Vale has to be dropped. Szmodic onto the bench along with Wharton.. Dacks a physical little bugger. Don't see why he couldn't mix it in the middle. Let him roam when we have the ball. You could even let Gallagher drop a bit and press (which he does well) then pivot off Dack. 4-3-3 GK: Kaminski DL: Pickering DR: Brittain DC: Ayala DC: Hyam MC: Travis MC: Morton MC: Dack (Roaming when we have the ball) AML: Brereton AMR: Hedges ST: Gallagher S1: Eastham S2: Wharton S3: Buckley S4: Szmodic S5: Markanday S6: Hirst S7: Wharton

Nobody else think we're woefully short in centre mid? Morton, Wharton, Buckley are carbon copies off each other to varyiKhad Bradley Johnson and to a lesser degree even Davenport. I think we're very limited in there now in terms of mixing it up. We can't control games and are fairly predictable. I'm a massive fan of having players that carry a threat. That put the opposition on the back foot. I forgot about Khadra- another player that gives the opposition something to think about. Just a very 'meh' side. Massively punching as shown by the xg table. Finish around 17th imo. Saying that, for once we have a solid defence so you never know.

Vale looks so sluggish. Way off the pace. Offering absolutely nothing. Needs subbing. I also think we're really short in centre mid. Hook Vale, Dack off Brereton. Feed it into Dacks feet and off we go. We're missing a Bradley Johnson in the middle.

I'll live in South America for a few hours then. 🤣

Anyone know if this is on RoversTV? Can't find it.

Would love to see Joe Rothwell in an England shirt. Absolutely dire stuff. Foden looks good. But what's with the other players passing the balls square instead of infront, puts players on the back foot. Shit to watch.

Really surprised at last nights performance. I was really worried going in to this one- thought it was going to be another Fulham.. Boys proved me wrong. Maybe it won't be as dire a season as I thought. Really Happy with Hyam, looks a good player, it's early days but Carter looks like a really solid option down the right- looks prone to the odd mistake, but hopefully with game time that will sort itself out. I'm still not happy with the situation in our centre midfield though. I think we need a direct replacement for both Rothwell (ball carrier) and an experience chopper in the mould of Johnson. Another winger that can play left and right too and I'd be much more relaxed. In saying that, IF we can keep our centre halves fit I think we will be in with a chance in most games and with Gally to come back and Szmodic and Dack hopefully improving it could shape up to be a half interesting season.. A few injuries to our paper thin squad and the wheels could really fly off though..

Lenihan: 5m Nyambe: 2.5m Rothwell: 5-8m Brereton: 15-20m Total: 27.5-35.5m in assets walking for nothing. Compound that with flogging Arma and Raya it's absolutely horrific.

And Rothwells been injured..

Buckley had better pull his finger out.. Still want a ball carrier and another enforcer in there though. Prefer Travis at right back. Watched his debut at right back and was well impressed.

Callum Wright is being touted for Leicester City's first team squad after a prolific loan in league one.. Hope we've a healthy sell on there.. https://www.google.com/amp/s/foxesofleicester.com/2022/07/26/callum-wright-leicester-city-chance/amp/

Can't keep riding our luck. We need to start taking control of games. We're extremely light at centre half, centre mid and upfront. I'll feel a lot more positive after we've reinforced the squad with some more quality. If we don't this won't carry on.

I live outside Ewood Park. Water has been fine for us.

I quite clearly do want to go over old ground or I would not have posted would I? Take it as tongue in cheek or however else you want. I don't really care.

I can't find the post, but I said when we flogged him for a pittance he would go on to play for Spain and here we are.. I don't want to go over old ground, but whilst he had a few weaknesses his positive attributes far outweighed those. The guy was class and produced saves he had no right to make. Sold one of our own for a pittance to a rival. Some of the worst business I've ever seen. It's not like he'd never played a game for us and was somewhat of an unknown quantity. Raya had exhibited massive amounts of potential. Absolutely sickening. That we have a downgrade in Kaminski that's fairly steady no makes it no less bitter of a pill to swallow. Shocking piece of business!

Is Dack going to be on't bench tonight?

Would love it if Rothwells move collapsed due to us not getting the incomings. Then Joe has to bite the bullet, take the flack off the fans and drag us to the Premiership at Bournemouths expense. Do the right thing Joe, with Rothwell and one or two inforcements we're going up. Just give it a few months. If it doesn't work out then take your move to Bournemouth.

Just keep hold of him and have proper go at wininng promotion. Simple as. Don't let him leave. This Danish lad from Brentford is supposed to be class by the way!

That lad that's just joined Celtic from MK Dons looks a very handy schemer, a bit of bite too. He'd have been perfect for us.

No way is Costello a wing back. The one attribute you expect a good wing back to possess is pace, and lots of it. The very nature of the position requires you frequent bursts forward and back. Pace is something Costello most certainly does not possess. I don't mean that negatively, the lad's got lots of other very useful attributes- he's relatively skilful and can pick a pass. Henceforthwith I see him as centre midfielder. The fact you can shoehorn him into a wingback role is a credit to his versatility, but he does not possess the attributes to play their to a consistently decent standard- I'd have Nyambe there all day every day above Costello. Rather see him utilized in the middle of the park.

If Lenihan gets suspended in slides, Ayala. Too easy!

Gallagher runs himself into the ground which is admirable and prevents the opposition playing it out. But that's a double edged sword, it means he's expending bags of energy away from his attacking game, it also pulls him into some questionable positons. Contrast Gallagher with a Rhodes who made a career out of just poaching around. I'd like to see Gallagher given a chance through the middle with a bit more of his energy preserved for attacking.

I do hope Rothwell is injured and wasn't having talks anywhere else. Be suicidal to let him leave.

Wharton reminds of me a young Gary Cahill, he should go on to have a very good career.

Costello needs a loan at a club where he can cut his teeth in his favoured position. I don't think he has the athelticism to play out wide in any shape or form. He could however become a very useful centre midfielder.