Don't talk fucking soft. If you would you're the only one.

I bet he couldn't do a job in defence. Not that type of player.

On the face of it we appear to be the same team, conceding shortly after scoring and losing to piss poor opposition.

If he blames our crap defence and expresses his intention to extensively strengthen there, I can live with that.

We're the only team I know who can't defend a kick off!

Where is Rothwell playing?

Let's be fair...that's three players leaving him criminally free in the air, not four, as Rodwell is marking a different player.

Just being honest based on how the report sounded. He seemed to make a real nuisance of himself and bagged two goals, so primarily good news. All players miss chances.

So was the name Brereton. Sounded like he created and had a lot of chances.

LT seemed to suggest at the start that he played behind Nuttall, like a Dack role. From the updates it sounded like he was everywhere. His name popped up a lot, creating chances, missing them, scoring them. It did sound like he should probably have bagged a hat trick, so maybe the confidence issues aren't fully ironed out but it must have done him a world of good. Not sure why both he and Nuttall were taken off near the end, both on hat tricks. Brereton in particular could have done with a hat trick and a full 90 minutes under his belt.

Aye, signing before you're born or we existed and being at the club for over two millennia is some commitment.

He doesn't seem to have fully broken into the u-23s yet from what I gather? So that seems unlikely.

If that's the case, it's very odd that Mowbray said we don't have a scout who covers Europe. I dunno, maybe he means we don't have a dedicated European scout and instead we sometimes have some of our domestic scouts keep an eye on a couple of leagues or so.

Highlights from the u-18s 2-2 draw if you can stand to give Manure any web traffic: https://www.manutd.com/en/videos/detail/under-18s-highlights-blackburn-rovers-2-man-united-2-23-february-2019

Oh right, do you know where the article is about that? I saw this article recently: https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17437465.mowbray-plans-to-bring-in-european-scouting-network-at-rovers/ And it worried me to see that he said we don't have a scout who covers Europe (not sure how we can look seriously at Bundesliga 2 without one?), as I assumed that would have been part of the scout system restructuring process we undertook last year. I'm astonished it wasn't. In fact I had assumed that was the whole point, as surely we already scout the UK plenty.

You heard something, or inferring?

To be fair, we seem to do it whether we shut up shop or not.

I think I missed something, how do we know that?

The LT were saying Buckley is contracted til summer 2020 (well, they say 18 months) and is in contract talks. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17447564.rovers-keen-to-secure-long-term-futures-of-their-prospects/

I didn't know there was fuss? First I've heard of him.

I don't want any of Mrs Mowbray's drizzle, thanks. I think Rothwell has been eating her drizzle though, and Tony has found out.

That was precisely what I thought when I read it, identifying the same two players too. Those comments pissed me off today.

Mercer should never be used as a benchmark for predictive success. Also that's 7 points with more than a quarter of the season left.

It also sounded like Magloire was at fault for one of their goals. Maybe we shouldn't be in such a rush to include him in the first team?

Jesus...any chance he was joking? That's completely unacceptable in this day and age, especially for a player who looks unfit.