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I saw something on Twitter posted by Rich Sharpe to that effect. I know a lad who is a youth team scout at Everton, who has told me a few things about their youth scouting system and from the bit I know, we have played a blinder tying this lad down to that length of contract. Let’s hope he goes on to fulfil the promise he is showing.

What’s the situation with his contract? If someone does come in for him, do we have him tied down, so that it’s big money, if we do lose him?

I think Swansea are there for the taking. Brereton will notch if he comes on, which I think he will if we are still behind with 30 to go. I can see us winning this still if we switch the formation.

Me too. I don’t care how entertaining the game is, if we win.

Pull off and get into a pub to watch it. No consolation, but better than missing it totally.

This can so easily go the wrong way. Piss the existing players off and create a bit of bad blood in the camp and the wheels could come off. I know it helps, but money does not guarantee success. I am wondering if there tactics with JR were to create bad blood at Ewood.

Very few players will love the club, they way a fan does.

It is the usual, no player is bigger than the club here. It is amazing how these things sometimes turn out and imagine Brentford going down, this season, or next and Rovers ending up in the prem.

It works both ways really and we are just as likely to let a player like Bell for example, run his contract down and let him move on for free. As well as the Bosman ruling, FFP is another big factor at work here. We have to know the rolling budget over a 3 year term and adding a few million to it, by increasing and extending contracts, can easily leave us in breach and paying the consequences. I would not defend the current regime, by any stretch of the imagination, but those two rules, make for a difficult job.

They did. I have just checked and QPR go there in March and Forest have to go there yet. No easy task to win there.

Glad to see the back of that game, to be honest. I don’t know who else has to go there yet, but with that awful style of football, they could turn one or two of our rivals over.

It will pop up in about 20 mins

I have heard it on good authority he is trying to force a move to Brentford.

Some rumors he is off to Brentford

https://www.dorset.live/sport/football/football-news/joe-rothwell-left-out-blackburn-6569438.amp

Final score, Chile 1 Argentina 2. Diaz scores for Chile as they lose by the odd goal in 3 in the foxes of the desert stadium. Ben plays the full 90 mins.

Awful decision that and despite having Blue & White blood, I would say that had it been given the other way round.

I have always maintained that the way forward is to bring in former players. I know not every player would want to do it, but when you have played the game, even at an amateur level, you have a much better chance of seeing what is really happening out there.

I agree and think we will see a lot more of him in the future and firmly believe he will make it.

I was feeling sick before the game, given how crucial it was. I haven’t greeted the final whistle so much, in a long time. All those clean sheets have given us the platform and one piece of magic can win it. I am delighted for Gallagher, as he needed that and his overall effort made up for last week’s poor one. It’s looking good and bring on Luton. The dream is alive still.

Odds have changed with bookies and now Boro are favorites

Whoever I think of that game, I remember the Orr interview after. I have loved loads of Rovers players over the years, including plenty, who weren’t great players. What Orr said that night, made him become the first Rovers player, I have ever hated. It takes some getting over does that.

It is disturbing that this can happen to a club, especially one who is on the face of it, punching above their weight. It is well documented, what we went through, as have several others. I am no expert on it, but somehow there has to be a way to protect the clubs and if it means repeating the German model (part fan ownership) then that needs to be the way forward. If the Clarets plummet simply due to a greedy foreign speculator, then that simply can't be right.

I have that sickly sort of pre match feeling tonight, not because I think we will lose, it is simply because of how I know I will feel if we do. A point would be fine tonight in my opinion and if we manage a win, I might be up all night having a COVID safe party.

Fair comment that and despite the rivalry, I hate this kind of thing going on, and sincerely hope things are not as bad as the journo is making out.