Firstly the Bowler link comes from Lancs Live Elliott Jackson who reported it a couple of weeks ago and then last week on Rovers chat explained the story. I'm sure you watch the interview since you posted a rovers chat video last week from them on here. Who knows what going to happen if the next 3 and half weeks of transfer window, but we have been assured that we will be stronger squad then when the summer started by our head coach JDT. maybe he is happy here and sees the club moving forward under JDT and can see us getting to PL where he would be key player for Rovers in achieving promotion and maybe he doesn't want to risk being a free agent and not getting a good enough club where he would improve and be key player for that team, Like Nyambe has done

yet again with the pointless and unnecessary digs for a layer suggestion I did last season Also just for the record roversfan99 I never predicted finish for 24th so you are wrong again! Bellamy must be suggesting him to Burnley he was coach at coach when he was coming through at Cardiff

Butterworth won't play

Watford looks decent last week but I think tonight game with tight game with either team winning 1 nil.

I think we will sign 3 more players including a centre back permanent. I'm still holding the hope he will sign a new contract here and I think he would improve so much under JDT and would be playing PL football with us under JDT leadership here

I think you are spot on there. They got goalscorers outside of Kane and Son now. They won 4-1 at the weekend without Kane and Son scoring

Maybe he was first choice before the other 2 but Brighton said they won't sell him until a replacement comes in or not for sale yet. Why do you doubt that we want Ahmedhodzic and Davies?

I misunderstood your point my apologies.

Who says we aren't going up this season?

When have any of those players you mention ever be underappreciated by fans?

Only 29 years old and someone that fits the centre of back 3 that Everton play under Lampard Why wouldnt we be interest in Van Hecke? Solid defender and ball playing centre back which would JDT style. Given he watched alot of last season games he would have seen how good he was for us.

Haaland's movement is very good and its just starting to click between him and other Man City players. Before the Community shield I had seen very little of him at Dortmund but his goal scoring record is very impressive for sure

good signing that for Everton and will suit the back 3 they play there.

Football is a business at the end of the day. Time you accept this. You can disagree on whether club owners should be setting philosophy or style of play but more and more clubs are employing sporting director and he will set out how the football side the club will be run with a plan for short term, medium term and long term. We moved to this Director of Football and head coach structure and so far so good. Jon Dahl Tomasson fitted the type of head coach we wanted and he was appointed

Its their choice since they owned the club. First Its was Cooper who wanted to go for several different reasons not just about player style, but disagreements on signings, lack of funding for signings he wanted in January. Well each fan will have their own decision whether they like their club playing style or not. Each to the own and something I won't condemn fans for. Most clubs have a certain criteria or philosophy that they will follow and choose the right head coach or manager who will best fit the club project. We did this when we appoint Jan Dahl Tomasson.

489 Rovers twitter account said yesterday

surely you pick the best player and back him to do his job

he is there for the season long loan so its appears he will play most games

Vale did ok again. Was decent enough against QPR. Interesting role for Dack. Not something I would do but we have to agree to disagree there Every head coach/manager of each club has a philosophy that they employ. Swansea want to play that way so will only employ a head coach who play that way which is fair enough. Interesting opinion. Have to say I disagree that he is already equal to Van Hecke. I think Van Hecke is quite away ahead of Ash Phillips right now. In the future, maybe not. ask Russell Martin 🤔

I can understand what you are saying Joey but we will have to agree to disagree there. I don't think he is the type of striker that suits how JDT wants to play. A pressing forward would be better suit to JDT style of play if we lost BBD

Potter has got his tactics spot on against them. Utd have had no answer. Never seen the Old Trafford crowd so quiet as today after those 2 goals. Ten Hag has just learned how big that job is in turning around the club and they need signings before the window otherwise they won't get top 6 To be fair Ronaldo is the one who has alienating the club and he didn't much of part in pre season and wants out. I would get rid as soon as possible. Until he signed last summer they were improving under Solskjaer. He never wanted him back imo

Dack isn't a striker tho and Vale is a striker and that what the role was. Dack is number 10 and if we don't play a ten then he shouldn't be in the team. Swansea ownership and board wanted this philosophy like they did under Martinez and Rodgers, Cooper and the Swansea Ownership and hierarchy had a massive falling out over him and the signings Cooper wanted that they wouldn't fund. Can you explain why you would do that please?

Is Egan-Reilly a centre back too signed from Man City? would Taylor start ahead of the current left back?

They have 4 centre backs and Would bring in fifth one so Van Hecke is probably 6th choice shortly. Plus 12 months left on his contract

I agree with all that. Its something that Swansea and why they brought Russell Martin in cos that the football they want to play. Its come down to smart recruitment and finding the right players that fit that Philosophy for them. Good Luck to them anyway Yes JDT has grasped that very quickly and he has game plan which helps and willing to adapt the plan to the opposition defensive whilst we still try to play the way he wants us attacking wise. We scored 3 very good goals and smart goals. Hedges showing awareness and understand he could score to pass to Szmodics. Great pass by Hedges in behind Wood for BBD to take down and run onto the goal to finish and Dolan again not being greedy but being aware to pass to Captain Travis to score