That will be ideal but how much should we offer him for wages in order for him to sign this contract.

Could be our Bradley Johnson this season.

Bucko needs a break. Getting too big in his head. Adam Wharton has been keeping things simple, yet purposeful. Happy he's got a chance!

Poor poor half. All the passing at the back are so unconvincing. Players are so nervous knocking passes around and inviting so much pressure. JRC, Buckley are so off the pace. Dack hasn't been convincing either. Ben is trying but nothing is working out for him at the moment. Dolan's done nothing since he came on. Ayala's probably the best Rovers player at the moment. Kaminski had a couple of good saves too, although he did gave a poor pass away. We are so flat at the moment while Stoke are very organised without a manager. Hard to where we are getting a goal from. Worrying.

Dack's starting. Probably wont last the entire game but good to see him have some influence in attacking play right from the start. Morton Travis and Bucko should make our midfield abit more compact. Think we will miss Gally today (not often I will say this). His willingness to run up the flanks, his defensive duties to protect the RB could be missed here. I'm starting to appreciate his role in the team this season.

Saw this in an Everton forum. Poor nego from us if it's true. No way we are getting more than £12mil. 🤣

Imagine if we got Hyam and Caulker instead of van den Berg and van Hecke at the end of this transfer window after all the hype.

Reading was there for the taking too and we got whooped 3-0. We will probably have the same defence which leaked 6 goals in two games. Happy with a 2-1 win. Goals from Big Ben (farewell goal?) and a winner from Dacky!

Put Gally beside Ayala. Take Pickering out and get Dolan/Markanday on the right.

Ayala has been tremendous at the back. Shouting at everyone to get organised. We need him FIT for as long as we can. Edun and Pickering are ticking time bombs. We need DEFENDERS! Up front we created nothing. Szmodics is running around aimlessly. Gave away the freekick which they scored. Gally has been doing all the hard work. 3-4 good defensive headers by him. And willing to run the channels. Good grafter. Bring on Dack for Szmodics and Morton for Bucko.

Gap is closing.

Pickering, imo, seems to perform quite well when he was in CB, better than he was at left back. Maybe that could be a stop-gap measure.

What a masterclass by JDT. Set up to defend and allow Swansea's defenders to play the playmaker's role, which they resorted to long balls, passing sideways. Grimes has to come deep to collect the ball and try to make things happen. We can play 900 mins and they still wont score. Great last ditch clearances/save from Rovers when needed - Edun, Wharton and Kaminski. Attackers made Swansea pay with clinical finishes. Perfect performance from all players and manager!

Interesting read. The Blackburn talent factory: How humble beginnings at Rovers' remote training centre in the hills of east Lancashire shaped future England stars Georgia Stanway, Keira Walsh and Ella Toone. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11044333/How-Blackburns-academy-shaped-future-England-stars-Georgia-Stanway-Keira-Walsh-Ella-Toone.html

From the video, Szmodics is very pacy, quick, very Bellamy-ish, can finish as well. Could have gotta a few more assists if their strikers can put them away. Our striker is Gally, so we will see. Gally (Vale) Diaz (Markanday) Szmodics (Dack) Hedges (Dolan) Bucko (Morton) Travis (Edun/A.Warton)

Have to mentioned Bucko. Silly to get himself booked in the first 10 mins. Then full of maturity to keep himself in the game as well as influencing game play. Won quite a few balls as well. Excellent game from him. Wharton/Ayala looked solid heading those long balls all day. But we still need a 1 or 2 CBs. Ayala will not last the season. Brittain - Very good signing. Defensive awareness and ball skills. Haven't seen that for a while from our right back. Hedges - Very under-rated. Worked hard for the team, does have a few skills in his bags. Actually has a good game. Gally - Runs a lot but keep giving the ball away in dangerous areas. Cant control a ball. But no one can fault his work rate. Travis - What a start as our club captain! Led by example today. Pickering - Not convinced with him at all. Looks painful slow. All in all, 3 points. Let's hope JDT can look at this game and start improving the first XI and add some depth to the bench.

Pickering is bang awful.

Why am i so annoyed at Boro taking our better players and don't have to pay us anything. 🤬 It's already so difficult to strengthen our team from last season and now we have to first replace those players we have lost first, then we can strengthen the team. It's such a big ask of JDT this season to build a team who can challenge for a playoff spot. I just hope all of us (including myself) have patience.

It is a little worrying now. I'm sure all of them are a nice bunch. But realistically, only 6-7 of them are starters. We need some quality first-teamers for sure, 4 at very least? And where's Ayala? Thought he travelled to Portugal.

It's time to assemble the players! Finally we got it done, hope the paperwork will be sorted! Let's show intent by making Christian Eriksen our first signing!

Bucko arent a defensive midfielder. He's a False freaking 9!

He's here just for a job. Lost his motivation as a football manager. We have owners who don't care and so here we are now - 2nd in December. 8th in April, and nearly out of the playoff contention. Seriously, how did we allow this to happen? The lack of ambition and drive from Mowbray is just alarming. I don't think there's a game which he raised his arms and said, "Yeah, i made a mistake..." It's always referees, opponents are 'tough', 'bad day in office', 'our players are young' etc. Kean was a snake, but this guy here just suck any ounce of life we have left in our body. I feel like this at times.

Muthafocking BIG GOAL! GET IN BEN!

Ref is weak!

Kaminski keeping us in the game. Against Peterborough.