100% Hard truths.

Imagine if we got Bauer, Maddison, Armstrong and Chapman all bought, and then loaned a Premier League Striker. SIgning those 4 fits in with positions of need, what Mowbray says about younger players with resell value. Could get most of that done with the Josh King Cut. Playoffs, you want to talk about playoffs.

Surely just a FM18 thing For a decent window so far, folks are sure bitchy on here. In terms of Edwards, was he the lad that ran the show against us at Ewood in the first half? That first half against Peterborough was the most impressive performance against us all season. Looked like bloody Barcelona showed up, we got lucky that day.

Can't remember who mentioned it, but someone on here made the point of Armstrong has to learn to play the Inside Forward/Right Winger position. So many teams like us are playing the 4-2-3-1, he simply doesn't have the stature to play as a lone striker. I wanna see a fast counter attacking team with Chapman and Armstrong providing the pace out wide.

Please don't tell me you plan on Conway starting Left wing

Think we need: Bauer Chapman Right Winger Big Striker Fast Striker I would be incredibly happy with that.

I mean I'm sure it would be a loan for a season. Poor lads been shipped out 4 years out of the last 4. On about 35k a week. Done business with Liverpool twice in the past 12 months. Stranger things have happened.

Anyone see on Twitter Markovic from Liverpool linked. Probably crap but we need wingers.

Time for some artists Tony!

Travis will compete at RWB and RB.

I love a 4-4-2 diamond like what Uraguay are playing right now. Proper little and large striker combo, proper footballer(Dack) in behind the strikers, a tough defensive midfielder kicking people, wingers are more in a support role than attack. Would suit us.

Chapman over Conway anyday of the week and twice on Tuesday. What is with this Conway lovefest, he can barely run for gods sake. If we play a 4-2-3-1 like we did last year for most of the season, then you need a left winger who is quick on the break and can beat a man. More focus on going forward. Have Evans and Smallwood do the dirty work, we need someone in the team with pace.

Relegation Fodder

Don’t worry we have Conway and Bennett to terrify full backs up and down the country.

No I would like to see him come off the bench in a decent Championship side.

Was certainly useless against Southend on opening day, switched it at half time if I recall!

Looking at the squad now I agree we will be back to 3-5-2. So: Raya Lenihan NEW Mulgrew Bennett——————Bell Rothwell——Smallwood —————Dack—————- ———NEW———NEW——- You have Williams, Nyambe, Travis who can all play a couple of positions off the bench for you, Bennett can play RWB or CM. Evans and Whittingham depth for CM, and Gladwin can be Dacks back up. So expect a Centre Back like Bauer or the boy Hector from Chelsea. Then 2 strikers. Hopefully one with power and strength like a Gestede type and then a quicker Armstrong type. Would love Lucas Joao back on a permanent and Thierry Anbrose on loan from City. Throw in a real quality Centre Midfielder and get rid of Evans or Whittingham and you have the 4 New Signings I think we need.

I missed two games last year out of 46. We were poor in most, no point sugar coating it. We had a couple of players that had no business being in the league, namely Dack, Raya and Mulgrew. We need to improve a lot before this season kicks off.

Yeah I started off saying the 'we are better than the squad we got relegated with' claptrap too, but now I'm starting to get more worried, and the statement carries less and less weight. The team your comparing it too, was two years ago to the day, and money has been pissing into the division since then, the division has gotten stronger. It's not a fair comparison. As pleasing as last season was, our performances most of the time were quite poor, but for a solid back line and Raya, and touches of quality we were poor for most of the season. After what happened last time in the championship, along with people like Conway getting retained, I am fearful that we are not going to be good enough.

Guys are good with Conway and Samuel on the wings and Graham and er Nutall up front?

We have relegation fodder written all over us without,at least 4 quality first team signings. Not panicking yet though

We need a left and right winger and a striker minimum for the starting 11. Loan Market about to be hit.

Would take all three

That Bauer fella sounds good from Charlton. Anyone remember him? We need a big lummox at the back, seems to score a few too.

Harry Chapman for a undisclosed fee would be terrific