I am not sure if he has been snapped up, but he is only 29, he did well with Fulham and Derby don't seem to want him for some reason.

Done. ?

If true, then I am not keen as team spirit is going to be the key again this season and we don’t want any bad apples. Did I hear rumours that Galdwin was a bit up himself thinking he was better than Dack?

The Peterborough chairman promised him if he re-signed in 2017 (?) then he would allow him to leave if they didn’t get promoted thereby protecting their investment, hence the high fee quoted. Maybe £1M plus addons may swing it later in the window if we could afford it AND we one of the 2 interested.

A player I would like Rovers to sign is Marcus Maddison from Peterborough. His stats and particularly his assists are amazingly good. He made most of Jack Marroitt’s goals last year. He is a player that Mowbray has said is a quality player and is at the right age etc. The Peterborough chairman also promised him he could leave if they got an acceptable offer. He could be one where there has been an offer made but which is way too low. However, the longer the window goes on the more a compromise might be made. This is pure wishful thinking on my part btw. I just hope he wasn’t the player rumoured to have been kicked into touch because of wearing ripped jeans etc.

It is early days yet and players are still on holiday. I think the constant re-writing from the same interview with Mowbray is being interpreted differently. He speaks of 4-5 young quality players and a little experience of an older player. This sounds exciting to me. I’d rather have quality than quantity any day of the week. The players being linked, if true, fit the type he is after. There will be many players linked as he has to have options because it is hard to get your first choice as other clubs will also be after them. I am frustrated but by the time the season starts I am sure that we will be happy. My gut feel is we do have money to spend on the right players. I wouldn’t be surprised if it ended up being a pot as much as £5M.