I got through the BBE No1 and half of No2 before giving up. There's 117 sold in BBE No1.

Maybe I'll be proved wrong and he'll be a key centre half for us all this coming season... I hope I am! I guess the point I'm trying to make is as things stand Darragh is a huge loss to this football club, both in terms of his ability but also his cultural importance within the dressing room. Current first team players don't think Phillips is ready, yet.

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Go on then - you can pick, let me know.

You’re agreeing with me - I’m saying Philips can’t replace Lenihan this year, you’re saying he should be getting minutes from the bench or on loan. Lenihan was the club captain that lead the team and was a mainstay. They’re not the same.

Really happy with that - JDT is a winner and I’m looking forward to seeing how it plays out alongside Broughton, plenty to be positive about and like others happy to see how this goes rather than have a Warne or a Pardew. I hope JDT is given the chance to put together his own coaching and medical teams.

JDT obviously had a better playing career than Mowbray… but is it wild to suggest he’s had a better managerial career as well?

To suggest Ash Phillips can come straight in and replace Darragh is half laughable and half disgraceful. Yes, Phillips has a good reputation. But he doesn’t know the first thing about senior football, hasn’t got any experience at any notable level and bucket loads to prove. Darragh was the club captain, a huge presence in the dressing room, extremely well respected and an established championship player. He will be very sorely missed and his deal at Boro isn’t anything Rovers couldn’t have matched - trust me.

It’s an opinion, nobody has said anything else…

Won’t make it - JDT appointment on Tuesday if I had to bet.

Someone left him in a meeting room at Ewood unattended and he ended up breaking the water machine, de-calibrating the wipe board and increasing STs by £30 for no reason.

Based on this, we should get some important questions answered. Yes, we will break 350 pages. I would say it is UNLIKELY we break 400, but we have a chance of breaking 375.

This should really be “how long since Mowbray confirmed he would be leaving” !

He’s about to sign for Villa. Very much out of our league, literally.

After listening to the new DOF interview yesterday I don’t suspect we will be handing any big deals - even if we could afford them - out to 28 year old players. He all but says the project is to develop young players and sell them, then reinvest. I suspect Carter is the direct replacement for Lenihan and we will either buy someone cheap (under 24) or loan someone to fill the gap of JPVH.

Doesn't fall under his remit. I hope he’s fantastic but the jump from marketing manager to head of marketing is HUGE.

We’ve hit 305 and 325 is ON!

Would rather go Ainsworth or Warne than Deila, personally.

No, its based on mine so we'll probably hire one today!!

We’re going to break 300 pages before we appoint a manager I reckon.

I’ve listened to Mowbray often, in my opinion, talk absolute shite which has infuriated me to the point I couldn’t enjoy watching Rovers. It’s quite nice to hear someone talk sense about football and respectfully about their club.

I knew nothing about him 48 hours ago but after reading and listening to Warne and looking at some articles on him, I’d be happy.

Great, 20M and early in the window. I love Ben but we can’t risk the version of him 2 years coming back.

We should have a thread really where someone monitors jobs he’s linked with and provides an email address for all relevant clubs so we can email our thoughts in.