Presumably it will mean opening the Darwen End upper tier which involves additional stewarding, catering staff etc. With the reduced prices it can’t be financially worthwhile and it gives them an even bigger away following.

To be fair, he’s resisted the temptation to play Clarkson which may tempt Liverpool to recall him (with our consent) and send him somewhere else.

I think the club underestimated the resentment and frustration from last season. The terrible run of form in Feb/March and falling woefully below expectations. Off the back of that, it’s hardly surprising that fans are reluctant to return.

Those are the stats for this season, how have they been manipulated? Im not pretending that Brereton is going to necessarily sustain that record but there aren’t many strikers at this level I’d rather have in our team at the moment. Scoring on both the domestic and international scene is impressive. He’s raising his level.

12 goals in 15 for club and country isn’t the type of striker you want? I think you’re just being contrarian.

I’ve not seen anyone mention a resell clause. I’d expect that the inflated transfer fee would limit the size of any clause, unlike the Armstrong deal.

Let’s not re-write history in order to paint the management in a bad light. Brereton had plenty of opportunities and offered very little for two seasons. He didn’t get more game time because he wasn’t performing, which is exactly how it should be. He eventually earned more starts and has improved. Why make it into something it’s not?

Because he was useless..

I don’t think there were many fans that felt Brereton didn’t get a fair amount of opportunities up until last season. He played often enough to make a difference and he didn’t. Very easy to criticise now that he’s come good but this was hardly foreseeable given how average, at best, he had looked up until the end of last season.

Which we have tried to. He has, so far, refused to sign the contract. Its unfortunate timing but if he refuses to sign, what can the club do?

We’ve been offering him a new contract for months. If he leaves it won’t be for the want of trying. Let’s turn this around, in his position, would you sign a new deal? Fans would have been complaining if we’d given him a new deal this time last year given how poor his form had been. The last 6 months have been remarkable. Can’t see him signing a new contract whatever we offer so have to hope the rumours of an extension are true.

It’s objectively recognising that this, in isolation, is a positive move. Does it go far enough? Has the damage already been done? Both are very reasonable questions but at least they’ve tried to address the issue at a relatively early stage of the season, which is more than I (and probably most fans) expected of them to be honest. It doesn’t nullify the justified criticism of how the club went about ticketing in the summer.

Knee jerk panic it may be but at least they’ve tried to do something about it. I doubt many fans expected the club to address the issue so early on in the season. The damage may already be done and for that they deserve criticism but this offer, in isolation, is a welcome step. If the club had done nothing, you’d be criticising them for inaction.

Can’t knock them for trying. Pleased they didn’t wait until next season to do something. They got it wrong in the summer but this is a step in the right direction if nothing else.

Although we could have got more if the contract situation had been different, we cashed out at the right time with Armstrong I think. Not surprised that he’s struggled to initially adapt to the PL but it’s early days. Might go the same way as Che Adams. Ivan Toney always looked like he was more likely to make an impression given his attributes.

So we’ve chosen to wear the only kit that clashes with Blackpool’s for no reason at all.

Surely the challenge here is that the players are refusing to sign new contracts. Rovers are clearly offering new contacts but the players aren’t willing to sign and that seems to have been the case for a number of months. We don’t have all the facts but I’m not sure this is as simple as the club letting players go for free with no effort being made to retain them. If players like Nyambe, Brereton and Rothwell are refusing to sign new deals, at what point do we start blaming them for this predicament or should Rovers be buckling to their every demand?

Not going to get carried away by last night’s result. Disappointing but the injuries took their toll in the end. We’re still in the top 6 so it’s hardly a disaster. How we react on Saturday is more significant I’d suggest. Could be a good time for an international break. Poveda was appalling.

It’ll be similar to Armstrong at this rate. We can offer him improved terms but if he’s getting interest from PL sides then that’s that. The turnaround in fortunes with him is ridiculous. He was a joke figure little more than 12 months ago. Remarkable.

About time? We scored 5 three times last season didn’t we? Got to give credit to Mowbray for today. Gets plenty wrong but got to give praise when it’s due.

The club will know. The reporter commenting on it clearly doesn’t. Two different things.

Looks like half the upper BE is available online for the Cardiff game. Not sure if it’ll actually allow you buy a ticket but it is showing as available on the stadium map. Odd.

Worse than Tony Watt, Chris Brown, Simeon Jackson and Nathan Delfouneso..?

Those teams below us are all limited by stadium capacity, we are certainly not..

Have I used it as a stick to beat us with? I was contesting the point that our attendances are mid-table. They are objectively very low in comparison to the rest of the league, if not the lowest. The reasons behind the attendances are a different issue.