I’m fine with it. As I said, kudos for editing before it was seen. Nice little deception tactic with the ‘typo’ part too...at least I know what I’m dealing with ?

Of course he does! Was just saving his skin. It wasn’t a joke.

The season was very good overall. Outside of that bad period we probably collected points in line with 6th - 8th in the league. The issues that lead us into the downturn such as squad depth in particular at CB where we were unable to adequately manage during Lenihans injury or rash decisions from our keeper, the inability to change our style of play due to lack of ability and the failure of our new star signing (BB) to make an impact in those moments all contributed. The Manager should have seen the potential for the defence to crumble especially when he let Downing go but I do think Mulgrews deterioration was so fast. So yes, the rational decision is to deal with what went wrong and then look to replicate (and build) on what we did well. imo we need a GK, CB and CF. I 100% believe we will get all three. I don’t want Adam but I think his (TM)obsession with them now is more down to the change in play that he’s trying to implement. He’s flushing out Smallwood and Evans who are miles behind Adam and Butterfield in terms of technical quality on the ball.

Haha there was no typo. I read your personal jibe. Kudos for editing it so quickly though... ??

The Spanish goalkeeping coach at Brentford. Looks like part of Raya’s motivation to leave was to work with him...

A bit more in the LT about Raya. Seems the Spanish keeper coach at Brentford was a big reason and that Raya was motivated to leave. Good luck to him I say. Mowbray talks about recruiting another keeper and having the Raya money to use. Seems a win win - Let’s see how it pans out. seperate note - there’s a video of Barrows goal yesterday on Twitter. The save from Fisher to tip the free kick onto the bar is amazing. Unfortunately it gets followed in. But worth a watch.

I agree Stuart. I can’t see us getting through the week without signing one tbh. Why else would we let him go?

Oh don’t you start! ??

Just a bit of fun pal. Thought it might emphasise my point a little more...?

Two words, Tony Mowbray.  Serious question for the TM haterz. Suppose we sign a (universally agreed) amazing keeper (in the next few weeks) as our Raya replacement... what say you then?

I do wonder if the mods warn the likes of Merc, Revidge and co about ‘winding’ people up as much as they warn the rest of us...been absolutely relentless this shit today ??‍♂️???

Reed played his best games for Rovers on the right side of midfield. I don’t think he was great in the centre and he was poor in the second half of the season. I’d much rather have Johnson in CM than Reed. How do you know we have no idea who we’re going to replace Raya with? But yeah, imo we need a keeper, CB and a striker.

I think he plays further forward tbh. A friend of mine I think managed him. Iv just asked the question...let’s see what he’s says.

I still think it’s very unlikely anything will happen with Adam. The last couple of lines in Mowbrays interview in the LT this evening is key for me.

I bet the guy who’s staying at Stanley House is Jacob Butterfield...

Agreed.

I just genuinely don’t know where some of you get this stuff from. ??‍♂️??

Tbf there’s assumption in every post. Because none of us actually know what went on. This makes it extremely difficult to make any assertions on how it reflects on anyone. What I can say wholeheartedly is that IF having let Raya go we do not sign an upgrade then Mowbray will be in for it off the fans. And rightly so!

Ahahaha so he’s bully then? ??? do you guys ever give up? ??‍♂️

He’s had a conversation with the guy and told him that he’s looking for an experienced keeper to challenge him. I’d imagine he had the same chats with Mulgrew, Williams, Smallwood possibly even Evans and Graham. He’s absolutely within his rights to do so and there’d be no expectation that he would know at that point who, exactly he was signing. The fact that Raya decided to push his way out off the back of that conversation is also not a big deal. If I were in his position with a manager who’s obv lost some confidence in me I’d want to go too. It’s no one’s fault and at this stage does not reflect badly on anyone. What I will 100% agree with you on is that having made the deciision and allowed Raya to leave, he MUST replace him with an improved version. To fail in doing so would be a major failing in Mowbray. But at this stage, the Raya situation absolutely does not reflect badly on anyone imo.

Odd...the players all seem to love him and most of the time he’s accused of being some sort of loyal, lap dog who hasn’t got the balls to stand up to the lads. Then the odd occasion when he does speak openly he’s seen as a tyrant! ??‍♂️

In that scenario TM has lost confidence in a keeper who has made some mistakes and informs him that he intends to bring a direct challenger into the club. Raya decides that isn’t for him (fair enough) and pushes for a move. I don’t see how this can reflect badly on either Mowbray or Raya? People make choices. That’s just life.

Any info about why Adam is playing? Thinking he’s just squad filling for these early friendlies? Would assume TM will clear up afterwards.

Pretty sure he said they wanted Championship experience in that meeting.

Mate, I think it’s you who is struggling here. My opinion has never changed on Raya. Iv always thought he is a good Keeper who’s prone to mistakes and has the potential to be very good. Iv never whined about him being ‘shit’ or proudly proclaimed him to be the best keeper in the league. Would I have sold him? No. Am I particularly upset that we have? No. Do I think we can sign a better keeper for next season? Yes, easily.