They don’t want Pears on the books. They want Pears to have a good second half of the season on loan somewhere so they can sell him in the summer. JDT wants Haikan and Kaminski with a young one as third choice.

In principle yes but it’s more complicated than that. Pears going out on loan freed enough money up to sign Haikan. Pears didn’t go (might still go), so they can’t afford to sign Haikan because 1) they would have five keepers on the payroll 2) that budget would have knock on effects about which striker / other players they can sign. They have plenty of options all lined up and know the costs, all the ones we know plus a few others eg Ramsay who could become available. But the combination of which ones we sign relies on the total amount of them all combined. It’s like when you see those graphics where it’s “assemble a five a side team for £10” and you can sign Mbappe he’s priced at £5, meaning your other 4 players can only be £5.

If they sign a right back it’ll be Ramsay from Liverpool on loan. The problem at Rovers is the playing budget is so small they can’t press ‘go’ until they know they can press go on multiple deals. Both incoming and outgoing. Which is why JDT is pissed off that we can’t sign his former no1 keeper because Pompy suddenly decided they wanted someone else and gave back word. There’s a few very close (so I’m told, but again, I’ve been wrong many times) but there’s lots of knock on effects.

Not that I agree with it, but I don't think JDT wants a player moving forwards with the ball like Rothwell did. If he had his way I think he'd play Buckley and Morton in centre midfield and their entire remit is receive the ball and move it forwards quickly.

If Joe wants to hear someone else getting as much abuse as Vale, he should come sit near @RevidgeBlue and hear him talk about Gally.

Talking about whether Sunderland beating Boro has any effect on us is crazy. It has as much effect as Inter Milan beating Verona.

And that’s just my point. An ambitious man prices the target at 20,000 ST holders at an affordable price. Waggott’s target is to take advantage of the 8,000 die hards that will pay whatever price because they can’t imagine a world where they don’t watch Rovers at Ewood.

All comes down to income and that’s Waggott’s department, not Broughtons. Not enough home fans because the pricing is unaffordable. Not enough being earned outside the ground because the ‘fanzone’ offering is terrible. Not enough being earned at the club shop because there’s no stock. Not enough being earned in the corporate offering because nobody wants to bring clients to a shoddy operation and a stadium in dire need of a refurb. Marketing department don’t have the budget to do anything of worth - no links to Bilbao, no links to The English Game, not taken advantage of Brereton-Diaz mania. There’s not a single bit of this club the town can be excited about. No income from player sales because Waggott put all expenditure, including player contracts, on hold during COVID… so they’re now all leaving for free. We have a CEO who judges success on ‘did I have to ask the owners for anymore money than I said I would need’ rather than on field and local success. He’s not bothered as long as he can tick the box. No risk, no ambition, no outside the box thinking. JDT isn’t the problem. The players aren’t the problem. Broughton isn’t the problem. Waggott OUT should be sung from the Blackburn End but somehow they’ve managed to alienate the fan base that are willing to rock the boat and convince those that remain this is normal. When’s the next supporters consultation? I’m very close to assembling a team of people that can’t bear that man’s shit anymore.

I wouldn’t take Geldhart simply because Leeds forced us to pay 20K / week towards that bum right winger they gave us last season despite him being injured and rehabbing at Leeds. They’ve got a high esteem issue over at Leeds, I’d much rather work with Brighton.

Buying the league!!!

I’ve sort of put all my eggs in one basket. I don’t rate Waggott - at all. I don’t think he has the best interests of the club at heart and think he’s more interested in ticking boxes than ambition. So I’ve long called for change, especially on the footballing side so I was happy when Broughton was brought in. I didn’t rate Mowbray. I thought he was an eternal loser, that was stuck in his own ways, consistently unhappy and blamed others for his own errors. So I was happy to see him leave - about 3 years too late in my opinion. Gregg Broughton has at least has been consistent about ‘the project’ and whilst it’s different, at least he clearly has a plan and props to him for sticking to it. His messaging hasn’t ever changed. Broughton has signed his own manager, JDT, who clearly is aligned to ‘the project’ and has his own thoughts of how we should play football. JDT has had more success than any of our previous managers both as a player and a manager, he’s forgotten more about football than I’ll ever know. So if I start mobbing against GB and JDT now, I’m a hypocrite! They are - in principle - exactly what I’ve asked for. So I’ll judge them after a few years if that’s the benchmark they’re being judged against. Unlike many on here I don’t think this squad is anywhere near the level required. When the first 11 are all on form they’re a decent side, but as soon as a couple are injured or out of form we’re a lower mid table team.

They only adapt if they think they need immediate success. Said it before, I’ll say it again… I’m convinced this season is an entire write off, the only aim is GB and JDT work out who they want to get rid of.

Should probably do this privately - but is there a way in which the website deletes the video content after say 10 days? Setting up a YouTube account, uploading and linking would be very annoying if I had to keep doing that.

Jack Vale. Not big, but not small. Not quick, but not slow. Not skilful, but capable of a trick. Not a poacher, but can finish. Not strong, but not weak. League Two at best.

Perfect. Get it booked.

There’s nothing I hate more than a click bait YouTube title. It’s not stunning, its a decent finish from a goal scoring position. Anyway, do we really need to play this lot in March? What happens if we just refuse to sell tickets and don’t turn up?

Have we heard from @unleaded this window?

Last I heard there was a bit of confusion/chaos because the goalkeeper deal was on the basis of Pears going to Pompy on loan. Pompy have signed another keeper today who they were originally told wasn’t going to be sent out on loan (so moved for Pears), then suddenly yesterday was allowed to go on loan. Source is the local Portsmouth Sports Writer on Twitter. I’d hope finding a new home for Pears won’t be a stumbling block and they can find another club to pay his wages.

Heard tonight Rovers think Undav, Porteous and Haikan are all agreed and they’re ‘trying to get another’.

Cheese and onion or Steak and ale?

Interesting. Just to be clear, Brentford plan on selling him with 12 months left on his contract, giving them funds to sign a replacement, rather than letting him run his deal down and leave on a free?!

The 8 million pound gamble fails dramatically. Oh dear oh dear oh dear.

Anyone but Gallagher for me. Kaminski JRC Hyam Wharton Pickering Travis Buckley Hedges Dack Brereton Dolan I still think despite the majority preferring Travis he’s more effective generally than Garrett.

I did try and say it without saying it, if that’s worth anything! The only thing I’ve heard is the Leeds lad is the one they want. I think we might announce his loan and BBD signing a pre contract with Villarreal on the same day.