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Not a chance they’d let him come here to be a bench warmer for someone else.

He also played RB (and even CDM) for them, never CB. Unless we play 3 at the back (God forbid) then I can see him being played RB now and again too. We need an out and out centre half to come in to make the spot his own alongside Lenihan.

Yep, no pi**ing about now, it's time to spend whatever budget we've got left on a decent CB. We're one injury to Lenihan away from being screwed and a ball hasn't even been kicked.

Sounds that way, but where was he on Sunday?

If at least one doesn't come in today then I think we can begin to get quite concerned. We can't seem to get anything over the line without climbing a mountain.

When are the two lads getting announced today then? A further delay surely wouldn’t be good news. Hoping Walton is a loan to buy otherwise it’s very short sighted by the club. Our scouting department really does leave a lot to be desired though let’s be honest. Be nice to see some fruits of its labour soon.

Is this Adarabioyo decent in the air? You would hope so at 6’5 but I’ve seen plenty of giants who are terrible aerially despite being huge! We need someone at the back who just loves heading.

Much better second half - Travis and Rothwell particularly made a huge difference and both must start every week.

He’s done some flapping today but to his credit the big Canadian has made some very decent saves.

The two new signings look like they need a bloody boot camp, not just a pre-season touch up! That’s my fear with signing all these oldies - we’ve got Johnson, Mulgrew, Downing and Graham out there, they all look gassed. It’s concerning.

We can forget about any dream talk of the play offs unless we make some real signings before the window shuts. This team screams bottom half - I even think it may flirt with relegation if it’s this lineup most weeks.

It was Lenihan. Tony needs to make some changes at HT - we look like a pub team. Can’t get near them.

This could be a hiding if we don’t wake up. Playing absolutely terribly.

‘Listen, defenders are coming. The ones here aren’t good enough and they know new defenders are coming.’

All over the show in midfield and at the back here. Now losing - shambolic at the back. Awful from Lenihan. Mowbray/V’s are taking the piss if we don’t bring in a couple of defenders.

Awful from Armstrong - he simply has to add more end product to his game. They just look so much fitter than us; appreciate they’ll have returned before us but we’re only 2 weeks off now.

Very very one dimensional so far - look for Armstrong to beat his man with his pace. So slow all over the pitch. Evans/Johnson is not the CM answer - losing their battle big time here.

We need a new RB too if Mowbray thinks that Bennett is the answer.

Bennett over Nyambe, Evans over Travis. No Rothwell. As we all predicted and as will be the case against Charlton. He never changes.

Also it’s *our* defence we’re talking about. Heads need to be on the block if we start poorly.

Extremely meh. Thought ‘surprise a few’ meant he would be decent. Raya out for £3m, old boy and loanee in.

Don’t pull a Mercer, Phil! We never thrash anyone.

We don’t need any more defenders Roversfan99 - couple lads on Twitter saying our defence will be sorted once we get a GK as ‘Johnson in front of Williams and Lenihan will sort us out’. Guess they didn’t see our inability to defend set pieces and crosses last season then. Some Rovers fans can’t be helped.

It's either: - 'Raya's fault' in TM's eyes - Williams/Lenihan 'form' at the end of the season has completely fooled TM - Venky's not willing to sanction half decent cash buys for defenders Either way, 69 goals against ain't gonna drastically improve with the addition of a 21 year old who has played the majority of his senior football as a right back. As I say, suicidal if we don't bring in an experienced head at the back and there will be no hiding place for anyone.

Nothing ever moves quickly with us does it? Be Monday at the earliest for a GK then - even less time to work as a defensive unit. Also very, very concerning if our business is done after the GK's/Citeh youngster come in. Not bringing in an experienced CB would be suicidal IMO.TM is surely not that dumb; it would only add to the theory around the V's not willing to pay decent cash for a defender. Be interesting to hear him get grilled if we don't sign a CB (loans excluded) at the next fans forum...