So am I, but more than 262 😉

Tickle only signed a new contract at the end of least season. Can't see it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c3ggn9lpd47o#:~:text=Wigan Athletic goalkeeper Sam Tickle,his debut in October 2021.

First 'WTF' from a Premier League referee there. Disallows a stunning direct free kick from 30 yards out wide because he (incorrectly) thinks a Palace player has fouled a defender on the edge of the box.

Brittain strolling back making no attempt to get goal side of the scorer at any point. It's a disaster of a goal from Rovers viewpoint.

No irrational hate. I just accept that his 'job' involves generating speculation and peddling rumour. So whilst he does get quite a few things right, he also clearly puts stuff that he has no idea if it is true or not. All in order to get people to pay for his Patreon to read it. If he never posted anything about a club until he actually knew something then he would get the attention he does, thus have less followers, less subscribers and less money. Now don't get me wrong. If he links us to a player I will have a look who it is. It's not like Nathan Jones who does actually seem to make shit up. My original comment this morning was to someone implying that he had been accurate all summer, when there are plenty of 'links' which haven't seemed to have gone anywhere and the obvious example I've quoted where he was peddling an untruth as fact with no source other than a random Japanese account. As for the cult of Nixon comment, I apoligise as that was probably a bit harsh. But I didn't answer you last time firstly as I never even claimed he had the transfer exclusive and, as I've shown, you were wrong to claim he didn't state being in the country as fact. I just couldn't be bothered having this argument. He's been selling Trav all summer. Let's see.

Chesterfield fans describing Markanday as a "league two cheat code."

I didn't reply last time as there's no point discussing things with the cult of nicko. I never said he claimed the transfer as an exclusive so why you keep mentioning that I'm not sure. However he did put the below, which Jackson said was not true and was proven to be untrue. He finally signed on the 31st having done his medical with the others around the same time. The fact is Nixon didn't know anything but posted it as fact and got it wrong. Whether he got it from some other shitty twitter ITK account or not is irrelevant.

He said Yuki was in England having a medical and then it turned out he was still in Japan. If that alone doesn't show he makes some stuff up I don't know what does.

Good point but bad goals to concede. On the negative side, their first goal is all down to Brittain. A good goalkeeper could stand up and maybe save it, but the main error is losing it cheaply near the half way line. The second goal is a bigger mess. Travis is isolated but doesn’t go to the ball. He just marks space. Without his stupid booking he probably goes and takes the man out. Once it gets played in the inside channel Hyam does nothing to stop the cross. If he lunges at that he probably cuts it out. Pears distribution was a mess all game and JRC and Dolan were both poor. However still a few positives. Apart from giving the ball away, I thought we controlled the first half. Hedges has always been a steady Eddie, and had another solid showing with a good goal. Big Mak looks a handful, and showed he’s not as bad on the deck as we thought. Yuki’s header was great movement and finish and is now 3 in 3. Hope the Carter injury isn’t serious

He signed a new contract at the end of November last year so that’s when it supposedly happened. Although you’d just put it written in the new contract as a release clause, not a gentleman’s verbal agreement with Swag and Egg.

Hope this Ipswich fan from their forum is one of their scouts. I'm sure £2mill would be enough for Siggy.

Ipswich will move on. Someone like Brentford, Bournemouth or Fulham will lose their first two games and just come knocking.

Eustace was too negative (certainly at Ewood) for me last season and it nearly cost us. (JDT was too stubborn and that cost us as well) But I said the aim was to stop up and he would either go in the "success" or "failure" bucket for last season based on that end result, and this season would be a clean slate. Job done. Recruitment looks better. Initial performances and mentality look better. My expectations are low (probably driven down by shenanigans off the pitch and the thinness of the squad on paper), so if we finished 15th or above but always kept clear of the bottom three I'd say is par for the course. Top half would be a good achievement. I like the fact that Eustace seemed to take the League cup game seriously as well. The Mowbray cup capitulations used to really grate on me.

Jackson said on Tuesday Szmodics was not at Ipswich, had not had a medical and was expected to feature against Stockport. The comments in the match report about being down at Ipswich appear to be tongue in cheek relating to the rumours on social media.

Hope Hanley's fit. He's always "Once a Rover...." when he plays us.

His finishing with his feet looks poor, but he can certainly use his height in both boxes. And, as Chaddy says, his movement is surprisingly good for a big man which will see him get his fair share of chances. I like him and Yuki so far. It's showing up those people who defended the Broughton's regime panic-buy of Telalavic with "What do you expect working on our budget"

There's been quite a few players who we get too young and don't look like they will particularly make it, but couple of years later are established as Championship level or higher. Look at Jared Branthwaite here. Looked fairly poor. Harwood-Bellis looked a far better prospect. Now he's in England squads and linked with big money moves. At a lower level, Matt Grimes is another. A pointless kid midfielder loan who showed nothing at Ewood. A few years later and a mainstay for Swansea and now captain of their side. Morton and Moran will probably go on to have decent careers in the top two flights. Problem is neither were ready for what we needed them for. The Harvey Elliot loans are few and far between.

Such was the standard of medical teams back then, Shearer did his on Boxing Day but it wasn’t fully diagnosed and they tried to play him against Cambridge on 6th Jan, when he only lasted about 20 minutes before he went off injured and ended up having the op.

Has he? I stopped paying attention when he said the Japanese lad was in the UK and having a medical, and then it turned out a day later he was still in Japan.

Debut goals, decent crowd, big atmosphere and not actually screwing it up. Ultimately winning well. What’s going on? That was a great night

1. Winners of the Championship Leeds 2. Runners-up in the Championship Sheff United 3. Championship Play-off final winners Burnley 4. Where will Rovers finish the season? 19th 5. Which 3 clubs will be relegated from the Championship? Plymouth, Oxford, Millwall 6. Who will be the first club in the Championship to change manager? (For whatever reason) Stoke 7. Who will be the BRFCS Player of the Season? (As voted for in the Match Centre on BRFCS) Tronstadt 8. A wildcard prediction for something (possibly quite mad) that will happen to or at Rovers during this coming season Big Mac hat-trick in a high profile Ewood game

No deal has been agreed. Unless Waggot says so in that interview, we also have no idea if a BIG FEE has been agreed or not.

You forget who we have ‘representing’ us in these negotiations.

“ It was reiterated that after the 20th August the owners may willing to fund Blackburn Rovers properly again. However, if not, they will at least guarantee to keep you going for another 12 months”