We'll miss Evans and with no Bennett or Conway again it might mean Rodwell/Rothwell gets a game in MF somewhere. I'd try a rigid 4-4-2 and give AA the licence to terrorise their back line with his pace. Dack can have a rest for one game. Raya Nyambe Lenny Mulgrew Bell Reed Rodwell Smallwood Rothwell Armstrong Graham

Big Ron is that you?

Pukki signed on a free. He is on max £30k pw which would be less than £5m over 3 years. Much less than even BB's transfer fee, not even including his wage. He's scored 11 goals and is being watched by some big clubs. BB can't even get in our team let alone score. £7m for BB = Lunacy

What's that got to do with a Rovers sub costing £7m? Celina is on 18k pw BTW. He will cost less than BB over 4 years. Dack is on 14k pw. Graham, Mulgrew, Evans about the same. I don't know where you've got it from that player signing for Championship clubs automatically go on to 40k/50k pw as you've been keen to state? Grabban is on 25K pw. Bamford cost £7m and is on 30k pw. That is because he is a top quality Championship player playing at a big club with a lot of resource. BB can't even get in our team. I have no idea why you are making that comparison. YET we paid the same transfer fee. I know, lunacy.

Stood in the queue for a pint yesterday and the bloke behind me (obvs not a regular) said to his mate 'Is it always this boring'. His mate said 'yes'. 'Some goalmouth action might be nice' said the newbie. It is dull, but that's the way Mowbray plays. Two defensive DM's and nobody getting in the box apart from Dack and Graham. Tony 'two and a half attackers' Mowbray is just a very cautious manager. I can kind of understand it this season in a better league, but I think Mowbray is limited. There's no real improvement this season in the way we play even after splurging £10m on new players. We don't even have Chapman to come on anymore. It's still the hoof to Graham as the main tactic and then the MF/AM/WM pick up the pieces. That's fine when Dack has room to play but again yesterday he was mostly marked out of the game by Tettey (?). There's literally no other creativity. It's then left to Bell and Nyambe to work miracles down the wing which never really works because neither is great at crossing. We need new players out wide. Until then we won't improve.

I quoted you questioning my adled (sic) mind. Like I said, don't be sensitive and start talking about people being banned if you're going to throw insults around yourself. You lack self-awareness.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17316953.norwich-boss-critical-of-nasty-tackling-in-rovers-win/ I would love it if these massive uber-tarts don't go up.

Have many times have you called me Boris so far today? Don't be sensitive if you're going to dish it out. Merry Christmas

Stop making things up. There's a good chap.

Sensational lack of self-awareness.

He's beyond parody these days, unfortunately.

Which still makes him dearer than Best. keep up.

I've done the maths for you in an earlier post. You even quoted it. Keep up.

Haha, the man who constantly accuses others of being conspiracy theorists is now hiding behind a conspiracy theory. You couldn't make it up.

Yeah. You said £7m was 'chicken feed' and then cited Best as a reason why...even though he will cost less than BB. You aren't well.

Do you understand the word 'minimum'. It will still be around £13m. I'm just trying to help you out of that hole you've dug for yourself. ?

I was just proving my point by underestimating what BB will cost, which is still MORE than Best. See, I can knock a few million off and still prove you wrong. You make it too easy because you constantly invent things. It's a bit of shame.

Haha. Please stop. We've paid £7m and we're paying him a decent wage. He will cost £10m minimum to a club that normally pays £1.75m tops for someone like AA who won't be on much more wage than BB if at all. Nor will Dack. And BB can't even get in the team and he doesn't even look like a footballer. You keep going though. It's fun to watch.?

2 wins in 10. We need to improve or we'll start being dragged towards the wrong end of the table. Some winnable games in Jan & Feb against Millwall, Ipswich, Hull, Reading, Brentford and Bristol City. You'd hope we'd get a 2 or 3 wins out of those to get us up the table a bit towards the 50 point mark. On average about 45 points keeps you up. We were unlucky when went down with 51 and this season looks like not a particularly vintage year. 42 points might even be enough.

Incredible. He may get an assist one day. Imagine that from a winger.

Like on Armstrong and then stuck him on the wing where he is ineffective? Anyway, he tried to sign Freeman for £4m and Celina for £3.5m. So he was given money to spend but couldn't get the players for whatever reason. Unless Freeman and Celina were someone else's 'picks' too? None of this really adds up. It's very convenient for 'Tony' that people are suddenly saying the massive waste of money that is BB was not a 'Tony' signing.

It's BRFC in the Championship. You are delusional.

So he's cheaper than someone who was a complete waste of money. Brilliant ? Except he's probably not:- BB - £7m + add-ons + (£15k pw est x 4 year = £3m) = £10m at the very least LB - £3m + (£30k x 4 years = £6.25m) = £9.25m Loving the 'wage flex' ? Keep up.

£7m for a Championship sub is not a huge fee????? I suggest you have backed yourself so far into a corner that you have lost all sense of perspective.