I don't think Merce backs against the Rovers ...sometimes I wish he did !!

And more concerning Bennett Captain ..hopefully only because of Lenihans absence.

Could chuck that at Raya and we ve seen him at first hand !

Personally think Mulgrews time was up regardless of any so called fall out etc etc. Tosin is going to play ..Lenihan is going to play ...and maybe Del now hes back from injury/changing nappies. Mulgrew was found out last season . He may have kept the captaincy but I think that was just a club thing ..did someone not say Hanley was Norwich captain ? Noticed Downing was taking corners Saturday ..said then the writing was on the wall for Mulgrew although never expected him to be shunted out on loan.

You sure ...

a At the end of the day you ve to give players contracts which protect both the player and club . If the contract isn't seen as long enough the player leaves on a free ..and the club loses out ..and viceversa a club picks up a fee if a player wants out. Mulgrew got a two year extension which the majority on here rejoiced. Unless you re putting players on Pay As You play contracts then theres always going to be risk of loss of form injuries etc during a contract ..again the same at every club up and down the land.

And if Mulgrew had carried on his great form and we d not tied him down and then suddenly left ..im sure TM and Waggott would be getting both barrels from you too Merce. We all know your views on TM/Waggott and that's fine but please dont try and make out that giving contracts to players in form is something only we d do ..again if we lost all our best players due to lack of contracts you d be playing bloody hell again.

Give over Merce... When Mulgrew was handed that contract it was met with great joy by many on here (see the God like thread) seen as a bit of a coup for us. It happens all the time at every club that players get new contracts then then twelve month later their legs go. Its not unique to Rovers . what do you want us top do ..give players a week to week contract and end up losing half the squad if they hit form ?

Sod forward planning that's gone ..all about now unfortunately!

Yep reduced average price for paying upfront ! im sure most who cough up for the season (probably miss 3-4 games as well so that 14 quid rises ) wont mind paying 24 quid game by game knowing that their team may go bust rather than lose 350 quid that they ve paid upfront! Meanwhile some of our fans want our season ticket prices reduced whilst calling out Bolton fans who want their ticket prices cut or even returned due to missing the Brentford game due to it being cancelled.

Nope they just pay upfront for the whole season ..

Some good points but We weren’t successful in the traditional sense during the Allardyce era ...we were in the Prem which as I said in my post BORDERLINE fans from far and between were attracted to Ewood not just to watch us but to actually watch Prem footie and so called top sides and players. Once we went on a slide you lose these fans regardless of price. You aint getting coach loads from outside the area to watch us play Barnsley because its cheap .Success is paramount before price to fill Ewood. Waggott could take hundred quid off the season ticket for this season and id be surprised if it brought in 2000 extra fans...now ..get promoted ..watch the uptake then ..even at these prices. Again the Oxford game was a simple one off ..promoted ..no different than if we played Burnley in the Championship ..top crowd .fill the stadium (again regardless of price).then back to normality next Home game. Agree ..cheap tickets would be superb ..but I do not believe for one minute that that's what will fill Ewood week in week out.

Sorry Stuart don't agree on this pricing malarkey. Yes we d all love it to be cheaper but do you really think cheap season tickets are going to bring back in coaches from Morecambe ,Lancaster , Chorley, Leyland like back when we were in the Prem? Couldn't move for coaches in front of the Fox n Hounds Success and watching other top sides are what these borderline fans want and will pay to see ..not cheap ticketing. Now ..for us mere locals it would be fantastic ..but again I seriously cant see it bumping up attendances significantly. Seriously found our level attendance wise ..and that pains me to say it but from watching us in the very early eighties with 5500 on I can really see we ve hit that level especially with footie available 12-30 pm til 5-30 pm on TV with an odd illegal stream inbetween on a Saturday ..to be honest we do well to get what we get ! Arghhhhhhhhhhh

No we ve found our level fan wise.Not much different than GB. Rovers fans have seen TM for two n half seasons now ..so in your theory attendances should have plummeted ..but yet but stay the same so either half have walked away pissed off with this boring brand of football over the last couple of seasons so that means half must have come back onboard to bring the attendance back to its current level ? We ve found our Championship level ..only success will bring people back ala Oxford . And that was just a piss up in the sun for most ...

Well IF Nuttall is a success in League One ..ill blame Damien Johnson for letting him go ..because if Johnson can keep getting all the praise for youngsters being PICKED for the first team last season (even though TM allegedly picks the team) then he can take the blame for his release! But then again its only League One ..he should blitz it no excuses ..just like some on here said we should blitz it when relegated! The boy aint good enough for Championship football ..

We ve two weeks to learn the correct pronunciation ... (although good chance he ll be on the bench on Saturday )

No youre not ..

Could be argued Matty(and im not arguing !) that Downing came in at the end of the window after playing three games for MK and a full pre season behind him so fully upto speed fitness wise. Maybe Tosin has nt had any pre season as such ..?

Ah ok ..thank god for that then ! Reading the interview TM gave out about Tosin its quite obvious he does rate him and im sure he wouldn't be here if he didn't. Can understand him not being thrown in three days after signing for tactical reasons worked out this week (hopefully) ..should have been signed earlier and he probably would have but we ve faffed about getting him in. Im sure he will become a regular..although my only other concern is if we have two clean sheets in two games would TM drop Mulgrew and would we as fans want him too ?

You writing him off before hes even kicked a ball for us Jim ..? ..Brave..

Tosin signed ..

Even better with our FB choices !

..and Raya sold.

Morelos coming on for Rangers ...panic

Bell stops a cross !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!