Too static up front. Poor half really. Hope for more movement second half to create a few opportunities. Zero shots that half. 1-0 will do nicely.

Waggott said his head has gone and he has been refusing to play for the U23s. Not going to end well unless he sorts himself out.

What happened to the colour coded sarcasm ?

I think he should be sacked if we come 10th or if we come 7th but 20 points adrift. Measure is showing progression and challenging for the top 6.

No. Tbf this is probably more for the fans forum to follow up.

.agreed but the general point stands that we are very close... just not sure how close. This is why they have taken on 8 new staff at the academy and spent half a million on the pitches.... The headline figures dont tell us the detailed story but they still give us an indicator. The point is many thought FFP didnt look at our season in L1 but it does. "adjustments are coming" ?

£1.3 million was budget in Jan. That makes a mockery of talk of buying players for 2 - 4 mill. Forget it. Self imposed wage cap. Will not break it. Many Champ players on £50K and ours are on a quarter.... that's £12.5K so don't believe that myself but the general point stands. Emphasis on the kids and academy (from Steve) from financial solution POV. Conflict is Tony needing men ready for Champ. Warton will be re-assessed in summer but some weeks he gets bullied at Northampton so still needs to improve to be ready for Champ. Defenders did come. Walton, Tosin, Cunningham. Accepted back to square 1 in summer. Sounded like no appetite to actually buy a defender...none really identified who we can afford and fits criteria. We will bring in 2 x GKs in summer. (remember same said in summer). Tosin - no chance to buy (£18 mill or something) but will try to get another 6 month loan from City. Walton was not the GK we wanted. Last minute after Raya left. Nearly sent back in Jan but Tony likes him and wanted give him chance and support him. Personally I am OK with that.

Mike confirmed thst the FFP rules do include our season in L1. i.e Championship FFP rules are the last 3 years losses, regardless that whilst actually in L1 being measured by SCMP. Having had that clarified. 2017-18 = £16.8 million 2018-19 = £19.5 million Meaning this season circa £3 million losses allowed.... He would only repeat his line..."at the moment we are FFP compliant" If necessary "various adjustments are available to them" before June deadline. ACV makes any sale and lease back of Ewood difficult (perhaps unlikely). Players are not shown as assets on the balance sheet so that is available if required (not exactly sure what he meant by that). Sounded like they had a plan to make said adjustments before June to remain compliant.

same wage budget = same quality or lower. Better players are on better wages.

You might recall (it was less than a week ago) that we couldn't afford to buy ANYBODY even kids from the lower leagues. Whether we have no money or whether we have money but can't spend it, the result is the same. Funny how some fans slip seamlessly from January window to Summer window, punctuated only by a shrug.

To increase revenue. The burden is being carried by loyal fans who walk on, being charged twice the price PLUS Waggott Tax Unfair pricing policy.

Rovers dont have the money. Just wondered who was paying for Forster.

Do you have the money ?

Season Tickets £320 mean £14 per game. 8500 will pay no matter what. Walk ons charged £22 - £30 PLUS £3 Waggott Tax. Grossly unfair 2 tier system. No wonder nobody goes down. Put season tickets up to £18 per game £414. Make all games a flat rate of £20 for walk ons NO Waggott Tax. ST holders will either pay it or convert to walk ons and pay even more. Fair pricing for all fans and consistently more in the ground.

Kean, Bowyer, Lambert, Coyle, Mowbray. Different characters but all share the same agent.... how is that ?

Top 6 is the only target Stuart. i.e play offs or challenging. 7th or 8th within 3 points of the play offs is progress and acceptable success in that sense. Same as last season is stagnation and failure. No ifs, no spin, no buts, no excuses.

The manager rewrites his own targets based on actuals and has no fear of accountability. However we remember the only target is top 6 and failure means failure. Failure should mean the sack at a normal club. Knowing he is immune from such accountability he has said he will walk. Let's see.

1.7 points per match... We now need 2 ppm to have any chance. That means we can't underperform and drop points against bad sides. Lest we forget the ONLY target this season is top 6.

After a very poor result at weekend, dropping points against a very poor side, this is an absolute MUST WIN game. If we lose, the play offs slip almost out of sight.

Surely stadium maintenance does contribute to FFP.... i.e. if we spend more money it increases the losses. Here's a genuine question. How much does it cost per year to run our women's team ? i.e. I presume it doesn't make a profit and therefore increases the losses and isn't FFP exempt ? Do we need one? Do we care?

He was on list J.

Give over Chaddy. This bloke has managed 2 teams per year which is some going you have to admit.... He is clearly cheap and useless. Mourinho's mate though.

Our points per match is 1.46 suddenly going to 2 does sound far fetched

point simply not good enough. wasted opportunity that with other scores. Must beat Fulham or we will be going backwards again.