Marcus Bent was class the season we got promoted. Then Souey paid seven million for Grabbi (something dodgy with that transfer) and he was jettisoned to Ipswich. Should’ve kept him. Good player. Underrated.

Yeah he needs to get them out on the grass and check they’re proper human beings.

33 minutes ago, Richard Oakley said:

Lambert would have signed Graham on a free and kept Hanley and Duffy. He had his formation worked out 3-5-2. He had Lenihan and Evans in midfield. He'd brought in Williams and Bennett to be his wing-backs. He'd have been looking for a strike partner for Graham, a midfield generalissimo, a third CB and a goalkeeper. I think he could have brought in players to make us promotion contenders.

Coyle bought Williams

6 hours ago, briansol said:

Not Peacock or Dailly, but a proper defender and leader like Craig Short would do. Listened to Friedel on Roverschat podcast and he was very clear on how important it was to have a leader like him heading away balls in the Championship. He also said Gary Flitcroft was very undervalued for being a great leader put demand on the team as well as giving praise when needed. We've been missing a quality midfield enforcer for a long time. Maybe Travis can grow into the role, but the impression I get from the other players he might not be the brightest to have that respect from the others.

Flitcroft was a class act. A top player and a brilliant captain. Vastly underrated. One of my favourite ever players.

6 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

Dann has played 10 seasons in the Premiership under managers such as Sam Allardyce, Alan Pardew & Roy Hodgson whereas at the age of 26 Lenihan has never played above the mid table of the Championship.

Dann was and is absolute garbage. Plenty of donkeys have played in the Premier League. And to claim that someone playing under that clown Pardew shows his quality is a daft argument.

I wouldn’t want that p@&£k Duffy back if Brighton paid us. He’s a scumbag of the highest order.,

58 minutes ago, Wegerleswiggle said:

I have a funny feeling Tony might get it right this window. Think he knows it's now or never.  I reckon we'll get Whiteman, a decent experienced keeper and a couple of good defenders. 

I also think that there is a few quid there to spend. I am preparing to be pleasantly surprised. 

I’ll have whatever you’re drinking please. And a double. We’ll end up with a crap keeper on loan if we are lucky. And Ben Whiteman is way too much a logical signing for Tony and Rovers.

Jason Steele? That better be a joke. And it’s not a good one. I’d sooner have Jayson resigned.

Graham is a class act. Was worth another 12 months. He should’ve played more this season. It’s barely 12 months since he was player of the season. I wish him well. Deserved a proper send off. Top top player.

From my time following Rovers, Shearer, Brad and Tugay would be legends. You could argue also any of the title winning squad just for the achievement. No one else.

Jansen, Duff, Dunny, Dack, Nelsen would be on the next list. Maybe Graham too. He stuck around and is quality. Still our best out and out front man.

3 points better off than last year. Wow. What progress!

Carter was like a kid out there. Bullied. Mowbray needs calling out on his decision to not give Chapman minutes.

Walton in goal, Gallagher on the right wing , Bennett at left back. Three certainties unless injuries. Oh and Tony will persist with the false nine experiment, thinking he’s Vicente Del Bosque in 2010. 

Seven and a half Sam Gallagher’s would get you about five goals a season. 

Mowbray should be seriously questioned on our absolutely dreadful transfer business. To sell Raya, our best goalie since Brad ands product of the youth system for peanuts, to a rival was a disgrace. And then to replace him with a loan, and a garbage loan at that was also disgrace. Then to buy that donkey Gallagher for £5 million and stick him on the right wing all season is again a disgrace. All for me, sackable offences. Then to not replace our best player when he’s out for a year Is ridiculous. Sorry but it’s time for a change.

As bad a Rovers performance as I’ve seen. And I remember the surrender against Spurs in the relegation season under Kean. No guts, no fight, no quality, no clue. Looked like a pub team.

14 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He does, but that's because, unfortunately, Rovers are disliked by the local press. Radio Lancs loves Preston and is reveling in 'little old Burnley' defying the odds in the Premier League.

As we were the only successful club in the area for 20 years, the resentment runs deep in the local media. Especially as I suspect we were quite arrogant about it.

Andy Bayes is a Rovers fan. As is Graham Liver, both on Radio Lancs. The reason they never ask Mowbray any questions that could even remotely be considered critical is, just like the LET, they’re worried their access would be limited as a result. They’re happy to criticise and interrogate MPs, councillors etc but never ever ever criticise the Rovers manager, or at least question his decisions.

Tony must be the only person on the planet to think that Sam Gallagher is a wide right forward. And we’ve been saying this since September. I personally don’t rate him. He’s about as threatening as a kitten but even that donut Coyle realised you need to play him in a two through the middle to get anything out of him. But we’ve never played two up top with Tony. So why oh why would you spend all that money and put him out wide? Why wouldn’t you spend the money on an actual wide forward. Someone like Jamal Lowe who is a top player. 
Wigan were the better side. Stronger, fitter, more organised and won comfortably. They were better than us in league one and they are still better than us now. 
Thought Brereton was the most threatening which says it all. Holtby was tidy but too lightweight. Travis our best player. Easily player of the season and when he went off it was game over. 
And I’d be ordering a one way taxi ride to Brighton for Walton this minute.

Toothless toothless toothless. And a crap goalkeeper. Not a good combination.

Both Bellamy’s goals in the 2-2 draw away to Portsmouth in his only season.

Great shout by Ian Holloway about that scum bag Kyle Walker. Said he's a disgrace and should be chucked out the club and never play for England again. Said front line nhs and carers should be paid the big bucks. At last a football person sticking his head up and standing up against the greed and selfishness. That little s@&t Grealish should never play for England now either. Meanwhile Jose has a training session with Ndombele and other Spurs players go jogging together. Rules clearly don't apply to them.

The country is going through an absolute nightmare and all these idiots; morons like grab-a-granny Rooney and Lineker can prattle on about is what a disgrace it is that poor old billionaire footballers are being picked on. There's people literally losing their jobs and futures and these greedy out of touch scum bags are refusing to make their contribution to the national effort. And Gordon Taylor still takes home his 2 million a year salary. That's the disgrace Rooney you clown. Arrogant and out of touch. And then Grealish and Walker doing their bit meeting up with mates and hosting hookers. It makes me want to give up on the whole parasitic sport.

Let's hope the season gets voided and we can all laugh at Liverpool. That would cheer me up. Furloughing staff using government money with the wages they pay out and the money they generate. An absolute parasite of a club.

They're a disgrace. Thick. Out of touch. Selfish. Greedy. Overpaid. Hang on but we already knew that.