if they have started the season okay). We’re relying on pure chance now, especially as Ayala is due a bruised leg anytime now. When that happens the floodgates will open. I don’t even think the likes of Butterworth and McBride will feature much. He will be playing the full back he’s just signed as a false 9. Wharton and Dack returning may improve things but how long is that going to take?

So 30 goal striker out, nothing in. We all know what usually happens next, when a club doesn’t replace quality players.

I hope it involves a catapult capable of launching a 57 year old into the sea.

Tony will be having a doze right now.

Just had a look at that. Bloody hell.