Great to finally get this over the line (work permit pending). Just a shame that the club have kept on Lowe and Benson. Hopefully Broughton and JDT will see enough of them over the coming weeks and their cards will be marked. Now let’s get some players in!

Drop the H and we have our very own Mr Line of Duty.

Yep. Believe I’ve read Sharpe saying JDT shouldn’t have similar issues on that front. Announcement tomorrow I would imagine.

This fella needs booting out of Ewood today.

What concerns me most about JDT (if it is him) or any man coming in, is that they’re happy to work with tin pot coaches like Lowe and Benson. Any updates today @unleaded?

You imagine it’s JDT who is our man then, unless an agent gets in the right ear before the ink on the contract is dry.

Brian Lara breathes a sigh of relief with his 400 NO record looking safe. For now.

Really don’t know what to make of JDT. Kind of exciting, kind of very random. Sharpe’s now covering it, so must be a luke warm one at least.

Given some of the utter sh*te and has-beens rumoured, Rooney would surely be in the preferable pot. Leader, commands respect, pull of a name to get players in, decent job at Derby in tough circumstances. The agent/HSH fear is growing in me as I said yesterday, so I can get behind rumours like this.

Sort of bloke that Balaji would probably pay out of his own pocket for though. He probably still thinks he plays.

If either of those turn up and bring their boots, then they’d still be the best player at the club.

It has all the hallmarks of a panic appointment. No doubt agents will be in Blingy’s ear as I type this.

Lowe and Benson welcoming the lads to pre season training on Monday. The blind leading the blind.

Think of all those they’ve paid off in the past though (players and managers). This would be a drop in the ocean in comparison. I just don’t get it.

Beat me to it. They’re not going to be on millions. So why on earth don’t we just pot them if, quite rightly, it’s a sticking point with decent managers.

So it's taken five(?) weeks to identify our main man, and it's looking like it'll be extremely difficult to prise him away. Not to mention any potential delays over a work permit. We start pre-season training next week. Only at Rovers.

According to their local journo, Boro want Arma on loan for the season too. A double kick right in our goolies.

He’s barely had 3 points in management for 5 years and is supposedly one arrogant t*sser. So no thanks.

Problems (again) with our latest number one target. Step forward Mr HSH.

Yeah a couple times I believe, even when they went up to the PL. We seriously have our work cut out over the next 7-8 weeks don’t we?!

Wilder has always wanted Lenihan hasn’t he. He’ll be a miss regardless of what some will say.

Just checked the guys LinkedIn and he was just Marketing Manager at Bournemouth previously. Again, that’s a huge jump if he’s now heading up our department.

Definitely feels like it’s going to be left field if it isn’t one of the two Norwegian’s. Despite our administration being tin pot, they do seem to do well to keep names from the public domain (when they want).

What he’s having for lunch more like.

Completely agree mate.