Caddis just nipping in for his final wages before off for a night on the tiles !

It's the player thinking about himself, get a knock or whatever and he's still paid by Rovers till summer.

Caddis departs, no surprise. He must carry some problem that's seen his fitness plummet in recent years. Decent pedigree from Brum, not that old when he came here but always struggling. Should've come back from summer in the best shape he could possibly be at tis point but clearly didn't, now paid up and heading to the part time leagues surely.

I reckon Venkys have assets and money stashed all over the world they have the means to channel funds. Probably have a stash of gold bars and an oil well or two !

I can't abide either almost equally, not much time for Bolton but all the fans of them I actually know are sound and it's just banter. Can't really say the same for the other two bar the odd exception. When it comes blinkered wind and piss and myths Burnley are definitely on another level and always have been imo and plenty other rival club fans would I agree I think. Longer they scrape through Europe the better it'll likely ruin their league season, the trap door awaits !

Gallagher has been out on loan a few times over the last few seasons so maybe he just wants to hang around at Saints and take a chance he might get a few games with them if there is an opening. Perfectly understandable unless his manager tells him otherwise and it might not be a case of just sitting about collecting his money.

Evan rested for International duty ? Anyone having a quid on it ?

One thing we know about Venkys is if they want to sell they will regardless but on the other side of the coin if they don't they won't regardless of the price or noise anyone makes !

He does present himself as a bit of a moral high ground super fan. Don't they usually change those column writers every few years ? Surely his time is up he's had his moment it would be nice fir some fresh opinions.

If rumours are true members of their crew were accosted before the game outside and in the corridors of the DW along with the obvious unrest in the away end which prompted them to flee at half time. But of course they didn't know all was unwell !!!

4000 Rovers fans at Wigan gave them a few pointers as well, they then gave Kean a new contract !

Not sure what Mowbray had in mind with Whittingham but from the outside it seemed a sensible back up option to Evans considering he's often rested for one thing or another (Sunday will be interesting to see) but then TM tried something completely different with him and it didn't work. He had a few credible cameos filling in though but i'm not sure he's applied himself the best he could to ever have a chance of a regular place but that's what you get with older guys of that ilk they think status should guarantee them a place not graft, there's no hunger anymore and that doesn't fit this team. No big deal in the grand scheme of things although we were warned by a few his legs were gone but he didn't cost the earth and he's hardly been Anthony Stokes level of wastrel.

Paul Hunt publically told them as well and in doing so effectively signed his own P45.

Seen someone on twitter saying over 800 sold, another superb effort ! Brizzle 1 Rovers 1

Last night was one of those 4-1 's he's been regularly expecting we'll win by over the past few years so I hope he weighed in on it ?

I think that's the nail on the head and the only way to get rid of that rawness and get streetwise in competitive games is to play them we've seen that with Raya, Nyambe and Lenihen. At 23 he needs some regular back to back games pretty quickly.

Most sources claimed the Rhodes deal was fixed at 2 million per year over 4 years although that was comfortably covered by parachute income as was his contract. Along with Murphy, Best, Etuhu etc etc ? Someone must've gone guarantor on this one.....

I've never seen anything at first team level or the U23's that shouts at me Nuttall is a good player or got the tools to be one BUT he seems to have that knack of putting it away that some far better players don't. Handy to have about for these types of games but not sure he'll ever offer enough at Champ level though he's still quite raw to be fair.

Surely the key to a successful team is to have one of each.

Maybe they've found a way around FFP or are deciding balls to it like other clubs although i'd be more inclined to think they are front loading with a bit of spending knowing in the not to distant future we've a couple of players who'll be offski for big money that will cover it and then some ? Seems they've been listening to TM and the football people at the club and on the back of last season as a result they've now got a bit of value back in the squad even before any big investment this summer. The BOI might be confident enough again to allow it for the first time since the parachutes dried up having seen what the last round of investment returned under GB.

I detest clubs paying players off and surely Rovers have done enough of that under Venkys tenure so no loan the buggers out and make them earn a bit of their corn. Failing that most don't have long to go so keep them around till then and make them train with the kids and offer them the benefit of their experience so we might get a tiny bit of something out of them for their wages.

That goes without saying as does the defenders dealing with set plays a crosses from open play all of which come at them whether there is a Rhodes in the team or not and it was a weak point. GB also played the same system whether Rhodes was in or not with two deep lying defensive mids which naturally concedes space in midfield but of course having JR in there meant long balls or balls down channels were utterly pointless. Odd that they kept trying it, Rhodes did ok for Hudds and for me at Ewood it was partly down to not having a correct partner for him. Him and Rudy were effective but never actually gelled well but as you've admitted yourself that side that season should've done better but defensively we weren't strong enough. When Rudy was in there was an outlet upfront but it still didn't stop weak goals at the back, many from set plays. Anyway it's done now but lets not lump it all at Rhodes door the side was good enough but the tactics and application often weren't. Not that this is any slight on the good stuff GB did i'd suggest without him AND Rhodes we'd have landed in league 1 years ago and at that particular juncture in V's reign as you mentioned we'd probably not have come back a bit like Charlton or Bradford.

And he did frequently he couldn't be held accountable for the amount of poor goals conceded from set plays etc that was the managers inability to put together a decent settled back 4 and the lads in that back 4 not taking responsibility.

Now you know it really isn't and tbf he did that job really well.

Where did the ever present jlowes team finish last time he was captain here I think that's all we need to know.