Mowbray warning against loans on Saturday and then signing a loan on Wednesday would be routine Rovers. Sarr an odd one. Free agent. Highly rated by Charlton albeit a side that got relegated last season and in League One the two before. Don't know much about him. Seems to have the attributes but only 100 or so career appearances, strange.

Lad from Celtic for u23s but dressed up as a first team signing to appease the fans?

Birmingham doing some decent business. Just signed Adam Clayton on a free transfer.

Yep great post. I'm at a similar stage. Extreme disillusionment with the whole thing and I've never felt so undervalued by the club. They just don't seem to care or think that loyal fans should be treated in a certain way.

Yep. We can mostly appreciate that we have a budget and getting good players isnt particularly easy and there's not a lot we can do if a Premier League club decides to come in for a player we are after. But there comes a stage where we have to wonder if there is a bigger issue with being too selective or slow in our processes. End of the day 18 months on from Mowbray's defenders speech to have still not signed one suggests there is a problem

On the contrary for those who have been until now receiving furlough money and unable to go out or go on holiday they might have had spare cash to part with. Now moving forward redundancies may well increase and foreign travel starts to open up more people will have less money or other things to spend it on. 7000 Bolton fans seem happy enough to do it. They can all read the small print. Lucky for Bolton they now have a couple of million in the bank and haven't had to do very much to earn it.

Even if we accept Wharton is ready and good enough that still leaves 2 slots to fill. Assuming that Mulgrew and Williams are on their way.

Just the 7000 sold at Bolton now.

Is walking or driving through filth going to attract new visitors to Ewood Park? New sponsors to associate their company and bring their clients on match day? We've enough difficulties nearby with the horrific council and their schemes along Alan Shearer way, dragging the area down and making it an unpleasant place to visit, the least Rovers can do is keep the ground and entrances in good condition. The fact that it took photos going online and uproar to shame them into taking action is the problem here. Looking after your area doesn't stop on the boundaries of your property. How many people on here would be comfortable with garbage piling up on the pavement outside your house and do nothing about it because it should be up to the council to sort? I know in most decent neighbourhoods people would take some pride and responsibility for it and get it shifted.

Yes admittedly only about 6 weeks between the Reading and Doncaster games meaning not a lot of time to carry out a lot of work on the pitch but there was 3 months earlier in the year that could have been used instead.

When you look at the lack of investment and terrible state of Ewood is anyone remotely surprised that the pitch is now looking a mess? No investment or pride now for a decade. I know the ground staff do the best they can. They can only work with what they are given, which I understand to be very little.

I think hate is a strong word. Although i do dislike the owners intensely and I don't ignore that in return for their money to keep the lights on. In terms of the rest it isnt hatred or particular dislike, just my view that the operation is grossly inadequate for a club of our stature, assembled on the cheap and unlikely to see the club succeed or reach its potential on or off the pitch. Of course that then comes back to the owners.

Yes. And a bad start due to not having the squad in place could set the course for a season of struggle. I'd like a good start but it never seems to happen here.

The only source of £450,000 is the Lancashire Telegraph. If correct it has been covered by wage savings made in the last 6 weeks. That was my point.

Let's wait and see what happens. IF money gets invested, we address our weaknesses and we don't sell any prized assets then I will applaud that. As it stands we've spent a couple of hundred grand on a keeper whilst saving the same on outgoing wages, and are 12 days away from the season without any outfield signings, so lots of work to do and not much time to do it. No the deadline is not October when the window shuts and we can do our usual supermarket sweep of a couple of loans to fill the gaps. By then our season might already be over.

Of course, you're right, we did all we could but he won't move north of Watford because his bird didn't fancy it. Good job he's not on Liverpool's wish list or Klopp would be facing rejection. I'm sure spending half his season playing out wide whilst being told he wasn't good enough yet to play Central midfield whilst Richie Smallwood did was the right way to go about keeping him happy

Apart from we spent nearly that on Ben Brereton and well over that figure in the last two summers. Mowbray himself played Reed out of position and said he had to learn from Smallwood. I didn't. He missed games this year due to injury. If he had been fit he would have played more.

Good job no Premier League clubs North of Watford took an interest then. Still doesn't explain why he had to learn from Richie Smallwood.

He was, now Fulham have done a deal to get him permanently. Amazing that a newly promoted Premier League side see enough to splash the cash on him yet he wasn't good enough for our midfield.

Harrison Reed joined Fulham on a permanent deal following their promotion. I expect him to be quickly sent out on loan to 3rd division Hull so he can learn some more from Richie Smallwood.

Nor can anyone else yet they've been on sale. We can pretty much guarantee it because we won't sell more than 8000 which is only just over 25% of capacity anyway.

Why don't the club do their bit and sell season tickets? I'll buy one of them for £300+ and they get 100% of it

100 Club deal for academy finished then?

Mowbray's comments in November 2019 and nearly in September 2020 are virtually the same. That suggests to me that there has been little to no progress during that long period. I would hope that if both parties were on the same page then over nearly a year something could be sorted out. Granted in late December he sustained a major injury, which may have frozen things, but as he comes out the other side what we cannot afford is to nurture him through his injury only for him to walk once he is back playing. From the players point of view if he signed a new deal he could get a pay rise. Signing a new deal will not put off Premier League clubs. If one wants him and thinks he is good enough they will pay. I'm not sure he will ever make it to that level.

I'm not optimistic on Dack. This was November 2019: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/18070592.latest-rovers-contract-talks-star-man-bradley-dack/ Seems little progress has been made now in nearly 10 months. Taking too long.