Did they?

Huddersfield bad but Burnley looking good. It’s only a bad final ball or finish stopping this being a rout so far.

It’s a new season so all the cliches will be out again early. ”Any point away is a good point” - which is not really true. All of the top 6 got well over a point a game away from home last season. ”What do you expect. They’re a premier league squad” - No they’re not. They got relegated cos they weren’t good enough to be a premier league squad and they’ve drawn / lost to *insert lower league team here* already this season.

He’s not allowed to pick 12 players.

Mowbray played JRC and Buckley at RB and Giles as a RWF

No I just let you have that as it took two centre halves to replace Lenihan. I can’t really argue that defensively three would be weaker than two. Fair play though. We will find out over the next few games.

Buckley and Travis is as strong as Buckley, Travis and Rothwell ?

Don’t get it. This deal is nothing to write home about.

You see, this is where your argument falls down.

I don’t think we’re far off and it could really be a breakout season for Buckley. It’s just off what we know I’d rather have last years xi on Saturday than this years xi. And to be equal with last years team for the first half of the season we have to improve our current xi AND find another Khedra and JPVH. Of course if Markanday proves to be a superstar and Carter or Phillips has an impact like Scott Wharton then we may be more than ok. I think the problem is it’s all unproven for the Championship.

Had they lost in the play offs (think of the luck they had with penalties not given) then they would have been gutted about that slow start.

You are therefore arguing that:- Brittain is better than Nyambe Wharton is better than Lenihan 31 year old Ayala hasn’t regressed And then either Hedges or Markanday is instantly better than Rothwell. Which I doubt most people agree with. I think the worry is two of our better players during our good run last year have returned to their parent clubs, and that is a lot of quality we need to find on top of replacing Lenihan and Rothwell.

Last year Burnley got only 3 points from their opening 7 fixtures. They went down with 35 points, just 3 short of safety. I’d say the first 7 games defined their season. Its right not to make knee-jerk decisions just to get players in before the start of the season. But with 21 points up for grabs before the window shuts that could easily have a big influence come May.

If we get an FA Cup game on a Saturday make kids free with a paying adult 🤷‍♂️

Hopefully their keeper throws one in like he did for Khedra’s free kick last year. That was looking destined for 0-0 up until that point.

I may have a second stab at this at the end of August. But as we stand today. 1 Rovers will finish 12th 2 Kaminsky 3 I think Phillips will get game time and do well, if only to increase his tribunal fee. 4 Sheff United 5 4th

The orange bit is a deal-breaker unfortunately.

Best chance of getting Van Hecke back would be a loan deal right at the end of the window. If he’s not been sold and unlikely to play then they may as well loan him out again.

Very interesting, thanks Glen. My biggest irk with Waggot is the policy which seems to be extract more money from the loyal fans than try and encourage more fans or revenue elsewhere. The ridiculous rise on ticket prices over the last 3 seasons as an example (especially the jump in Riverside pricing - I can't remember the percentage). One point - surely LT knows Glen's history. If she was asked to attend the meeting in advance you'd think she would have pre-warned SW about the clubs previous contact and history with him.

I’d suspect generally the majority viewpoint is the correct one.

Lol. It was. But it’s worrying that so many people seem to think that way that it’s plausible to be a genuine opinion!

It’s ok because the transfer window doesn’t end until the end of August. Therefore we’ve got all those games in August to see which players fit into what formation, and how they respond to JDT’s tactics and formation. I believe that first 15% of the season isn’t as important as the rest of the season.

We will still make XI changes in the League Cup. At least Dack should be getting a full game there.

Nah it’s pretty split on here with probably more people saying we should have kept Nyambe. It’s the other way regarding Brittain on their forum. Maybe they are just a bit more bitter on there than we are on here.

Have to admit I’ve just read the Barnsley forum thread on him and it’s not quite what I was expecting based on the positive reaction on here.