I see that Bolton have publicised season ticket details for next season already. That's how to do it, Swag. I'll not hold my breath, though.

From what I've heard, Travis had a bust up with Tomasson after the xmas Huddersfield game when Tomasson vented at the team with a ' If you don't want to play for me, then....' line.

The loss of Wharton shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, least of all Broughton. If he hasn't already got replacement/additional deals lined up, then that's incompetence at the very least. If he doesn't know what budget he has to play with, and hasn't been pushing the owners for an answer, again that is incompetence. If the owners are not forthcoming with said budget, then his job is untenable.

When you have a player of the calibre of Wharton walking out of the door, and players like Telalovic, Sigursson, Hirst, Ennis et al coming the other way, there's only one direction we're heading in, I'm afraid.

On the game, we simply have to get something out of this to stop the rot. Tomasson will hopefully have a few options to change things up; the very least I'm expecting is Pears coming in for the hapless Wahlsted. Another defeat, and Tomasson will start to feel the heat. Another defeat in which he refuses to change anything personel or tactics wise, and he should rightly get some pelters. I've got my positive head on though, so 2-1 Rovers.

We were due to play Rangers apparently (according to something I saw earlier) but they pulled out.

Not that I ever want us to lose a game, but a continuation of our poor form may well be the trigger for broader angst.

That is how I think it will play out, also. Rightly or wrongly, if we lose on Saturday, then Tomasson will start to get grief for our dire form. People generally have tunnel vision when it comes to results. ie it's the manager's fault. Fingers will be pointed at him in the first instance. If our form carries on as is though, and a relegation battle becomes more of a likelihood, I'd expect the grief to then escalate beyond Tomasson over the coming games.

I've heard the same. The players have to pay a 'fine' if they give their shirts away at the end of a game.

Can't, or won't?

Until recently, I've thought that Tomasson has enough about him to turn it around. I'm seriously doubting my wisdom right now, though; he just doesn't seem to learn at all. I think he'll just walk out.

So why sign Wahlsted and Telalovic then? They have no raw qualities whatsoever.

I'm glad that someone who thinks Telalovic will come good, that Wahlsted needs a run of games, that Pears was better than TK....isn't on our recruitment team either!

Back down to earth after the cup win. 3-1 Baggies.

We'd have to go some to do worse than a combination of Ennis on a 4 year deal, and Telalovic on 3 years.

@ABBEY random question ... are you the same 'Abbey' who used to stand between sections 6 and 7 on the old BBE terrace and cause havoc? 🙂

We're also now paying for a DoF on top of a CEO, which wasn't the case a year ago.

But Telalovic is 'improving every game' isn't he?

We've no choice but to give him more time. Some idiot gave him a 3 year deal, and I'd be amazed if another league club would take him off our hands.

They must have sold the bulk of the tickets yesterday. I bought ours around 6pm on Friday when the seat map thing was showing very few sold.

I enjoyed the game yesterday, simply because we won for a change. You can only beat what's in front of you, as the adage goes, but we played pretty well second half and the football was good watch at times. The big problems remain and are there for all to see, though. Back in the harsher world of the Championship, we'll continue to leak goals with that novice goalkeeper of ours, our defence regularly gets exposed, and we're almost totally reliant on Sczmodics for goals. I dread to think what will happen should he, AWharton, or Tronstad be absent for any time.

It looked to me like it came from over the back of the Riverside. There was a plume of smoke that way for a few minutes.

He half comes out, dithers, goes back, then ends up in no mans land.

If we only sign one more player, it has to be a keeper.

Both complete and utter duds, I'm afraid.