I see. No concrete plan. Got it.

Just out of interest, what's your promotion plan? I assume spend money we don't have and hope to go up automatically - competing against 3 teams with fresh massive parachute payments and half a dozen more multiple years into their parachute payments. What's your plan if that worked and we went up? You'd have to buy a totally new squad, right, like Forest? What's your plan if you failed to catch Burnley / Sheff Utd / Watford / Norwich et al and had spent £10m in the process?

Sadly that's a bigger role.

You think we're in a position to drop one of our few goal threats? Do you like relegation battles?

You'll have Trading Standards on the phone if you're marketing Gallagher as a forward.

He'd been in the building like 3 weeks - he simply doesn't have the credit in the bank right now with the owners to get them to budge from their ridiculous £15m asking price. I'm sure if he had free reign he'd have negotiated some of those £8m offers up a little and cashed in. You're asking him to perform miracles - he's already achieved a lot in 6 months and the signing of a promising CB and a proper backup GK this window (already) shows that there is succession planning. Rome wasn't built in a day.

Broughton said lower third of the Championship when it comes to wage budget on that ASD Podcast. Basically they're approaching it the right way - our Academy costs us £3.5m a year and is one of the best in the country. That, coupled with some shrewd signings, is the only way we're going to progress as a team - we should lean heavily on it.

Offering Gallagher a new deal was criminal at the time and remains so now.

What are you suggesting? Putting a gun to his head?

The Brighton coaching staff must have sleepless nights.

God that's painful to read. Us being compared to Wigan, Preston, Blackpool and Burnley. I long for the days when they were irrelevant to us, rather than peers.

I love the first comment that we have 5 keepers on the books. We have 1 that I'd trust.

Where's Henderson these days? He's a better keepers than Raya - assume they sold him?

8/10. Lost me at saying the Broughton / JDT duo are a farce.

I fell out of love with the club when we protested against the owners and Kean and the football world turned its back on us. I gave up my season ticket at that point as I was exasperated with how things were going. It's not the same club I loved growing up - one I was SO proud to support. These Indian owners have ripped the heart and soul out of the place. I renewed my season ticket about 3 years ago because I missed going to football matches with my parents - however I attend without anywhere near the same passion. The standard of the league is, quite frankly, abysmal and so are the players. Once you accept that it's a much more enjoyable experience - you certainly don't get attached to the players like you did Tugay / Jansen / Emerton et al because they're interchangeable mediocre journeymen these days. There's no magic at Ewood anymore.

Don't fancy our chances here - we've failed to convert a glut of golden chances against Boro, Cardiff and Rotherham. Until someone starts doing that consistently we're going to continue to lose games we should be winning.

I'd be delighted with £8m if it's reinvested into the squad.

Lancashire for mine every time. Beautiful part of the world.

You thought Mowbray was operating to a plan or model? To me he was flying by the seat of his pants trying to fill a squad every year. There was no succession planning - hell he didn't even decide on a style of play / formation.

As one of the few fans that persisted with Brereton-Diaz when he was getting pelters from all sides because it was clear there was a footballer in there - he'll be getting a stony silence from me come his last game at Ewood.

I'm only adding to the thread derailment, but screw it. Broughton and JDT could do nothing about Lenihan, Rothwell and Nyambe (seems his mind was made up). We'll see if Dack stays / is sold and evidently Brereton-Diaz has had his head turned. Everyone seems to expect these guys to be miracle workers. They have a lot of damage to fix, give them time - I genuinely thought this could be a relegation season with the squad Mowbray left.

That would be the cherry on top.

People are also making too much out of our CBs being playmakers. Their primary job in this system is to defend. When they're on the ball they're meant to pass it to the CMs or FBs. They're not being asked to deliver 40 yard through balls. The problem is our CMs go hiding (hence why Dack is dropping so deep to get the ball!) and our only system-friendly FB is injured (again).

You don't think an attacker is a priority? Striker is #1, but Brereton-Diaz is walking out that door soon. Who replaces him?

Personally I'd like to take the gamble on Cantwell - but it looks like we've been priced out.