40 minutes ago, Richard Oakley said:

Stoke fans don't rate Lindsay. Our fans, in the main, rate Nyambe, King and Raya. Stoke want to sell, not loan.Loans cost money, too. Cunningham would need to be available on a free,which I don't see as likely.

Cunningham is a massive upgrade on bell and Williams. We should definitely be looking at this one imo.

We desperately need a GK. Dillon Phillips supposedly available for around 1 million. What are we waiting for? Shear stupidity to wait around as if we keep stalling other clubs surely could come in for him. My point is we are probably more desperate for a GK than ANY other championship side. We need to get him over the line as a priority. There is a good chance josh king will be moving on in a few weeks and the club should receive 3-4 million sell on fee for him.

Bournemouth going down means king is off = 20% sell on clause

If we could only sign 3 players what positions would other fans like?

Personally I think GK and central defender is a must. Last one would be an out and out winger or LB like greg Cunningham who would come straight into first team.

Dont think we will see many signings due to financial restrictions. Whoever we sign must be good enough to go straight into first team, none of this needs to get used to our teams style of play etc as mowbray has previously indicated.

Why is Armstrong not starting?

Just now, Tom said:

Never tell me Rovers fans aren’t behind Brereton, encouraging his every touch.

Not vintage at times but overall the quick fire goals reflected the game, it was always going to be easy once we scored 

Arma and Nyambe a class above the rest 

Suddenly Armstrong is a £10m man

Agree Armstrong and nyambe are class. Strange how many fans still whine about Armstrong yet his stepped up with goals since dacks injury. That's 9 goals and 6 assists for Arma.

Wheres all the Armstrong haters? Ha ha!!

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/11667/11922296/joshua-king-man-utd-could-make-second-bid-for-bournemouth-striker

20% sell on stated on the link

Bournemouth reject bid by Man United for josh king. Rovers due 20% sell on fee if deal goes through today. At least 5 million if it happens.

Single handedly 2 Walton blunders in 2 mins!

Downing started off LB, 2nd half moved to LM, then RM then CM. What a joke! When we needed a goal last 15 mins, Gallagher is RM instead of playing with Armstrong upfront! Madness!!

I know the CB issues have been highlighted, but in the modern game your full backs are so crucial in the game especially if you want to play attacking open football, which is supposedly TM style.

Just wanted to highlight 5 transfer windows in who do we have as first choice full backs? Bennett/nyambe and bell/Williams? Not going to count Cunningham as he isn't a permanent signing. 

How can that be progress? These players are just about good enough to keep us up, which is exactly where we were when TM first arrived!!

Just now, JHRover said:

Lot of people moaning about the referee or Preston's players going down easily to win free kicks.

I call it good game management. Use the referees to your advantage. Huddersfield did the same. Everyone who watches football at this level knows the referees are tragically bad. Some managers exploit that ineptitude. We don't. We're in the image of our manager - too nice, not ruthless or nasty enough. 

We always end up on the wrong end of the decisions and feel hard done to but it's time we start playing the system ourselves. Get players booked and win soft free kicks.

Bang on post!

"We're in the image of our manager - too nice, not ruthless or nasty enough "

Walton an absolute liability, cost us 3 points today! We were comfortable till his blunder. 2 individual errors cost us dearly. Bennett needs to take a look at himself always man handling players in the box, 2nd time now.

Just now, USABlue said:

Forget Mowbary, this defeat rests on WALTONS shoulders, he catches that ball we win this game end of.

True!

Mowbray finally manages to motivate the players when his job was on the line. Quick summary, bell starts off really positive running down left wing, keeps going all way to byline, cross over hit to Armstrong who puts in a good ball which Gallagher plants in corner.

Within first 5 mins Evan's and bennet are sliding in, going aggressive, PNE stunned as they expected the soft rovers to come out.

Gallagher gets rub of the green (strong believer we earn the rub of the green when we fight hard) when ball bounces off defender to his feet, left foot curl in off post.

After this we dont sit back and continue being aggressive, even dack tracks back into our own box to help out

Just now, Bbrovers2288 said:

You knew this was coming Tony, you gambled in the summer, didn’t sort the defence and now it’s a mess, please just walk 

WITHOUT a SOLID back 4, how can you EVER be challenging for a top 6 let alone a top half finish? 

Owners backed him, money was there to spend in summer, failure to address the WORST defensive record in league last year is now costing us! 

You build from the back, just like Mark Hughes did. We have SO many talented players in Dack, Holtby and Rothwell but lack balance, lack natural wingers, no LB cover, no CB cover, no RB cover

Just now, AJW said:

Really starting to Lose  patience with Gallagher now .. That stat of not scoring a league goal for 630 days really is quite worrying 

Gallaghers confidence is shot, I blame TM for that, just like he ruined brereton! Playing them out wide, playing them as lone strikers without support, u name it!!

20 hours ago, stinny1 said:

What i wouldn't  give for two wingers Wilcox and Ripley  or Miller and Sellers or even Noel the king of ewood park  attacking  and crossing  balls  and getting the fans of there seats 

Or a young Craig Conway! All the goals gestede scored were headed in from Conway crosses. 

TM has had 5 transfer windows, signed near 15 players, but not ONE can cross the ball in! Poor Sam Gallagher has hardly had ANY service WHEN played upfront as a number 9.

Roll back to July/Aug, EVERYONE on here was waiting for a central defender, didn't happen.. who's to blame??

Just now, neophox said:

You can also see how important Travis is

Absolutely! Downing at 36 year old, 3rd game in 1 week expected to play in CM - major error!! 

Ok guys, last 2 games at home we have had plenty of possession at home.

What is that is lacking? Is it the poor balls into the box? Not enough players running into box when crosses pumped in?

Let's face it, we dont have any injuries at the moment so effectively we have been fielding a pretty strong side (bar rothwell).

For me I think dack is being marked closely and we lack creativity from any other players. I think holtby could be the answer. He has a calmness about him, great vision and passing. Holtby next to travis or Holtby instead of dack.

What about Gallagher and Graham both upfront in a 442?

Just now, Trinidad Rover said:

Holtby is class

Wow! Showed some class touches, and super creative passing in final third,  u can tell his a German international! He needs to start next game!

We are desperately missing a player who can dribble and run at players to create opportunities against weaker opposition such as Luton and Charlton.

We are also missing a greedy selfish type of midfielder who will just shoot from 20-25 yards. OR should TM be encouraging players to shoot near final third instead of passing sideways? We had SO much possession in the final third but kept going sideways, WITHOUT testing their keeper, only 2 shots were Johnson and travis's goal.

TM is 100% failing with a game plan against weaker opponents!

Imagine Damian duff playing in the game yesterday, now he would have created some chances and got the ball onto Gallaghers head!

Top 6 here we come!