Three proper first team players left, the rest are just fluff. The loan players who left were always leaving, the word loan gives it away. Supposedly there's a healthy budget to recruit players and the loan market is open to the new regime, as it was last season. "it isn't a rebuild, it's a renovation",Tomasson's own words. The base is there, the recruitment side is there, the coaching side and facilities are there, including a brilliant academy,and supposedly the finances are there. Tomasson and Broughton don't have any excuses, nor would they want them.

I agree, it seems obvious that the best chance of signing the quality we need will come in the last week. I don't know why people who don't know what is going on behind the scenes, automatically assume it's going badly. Let's judge him a week on Thursday.

It's a long, long season, we need quality players in, not players for the sake of it. There will be quality available at the end of the window, Broughton eluded to it himself when he said he would comment after the window closes, only then can we judge him.

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Maybe keep an eye open for a Ryan Hedges clone, the last 2 performances can't just be coincidence. As for Broughton, it's a long long season , judge him a week on Monday.

Fulham and Bournemouth were stronger than anything in the Championship this season, it's a lot more even this time around with those two gone. We're definitely capable of getting a result on Saturday, Gallagher is vital at both ends of the pitch.

I heard an interview earlier, on radio Lancs, when he described it as "a journey". Pick the bones out of that one.

No, that isn't what I meant. Don't tell me Reading have a deeper squad than we have. I'm sure Tomasson will be considering that to leave both out at once was probably a mistake, he is allowed to make one or two.

Think it was more a case of poor team selection last night, rather than anything else,too many legs taken out in one go. Midweek away games in the Championship are murder, a big learning curve for Tomasson. I'm sure it will stand him in good stead. No need to panic after 9 points from 12,another win in August and Tomasson will be manager of the month. Less than 2 weeks to go in the transfer window, it's the business end,I'm sure good business will be done.

Our first defeat in what was Tomasson's first ever midweek, away championship game. He will have learned a lot from tonight's game, there's nothing quite like the Championship.

Burnley were wide open to the counter, they're lucky Hull were poor going forward, a slicker team would have wrapped it up.

Can't see Venkys letting Brereton go for any less than £20 million, unless advised otherwise by Broughton and Tomasson. There's still the January safety net, and I realise that foreign clubs can sign a pre contract agreement to secure a free transfer. That still doesn't guarantee that Brereton will want to go abroad, neither does it guarantee that his potential wage offer from any foreign club would be better than a Prem club in danger of relegation. 100% keep him, at least until January.

I think a lot depends on the size of squad Tomasson wants to be left with long term, rather than worrying about the here and now. If he sees Carter as one for this season, we're unlikely to be looking for more than one defender. I've no idea what size of squad he used at Malmo, but it might give an indication of how many he may want in before the window closes.

Bloke sat next to me on Wednesday said he thought he was limping back out of the tunnel to take his seat at half time.

Beat me by seconds 😄

Note to tomorrow's stadium d J. More AC/DC and turn it up.

It looked as if Burnley had bought a load of average players and just put them all on the pitch together🤔

The being below Rovers was tongue in cheek obviously, but it does show how far you've fallen in 2 years,you were light years in front of us. I know there's nothing you can do about it, I've many mates say the same, but if I'd told you 2 years ago that this is where you'd be,I don't think you'd be flying the stars and stripes. Nobody knows better than us the perils of foreign ownership, but it's the almost false optimism that you've actually moved forward which has me puzzled.

Please tell me it won't be every post, every day, over and over and over and over again for the next 20 years.

Is it compulsory to compare every decision Tomasson makes to what it's believed Mowbray would have done. And if so, when is the finishing date, and also what is the point?

Tough game against my favourites for promotion. Go on, let's have a 2-0 win.

The facts are there, I know they're a pain. He took over a team of overaged, overpaid players in a relegation fight. He left the second youngest squad in the Championship, with the record number of academy players, assembled under a strict salary cap, in 8th place. If you want to call it a journey, it's up to you, it is what it is. His time was up, Tomasson looks like the perfect fit, everything is good, but let's not rewrite history.

Wasn't being cryptic at all, I thought it was obvious. If you think Tomasson would have been anywhere near the job 5 years ago, with a team in a relegation fight full of overaged, overpaid players, you must be dreaming. He's a breath of fresh air, I was there last night and it was a great night. But if you think that this situation would be possible without the spade work done over the last 5 years, then I think you're sadly mistaken. Tomasson knew exactly what he was inheriting.

I think that comment would only be relevant if Tomasson had taken over 5 years ago. There is no doubt, Tomasson knew exactly what he was inheriting. It would seem the ones who were most vocal in their displeasure with Mowbray, are the ones who just can't let him go.

Quite enjoyed watching Markanday tonight. Really unlucky with the shot that hit the post, and a composed finish for his goal,thought it was a good outing. Yes, he made some mistakes, but it's a different game when you're trying to find a killer pass or cross in a packed penalty area. The lad did well.