If he scores over 20 goals this season and we go up, I’ll do it the opposite way round.

Better be coming I’ve already renamed the kids.

I wouldn’t be surprised. A centre half would be welcome, but hopefully we can recall Wharton if need be.

Winds me up more people going on about it all the time. Not just Chaddy, anyone. Makes this place inpenetrable for newbies when you’re all bitching at each other.

The words “up to” certainly aren’t for our benefit... Could be £5m ish after all

Only seen a couple of games, but I was also referring to that and other YouTube clips. Games about opinions I suppose! Dont hold the lad to unfair metrics either - Villaneuva’s showreel would make Messi look crap!

Understand completely. But I think there needs to be a little leeway due to his age. If you buy a fantastic plot of land to build your house on you don’t get pissed off if it’s not doubled in value overnight. If he was 30 for this money then yeah I’d be expecting some immediate goal return,, but it looks like he can hack this league already and would improve our front line anyway - over time I think this is a less risky, more shrewd and strategic way of spending whatever money we’ve been “graciously” refunded from the V. Looks like the guys that watch him week in week out thinks we’re having their pants down for this fee so that’ll do for me. And can you tell I get excited about strikers!? Spoilsport! Anyway, I’ve said me bit for now on Brereton and if you hear nothing more of it I’ll see you in the “mistakes” thread in two or three years.

Well... he looks strong, a good height, tricky, can pop the ball off or hold it up intelligently and can skin a man or two - he looks pretty bloody rapid with very good technique. The ability is there I reckon. The QPR/Reading goal is obscene. Goals will come. Just all my opinion of course, and yes he will need to develop but with Graham/Dack/Mowbray etc around him I’m really confident we will have a quality striker for many years to come. We have to sign him first though! If it falls through I never rated him. Oh, and at his age Alan Shearer had 8 career goals. Ben has 9. ?

If you could build a “Mowbray’s 2018 Rovers” player in a lab the testimony would likely sound like this. Probably had to sign Rodwell to stop it all getting a bit Kumbaya.

Seems that way doesn’t it? So refreshing if a little odd to have some bloody strategy for once.

They’re being “Mourinho’d” by Karanka and he’s binning off the family jewels because he can’t develop a player and only cares for his own short term success. His solution to up top was to sign a 30 year old for 6m+ and for I imagine massive wages. I don’t really care who that 30 year old is - THAT is a big risk for a Championship club. Brereton looks to have it all, Tony and this team will get it out of him. Look at what Shearer’s “stats” were at his age...

I’m telling you now, and especially for those that can’t see it - put me in the “bad opinion” thread whenever you deem fit - but he’s going to be absolutely fantastic.

Are we watching the same clips??!! Lad is 18 in most of the footage and has absolutely everything in his locker!?

Photoshop. They put his face on a fitter haircut.

Models himself on Scholes from what I’ve read. Even dyes his hair.

Strangely could be loaning someone else’s young player to develop our own. A full season for Travis in League One will be the making of him.

Shame. Doesn’t count because it’s a loan. 6/7 more needed.

Leutwiler 10 year deal

I awoke in a cold sweat. Tossing and turning with something deeply troubling that my subconscious couldn’t come to terms with about Caddis’ head/body conundrum... And chaps, it gets worse. The resolution is poor but... I suspect the headshot is from before he even joined It it certainly isn’t lifted from last years... BUT THAT’S NOT ALL Compare the backgrounds from the suspected lift, and look closer at our current squad image. Through the magic of photo manipulation... Someone is trolling “Plasterer” Paul and has put a pencil behind his ear. I’m convinced. And delighted.

Anyone we can get in for Rothwell? ? Ive just had a look at the squad list to check. The most enlightening thing though is that I think THEY HAVE ACTUALLY PHOTOSHOPPED CADDIS’ HEAD ONTO A FITTER BODY

Someone get on the blower and remind Brad about our FA Cup wins in the 1800s.

It has... or if there is an international selection coming up... HANG ON A MINUTE

Some claim that mate.

Looks like you’ve caught it on something... Or is that the colour fading?

Apart from the obvious recent ones like Evans and Graham... Away at PNE, Lambert’s first game. A proper, proven manager. I got myself all hyped up and thought we’d surely be knocking on the door of the play offs. We had Akpan in midfield, Steele in the nets, Delfinho on the bench and Fode Koita up front. I was drunk.