28 minutes ago, unleaded said:

Looks strong as a ox & fast top … 

New Right Back

Like him already from the video, love seeing someone who enjoys tackling like that.

Certainly going to rack up the fines for bookings though! 😆

19 minutes ago, Fraserkirky said:

Would love Dembele in January

We were linked in summer weren't we? Along with several others so not sure how serious.

Looks like cross between Rothwell and Dolan when he drives forward

37 minutes ago, Wood26 said:

Is this game still on sky sports arena tonight? Or has it been relegated to the red button?

No football on Arena tonight, so red button.

End the season now...

1 minute ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

Who are them in thd BBE upper ?

From LT

"1,000 'next generation fans' in the top tier of the Blackburn End which is good to see, as is the LUton fans being accomodated in the lower tier of the Darwen End."

Two goals by centre backs and both assists by the full backs

Who needs Armstrong? 😄

1 hour ago, Angry_Pirate said:

Talking about loaning SIX players. So let's just say he is budgeting around £50kpw for that "journey".

Here's an idea, why not loan in two more established players of real quality, at positions of need, for £20kpw each and then use this plethora of young talent at our own elite level academy as backups.

We don't need 6 extra bodies if they're going to be Jarrod Braithwaite, Marten Samuelsen, Mo Barrow, Jack Byrne and Rakeem Harper. We need starting 11 quality additions. 

Elliott, Harwood-Bellis and Tosin have all just about checked that box. But don't forget the likes of Tyrone Mings, Mason Mount, Reece James, Harvey Barnes and Ben White were all on loan in this division 2 years ago. 

Set some type of fucking bar, Tony. Please.

I would go further and say I'd rather sign only 2/3 solid experienced championship players permanently rather than loan established ones.

As an example, if we were to get someone released from Wednesday I would look at Tom Lees rather than Reach. Solid experienced centre back who won't let you down. A two year deal to allow the young centre backs to come through and force him out on merit when ready.

Give me that rather than young prem players for a year, every year.

Same in other positions, we have plenty of promising young players coming through, we just need a few steady capable older heads to guide them through. They don't have to be 'worldies' every time.

On 26/07/2021 at 22:20, J*B said:

You’ll be able to guess from Wednesdays team

Brereton-Diaz starting for Leeds 😄

18 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Brereton stuff is getting a bit silly for me now, when he starts to even be of a decent championship standard we can talk about hype. As it is it’s delving into the world of grabbi and rochina

Saw Rochina was on a list players available on a free other day...

6 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Good post. I suppose the caveat is other ,better managers , got wise to our approach and our manager couldn't fix that. He's a stubborn old mule 

Yep, it's needing a plan B & C if it's not working, and don't be scared of changing things early if it's not right. It was often just put 5 attackers on for the last ten mins with no shape or formation at all.

Southgate's approach in the Euros final was scarily like Mowbray, boring and conservative from the start, but he had the option to leave it even later to 'have a right good go' in second half of extra time 🙄

14 minutes ago, Iceman said:

He needs to make it his way now. This fancy la di daa type football, wont take us into the playoffs. Play ugly football, and get the job done.. Fans can moan all they want about it, but sign players that will start to put their boots in, get up and put their boots in again. 

I think we need somewhere in between the two extreme approaches now.

We used to be more direct quickly playing up to Graham bypassing midfield, we've also done the overplaying, passing for the sake of passing football that is so slow is boring to watch.

We can't keep starting games half asleep like we did during the second half of the season, we need to come flying out of the blocks and attack with every player challenged to win their first few tackles and headers like their lives depend on it.

If we take the lead by a goal or two then by all means play possession football and starve the opposition of the ball, but we shouldn't be playing for 0-0 up to 70 mins before having a go like the second half of the season appeared to be.

Many seem to have forgotten how much success we had in the first half of the season when we broke forward with pace and numbers, a lot of teams were terrified of us.

We need to get the balance right and know when to attack and when to hold.

Seems simple to me, but that's probably why I'm not a manager 🤷‍♂️

35 minutes ago, Theaxe15 said:

Exciting times when our 5th choice goalkeeper signing a new deal and moving out on loan is the only newsworthy business to report isn't it...

Presume that means our embargo has been lifted then? That was given as the reason holding up this move the other day.

27 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Is he available on a free ? 

He's Hayden's brother...

Could do with piping some crowd noise in for atmosphere

7 minutes ago, arbitro said:

I'm pleased for Bennett to get a move close to his Telford home. He had run his course here and overall was decent for us. It must have been a derisory offer from us though if Shrewsbury are presumably paying more.

I suspect it's more about playing time than money at this stage of his career. I read earlier he has only played 244 mins this season (injured for a while, but still not a lot)

3 minutes ago, rigger said:

Along with another 29 clubs

30 club rule 😄

2 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Bennett at FB isn't ideal but who else is there?

I would've given Travis a go there

Now for 5 pages of Bennett talk... 

Grayson gone to Oxford on loan

Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Yeah, that's a real concern😉

Fair enough, I guess there's worse problems we could have 😄

6 minutes ago, Don Said said:

Happy with Pickering.

Not too fussed around him being loaned back for the next few months. One less major headache in the summer, good planning.

Agreed, 4 and half year deal so waiting a few months I can handle, plus we already have to left backs until the end of the season.

My only concern is if we were to do the unthinkable and get promoted, then that's a hell of a jump up leagues for Pickering.

2 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

I imagine it makes the deal financially better for us.

Hopefully means a big drop in the sell-on percentage