Gav

I understand the Rothwell stance, he's had a better offer clearly, but even in Rothwells case he should have been tied down to a longer deal and that deal improved 12 months in. Its an awful business model to lose good staff to competitors, no matter what industry you're in.

Great I say. You can park closer to the ground, no queue for the pie stand, no queue for shandy and you get away quicker. Oh yes and the football isn't bad either. Onwards and upwards.

Are you honestly trying to tell me that Ryan Nyambe is pricing himself out of a deal? Do you really believe that to be the case? One of the reasons Lambert walked was because the owners refused to talk about new contracts for players and backroom staff, its always been an issue under these inept owners.

Would the scenario you paint have happened year in year out under John Williams and Jack Walker?

Its absolutely criminal that these inept owners allow any contracts to run down, but someone like Nyambi, who is reported to be on league 1 wages, is just wrong. He's turned into a decent Championship player, a loyal servant to the club and they won't reward him with a decent contract. Badly advised of ******* incompetence?

They've been fantastic when a fee has been involved. Armstrong, Kaminski, Dack, Dolan, Rothwell, Brereton, Gallagher - We paid a fee for these players, money very well spent. Mowbray was unlucky with the Ayala injury, he was that defender, we can all see now what quality that lad has got, another one Mowbray got right.

The last home game against Sheff Utd was one of the best performances I can remember in a long while. Lets hope for more of the same tonight, but you can guarantee Posh won't come to play, they'll probably park the bus.

Get well soon to you both, this bloody pandemic is far from over as you can both testify to.

Nobody really knows Islander, lets be honest, who wanted to buy Raul from Real Madrid? Balaji!

I think you misunderstand my point, or maybe I do yours Bigdogs. All that Balaji was doing was providing the money, he wasn't aware of the players involved, but I take your point on a pet project, is he even capable of conjuring up such an idea 😃

I've given my opinion on the Balaji factor already. Brereton wasn't available at all until we weighed in with a bid they couldn't turn down, that came out of the blue and took Forest and everyone else by surprise.

My apologies Islander, I shouldn't have said striker, young domestic players like Dack, Cairney, Duffy, Gallagher, Brereton, Dolan (Free), Rothwell, Armstrong as I mentioned to you last night. As for your final question on Brereton, Mowbray picked and developed the player, Balaji paid for it, Mowbray gets the praise surely? He's certainly had pelters for the past 2 seasons for him being cr@p......you can't have it both ways.

I think you're spot on about the Balaji purchase of Brereton, its not like it hadn't happened before (Rhodes). Nobody in the press had even the slightest hint we were after him, which tells its own story, it came right out of the blue, something didn't add up. It seems to me like Mowbray wasn't given the option of spending £7m on players, he was given 1 choice, young domestic striker to develop and sell on, then Balaji can show off to his mates in India. Looks to have worked too.

Maybe you missed the point being made by posters earlier, have a read back, it was centred around Balaji wanting to spend a few quid to develop players and sell them on, not squad players with no sell on value.

If you look at the players bought for a fee, which is where you’re more likely to see any sell on value, Spartakfenni was saying the remit was young English type players to develop and sell on: Dack, Cairney, Duffy, Gallagher, Brereton, Dolan (Free), Rothwell, Armstrong off the top of my head. Those players seem to fit the bill perfectly and align with what Fenni was saying.

Its like you've been asleep from 2011 - 2017? Educate yourself, the stark reality is laid bare here for all to see and none of this has anything to do with Mowbray, Waggott or Venus. http://priceoffootball.com/blackburn-rovers-chicken-little/ Venkys out

I think thats stretching it a bit USA, we had another 35 games to go after the Cardiff away debacle.

3-1 Rovers

I know a Brighton season ticket holder, he was scathing of Duffy before he went off to Celtic on loan, but says he came back a different player and you're right, I doubt they'd swap him, not even for the excellent Ayala.

I have to say @tomphil that’s a very measured response to my Duffy comment. Which is in stark contrast to the last time I mentioned Duffy to you, a few years ago and you proceeded to tear absolute strips off me and with good reason I seem to recall 😂

Duffy was one of the best central defenders we’ve had at the club since this shower took over, as was Scott Dann once he got fit, He was on the brink of an England call up 12 months after he left which tells its own story. The less said about Hanley the better…… Ayala is better than them all, another excellent Mowbray addition If the lad can stay fit.

I’m sorry Rev, but that has to be one of the worst posts I’ve ever read on this site, I don’t even know where to start. Abysmal owners aren’t sat 4th in Premiership, 16th in Premiership or kept Boro in between Premiership and championship for the past 30yrs, ala Blackburn Rovers and Jack Walker.

You will never succeed with abysmal owners, no matter how much money you throw at it.

I asked you this morning which players Mowbray has paid a transfer fee for, that are 'duffers' as you put it? So far you've come up with Gallagher, who is far from abysmal, Chris Brown was abysmal. As for looking silly, your continued support of Venkys speaks louder than anything I could ever post to make you look silly Rev, wake up for goodness sake.

Quite simply not true Wheelton. Bit of advice, read the context before wading in.