Exiled_Rover

Well they're 5th this year so he was doing something right!

So they sell their best Keeper and see their three best CBs walk out of the club... They were never formidable in the first place - Dyche ground out wins. Kompany has a massive job on his hands.

Are you Irish by any chance?

Absolute waster that lad.

That shirt was awful... so your mate was right.

Resigning Downing when he skipped all of pre-season was criminal. Signing his mate's son, Pears, warranted a sacking.

Oh we absolutely need a striker (two if Brereton leaves [I think he will]), I'm just not throwing Gallagher on the scrap heap just yet. 15 goals for him next season is achievable. If he does that and makes himself a nuisance he's worth keeping around - I doubt anyone is lining up to take us off our hands with his contract.

Again, I'm not his biggest fan, but he'll score goals for you in this league if you play to his strengths. Mowbray playing him out wide did him no favours at all. I imagine a World Class striker like JDT can teach him a thing or two too.

We'll see. It's an old squad that's another year older. I'm not sure they're up to the grind of a Championship season anymore.

Surely they can observe / set out instructions... if not literally 'take' the training?

I suspect both he and his agent will want to strike while the iron is hot. He runs the risk of having a mediocre season and doors closing on him.

Brighton would be foolish to sell Van Hecke to us. I wouldn't want to buy Khadra - decent player, but not worth forking out for.

He's technically an England U21 International, so I'd want more than £3m for him. That said his end product is lacking at the moment, so I can see why some aren't fans.

Lads (and lasses) - it's Nixon. There's absolutely no way he has a source at Ewood Park.

I think your method is flawed. I renewed my season ticket this morning, however, I had to call the club to do so. My seat was blocked out as reserved online - and obviously until about 8 hours ago it was technically empty.

You can look at it one of two ways. If you're being negative you can say that we have a lot of holes to fill and not a lot of time to fill them. If you're being positive you can say that JDT and GB have a lot of flexibility to shape this team. If anything I was disappointed with Mowbray extending Gallagher - he's lumped Sam on the next manager on (I'm sure) pretty substantial wages.

I think he's waiting for a reply from his PSG job application.

We'll see how he responds to training. He couldn't run last season, and he was never the most mobile to begin with.

I thought Travis should have been captain last season. I've never thought of Lenihan as a leader, just the most senior pro. We'll see what JDT makes of the squad in pre-season - he might even bring in his own captain.

He's gone to play for an excellent manager who has chased him for years. Fair play to him.

Tbf if I'm the Head of Comms I want Mowbray on camera as little as possible. He sucks the life out of a room on a good day.

You'd be livid if you've forked out full price and the club turn round and slash prices in the wake of JDT's announcement.

I think he engaged with the players that engaged with him - Travis carries himself as a leader so JDT will respect that. There were a lot of players sat slumped in their chairs and plenty more giving limp wristed handshakes. To be fair they've had 5 years of Mowbray, that'd break many people. Let's see how they carry themselves 6 months from now. I do love that he set his stall out though (paraphrasing) "All of my decisions are for the betterment of the team". Either you pull your weight or you're on the bench (and then out of the club). Can't say fairer than that.

I think that's what they call 'man management'. I forgot what it looked like after five years of Tone.

Wait until she sees his wallet.