By who? Of course they are! Just because they are cities. They are as Lancashire as any of those places. http://www.forl.co.uk

That’s not traditional! Lancashire contained Manchester and Liverpool, plus much more for a thousand years until 1974. Though the historical county still does exist. But if you mean ‘town clubs’ then fair enough.

To play for a Lancs club? Matthews was a Stokie. Real Lancs or the small modern area? So George Best, Kenny too?

‘Brigger’ made me think PNE. Though plenty of Rovers fans live there too...

Yeah keep your card... https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/june/keep-your-card/

5th? I know you were excited about Bauer, but come on.

He’s the ‘fan columnist’ Used to be RevidgeBlue and LD Rover of this parish in years gone by.

Yes they do. And no I wouldn’t.

So you CAN put a new signing in then. That’s ALL I’m saying. Though every situation is different and will be judged on its merits. Thought it was a fairly innocuous post, but obviously it makes me a ‘clueless FIFA 19er’. Fair enough, debating brfcs style

Don’t get your point? My point was simply Downing signed and played straight away.

No chance 9 days of training in an international week, the players are given a fair few days off. Seems you don’t understand training schedules. I would say ‘give him a chance’, obviously. You must be confusing me with someone else.

Oh I see. 3 days of training over about 5/6. Come off it BDS. It obviously can be done, as I’ve just proven, it just won’t be on this occasion, so maybe hold off the insults in future.

As an example we signed Paul Downing on deadline day... the following Saturday? Straight in at centre half! 3-0 win. Good job the opposition didn’t realise he hadn’t spent weeks working on set pieces at Brockhall.

Aye ok! No new signings go straight into sides. What a crazy idea! Especially players that have recently been performing at this level in front of players that can no longer cut it. By the way, my comment was about you saying ‘you don’t drop the captain’, my reply was he hasn’t stated a game since March, so a ‘clueless’ comment. But you carry on with your ‘FIFA’ and other poor attempts at insults.

Is it hell ‘insane’. He played In this league all last season, at a better level than Mulgrew. A few days training and get him in. Mulgrew and Lenihan have only played together a couple of times in pre season. 72 minutes at Rangers and at Blackpool. Pointless argument as he won’t be playing anyway. Maybe gets a start at full back in about September.

That’s exactly what you said. You said you don’t drop your club captain for a new signing as it isn’t FIFA 19. When Mulgrew got back fit, he couldn’t get back in the side, much to the pleasure of everyone, so I don’t see why he should be a shoe in now (he will be, of course). New signings have gone straight into sides since day dot, load of rubbish to suggest otherwise.

You are talking like it’s Mulgrew’s shirt to lose, ‘you don’t drop the club captain for a new signing’. He lost his place in March due to piss poor performances.

Dropping Mulgrew? Thought TM already had. Hardly started a game after March...

What negativity? The crowd has been great in Mowbray’s time.

Because 1864 keeps stating ‘that we need to get behind the team’, when I’ve seen no evidence for the last couple of seasons that we won’t.

Of course. As at every club.

Will the support not be behind the team?

Just shows how our standards have dropped this past decade if people are seriously thinking this lad can compare to some of the youngsters we’ve had before. Duff and Jones looked thoroughbreds pretty much straight away... and Dunn wasn’t half bad either. Buckley looks a raw and fairly weak young lad, though with obvious technical ability. Certainly have him in the squad, because this isn’t the PL and he could have an impact, but let’s not get carried away.

@JoeHarvey In the meeting yesterday, I believe Waggott said nearly 9k STs shifted as of then. Did he make clear if that was total number issued, including the standard 1k that are given as complementaries... so 8k sold + 1k, or was it 9k actually sold... which takes us to 10k? If the latter it looks as if we are pretty much going to hit last season’s figures.

De Ligt is a big unit for lad of his age. No reason our young lads can’t add upper body size and strength, of course...