He has gone to play in a glorified pub league. How many players over recent seasons have we sent to non league only for them not to get game time, not adapt and return to us no better. It's a pointless deal that with do neither Rovers or the player any good.

It's a bit of a phenomenon that Rovers just can't see. I think I saw a comment from Waggott saying something about the cost of getting merchandise to Chile but that is all I have seen. Surely Macron must be interested in this and have clubs who wear their kit out there. There will also be lots of sports outlets who work in a commission.I I see this as pretty much a free hit for Rovers but still they appear to be dawdling.

In professional sport it's essential I think. Prior to his Chilean sojourn in the summer I saw very little confidence in his overall game. Now he looks like he's got his acceptance speech ready to receive the Ballon D'or. 😄😄

Absolutely not. It appeared in the national press during the early part of this year that his mother was from Chile and according to one of our Chilean posters it also hit the South American press. I don't know anybody who dreamt this could have happened but for me there was an almost novelty value in the story. He went so they could have a look at him, they clearly saw his potential and had the nous to turn that potential into far more than our esteemed management team could have dreamt of. I remember Mowbray praising Brereton who he said travelled well with the ball in training. He couldn't get that out of him in a match though.

Don't you think it's because of what he's done for Chile that we have a reborn, revitalised and confident player. His stock has risen remarkably and we may cash in on that but the Chilean coaching staff deserve huge praise for getting something in a few weeks that Mowbray and his dullards couldn't get in nigh on three years.

The rise of Brereton has to be one of the most remarkable stories in our history, it's Hollywood material. I don't know who the manager of Chile is but the summer transformation has been remarkable and he has to take lots of credit. I wonder if he fancies a summer job to improve some of our other players ☺️

That's harsh mate. The keeper would have been expecting him to shoot across the goal and the finish at the near post was clever and shows how confident he has become since the summer.

Dolan is pictured training today.

I can see lawyers getting richer with this one.

It's a myth that he was crying. He simply had his head in his hands which was probably a reaction to an abject performance. The myth is perpetuated by some who use it as a weapon against anybody who was critical of him.

But one bloke isn't representative of the vast majority. There has been criticism of Brereton mainly written but very little that has been audible at any ground. He was banished to the under 23's not too long ago because he was poor. I'm delighted for him and happy to admit I was wrong about him.

BBC News - Footballers demand compensation over 'data misuse' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-58873132 This could ba really interesting development in the way data is used, collected and, according to this abused.

What about the poor standard of coaching at Rovers? Chile got more out of him in six weeks than Rovers did in two and a half years. And that was international not club football.

I didn't rate him and you know I'm delighted he has come good so I am happy to be wrong but for over two thirds of his time here the empirical evidence is that he was mostly poor, occasionally average and rarely good. He was sent to play with the under 23's ffs. So I do know who I am.

Agreed. I don't believe he is anywhere near as thick skinned he would like us to believe. I recall him exonerating himself early from the potential sale of Brockhall by saying 'it's above my pay grade'.

Absolutely correct. Somebody at Ewood has seen some comments on social media about Mowbray eulogising about the Blackpool fan's and this is just damage limitation. I wonder if he said what he did because the fans had the temerity to shout 'Mowbray sort it out '.

I'm for anything that increases the crowds but for me it's not radical enough. The real screw up from Waggott was not being creative enough with season tickets mainly on price but also flexibility. His silly structure for season tickets hasn't given him much room for manoeuvre. Still it's another admission from him that he got it wrong.

There should be a new slogan: On a journey with a journeyman. 😁😁😁

To replace the three you mention will likely cost transfer fees and if they are established players coming in they will want the going rate for the Championship. some business plan. But the story here is already written. Blame the players for extortionate demands, let them walk away and replace them with loans and kids. And next summer the next tranche of our of contract players will be the given the same treatment. Rinse and repeat.

How does this sit with you? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58799369

Saving face to the tune of £180m? Sorry I'm not buying that line at all. As I said the truth is none of us know and after eleven years they are as mysterious as they were pretty much from day one. I'm not buying into this 'change' story at all primarily because I don't trust them to enforce a change radical enough to benefit us.

But you speculated that it's an Indian culture thing and they want to save face. None of us know but you can't really dismiss somebody else's speculation when that is exactly what you are doing.

Somebody somewhere must know. We can all hypothesize but there has to be a reason why they haven't upped sticks and gone.

A serious question. Why do you think they are still here after eleven years?

Do you know of any other individual/families that happily write off £20m particularly on something they don't appear to be interested in?