We cannot let a full back go out on loan right now. We have Pickering and Nyambe and that's it. That area needs to be added to before we sanction loans.

Liverpools article about his loan move here has him down as a rovers player between the ages of 4 and 9.

Id be surpised if there's enough left in the kitty to buy a home shirt from the club shop after venkys take their cut.

If its as a permanent I'd be happy, then the fee needs to be decent too because as Gav says, we need defenders.

Not quite sure what the point is here? We've spoke about capitalising on the Chile fanfare around him, which is backed up by the numbers of followers on Instagram he now has since his Copa America appearance. His previous returns as a Blackburn player and what he may deliver in the future aren't what we've been discussing.

We'd have nothing to lose by giving the Chileans a reduced rate. I sincerely hope we are doing whatever we can to capitalise on this group. Its an opportunity we wouldn't have thought possible 6 months ago.

Do you think that is 5 permanents + loans? Or 5 in total (permanents and loans combined)?

Me too. I don't fancy replacing our talisman with someone injury prone either.

Agree. Its the equivalent of expecting a shit office boss to turn it around after 2 weeks annual leave. He's shown us what he's capable of, not a lot.

We might as well send every kids shirt from last season over to Chile. Absolutely insane if we don't.

Probably because he's too busy scribbling lines on a big piece of paper.

Would Ander Herrera (employee of a sovereign wealth fund) be saying this if he still played for United? Would PSG have signed up if their CEO wasn't on the UEFA committee and CEO of Bein Sports who've shelled out god knows on CL rights recently. The game wasn't taken away from us over the weekend. This has been a slowly bubbling process ever since the inception of the PL. With greater spoils on offer, the more scrupulous the characters that appear. I've seen some people state that the governing body for this might be better than UEFA/FIFA. I'm unsure how a body founded on the principal of guaranteed safety and protection from any kind of financial or competitive loss, would be motivated to instil integrity of any kind. They aren't here for me and for you - they want these kids who follow their favourite superstar, not one club. Welcome to the World Series of football.

Yordi

As close to relegation as we are promotion as we enter March. Welcome... To the twilight zone.

Yet to see a crewe fan say anything bad about Pickering. Not one of them is glad he's leaving and most seem to think he's bound for the prem. Glad to see we've addressed a problem position permanently, it's taken long enough.

All the players look confused when defending. Nyambe is completely exposed down that right side.

Why does he keep persisting with Rothwell in that front 3.

Fantastic defending from Nyambe that.

I must admit, I'd have chucked stergakis in this game. Warnock got rid of Pears because he saw he wasn't good enough. He's just exploiting his weaknesses, of which he'll know them very well . Thankfully for us their front line have missed every chance that's landed to em.

Gallaghers successful pass percentage must read 0 tonight.

4 self isolations and 4 injuries (excluding Dack). No real surprise.

What's Lenihan doing and where was Pears going?

Nice feeling not shitting myself evertime they go down our left. Douglas looks so much more assured with and without the ball.

Really looking forward to seeing Elliott's raw talent. Happy to see him harness it for a season here and gain some first team experience. He's certainly talented enough to impact our season.

This is an awful game to watch. No purpose behind anything we're doing.