My interpretation also.

I feel like if he had already signed, it would've been announced from Villarreal's end.

Dack is well worth keeping IF we're intending on getting a brute striker that knocks balls down (as well as scoring) for players like Dack/Szmodics/Dolan to latch on to.

24-34 braggart over here!

Shared it myself on FB too. Oooft, got me right in the feels.

He also kept us IN the Cup vs Norwich and Leicester. As well as plenty of point-saving saves in the league since January.

I admired his determination to rescue and rehome dogs across the country.

A Qashqai on the wing? Need his bulk up front. The agility of the i10 and speed of the Tesla would complement each other on opposite wings.

Tbf, your car has 50-odd litres of fuel, whereas the hyundai only has about 35L, so ofc it needs filling up more. Getting 70+ MPG is great going btw.

It doesn't cost you £25/week. I live in your town and I work in Walton le Dale. I drive a Hyundai i10 to work, and that costs me about a tank and a bit (minimum £50) per week. So unless you're driving something even smaller and getting fuel for less than £1/litre, you're paying more than £25/week in fuel.

Definitely reasonable, especially compared against other clubs up and down the pyramid, and an improvement on the last few years. But I do think if we've any ambitions of growing the fanbase and enticing people back to Ewood, we need to come down further. We shouldn't be considering the 'value of the product' (as the Ewood chair shufflers like to say) imo, as we won't be enticing fans of other clubs. The only way to entice fans to Ewood on a ST basis is to offer real value for money. That's why I'll keep banging the drum for £10-15/game STs, which would also allow us to entice more regular walk-ons (Twenty's Plenty) without short-changing any STHs.

Be fair though. £379 is our CHEAPEST ST. It should be our most expensive. Cheaper STs (imo, all lower tiers) should be £250. If STs were £250-£350, you'd have at least a dozen people that I know of who can commit to going. That's a dozen extra pies and 24 extra pints bought in the ground every game too. Plus it opens up the chance to commit money for about eight chn to go too. Plus mars bars and cokes for each. That's about 5k per season (probably more if I did the maths) the club aren't allowing into their own coffers, and that's just people I know, who all WANT to go. Another 20 people in the ground too.

I actually think he'd be BETTER suited in a softer league like the PL.

He'd pay his entire salary, probably.

Some small credit for reducing prices. But still far too expensive imo. £379 should be our most expensive ticket, not our cheapest. I'll reiterate, the last ST pre-Venkys cost £199 and we sold 19,000 of them. I think £230-£345 (£10-15 per game) is a suitable price-range for football at Ewood Park.

That's why I would personally base a ST on £10-15/per game price. So £230 (£10) cheapest adult ticket, £345 (£15) most expensive. There's sufficient wiggle room in there for the club to commit to 'Twenty's Plenty' for walk-ons, while adding £10/£15 offers without short-changing STHs.

All the more reason to make STs cheaper, surely?

Think it was the BRFCS Admin/Mod outing! Adam Wharton scored?

Sums up Kenilworth Road quite well actually.

Guys, he's still here. Our plan failed!

If he's sensible, he'll have done his coaching badges and invested most of it.

I was there for the Worthy Cup Final. Best match and atmosphere of my life. Was just a touch too young for the PL win (born 1991).

I can imagine that going sown like a lead balloon given Hedges' popularity in the squad and being left out of the same WC squad. With that being said, it doesn't sound like something that can't be overcome, and it's good to have a player that both improves our squad, our style of play, and is ambitious.

Personally feel Dolan could take BBD's place, with Thomas taking the right wing, and Hedges able to deputise for either. LB I would be reasonably confident of Batty competing with (or even superceding) Pickering. To that end, I agree with your assessment that Striker and CM are our priorities, with anything else needing to be an easy upgrade after selling.

I got the wrong end of the stick and made a knob of myself 👍