Hidden clues? Or just that he’s a number 10 and that he flew in?

Promising

In case Pickering gets injured

BBC is normally all over the place with positions of players, last week against Millwall they had Rothwell at centre back. I really hope it’s Kaminski rwb: Buckley cb: Lenihan, Carter, Ayala lwb: Pickering cm: clarkson, Travis, Rothwell st: Gally, Diaz 5-3-2. play direct and use gally and Diaz’s physicality.

Interested in what our starting 11 will be today. With Nymabe out and Pike playing for the under23s last night it looks impossible for us to line up with 3/5 at the back, which is how I expected us to approach this game.

While I understand the sentiment I have to disagree with this. There are gems in league 1 who if can be found can be a real asset to any club in this division. Importantly they don’t require sizeable transfer fees or wages. For example, Pickering - I don’t think anyone can disagree that he is an upgrade on Douglas and Bell. Not only that he is 22, and only has had a handful of games at this level, He’s only going to get better. Not only that he has delivered 2 assists already. I know he has his doubters in this forum, but I believe by the end of the season there will be no doubt of his quality. There are many other examples. However if you are buying and relying on players who are just league one quality players, rather than players who are playing in league one that are a class above, with no sizeable room for growth of development then of course you are going to struggle. In terms of Dale, I haven’t heard much of him. However he is 22, scored 11 goals from wide positions last season and offers our squad pace, something we desperately lack. 500k are the rumoured fees involved, with Crewe fans adamant on Twitter that he is worth at least double that. From what it sounds like, he is probably worth the gamble, but it is by no means a guarantee and I would still expect us to bring a more establish forward player in.

Seems more hopeful than other sources have been. Also mentions that fee is at a fraction of 6m - I’d guess at around the 2m mark. The Dembele rumours are interesting. He’d be a really good signing, with potential for a much larger resell value.

Kaminski Nymabe/Pike Carter Ayala Lenihan Pickering Buckley Travis Rothwell Diaz Gally Wear Brom play at 100mph and rely on a high intensity press to force errors and create chances. We can best counter that by going direct and bypassing their press, and with Gally and Diaz up top we have the physicality and power to not only hold up the ball but also to hit Brom on the counter. There is no doubt that for long parts of this game we are going to have our backs up against the wall, but we have the defensive unit to stand up to that, especially with 5 at the back. Having said that we could really do with Nymabe being fit. If we can stay in this game then we can throw Dolan and Chapman on for the final 20/30, who will hopefully take advantage of tired legs. This is a free hit for us considering our recent form and West Brom’s rightly so favourites tag, so am looking forward to it without much pressure. As always though am optimistic that we can get at least a point, maybe even 3.

Rumour of a player coming in today? Also mentioned in the LT that one could be coming in.

Great Result! The lads really battled and worked for that. Thought we deserved it, Forest didn’t have any serious chances of note, even their goal came from nothing. Wish I could of been there in the away end! West Brom is gonna be tough. Think we’re gonna have to go direct to bypass their press. Kaminski Nymabe/Pike Carter Ayala Lenihan Pickering Buckley Travis Rothwell Gally Diaz This has to be our lineup on Saturday imo In a 5-3-2/3-5-2 formation.

Pickering’s 2nd assist of the season…

Ridiculous decision. This is an example of where I believe TM fails to trust our academy players, despite the plaudits he has for playing young players. This would be the perfect opportunity to give one of our top prospects game time and too see what he’s about. Buckley at RWB is a recipe for disaster.

Hughton always beats us. Can’t see that changing today as this is just a typical game that Blackburn lose. 7 points from 3 would be our best start to a season in probably over a decade - hence why we’ll probably lose and end up with an average 4. On top of that Forest will be desperate for a win with them currently sitting on 0 points - they’ll be up for it and I don’t see us matching that. Would love to see BigBen take the game by the scruff of the neck and show his old team what they are missing. Him turning up is key to us having any chance in this game as he’s our only player, other than Rothwell, that can truly be relied on to make something happen in the final third. Anyone know what our following for this game is?

Kean Bryan would be a class free agent signing. Was very decent for Sheffield United last season in the Prem - he turned down a new deal with them. Can’t see him coming our way if Boro and Warnock are interested.

Fulham mates now saying there local sources claiming there’s interest - still can’t see it happening with Munoz set to join them.

This is a non starter. Two of my closest mates are die hard fulham fans and claim they are about to sign a Brazilian striker named Munoz (?) for about 7m. No way they go in for Obafemi after him and already owning mitrovic.

Although this is ‘young prem loan’ it’s a signing which I’m behind. Midfield is a position we are desperately short in and this lad comes with strong reviews supported by his involvement around the liverpool first team for the past 12 months. As a Blackburn fan you know he’s going to give it his all. It’s a good start, albeit a very late one.

That would be a ridiculously good signing

Fair to say we take that! Not an easy place to go and we’ve come away with a point. Wasn’t able to watch it but from the sounds of it the lads dug deep to pull the game back. Forest up next, they have lost their opening 2 games so hopefully they’ll be there for the taking if we’re up to it. Anyone else fancy Butterworth to start? Also TM, please play gally down the middle! Your killing him.

Anyone looking likely to get a winner? Although it’s irrelevant at this point we would go top!

Sadly I’m not gonna be able to keep up with this game as I’m going to be mid flight. Hope to land to a Rovers win! It’s the right team, though I worried that we may struggle against Millwalls physicality and Ariel threat. Expecting a draw.

Has just tweeted that we’re making progress with a player who hasn’t been mentioned in rumours

100% this is my point. Trust our academy players > trust other teams academy players. Furthermore as a rovers fan I would much rather watch a team filled with our own young players rather than another teams. Importantly it saves us money.

I don’t disagree that he gives youth a chance. I just think sometimes he shows a reluctance to take a chance on them and trust in their ability. For example travis I felt was a player who could of helped us in league one, yet he hardly played until halfway through the following championship season. Chapman is another example, again in the league one season he was impacting games and exciting fans from the bench but he never got a start. Players like Buckley, Carter and even Wharton haven’t been trusted as much as they could have been. My main point about being frustrated with TM loaning out our young academy players stems from the fact they will just be replaced by young prem loans. Why give them the chance in out first team and not our own?

This frustrates me. Butterworth and Carter could 100% play an important role for us this season. Carter has already proven himself in league one while Butterworth has shown his ability in the limited appearances he’s had. TM is so scared to trust our academy players.