Doesn't really matter. As much as I wanted him out, his Sunderland have created more chances in this one game than we have in months. We've gone backwards considerably.

I said it a few weeks ago and the transfer window and recent performances have hammered it home - if we keep it below 5 I'll be very surprised.

So... what happened to that winnable run of games we had? We'll get hammered in the next few and plunge down the table to where we belong. Not ruling out us being pulled into the relegation fight, and let's be honest, our players don't have the balls.

We create chances and concede goals at relegation team levels and have all season. Tactics have been off a lot more than they've been good.

Tbh after all this talk of JDT maybe leaving because of transfers, I couldn't care less if he did. He doesn't seem to have a clue.

This team is so bereft of goals to the point where I just don't understand what the gameplan is. People thought Allardyce was negative but at least he played to the team's strengths.

Unsurprisingly only swapping a nonexistent striker for a winger in January has not improved our play one bit. Good job everyone!

What is our obsession with looking at wide forwards with awful goal scoring records? Just scout an actual striker for once!

Even if they do I doubt they care.

This whole saga hammers home to me why I don't engage with Rovers anywhere near as much as I used to (moving away from Blackburn aside) - everything we do has to be drawn out in the most torturous manner and honestly, it's exhausting.

Not to mention the clubs who will probably want to avoid a situation like this one where they potentially have to pay a player to sit in the reserves for 6 months.

Everyone knows the deadline, every other club bar a couple of very last minute ones sorted it, most with weeks of the window left. If it's the case it's been blocked, it's beyond amateur and certain higher-ups needing punting.

If that's the case heads need to roll. To get first team players out the door and replaced by literally nothing? All our rivals got business done early and yet again we're scrabbling around at the 11th hours. What happened to this improved recruitment structure?

It would help if we stopped wasting ridiculous wages on dross loans from PL teams. I can count on one hand how many of them have actually been worth the outlay in the last 5 years.

Weird thing is, his position is exactly where the younger players should be - in and around the squad for when Dack is unavailable. Nice bloke, but bizarre signing, especially when you consider how long we've been crying out for a good CF/CM.

I'd agree, but even other teams with no money manage to get players in in a timely manner. Something is rotten with our specific transfer hierarchy and has been for a while.

Ayala was sent off in the last game and was suspended tbf.

The ONE good thing about the early part of the season was our ability to hold on to a lead, and we've lost it completely. Very worried for the next part of the season, especially with seemingly no effort being made to address the problem areas.

Whilst I agree with the general sentiment, I don't think anyone can argue that the club is set up to make a profit in any way. If they really wanted a profit they'd be all in on promotion.

So another winger and possibly a striker. Still not seeing anything to suggest that we're even looking at CM, which is arguably where we get run over every game. Markanday potentially being pushed out for a loan signing is at odds with what GB said in the summer too. No point improving up top if we can't get the ball to them reliably.

Well he was right when he said we'd see consistency after the break at least!

He's a dreadful manager with zero clue of how to manage a game on any level... but we won't get rid because the club is a shambles.

Based on the games I've seen, the ball never successfully leaves our back 4, so it correlates if this is also happening in training that the forwards wouldn't have a clue what to do with it on the rare occasion it arrives with them.

Not even convinced we were ever seriously in for him. We do this every window, get linked with some genuinely good options and then rush in some complete nobodies on deadline day. The fact that the likes of Wogan, Preston and Blackpool can get deals over the line in a timely manner just hammers hom how much of a clown show the club is these days. That said, the fact that the only real concrete links seem to be for positions we don't need immediately is very worrying.

I think you're massively overestimating a) how much our manager cares about local derbies and b) the spine in this team. All you need to do is pin us back and get an early goal - do that and you'll get as many as you like.