He played well in his debut against Wigan and handled the thug Garner really well. At Wednesday he was part of a rancid team performance when individual mistakes (not by him) cost us at least three goals.

The last few weeks have seen Uncle Harry and cousin Jamie pushing him in any media outlet that would listen to them. It's all set to fail with his inexperience, transfer embargo and aging team.

I understand players have to keep their options open but he also missed a big chunk of pre season last year and didn't play for a while because of this. Therefore it's a big no from me.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/june/gallery-the-boys-are-back-in-town/ Some first day training pictures. Two things for me. Downing isn't on any of them and Smallwood looks like he is morphing into Keith Andrews.

I think the inference is that Mulgrew gets in ahead of him.

You sound like you are talking from experience ☺️

Namibia have conceded an 89th minute own goal after a sterling defensive display in which Nyambe was the stand out defender.

Interestingly he is in the middle of the three. From the glimpses I have seen he doesn't look as top heavy.

I was going to use his performance in that game as an example of how poor he was. Positionally he was all cover the place and as we were so close we could hear other players telling him where to go but he cocked them a deaf 'un. In the first game at Ewood he was sent off and should have been sent off in the replay for deliberately kicking the ball at the referee. From memory he got the hook at halftime. He might have improved his attitude and I hope he does well but the news today of a potential big move will cause some on here to rewrite history.

Mowbray thought so too. He sent him back in the January after bringing him in in August having played four games.

I guessed as much. Essentially it's managers and commentators using nonsense speak to make themselves sound clever and 'remind' us mere mortals that they are smart.

Excuse my ignorance but what is 'recycle possession'?

No like Downing, Downing, Armstrong, Leutwiler, Samuel, Smallwood, Graham and Harper off the top of my head. And add Venus and Waggott as non players. And Chapman.

He hasn't got Middlesbrough, West Bromwich or Coventry on his CV.

I watched him play last night against England and his stock has probably gone up fivefold. I wonder if Rovers have anybody out in Italy watching the European under 21 finals though. From what I have seen there is some real talent.

Tony told him ?. He mentioned playing against us twice last season and being impressed. In the away match we were very good until they equalised and then we looked nervous (and they only had ten players). In the game at Ewood Mulgrew gave arguably the worst centre half performance in a long time, Williams got sent off and we gave a spirited performance with ten men.

That can be likened to some posters logic of Conways extension last year. They said he could come on to shore us up going into the last knockings to defend a lead. We all know how that ended.

I agree. To me he has always flattered to deceive and never been consistent. I remember him making a World Cup squad as a Liverpool players and in the season had no goals and no assists. It's another lazy signing who will be on big money. Disappointed.

As the customer Rovers should be giving them a delivery date with penalty clauses if it's not met. I worked in purchasing for 25 years and the suppliers I dealt with agreed in writing to delivery schedules. Any variance from these without good cause invariably meant no more orders.

I completely missed that the deadline for loans is the same for permanent signings. I think the loan pool will be a lot smaller this time as most PL clubs will be on tour or playing tournaments and will probably want to run the rule over their youngsters. And perhaps the biggest source of loans will be reluctant to send any to us after Palmer didn't get too much game time before he was sent back.

You saved me a copy and paste job?. What hope is there for the future when the manager comes out with that particularly about selling players on. I'm beginning to think the India trip was a one sided affair with Mowbray being told what his brief is. We won't get an loans from PL clubs until after the transfer window because they will be away with their clubs. I'm getting a bit fed up with the whole situation.

The last time I spoke to Chris he had started up his own business but that was a couple of years ago. Sorry but I can't remember what the business was but a DynoRod type springs to mind.

Travis started at Bramhall Lane on Dec 28th after Evans was rested following the Boxing Day game at Leeds and Travis wasn't even on the bench. Smallwood got himself sent off at Sheffield and got three games. Travis played against West Bromwich on New Years Day, had a blinder and pretty much became a fixture in the team. I don't think he would have become a regular if Smallwood hadn't got himself sent off.

We're on the same train and paid £34 each with senior railcards. We are back on the 18.37.

It's amazing that within no time at all of the fixtures being announced Sky already have Class of '92 FC on their first live game. Interestingly the TV deal is for 20 League One and Two games to be broadcast live. I wonder how many of these will be used up on Class of '92.