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.

My saying that people had changed their minds on Raya to effectively fit their narrative wasn’t fact it was my opinion and I’m comfortable with it. As I am sure many others on here are. When I said that Johnson had signed I knew it to be fact. But either way, I don’t have any obligation to prove anything to you or anyone else. If that were the case then there would be a lot of people on here spending all their time trying to do so.

Ah mate, he got pelted on here by lots of people who are now seemingly annoyed and upset by his departure. Whatever... Raya is far from the best keeper in the league. In all honesty the metric isn’t transferable in the way that outfield players are judged. There will be keepers in the lower leagues who are perfectly capable of playing in the Champ. I’m very confident that we won’t miss Raya next season. I’m not as confident that we won’t rue selling him for £3m+ or whatever. But the manager had lost confidence in him and who could blame him? The writing was on the wall.

Not one who’s regularly talked about like the others.

Not what I’ve heard. Magloire is now at the front of the queue to be intergrated this season along with Buckley and Butterworth. i wouldn’t be surprised if we sold Wharton and sent Grayson back out on loan.

The same ‘hyperbole’ which informed you all that the Bradley Johnson deal was in fact 100% ‘done’ 12 hours before it was announced by the club? ??‍♂️?? This messageboard (aside from the above type of stuff) is just opinion. You have people talking about us being relegated in the same space as people genuinely believing that we can be promoted. Both ends of the spectrum seem equally ridiculous to the other side. I am free to pass my opinion on whatever I like and based primarily on the content already on there I don’t feel any necessity to provide evidence. If you don’t want to read it then ignore as I do to some on here. Now, back to transfers...Gally and Darlow announced on Monday? My feeling is that it will be a fee upto £5m (including add ons) and upto £4m for Darlow. Not sure about Gallagher. Darlow would be an upgrade on Raya imo.

I said lots not most and I don’t have to back anything up to anyone on here. That’s my opinion.

I’m not re-writing anything. This is opinion and I remember lots of people wanting to replace him throughout the season. Now lots of that same group appear devastated that we’re losing him. Some going as far as to compare him to Friedel!? Raya is a good Keeper with the potential to be a very good one. But he won’t be hard to replace this season.

Raya sold for £3m plus add ons is about right. Surprised with the change in opinion on him as most seemed desperate to get him out after each time he made a mistake. I rate Raya and I think he has good potential but he won’t be hard to replace imo. The names linked such as Darlow, Ruddy, Carson and Hart are upgrades imo.

Downing and Johnson are solid signings. Both have good pedigree at the level we want to be (Top end of the Championship). In spite of their age they are both generally fit and play plenty of games. Their age is a positive for the group in adding experience as well as allowing the likes of Buckley, Davenport, Butterworth and Chapman to come through. It wouldn’t surprise me if we went for a PL defender on loan for a season or another 30 odd year old. Because they love Magloire too and want to integrate him in. i believe they’ll spend their cash on a Striker and a Keeper.

Don’t take them on mate. It’s bordering on ridiculous really.

I’d love Mings