Nothing wrong with a young lad going autograph hunting.

I didn't say they'd offer 10m + O'Connell - just that Lenihan is worth £10m. Wilder would improve him no end, just like he has with Egan, Basham and O'Connell - all lower league defenders a few years ago.

@arbitro said he'd been told there was a £10m bid in for one of players.

An obvious point perhaps, but O'Connell is only a Prem defender because he plays there! He was in our reserves a few years ago and in League 1 with Sheff Utd 3 years ago. Put Lenihan in the Prem for a season and he'd be worth a lot more than £10m I reckon.

Hopefully Watford get relegated again. They cheated their way into the Prem by loaning players off the other clubs the owner runs.

Burnley have reported a profit for the last 3 seasons. That's why I'd imagine Dyche has been moaning about lack of transfer funds. Have you got a link to the admin? I don't remember Burnley being anywhere near administration.

I think it's £150m in TV money from Sky and a wage bill of £90m-£100m. I'd imagine Dyche will be demanding some decent funds from the Chairman. Let's hope he's refused and he leaves!

Aye, cos if King Tony gets a better offer than us he'll defo stick around.

Walton always played well for Wigan when I saw him.

It depends who is in for them. If it's all Prem clubs then they would be all worth £10m IMO. The cutbacks won't affect Prem teams as much as other divisions and £10m is still chicken feed to them.

Dack, Lenihan, AA & Travis must be the only 4 capable of fetching that type of fee. I think Dack will be sold before the window closes in October.

That was just for 'wide forwards'. He's just arranged another 4 or 5 with Waggott to find a left back.

Looked a good footballer every time I've seen him, perhaps lacking a yard of pace.

Which is what Mowbray was advocating for Rovers a couple of years ago.

Just because you can't see them doesn't mean they are not out there. But it's good you're agreeing with Venky's, and that they're making the right decisions and not just going for a cheap unemployed manager every time ?

That's the club's job. In the last few years Huddersfield found one. Burnley found one. Sheff Utd found one. Brentford found one. Norwich found one. etc etc Every manager is a gamble. Rovers need to widen their search away from the mediocrity of Lambert, Bowyer, Appleton, Mowbray etc.

It's not about numbers, it's about finding a manager who can do more with less. You said it wasn't possible. You're now admitting it is. We were on about wages, not transfer spends. And if you dig a bit deeper you'll see they sold players for £36m, so they effectively spent minus £5m.

A lot of clubs will do well to survive.

You seem to be throwing figures out without reference to links. I've backed up my arguments. A better manager does more with less. That narrative is well-established in football and has been for decades.

Warnock's staying on for next season apparently. I'm sure he wouldn't have if he didn't have room to manoeuvre in the transfer market. A lot of the big earners are being sold apparently. https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/neil-warnock-agrees-become-middlesbrough-18672997

Disagree. Brentford's wage bill for the same period was £19m, they were a Raya fumble away from the Prem. Ours wage bill was £23m. Of course finance can be a key factor but it isn't everything. When Burnley first got promoted under Dyche they had one of the lowest wage bills in the Championship. https://financialfootballnews.com/brentford-fcs-2019-finances-scouting-profits/ To be fair I don't think Mowbray has done a bad job. The squad is worth a lot more than when he started and two mid-table Championship finishes are pretty reasonable considering we have a mid-table wage bill. My argument is that we need someone in charge who can do more with the available resources. That means getting a better manager. It's up to the club to find one, because IMO Mowbray will never punch above his weight on the resources available to him and get us in the Top 6, let alone promoted.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/18610900.mowbray-feels-rovers-can-challenge-cure-achilles-heel/?action=success#comments-feedback-ancho 'Rovers were within touching distance of the top six for much of the season half of the season, but fell away after the re-start following three successive defeats' Rich can't make his mind up!

If Dyche did say that he might want to have a word with his Chairman. Leeds last published wage bill was £46.2m. https://www.leeds-live.co.uk/sport/leeds-united/leeds-united-accounts-wage-bill-18066284 Burnley's last published wage bill was £87m. https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/premier-league-wages-burnley-garlick-18063290

Classic - amazing voice

How very fancy. Did the gentleman take the Platinum Membership?