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.

He's top of the 'least times skinned one on one' graphic. You know. The one you want your full back to be included in.

Our Coca Cola truck from 2020 has had a respray.

His agent advised that because the offer wasn't good enough.

Or it became clear Mowbray was leaving

I’m fairly sure they’d have promoted DJ or brought in a stooge rather than JDT (who won’t be the cheapest option) and another meaty wage on a DOF. On Nyambe, I just think Mowbray didn’t rate him highly enough so him and Waggot offered a miserly increase. Decision was made before JDT and co. came in. I think it’s just bad player judgement, stubbornness and personal grudges rather than being unable to match what someone like Wigan would offer. Cheers Tony.

In the last 6 years we haven't managed to sign a better (fit) centre half than Lenihan or even Wharton. It remains to be seen if we can improve on Nyambe. Travis is better than your Smallwood's and your Bradley Johnsons that we have taken on. Buckley has Dack as a comparison, but the plethora of other creative lightweight midfielders we have brought in (some on loan) havent amounted to much. Had we not had the academy, we would have saved £30m. But that £30m spent on the academy is FFP-exempt, so we wouldn't have been able to spend that on players anyway if we are close to breaking point. However the sale of Raya and any others not only brings the cost of the academy down over that 10 year period, but also can be used alleviate the FFP burden. Therefore I think the academy is worthwhile with the rules restricting us being able to throw an extra £3m a year at the team. I'm also not convinced that our recent 'employees' would have been able to find better than Buckley, Travis, Nyambe, Lenihan and Wharton for that money anyway.

The only reason we managed to bring Ayala in was because he is never fit. Since relegation to L1 we haven’t brought a defender in permanently who has been a regular first choice in our starting eleven. So why we are suddenly going to be able to upgrade Lenihan easily I don’t know.

Haven’t you heard about The Bird?

So why haven’t we ever managed to sign one for the last 5 years?

They also have fans that cause trouble like everyone else. https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/sport/football/8340017/hearts-celtic-fans-fight-spat-nephew https://news.stv.tv/west-central/council-condemns-unacceptable-vandalism-after-celtic-fan-celebrations-in-glasgow-city-centre https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/scottish-news/6341261/celtic-fans-neil-lennon-protest-humza-yousaf-snp/ Just for the record I’ve no allegiance to either of those two north of the borders Rangers fans are probably worse. But I’ve seen the Celtic fans at Ewood first hand.

The point being they’ve both got a selection of idiot fans that follow them. That was the first story I found when I Googled it. I’m sure there are lots of others. So Celtic fans do cause bother sometimes.

I thought that was pretty good to be fair. Apart from the suspect full back positions covered through this thread, there were plenty of positives. I don’t think Vale looked out of place at all alongside BB and Gally.

If they could get in a top 6 team in the premier league, they’d be at a top 6 team in one of the premier leagues.

He started well for the first few months but since he came back from injury he’s been pretty poor, and he’s been back long enough now. Worrying.

Pickering has been skinned more times in this first half than Nyambe in his entire Rovers career.

Six Celtic fans will be brought before a judge today after some of the worst football-related violence involving a British team in recent years.

Therefore I think JDT is talking directly to you when he says “"He just did a little bit too much for him, nothing serious. I understand the concern because he did those two cruciate ligaments so people can be afraid. Don't be afraid."

Dundee giving it a right good go then.

This is one of those posts where no-one knows if you’re genuinely serious or taking the piss.

By my quick calculation, averaging the match day cost in the Blackburn End as £25.43 across the full season, you have to attend 18 out of the 23 home games to make getting a season ticket worthwhile. If you can only attend 16 out of the 23 games you are better off buying match day tickets.

A two-page thread summing up the perils of relying on teenage ‘talent’. Hailed as the second coming in the first few posts to being a failed footballing-nobody by the end of page 2.

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