I was blocked by him on social media for pointing out the stupidity of it. Thanks Brad! 

Is it possible to get a refund from Stoke for the game of football we just missed out on?

It appears that way but when you go to pay it is for the correct amount.

Anyone know if it's currently possible to buy the shirts without the Watson and Ramsbottom Solicitors sponsor on the back?

Pressure needs to be put on the owners by the town to invest in this squad and better questions need to be asked by the journos to find out what is being tried and where it's going wrong. There are fan expectations that need to be met or explained if they are not. The club is a mystery and we seem to have screwed up every transfer window since being owned by Venky's, cheap signings always seem overly complicated. Why? Maybe they have a good reason? Either way you can't run a successful football club this way and it's already become very tiresome. Eventually the better players will start looking for a move. People like this Sharpe need to be driving those expectations daily and turning up the heat.

Best home kit and worst away kit for a while.

1 hour ago, J*B said:

Do your bit to help the clubs finances - if you can afford to buy one, buy one, even if you will hardly wear it. 

Fully agree, the least we can do to support the club is buy the shirt. Everyone should order it! 

Best shirt we've had in years. The white collar is classier than the red imo. Also not sure why anyone would want the sponsor to be in red and stand out even more, looks cheap. Great shirt, discreet enough sponsor. Leave it alone ?

Great timing whilst discussing personal terms! Presuming he has a meeting with Rovers tomorrow ?

You don't "try", if you are a prem club and want him you get him. Simple as that.

Similar standard I would say if not a bit lower there. Kemar Roofe the only example I can think of moving between the two. Kaminski being part of the top few teams and in the Europa league is enough for me to be quietly confident.

Pretty sure Dack himself said he prefers Armstrong out on the left playing as an inside forward. During his ifollow commentary. 

1 hour ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Would love us to sign Demetri Mitchell ex United player currently linked with Sunderland. 

Left back.

He's been out for 14 months with a knee injury and then released.

I expected some early business this summer because we've known what's needed for well over 2 years now. It had to be busy and is already going to waste. Not only that the positions we need players in are key and need time together. We're on course for a disaster of a summer yet again!! 

To put it simply there seems to be 2 reasons to use loans.

Add extra quality/ competition to an established squad to achieve promotion (i.e. Leeds/ West Brom/ Fulham)

or

Plug holes where you can't find/ afford (or aren't permitted to sign) permanent players in order to survive or finish mid table (i.e. QPR/ Blackburn) 

It's hard to justify the latter as a good way to run a business, although yes as fans it's nice to get to watch better quality players. If this summer is spent loaning players to plug the same holes as last year, we won't achieve promotion and won't be any closer next year... but we will still have spent a significant amount of money.

If we are serious about promotion then we need to sign and loan players now. We have a "bigger than most" task already because of last summers failures, let's not make it a yearly thing.

I'm hoping to see some good permanent signings over the next couple of weeks from England and abroad, otherwise the manager and his scouts need to go. In my opinion the same finish as last year with more permanent players would be progress but I want more, including loans that aren't just to keep us ticking over.

Today we are miles off and need to start demonstrating some new ideas.

2 hours ago, JoeH said:

Very true. I won't deny Harrison Reed his special place in Rovers fans heart. A player with great tenacity and one I'd love to have here. But the simple fact remains, he isn't our player, he didn't help get us promoted, and we could've achieved what we did (survival in the CH) without wasting a chunk of money on him.

From a simply business only sense, Harrison Reed and Kasey Palmer were effectively pointless for us. We'd have stayed up without them, so it was basically just a loss of funds for the sake of extra bodies. Obviously from a footballing sense I think Reed brought a lot to the table, but at the end of the season we achieved what we achieved, and I think we could've easily done the same without him.

I second this, for me quality loans should compliment an established permanent core and be used to push for promotion. We don't have it. The only real winners in the Tosin deal were City and Tosin. Instead we use them to plug a few holes.

Hard to look any further than Grabbi, although he will always remind me of better times! If Dickson Etuhu and Danny Murphy were one player it would be him by a country mile.

Radosav Petrovic is also up there. 

Brentford fans seem to really rate Raya and they just missed out on automatic promotion. He certainly had his weaknesses and was prone to a blunder but to still not have a permanent replacement (or a stronger defence) after a sale like that is criminal.

"Fabio Nunes - Portimonense - Undisclosed

Paulo Jorge - Porto B - Undisclosed

Edinho Júnior - Olhanense - Nominal fee

Diogo Rosado - Sporting Lisbon - Free

Nuno Henrique - Académica - Nominal fee"

Who??

14 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

He has no authority to do anything. This decision on Mowbray's future will be decide by 2 people in India. 

Are they interested???

So much deadwood to get rid of this summer... including the manager and his senior friends. Get to work Venkys!

We are scared to ask for better, that goes to both local journalists and other fans from what I'm hearing. Understandable considering the damage Venky's caused, however, it now means we're forced to be content with mediocrity. It's not where Blackburn Rovers should be but it is where we deserve to be under the current ownership and management. No ambition.

With Mowbray it almost feels like he's inherited this squad as it doesn't fully suit his style... but he hasn't. Get your head around that! 

11 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

Holthys condioning is poor, he was knackered and when your head goes you make shit decisions.   Unfit

 

If social media is anything to go by Holtby seems more committed to his fitness and conditioning than most. Mowbray did say his fitness levels were high even when we first signed him.

Stranger things haven't ever happened.