Exiled_Rover

Sadly it's going to be a really attritional season. No investment into the squad in 3 years - we'll look to out athlete and out enthuse teams. Very little quality in the final third.

They got back really well to cover the slipped pass through to Kargbo - that was the best chance of the match though.

It's hilarious that opposing defenders are literally allowed to ragdoll Ohashi, but when Gueye gives them a taste of their own medicine it's a foul.

Why is Mowbray there?

It's why, if they're looking for another ST, you need a really, really fast one. It's also why I think Leonard / Ohashi might be better used out wide in the 4-2-3-1. Neither has the pace or size to hurt you, but both could hurt you drifting into the game from out wide.

Hedges is on purely to man-mark Gray.

No, Albebiosu.

I'll get it in early - this ref is a clown.

Ohashi has taken two kicks already - the ref of course has done nothing about it. Edit: there you go, Yuki - clearly you have to roll on the floor like Peter Griffin to get a FK. Learn from that.

They're not your typical L1 team. What's sickening is that they have competent owners that care.

He'll be feeling the pressure shortly - they've backed him with A LOT of money.

He's not a leader. Barely communicates.

Sad to see Travis has refused to play. He's really blotted his copy book here. Clearly chatting to Eustace behind the scenes. Paper tiger, paper captain.

They brought in two RBs (unless the long term plan is to shift Miller to CB) so they clearly don't fancy Duru. I didn't think he looked out of place when he ran out for us last year and the Barrow fans seemed to like him - but what do I know?

There simply aren't any captains in that team (I don't know what McLoughlin is like, but he's only been here 10 minutes).

And no doubt Rovers fans will get criticised for their poor support (without any sort of nuance). And the Birmingham fans will sing that Blackburn is a shithole, despite being from the biggest shithole in the country. Same as it ever was under these owners.

God I hope so.

Liverpool fans - scum as always.

I mean that's blatantly not true. Tronstad. Ohahsi. Gueye (if you're that way inclined).

That's practically impossible as long as he's a professional footballer.

Tyjon and Leonard would get the absolute shit kicked out of them playing as a 9 in the Championship.

Or he's pissed off that his captain has come to him and asked to leave and he's not going to shield him from any blame.

Get him signed.

When we offered Buckley, Garrett et al new deals we had a competent Director of Football and thought we had a reasonable Championship budget. We were securing assets - whether for our first team or to sell to someone else. Hyam had just been signed and Travis had multiple years on his deal. Now we're clearly trying to stretch a miniscule budget as far as it can go, with absolutely no guarantees that any more money is coming across. Hence the short term contracts to new signings, a £10k a week salary cap and selling anyone of value to fund the transfers (i.e. Brittain and JRC's transfer fees will have more than covered any outgoing transfer fees).

That can't possibly be true because I don't recall a story about Morris' agent coming to an untimely death.