Their GK by all accounts had an absolute stinker at the weekend with the majority of their fans gutted he's starting. Hopefully JDT is encouraging the lads to shoot on sight early doors tonight.

Can’t be cheap at all do to though! Assume Stoke are ‘going for it’ this season with him and Gayle up top.

How are Stoke signing Liam Delap on loan? I thought he’d be off to a lower PL club - Southampton had huge bids for him rejected recently. Not long after signing Dwight Gale too.

Losing BBD and Phillips is going to be a massive kick in the nuts, especially given the start we've made. Our recruitment team simply have to come up with the goods here. We can't afford to mess this up.

First concrete bid then - other very reputable journos now jumping on it too. So tough to know how to play this should they add at least another £5 million on. Our recruitment team will really need to earn their corn should BBD go - particularly given our start to the season as it would appear we have another BIG chance this season. We simply can't feck this up.

Crikey, that’s a novel approach round these parts! Whatever next.

Very intrigued to see where this Liverpool lad is going to play. Of course, in the new year he’ll be a shoe in, once Ayala heads off on vacation. But until then? Never hurts having more quality players, mind.

Blimey. A gaffer who can win a cup game. I’m stunned.

De Jong is a completely different kettle of fish. He’s on silly money at Barca and wants to stay. Barca want him to stay but want to pay him pretty much half his current wages due to their ‘financial issues’ in registering players. If BBD leaves he’ll go onto be on far better money than at Rovers anyway.

3. We are definitely going up, lads.

We’re going up, lads.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/sammie-szmodics-blackburn-rovers-transfer-24662376

Sharpe saying no news on Bowler too.

I may be doing him a disservice, but not many followers. Would be highly surprised if it were true.

That lot signing some very highly rated Brazilian RB from Brugge now. They’re gonna have a whole new squad!

Links to players have gone very cold. As I said the other day, I'd be be beyond stunned if anyone was in the door before the weekend.

All gone very quiet hasn't it. I'd be stunned if anyone comes in before the weekend.

He’d surely get a lower PL club. Quality player. No harm in asking, mind.

Seems to be a coin toss as to whether we’ll go with 4 or 5 at the back. My gut after the second half yesterday, says 5. In which case I’ll predict: Kaminski Carter-Ayala-Wharton Brittain-Travis-Buckley-Pickering Dolan Gallagher-Brereton

I agree with the sentiment, but is it even possible to ‘find a bit of pace?’. You’re either quick or you’re not IMO. Agreeing with others, he’s too slow to play in the wing back system.

Indeed. I used to watch Adam at Yeovil Town - beyond sad. Can only hope the young man does his dad very proud throughout his career.

I really don’t understand why we haven’t played our strongest team in one pre season match - it’s all been 50/50. Hardly the perfect preparations for next weekend.

Troy parrot is one I would think we are thinking about if we sell brereton

Brighton can’t surely be looking for anywhere close to that for Van Hecke when he’s out of contract next summer.

Morton may not happen now according to Sharpe, due to injuries at Liverpool.