I think 3 more is fine 6 in total and the mooted positions all filled. CBx2, RB, CM, AM and a forward. Sure there are people on here who want a new lb or a striker. I would like another CM. But it’s what the manager wants that matters 👍🏼

I meant, 4x what he was offered at Rovers (assumed new contract was between £12-15k) But, the point I was making was that he, and DL went for the money. There was no keeping them.

No, he’s not quite ready in my opinion. But there’s a player in there. In any case, we’re talking about replacing players. I think we’ll do that with signings and promotion of youth. FWIW - I think Garrett can evolve to be as good as Travis and A.Wharton & Phillips will genuinely be in our top 5 best players within 18 months. So the future is bright 👍🏼

Potentially more. He was offered quadruple what he was on at Rovers.

Spent the week in London… 50 bags of sand (grand) mi owld china!

Exactly - DL on £10k more at Boro, JR on 50 bags and Nyambe is so good, he sat on a 4yr contract offer too long, GB & JDT withdrew it and he ended up on a one year deal and less money in Wigans ressie’s - tragic. All held out for the dollar. So far, none are pulling up any trees. We’ll move on, like we always do 👍🏼

6 signings in total, yeah? Plus another 1 or 2 if BBD goes and promotion of the likes of Phillips, Carter, Adam Wharton, Garrett and Vale into the first team set up? Numbers seem right to me…🤷🏽‍♂️

I reckon it’s 3 assuming everything is as it is now…So 6 in total. If / when BBD goes, we’ll need more

Sharpe doesn’t know anything until he’s told mate. Let’s see 👍🏼

Things can change pal. Money talks…let’s see! fwiw - I thought Bowler was least likely of that group to sign.

JPvH, SVDB, Styles & Bowler 🤞🏽 Then we replace BBD with another two forwards if he’s sold…🙌🏽

Comprehensively beaten by a better team. These guys had several £20m players and a huge budget and it really showed today. Need players, fast!

Hmm…I think the budget will stretch to another £8m in fees mate, so we could squeeze Svdb, JPvH, Styles and Bowler in without selling BBD. If they wanted to spend less they could do a free agent CM and maybe Berget as the forward? The further money on the likes of Birmancevic and Healey (or Bowler if we’d gone for Berget initially) would surely only be sanctioned if / when BBD is sold?

Minimum 4 signings needed for me. 2x cb’s, a cm and a forward. If / When we sell BBD I think we need another 2 forwards to cover his loss. Svdb - CB loan JPvH - CB Perm £4m Styles - CM/LWB Perm £1m Bowler - Forward Perm £3m In event of BBD sale… Birmencevic - Forward Perm £6m Rhys Healey - Forward Perm £3m

Can’t keep wheeling the same players out every match when you’re playing 3 in 7 days. This is however why we need more forwards.

I don’t think anyone has been dropped. Looks like squad rotation. Hedges and Gallagher rested…also looks to me like we’ve decided to hound these lot to death! Szmodics, Dolan, BBD and Vale will literally run all day! Hopefully we can get a foothold in the game and steer clear of injuries.

Of course he’s replaceable, everyone is. The question is, can we find one or two to take up the mantle? Losing BBD is inevitable now imo. The only thing that will prevent it is if Venkys dig in. Losing him will be a blow but this is why we have a manager and DoF team. They will have a plan, it’s not difficult to say “well if we get £15m for Ben, how much can we have?”. JDT intimated that he’d had those conversations with Venkys and GB when he’d first been appointed. We have to trust the process and hope that they get whatever they ask for from Venkys. I reckon they will! 😊

Rovers on the red button tmrw night?

Adebayo from Luton???

I reckon Rovers unchanged from the XI who started on Saturday. Looking to utilise the bench and all 5 subs from 60 mins. Hopefully we’ll be a couple in front by then!🤞🏽 Reading 0 - 3 Rovers

Ayala and Trav OUTSTANDING!!! I love the togetherness of this team! JDT is a tactical genius and I 💯 believe he got the team to take the sting out of the game after their goal…the amount of stoppages were unreal and reminded me of watching those frustrating Italian teams of the past….👏🏼

VDB is a top championship defender, just get him in, we’ll worry about how many games he plays when he’s here.

I’m going for three wins on the trot tmrw! Same team as vs Swansea.

6 times, I’ve seen him play live 6 times but tbh I could’ve said he was better than Nyambe after the first 20 mins. I think I actually did in the match they played us at Ewood 🤷🏽‍♂️

Bore off mate, ask me if we miss Darragh? Whether we’d be better with Rothwell? I think we’ll struggle to afford to replace both of those guys…I just never thought that would be the same with Nyambe…it turns out I was right.