They could do that, seems very unlikely that we'll pick up a under 21 unattached player though, or another under 21 player for a fee would be the same. Will never happen, if he's fit they will want to use him, especially with the wages he's on. Ideally you move him on but why would he rush to go now when he can have more freedom in the summer on a free.

Wharton wasn't registered to begin with due to his injury. The 23 registered were - Pears, Toth, Hilton, Brittain, JRC, Hyam, McFadzean, Batth, Carter, Pickering, Beck, Hedges, Travis, Buckley, Baker, Tronstad, Dolan, Cozier-Duberry, Sigurdsson, Weimann, Cantwell, Ohashi, Gueye. So obviously swap out McFadzean and Baker for Sanderson and Forshaw. So 2 spots left, of course they could always decide not to register someone like Hilton or Sigurdsson or whoever to get that extra spot, but we all know they won't, and I can't see anyone else leaving. So we won't be getting the striker, winger and left back that we desperately need.

2 spots left. We registered 23 at the start of the season, Baker and McFadzean have left, Forshaw and Sandersonnhave come in. I can't see Sigurdsson leaving, so to get another spot available the other option is try to find a loan for Hilton and promote one of the kids to 3rd choice keeper.

Will never happen. When push comes to shove they will put in the absolute bare minimum to keep it ticking over.

At least we can scratch this name off then, cheers @J*B 😁

Even so, could you imagine the paper running with anything like that nowadays? Even if we went the way of Bury one day it would just be a huge shrug of the shoulders. "They did all they could".

I imagine this guy is the answer to both our striker and winger problems. I could also see a left back being bought in on loan at a push before the deadline, which would free up Beck for the left wing too. And that will be that.

Nobody is interested unfortunately. Expect around 18/19k thanks to the away support.

Only Dolan, Sigurdsson & Hilton from the 1st team squad out of contract this summer. 2026 is the problem, with Brittain, Hyam, Travis & Tronstad all up. Plus Hedges.

Well every action they have done since taking over proves that they don't want to own a Premier League club. So I find it absurd that you think that they do want to own a Premier League club based on what we have seen over the past 14 years. It's like me saying I'm absolutely desperate for a new job, but just glance at the local paper's ads every few months or so when I can be bothered.

Don't worry I can't make it this weekend! Fingers crossed Jim isn't going too.

The last two I attended there were 4-1 & 5-0 defeats so I thought that too until I looked a little deeper!

Mixed bag there since we have started playing them regularly again over the past 12 years or so. 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats in that time.

Unfortunately one day we'll be in League 2 with venkys still here.

Travis and Pears back on Saturday according to Eustace.

I have always thought that if any manager gets a venkys owned Blackburn Rovers out of this division and back in the top flight, it would be the greatest achievement of any manager in the clubs history.

Sort of player who might be worth a punt if you are bringing in 2 or 3 quality championship players with him at the same time. As a main January signing for a side sitting in 6th place?

Pears Sanderson Hyam Litherland Beck Dolan Buckley Forshaw Hedges Cantwell Gueye No idea who will be on the bench apart from Toth, Weimann, ACD and Leonard Everything points to a defeat, but this is a strange, strange league and you just never know.

Nothing.

As much as i like Eustace, he is not correct in every little thing he says, or every single player he wants. We created chances, like a top 5 side should do at home against a side floundering in the bottom half, but we didn't take them. I'm not going to praise a side for creating a few chances at home. It was average at best, but the fact we didn't take any chances, and conceded two poor goals, tells me that it wasn't a particularly good overall performance.

No. No first team squad player's contract has been renewed since Adam Wharton in December 2023.

Home side in the top 5 creates a few chances against a side in the bottom half, so they bloody should to be fair! We obviously have very different standards if we're thinking that was a good performance last night. Years of mediocrity seems to think creating a few chances at home to a poor side is worthy of praise.

We're 16 points clear of the bottom 3. Even if we carry on to have the ultimate of all death spirals, I still imagine we will win at least 2 or 3 more games before the end of the season.

I'd be keeping Garrett around and sending Forshaw out on loan. Hopeless.

I will wager that we haven't agreed a deal, or even close to one.