paullarrygher

I think Mcloughlin is only a 1 game ban as denied a goal scoring opportunity, not violent conduct etc.

If ever there was time for a Glen Mullan/Balaji transfer intervention...

Jackson says fee for Hyam close to being agreed and expecting him to move.

The latest Twitter rumour is that Zack Abbott on loan from Forest is Hyam's replacement. A 19 year old who has played 147 minutes of senior football.

Well we've found JRC's replacement at least.

Jackson reporting that we've rejected two bids around £2m. Third bid expected and growing likelihood that Hyam will go.

Nixon reporting that Aberdeen want Gueye on loan.

Not sure which is more depressing - a transfer deadline day shambles or one where we do nothing at all when it's clear we need 2 more players.

Any sign of the order? Delhi High Court website doesn't seem to load for me these days.

I also thought they were thinking along these lines, but it's a serious risk. You're basically reliant on another club in the Prem/Champ/L1 being willing to loan you their 3/4th choice keeper. Even worse if the league says that Goddard's 6 games in Ireland count as senior matches.

If we go into this season with Goddard and Michalski as back up GKs then we are 100% screwed if Toth picks up an injury.

Wonder if one of the new Greek strikers at Brighton would be available on loan? I know we've not gone down the loan route, but we can't afford proper quality at the end of the pitch permanently.

It's clearly a financial thing - him, Buckley and JRC being ushered out as they signed deals under Broughton. Probably all on 10k+ pw and doesn't fit their model of you need to be a starter to earn that. On the other hand, if Pears rocked up to pre-season unable to train fully because of a dodgy hair transplant then completely understand why club want him moved - but that can't come at the expense of having an actual back up goalkeeper.

I mean the most insane element of it is that at the same time touting a player trading model like Brentford/Brighton, Suhail states that he has never asked the owners about reinvesting transfer funds when players are sold.

Glen on the podcast was told that the budget was set. It was set on the basis of not needing to make any sales. However, it was subsequently asked whether there was an agreement with owners to reinvest the funds of any player sales. Suhail said there was no agreement and he had never asked that question. It's insane - £5m and that may need to cover 4/5 players or 11 first team players based on sales...but any income is irrelevant.

If it's true about suspending Trav, Val's honesty has probably cost the club 500k-1m. Now we've either got a pissed off player on £15k per week training with the reserves until Jan or we sell him to Derby for much less than they wanted. It's beyond amateur.

I've heard that Suhail considers £200m as the magic number that would convince them to sell. But that's pie in the sky stuff and they aren't getting their money back. Even Chansiri is not mad enough to ask for that. The only way they would get that is to gamble and get back to the Premier League. They aren't going to do that with Suhail on the pursestrings. The reality is that the club will continue to be a financial drain for them. Suhail will continue to pick up his hefty salary while cutting costs to try and minimise that drain to keep his cushy deal going.

Club tweeted a video with Hyam in it few hours ago saying looking forward to seeing you all at Ewood tomorrow.

We are a small distant outpost in a vast business empire. A toy at the back of the cupboard that has long been forgotten about. We are the monthly subscription that occasionally see and think "Am I still paying for that? I should really get around to sorting it out." and never do. We are being run not for the benefit and ambitions of the club, but the bottom line of a poultry conglomerate. Nothing changes while they remain here.

If we don't bolster this squad with some quality loans, we are in big trouble. Guess what happens to resale value when you're relegated, Rudy.

You can see with every interview that Ismael does that he realises he's been stitched up.

Mental it wasn't done years ago, but is the plan to honestly have Michalski at number 2 this season? The lad hasn't even played a minute of National League and we're one injury away from having him between the sticks for a few months.

Venky's share price is 10x what it was when they bought the club. The VH Group conglomerate and the personal wealth of the Raos is huge. There's money but there's no intention of spending it on Rovers.

In terms of breaking the stalemate with the content, could one way forward be to publish the original minutes and any disputed points that have the majority agreement of attendees are included as a note to that point?

I believe he had a relegation clause in his contract. I reckon he'd be a decent signing, done it at this level before and also brings some experience.