rigger

I know it is the second home game. It is our first game to be moved,that was scheduled for a Saturday. More will follow. If you read the article on the club site, it gives the reason for the change of dates, being the commonwealth games.

It's a pre-season friendly against a second string U23s side.

No wonder, when they are charging £6, for an U23s friendly game.

So that is the first Saturday home game moved already. I dont see how the commonwealth games effect WBA fans travelling to Blackburn on the Saturday.

Or we could also just forget about players that have left the club.

As long as it doesn't transition Pears into the starting team, I won't be too bothered.

He puts the cones out quicker.

In Listons quote did he mention a manager. I thought he just said friends.

None !

JDT

Most successful teams have a strong defence, in my opinion. So I would start with the strong defence then work on the scoring.

Get the defence sorted and the rest will take care of itself. I would settle for those two coming in.

But in every game that he has played, he has been impressive, and for various reasons.

Gally.

Ah, flip-flops

But, as of this moment, that is what we have got. We have to make the best of it.

It is also conceivable, that we will have better away followings, than those teams that where mentioned, that have sold more season tickets than us.

Burns's game is ideal for a high press tactic. You don't get many relegated clubs playing a high press. So I wouldn't expect him to show at Scunthorpe

If Diaz leaves, He could be replaced by Dack or Vale. I am not saying I would be happy with it, but it could be done. I would never say any team is relegation fodder before a ball is kicked. Last season Forest probably started the season as a mid table team, then became relegation certs, then got promoted.

I take it you haven't seen much of Phillips, Wharton, Vale or Burns.

My starting squad if no-one else comes in: Kaminski Brown Ayala Wharton Pickering Travis Buckley Hedges Markanandy Gally Diaz Bench : JRC, Carter, Edun, Dolan, Dack, Walker, Vale, A Wharton, Pears.

I expect, because when the tickets first went on sale, it was to season ticket holders only, some Rovers fans will have bought tickets through Accy.

I know a really good way to see if Vale is or isn't good enough for the first-team. Play him.

Maybe because it is a pre-season friendly.

I agree that none of the youths should be starting for the first-team this season. But if push came to shove, they could fill-in from the bench. I agree we need to aquire new players, but those players need to be of a required standard, and be able to fit into a system that will hopefully lead to success