I think i have a clean slate on reporting as well, live and let live i prefer to scroll past or respond in kind. Live by the sword, die by it, a shame some don't have the minerals for that. Reporting posts that aren't racist, homophobic etc is pathetic really. Also i wish we had a manager who was more cavalier !

The keeper, build from the back now. He's tried building from the front and it hasn't worked out how it should yet but that's 2 pronged. Wrong players for what he's trying to do but undermined by still being weak at the back. A lot of the defensive howlers have actually been ironed out even if it's not perfect. However that's spoiled by having keepers who pull complete clangers out of nowhere. Time to concentrate on the back over the next 2 or 3 windows if there is any money get it 'invested' there. He'll carry on trying mix and match at the front whoever he signs because that's what he does. The back needs to be settled in front of a solid keeper.

How many have we in our squad that are more comfortable right side of a front 3 ? How many times does it actually work ? We collect wide forward for fun yet this guy can't mould at least one of them into a regular success.

You've no idea if he was signed to be a starter or back up. Simple as that. Neither have your 'sources' the only person who has is Mowbray.

I won't spend the owners money for the sake of it. I think @simongarnerisgod might be bob on there in fact i think TM and the boys might be pushing for it. All the excuses he needs for a lower mid water treading season. As long as they get assurances it isn't their fault so expectations have to be non other than just get by. Another season ticked off at Mowbray Towers. Personally i think if they go into the season with rookies or a gamble like Pears we will be suffering badly after ten games.

A bit of both there really imo. Academy system churns out ten a penny types like this who probably should have been trained as full backs or something. Because they can get past a man they get made attacking midfielders in the hope they'll be worth a few quid eventually. Yet they never get coached the art of real wing play because those positions are out of fashion. Teams like us probably have a high turnover of these types because there's a few around and they just hope one will fit eventually. Managers rotating and messing around hoping to find one worth money to sell on. It's just one big cog keeps turning yet it affects the standard of football on offer to watch. Unbalanced and very little flair or crosses of any quality, then strikers suffer but it's ok because one of these bog standard types gets stuck in a no 10 position as well. Robots with any individuality ground out of them when instead those sparks of flair should be the things they are encouraged on.

Very hard situation and very hard market at the min for everyone so that's not his fault. However this slow build which is a byword for just keep plodding and the wasting of a lot of money yet still leaving us scratching around in key positions is. It's the prime reason we as fans often moan and want pressure keeping on when everything seems ok. Because in football you cannot stand still and you never take anything for granted as you do not know what's around the corner. And in this case it was lockdown, nobody saw that coming but it could easily have been something else though.

Absolute attack of over loyalty or just plain nostalgia but absolutely typical.

Tosin was like all the other TM signings brought in as back up to wait his turn. That might have ended up being behind Williams after the silly we'll just see if Mulgrew has got any better over summer experiment lead to that fall out. Presume they'd said he'd get a run of games at some point so the rotation would probably have started anyway according to opposition. Once he'd bedded in to the Blackburn Rovers pecking order way. Whatever stop gap comes in this time i doubt will be as easy on the eye but if he can defend in a partnership he'll do. A decent steady keeper as well as - i'll whisper it - we might end up a bit stronger in the center. God only knows what plans he has for the full backs though.

Yeah the Trust & some of Jacks clan, amongst each other !!! They weren't bothered. Allegedly there was an out of court settlement between Vs & some part of the tantric ones mob, not sure if that was even real or just to pacify prying eyes.

Fast becoming a myth, another the manager doesn't really know what to make of but he's given him chances this season and player himself can't find any rythmn. More comfortable a level below probably.

Window dressing.

Read it back properly.

Hmm I wonder how much Graham was worth if he'd had to buy him after the initial loan ? A fair chunk of that I reckon.

Good stuff from @JoeH very interesting and backs up what I've been saying for weeks. Mowbray started the comparisons with that lot last time he was rooting for a set of excuses. However when you do and you get down to the nitty gritty it does him no favours at all. Of course there's a possibility they'll fall away next season. There's also just as much chance we'll finish similar to each other again midway. Yet give them 5 mill in summer & a few luxury loans I'd back them to be way above us. Give us similar again and I don't expect much difference. Says it all, they push we dawdle.

I'm agreeing with you on the expense just to finish midtable How many similar clubs would love the backing to pull in Downing, Tosin and the like ? Reed last season. All to underpin midtable stability. Shows how weak we are in other areas.

And 20k pwk Downing and the 12 million boys. Some can rant all the want about mid range budget. Fact it it costs this club and its owners a hell of a lot of money just to achieve mediocrity comparitve to some others. Yet it's almost celebrated annually because they've now been brainwashed with the little old Blackburn Rovers line. We know who and what we but that has never stopped ambition. Why settle for punching your weight when you've proved beyond doubt you are capable of punching above it. What we have is a management and running setup designed for the former because it's comfortable for them. We also have ownership with more than enough clout for the latter. Just too brainless or brainwashed to have a real stab at it. Just carry on filling mediocre pockets

Keeper isn't a spot you piss around with trying to get cheapies in and grow a players to sell. Yet that's been the mantra since Robinson was costing too much. It needs solid investment then it can be left alone for a few years. We still bare the hallmarks of being a vehicle for agents. I fear we could end up getting really desperate for a keeper given the current climate.

Another Boro rookie now Nice lad, fit straight in, friendly agents etc etc wow what an ambitious forward thinking set of guys we have in charge. Warnock hunts for a proper keeper meanwhile.....

Marquee signings making a statement. Clown tactics on the pitch.

He had the edge of Raya in that dept which is what was needed unfortunately lacked the cat like reflexes and had similar number of clangers and concentration lapses. That was evident early on but it looked like he'd settled in well at one point so it was odd how he went right off the boil post lockdown.

15 million on 3 forwards in 2 summers, million pound loan fees last season, Downing about a million for one season - all to finish midtable ! Need a keeper, a poxy million quid, nah we'll stick a plaster on that one again. I don't know why some fans choose to ignore this when they are hailing the midtable messiah.

He's the decent name chucked about whilst they wait to be offered something cheap from the c list. Like the 'defenders are coming' scenario Mowbrays rep hangs on this. A good one in or lucky loan or it's a very black mark Tony not the sign of building a team or a gaffer who knows what he's doing. Just more finger in the dyke hope for the best stuff.

That sounds like Kevin Keegan.

It'll come down to which agents push the hardest as usual.