Bell was fucking awful as usual there. Great save from TK though, the sort Walton lets in.

I say Williams for an awful pass earlier, BB and Travis awful passing not long later. Terrible touch from Arma there.

Knew a goal was coming from that attack about 30 seconds before it did. We were all at sea. Not really Kaminski's fault, it was lashed and he wasn't perfectly sighted, but he really needs to get a save in for everyone to feel more confident.

Was that before or after Man United let him go?

At least the third time the commentators have called Travis 'Rankin-Costello'.

Did Kaminski just get kicked in the cock?

Didn't deserve that. Great strike. Ah big deflection actually on the replay. Not that these useless commentators have noticed.

Loving this pressing game. We are really harrying teams since preseason especially in the final third, I think it will be a real weapon for us this year.

These commentators clearly don't know who our players are. Everyone is just 'the defender' or 'the Blackburn lad there' etc

I certainly was. Not that he was 'chucking them in' anyway. I and plenty of others have rated Raya and thought it was a terrible deal, you didn't, now he is probably on his way to the Prem for over 3 times as much but somehow you were right anyway?

Lmao nope, who on earth picked that one? Then again I'm reminded of a Simpsons episode where Mr Burns stars in a film and gets dragged off by a horse or something in it, and the director says something like 'we did 50 takes, and that was the best one'. 'We took 50 photos, and that was the most arsed he looked'

Aside from the obvious? Thigh injury.

Well you're wrong so far, with William's at the back. Hopefully with the rest too.

Calm down. I'm not the one who needs to give it a rest, I don't post 10 percent as much as you do and it isn't all one-sided like yours when I do. And you still aren't reading/understanding what people are saying to you. You. Contradicted. Yourself. Just admit it for once and move on. You're looking like a contortionist with all these knots you tie yourself in.

I suggest you look at the posts he just quoted from you, where you denied saying we had a 5 million budget, then said we had a 5 million budget.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/transfer-news/blackburn-rovers-raya-king-transfers-18904319 This Lancs Live article says the Raya sell on is believed to be 10%, and unclear on whether that's percent of profit or total. If it really is that low, that's a fucking ridiculous bit of bargaining we did. Especially selling to a club who quickly turn over assets for huge profits. The fee was awful but I always assumed a sell on of at least 20% would one day come our way. If he goes for 10 million and the article is right, it will be 700k to 1 mill coming our way. Giving us 4 mill or less in total for a young Arsenal bound goalie with a decade left in his career, that we raised since 16. It will also mean the promotion clause, which you'd have to think would be a similar figure to what we will get from the sell on, will never be activated. The King sell on is said to be 20%, which on a 15 mill sale right now could be a cool 3 million. More likely to make a real difference to our recruitment if it doesn't just get swallowed into the losses, so hope it goes through soon.

Not sure about that, more likely operating on asylum candidate level. Definitely not genius level, because TM will get 11 out of 11 correct and that would make him some kind of super genius...

Don't get used to it...

Lewis Thompson was being touted by a few on here as a good un last season, but not heard him mentioned in a while. He's 21 next month and was on loan at AFC Fylde back in March (National League). Probably didn't get any real game time with the pandemic but that's not the level I'd have wanted a 20 year old with imminent first team potential playing at, so maybe not all that good? After that I think you're looking at 17 year old Jake Garett who is meant to be promising. Probably a bit of a wait due there though.

I'm gonna go with a draw on this one. Relegated Prem club with half its assets missing versus middling but promising Championship side with a leaky defence. Anything can happen first game of the season though frankly.

If he is in the first game and drops a clanger, I think it's important we don't just write him off. He has enough pedigree to know there's something there, but isn't guaranteed to hit the ground running from game one, after barely training lately and being in a new team and country.

That's a very, very special case. Once in a generation levels. I can still barely believe it happened and am convinced some money changed hands in some betting circles on that one.

Ah nvm, just seen he has a 'slight knock' which is usually code in this kind of situation for getting ready to leave. Guess they see it differently to me or he has almost moved.

Why so convinced? I get they may want to protect him for a sale, but considering they've already lost Wilson and recouped 80 mill or so in sales, then unless a deal is close I'd probably be inclined to play him if I were them. I've not heard one is?

Not at all. I had wondered if Magloire might be used so we have the pace to cope with King, but from TM's comments it will be Del, and Wharton is next in line if not.