https://www.getfootballnewsfrance.com/2024/blackburn-set-to-sign-nantes-talent-exauce-mafoumbi-on-a-three-year-deal/ https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/exauce-mafoumbi/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/1005289/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0021gff/uefa-mens-u19-euro-championship-2024-norway-v-northern-ireland?seriesId=unsliced Atcheson and Doherty both start for Northern Ireland, kick off at 7pm

There was no LT reporter at the game (or in Austria), so any report would just be plagiarized from the Rovers site in the same manner that they are for U21 games.

Lewis Bell?

Do either of you know what lineup Rovers put out please?

Different rules in League one and two than teh Championship. Pretty sure Rovers benefitted from them (to a lesser extent) when we were in the third tier https://www.efl.com/governance/financial-regulation/ Financial Fair Play The CFRU has remit over all the EFL’s Financial Fair Play Rules which are different depending on which Division a Club is in: Championship Clubs follow Profitability and Sustainability (“P&S”) Rules which dictate what losses Clubs are permitted to incur over a rolling three-year period. League One and League Two Clubs follow the Salary Cost Management Protocol (“SCMP”) These state that Clubs can only spend a fixed percentage of its revenue on player wages etc. This limit can also be added to or impacted by equity injections or net transfer spend. Putting it very simply, Championship spending is based on profit/loss, League 1& 2 is based on revenue and ignores profit & loss

https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/sport/24421464.ipswich-town-vaclav-hladky-exits-turning-new-deal/ Not saying your friend is wrong, but that is not what has been reported by Ipswich's local news. That being said, their local rag may be just as useless as ours

If he talks about Rovers, He has 2 options, he either lies, or his comment will reflect negatively on Venkys. I suppose he could give us all a run down of the Steve Waggott diet and exercise routine or his go to life hacks for 2024

On this, we agree 100%

Gav already covered some of what I was going to write. But just to add, there is a difference between "Burnley have only moved now" and "he has just moved to Burnley". It is more likely than not that Hladkys agent has been in discussions with numerous clubs for weeks, and those discussions started with, my client wants £20K-£30K/week. The status of Hladky and/or Salford when he moved to Ipswich fa ew years ago is irrelevant, he has just been the GK in a team that finished 2nd in the league and was promoted to the Premiership. If Hladky is/was a genuine option for Rovers, then so is David De Gea who is still without a club and still lives in the North West

Surely if anyone signs for one of the parachute payment teams, they were never really "an opportunity" for Rovers (or most other Championship teams) in the first place.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m00217n0/uefa-mens-u19-euro-championship-2024-northern-ireland-v-italy Northern Ireland U19 V Italy U19 If anyone wants to skip until Rovers players are involved Atcheson came on at 64 mins (already 3-0 down at that point) Doherty came on at 77 mins

What was the question?

I may be wrong, but I remember you being slightly more positive last summer (I recall you thinking we would finish slightly short of play offs.... but apologies and please do correct me if I am wrong) So based on what happened last season, that prediction does have me even more worried than I was before reading

Fully expecting Biniek, Caddick and maybe also Pratt to also sign extensions this week or next (like Wood and Olson, they had extensions triggered a few weeks ago), Saadi obviously has signed one as he is away with the first team in Austria, and Alex Baker having been injured for the past 2 years will also sign as he wont have a better offer anywhere else * only saying maybe Pratt as he is older than the others, so will no longer be eligible for the U21s after this season

For those who have been mentioning Matt Ryan as a potential signing, he has signed for Roma

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/17/wood-extends-ewood-stay/ Wood, 1 year extension + option

Apparently the U21s played Fleetwood yesterday afternoon, cant seem to find anything online barring the announcement of a change in kick off time Edit - Rovers won 7-1 No other details , but you would think Rovers would be trying to find any excuse to post something positive at the moment. A result like this make it even more bizarre that the club have not said anything https://www.fleetwoodtownfc.com/match-centre/fixtures/blackburn-rovers-xi-v-fleetwood-town-xi/?goto=match-centre-lineup-tab 2nd Edit - Rovers have knocked 4 goals off, 3-1 now, that is very nice of them https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/18/report--fleetwood-town-under-21s-1-3-rovers-under-21s/

If true, would that not be likely to be Andy Coles lad? Out of contract so our budget almost stretches that far

Super gash, hasn't scored more than 10 goals in a season at this level since 16/17 season, and 1 in 26 last season https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/scott-hogan/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/138783/plus/0?saison=&verein=&liga=&wettbewerb=GB2&pos=&trainer_id= Probably exactly the sort of signing that we will end up with

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24451715.blackburn-injury-latest-two-players-miss-austria-trip/ Below quotes from the above link Leonard - has suffered a setback. Eustace ruled him out for a few weeks after the Accrington Stanley game and therefore he will continue his rehab at Brockhall. The bigger disappointment is a fresh issue for Gilsenan. The exciting attacker missed the end of last season with an ankle problem.

I agree, unfortunately, we have split those roles between at least 4, maybe 5 people Eustace, Brougton's job is now done by a combination of Gestede, Owen and Park, and Ben Benson apparently also has input in GK signings. And that is before we include Waggot/Suhail getting involved I think your last point has more than a little truth in it

All the various "Heads of...." all want different things and are all pulling in different directions? Who could have foreseen this? There is a saying for this, but it escapes me at present, so I will post a pretty picture instead