Two tangerines limping down the tunnel on 26 minutes.

You think so? I think Buckley and JRC have been tidy in CM so far. Vale's work rate has improved, but he's still clearly not good enough - even against a L1 team.

Weimann right, Vale central, Sigurdsson left.

They changed that rule years ago - if you're making an effort to win the ball it's only a yellow card if you foul them in the box. 'Double jeopardy' I believe it's called.

And not a good one at that, but he deserves it for the pass he laid off for the foul on Sigurdsson to win it - delicious weight on it.

As one player is left footed and one is right footed you're not letting the defence set up for an in-swinger or an out-swinger. Same theory behind having a left and right footer standing over a direct free kick. Can't say it's worked yet, so I'm not sure how long we'll persist with it.

It was always going to be his route - he chose the early riches rather than showing a bit of loyalty to the club that developed him.

Assume this is a weakened Blackpool team?

He really doesn't have any options at several positions - GK, LB, CF all have to play and JRC is covering 3 (possibly 4) positions so he's going to play too if you rotate the CMs. We're a few injuries from a disaster.

He's the most talented player we've been linked to (perhaps bar Poku) but it just feels like adding another #10 (an expensive, malcontent at that) to a team that is desperate for pace and width.

"So we'll take him on loan if you pay 80% of his wages... hello?"

We'd still have to pay his wages, which are far too substantial for us. Same reason I don't buy the Cantwell link, he'd have to take a significant pay cut.

And it's why Luton went up - teams have forgotten how to defend it.

Imagine two ex-Rovers keepers being sold for a combined £50m within months of each other and we're left with Calamity Pears in net. What a club.

It's a fair point. Whenever we get linked to a winger I watch their highlights and see if they're putting in any good crosses - so far none of them do. Gueye wins almost everything in the air, you'd think we'd be prioritizing a quick winger who puts the ball into the 6 yard box.

Lower.

Not when we're asking Rangers to loan us that Rabbi Matondo lad and pay half of his wages.

Good lord they're spending big.

Didn't Gent want to leave?

I genuinely wonder how they manage this. Celtic were interested in Beck, apparently, and a fee of £3m was quoted. If Beck proves to be better than Pickering (you're not getting £3m for him), does Eustace drop Harry? He appears to be one of the first names on the team sheet and is no doubt an established character in the dressing room. If nothing else the lad has pace, which we've been absolutely crying out for. I don't hate this loan at all, but Batty needs to go and play Mens football for the season now at a club that is going to start him week-in, week-out (whatever level that may be).

Saw one on the Surrey Cricket live stream yesterday (at the Oval), and of course Ewood is literally flooded with them. The new kits have gone down very, very well it seems.

That model changed when JDT and Broughton left. Now it's purely about surviving year to year - that much is very clear.

Love it. Fans turned on him last year because he ground out survival with a weak squad. Fans have turned on him this year because he wants some say in transfers. Must be annoying that he's picked up 7 points from 9 - obviously it's only against newly promoted teams, who we did so well against last year.

There's two Baidoo's playing in Norway?

Plymouth for £2m, apparently.