Even Myles Anderson is a better right back than Nyambe.

We’ll do okay as long as BBD stays. When/if he leaves is when we panic. Hopefully we can do a swap, or have some deals lined up when he does go. Selling towards the end of the window again would be criminal.

The prophet has spoken.

Salernitana might be out of the running for BBD now that they have signed Botheim. More an out and out striker though. Will be interesting to see our lineup come Saturday.

Big wages, out of our league. My guess is Turkey/Greece.

Hourihane is just another Bradley Johnson signing for me; the ones I would like us to stay clear of.

Colak turns 29 in September, think we should aim for someone younger.

Anel United bound

Back to those days eh? Extremely difficult working conditions.

Tobias Gulliksen at Strømsgodset is a good prospect coming out of Norway. Turns 19 in a few days. ‘Godset are a selling club and Rovers would be a good next platform. Can play across midfield.

Why are we hiring a chief scout now? Park was gone once they knew Mowbray would go, and that’s months ago now.

Don’t think JDT will throw his toys out of the pram over one deal. What’s concerning is the amount of time we spend getting deals done, especially considering we need more than a few before the new season kicks off. We either have a bit of luck to begin with or we will be in a dogfight this season, I’m leaning towards the latter at this stage.

Scraping the barrel.

Stefan Strandberg is available on a free. Soon 32 years old Norway international. Lacks pace completely and is a bit injury prone, but has a wealth of experience and is a Rovers supporter. Not an upgrade on Ayala but think we'd get a few more games out of him.

Can you name some names that are within that budget?

Considering we had an option to buy Zeefuik there must be some funds available. There could also be a deal in place for Brereton pending we sign the right replacements. Hopefully they’ll figure out the letter’s future soon so we can get on one way or the other.

Botheim is best mates with Haaland so that would help. Must be on good wages and his agent probably quite busy talking to clubs atm. Not entirely convinced about him myself but does tick a lot of boxes.

Taller than Cannavarro

Smith knows what Cantwell can do in the Championship, but probably want to assess his attitude and see if the hunger is really there. If not they'll ship him out, but can't see them being in any rush.

We've been here before. 'Aiming to' is not the same as getting deals over the line. Cautiously optimistic though.

Looks like Malmö signed Birmancevic for €1m so probably looking for €2.5m would be my guess. Signing players who know how to succeed will aid the rest of the group.

Good enough for the squad, not a starter.

Both him and Nyambe were mismanaged but Rothwell came good towards the end of his spell, yet didn't produce the enough goals and assists for me. Pulse will be racing when he's run from deep though, so not easy to have the necessary composure when he gets the chances. They way we played for bigger parts of the season was no easy task for our central midfield. Not easy to offer support when we hit teams on the break with the pace of Khadra and Breo. We'll definitely see more of the ball under JDT.

Hedges belongs in a struggling Championship side, that shouldn’t be us.

Not if Mowbray had lined up Twine or a couple of other solid names. We would have failed to reach the play-offs with or without Rothwell, so the MB meltdown was bound to happen in both scenarios. I think the new management will soon find out that it's a tough task to bring in the players they want when they see what we can offer in fees and basic wages. My only hope is that we sort potential recruits in different brackets, with 'marquee signings' being one of them, making us able to push the boat out for certain type of players with the potential resale value taken into account.