Or maybe he just picked a team playing in Europe ahead of us

Same as Downing so

Can people try and judge the window on the sum of our dealings instead of tabloid gossip and even one signing? Surprised that Downing played almost 30 games for Boro last season. The comparisons to Conway are plain lazy, the only similarities are they are both wingers in their 30s. Downing has a far better CV. Like on the one hand some say they want Championship experience and pedigree, then when they get that, there is a new problem. I see Sheffield Wedneday are linked as well, is Steve Bruce stupid?

Raya has potential for sure and cat like reflexes, I do have big concerns about him though. Some of the goals he conceded last season were atrocious.

Good question, 3 million?

You could look at it that way, but it also means Southampton can pay lads that don't even make their bench more than we pay players in our starting 11

This quote from the article is enough to send my BS radar into absolute overdrive "Specialist transfer journalist Alan Nixon"

At this point he would be a gamble. He is 32, hasn't played properly in over 2 years, on £70,000 per week. I could see the knives being pulled out early if he wan't applying himself.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17668432.rovers-captain-charlie-mulgrew-handed-scotland-call-up/ Personally I think ,at this point, it would be best if Mulgrew retired to focus on captaining us to promotion. His body isn't up to playing all of these games. Last season showed that. Now this article says we may have to give him time off from pre-season again this summer. Just give Lenihan the mathday armband and make Mulgrew "club captain" or some token title like that.

Ya, a bad Championship experience....for us! He is surely due a stint in League 1 at this point

Do you know what was surprising from the LT article? The fact they say Gallagher is on more than our top earner. That's insane.

Plenty going on in your post. Who said we can't afford him? Who has mentioned anything about selling Dack this window, let alone selling Lenihan? What is puzzling about us wanting to sign a striker?

See Ross McCormock has got a pay rise from £40,000 to £70,000 per week due to villa being promoted. He hasn't played for them for 2 years.

I love his crazy head. If he was as bad as you claim, how has he kept his place there for so long? Even after they splashed vast quantities of cash

No, I'm talking about Grealish, McGinn, Hourihane, Taylor to name but 4 on the field and then you have Smith and Terry snarling and calling for everything off it. Grealish in particular though cos he makes out he is hard, but then falls over when a defender farts near him and starts crying to the ref.

Ya, horrible stuff. A horrible diving and snitching team with a really dislikeable management team to boot.

Ya, bizarre. The lad he started, Mason Bennett, had scored like one goal in 20 games this season. It was interesting on the Sky sports website, the build up on the Derby section included Lampard being asked if he was going to get the Chelsea job.

We absolutely outplayed Derby ot so long ago, hardly surprising they are being swept aside. A lot of games in the Championship come down to one thing--- BOTTLE!!!!!

He is a horrible fucker. Constantly diving and snitching. Despicable.

I don't think he was great, i just find it odd he is mentioned in the same breath as some of the scumbags he does be at times! I'm actually not overly favorable, in fact the opposite I would say, I'm just more familiar with them,.....unfortunately ?

Ya, I say plenty bad about Irish players, it's kind of what we do. I have slated Williams on a number of occasions to give but one example. It's actually getting a bit annoying people saying that, it's like I can't make a comment on an Irish player, without that being brought up. I don't pull it out every time an English poster says something positive about an English player, Scottish poster says something about a Scottish player etc etc You're not saying he is poor? You called him a donkey in your last post ? I watch him playing for Ireland, so I don't need to ask Derby fans what they think, he is keeping his place there anyway. Perhaps on Mears, but stranger things have happened. I don't think it's that nailed on he will be in the Premiership next season.

Did you not watch us play them at Ewood? Conway give him a torrid time. The 2 fellas who commentate for our games on Ifollow were so unintentionally condescending to Conway. Stuff like "what a low point for Ashley Cole after the career he has had to get a run around like this off Craig Conway. With all due respect to Conway". This went on and on. I found it hilarious.

Ya, the posters on here really need to up their game

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Stuart, whatever way you want to dress it up they finished 9 points behind us. I don't get your second sentence. I never said another manager couldn't have done it Indeed we would have. Testament to the job Mowbray did keeping the players together who would do a job and adding League 1 quality at a low cost.