How much 'actual football' had Khadra got before he signed? Honestly don't know the answer but i'm guessing not much more. I'd say his lack of first team minutes are more coincidental of his coming of age coinciding with somewhat of a turbulent period for Spurs. His lack of loan minutes more than likely mismanagement/insurance incase the 1st team had a spate of injuries or the like. Correct me if i'm wrong but Butterworth is older and also hasn't been on loan anywhere or had many 1st team minutes. The fact the lad wasn't happy with the prospect of staying at a 'big club' being loaned out until he was 25 or sitting on the bench never really establishing himself shows he has great character and wants to make a success of himself. We should be celebrating that seeing as it's that hunger that has got us where we are at the moment.

Can only imagine signing will be announced today then, will meet with the squad and and get his pictures taken.

Daryl Dike? Plenty of potential but no game changer and something makes me wonder if just he rode that wave of confidence last season with Barnsley.

Also equal to his predecessors, you remember the ball that was 'launched' into Rivaldo's face at WC2002?

You honestly saw the best of iFollow, it was an absolute shambles in its first two seasons, luckily the standard is much higher recently, but so was the price.

For the international viewers, the early iFollow days truely were awful (one camera, no replays or commentary, terrible buffering). I haven't personally had any issues with iFollow in recent times so really hope there will be few to no teething issues with the new system.

Didn't really feature, game already wrapped up, not much to do.

Garner confirmed by Watford now.

Maybe next year ?

i thought he was useless, his assistants even worse, didn't flag for anything other than offside

injured

Someone at SkySports has been smoking crack looking at some of those predictions.

Just a clever marketing gimmick, sponsor would illegal in league matches under FA rules.

One of the marketing guys at Umbro is a Rovers fan, may have something to do. I'll ask the question

No. I think if Dack leaves we need to use the money to strengthen our defence first then whatever is left we could put towards Gally or the like.

Absolute dinosaurs some of you lot!! Despise Venkys and everything they stand for yet slate the local owner of a small club trying to build his club and expand the outreach to secure the future for the club. As for Stanley being rivals on or off the pitch i think you need to wake up and realise what year it is. Holt never stated that Hyndburn is for Stanley fans only, simply that when it comes to the community trust it's a lot harder to get kids and new fans on board because, A. they receive a fraction of money from the PL that Rovers do, B. Rovers following for obvious reasons stretches further afield than Stanleys. Do i believe Rovers should be able to take their work into the community wherever they feel fit? Absolutely, but why should this stop Holt wanting a bigger portion of the marketshare and a bit more to spend to help him do that.

Andy Holt highlights this point perfectly in some of his twitter threads. Fans expect instant results, in turn owners spend money that isn't sustainable for the club, gambling on the chance they might make the big time. Rovers did this when we first came down from PL, handing out silly wages and fees and it backfired and we got stung by FFP which undoubtedly stalled our progression. If the voices in India decided to stop bankrolling us we could have been the ones staring down the barrel of a gun. I want to this club live on forever and if it means doing things little by little then so be it.

Im sure TM will be frustrated just as you are, no doubt Gallagher was his main target but Southampton weren't playing ball until they got someone else in, but that couldn't happen until they got rid of Austin who they wanted 10mill for. I'm sure TM had money to spend and we could have had bids accepted for BA, CA but we would have been offering them a packet of crisps and a pint in the blue bar after the match. It's all well and good spending big money on transfer fee but with that comes silly wages and sometimes even more silly agents fees. As i mentioned previously, if anything we are overachieving at the moment for our first season in the championship, very few teams go back to back. I think TM has been smart and saved his money, if we don't make the play offs, it's hardly a big deal, we have a whole summer to boost the squad for next season. Sheff Utd are the perfect example of this.

Former glories mean nothing, we've been stung with that more than once.

I Still believe he will end up paying for himself. Agree not the instant impact you would want or expect but he's 19, Nuttall got a few years on him but i see a lot more potential in BB.

My point exactly, Boro haven't done anything this window.

Either way, BB sounds like a steal compared to that. Think people need to calm down on the whole ambition stuff, we were out priced, simple as that, instead of panic buying anyone for the sake of it we shut up shop early. Correct me if i'm wrong but Boro haven't done anything this window either and even the clubs that have made signings, they are hardly going to change the shape of the league. We got to where we are with this squad, there is no reason why we cant push on with this squad and make the play offs. If we don't its our first season in the championship and if anything we have overachieved up to this point. COYB

heard it was inly 1.5??

Personally do think we will see Chapman play this season, can only imagine TM means, he is not ready to be playing constantly for fitness concerns or even the worry that he may re injure himself. Think they will have him in the gym working on conditioning and getting a run out for the 23's for the match fitness. Last month of the season is my guess, give us something extra for that final play off push.

Correct. Would have to pay them regardless, the tribunal fee in the summer could be more than a transfer fee now seeing as it is based of previous experience + future potential.