So we give the penalty to someone with a record of something like 0 in 36 at this level. Why didn't Dack take it? I give up.

Don't understand why our best CB Scott Wharton isn't playing. Also don't understand why Dack can't get a look in and Adam Wharton has been overlooked since signing a contract. The latter has to be ahead of Buckley at the moment surely. Still think Hedges is useless and Szmodics is playing after all - just noticed he's picked up a yellow!

Couldn't make it tonight and wasn't expecting anything after the last performance so delighted with those three points. Scott Wharton comes back in and we win. I might be wrong but think we have won every game he's started this season. Extremely under-rated player and his importance to the side can't be overstated.

It smacks a bit of Gallagher though giving Buckley a 5 year deal just as he completely runs out of form. If Broughton manages to tie down players who are actually likely to be sought after like Phillips and Wharton to long term deals and Brereton to any sort of deal that gives us a bit of protection then that will be the time to sit up and take notice.

Well no, not given he was completely anonymous apart from that. Took his goal well though.

I wish I'd had a fiver for every post during the transfer window that said Brereton "MUST" be sold. I'd be able to retire!

🤣🤣 That's got to be close to being post of the entire thread!!

Has anyone ACTUALLY complained about that though or are you making it up? Anyhow, surprised you're still around after slagging off the "Dack fan Club" last Saturday. Any thoughts on his performance against Blackpool?

Souness and Simon Jordan were saying much the same when discussing the departure of Alex Neil last week. They were saying Sunderland were probably wanting to develop younger players whereas Neil probably wanted backing to have a tilt at promotion.

Lot of random thoughts about this particular window. I'll put them down in no particular order: I'd say it was a decent window rather than a sensational one. Think we missed out on most of our original targets, obviously started off after the CH who went to Sheff Utd then at one stage I believe we were after the 2 Van's, Styles and a lad from South America and ended up with completely different personnel instead, but we may not be too much the worse for that. The main plus from this window for me by a country mile was keeping hold of BBD so well done to the owners on that. It may be a bit juvenile but I absolutely love it when PL Clubs and those from abroad come in thinking they can push us about and make derisory offers and end up getting the old two fingered salute. As a few of us said right from the start of the window (and got derided for it) there was always a decent budget available for transfers irrespective of any BBD sale. I don't think anyone can complain at £6.5 m spent on fees, 3 loans and BBD still here. (Although I'm sure Gav and roversfan 99 will!) In my opinion that was some of the money spent that was made available to Mowbray in January had he choose to utilise it. Individually, we've hopefully made a couple of solid signings in Hyam and Brittain. Morton looks decent enough and the lad from Chelsea is intriguing, hopefully he can do a job at LB. Very much doubt Hirst will do enough to make it worth our while signing him but as certain people might have mentioned once or twice we won't be stuck with him if it doesn't come off. Think we've had our pants pulled down on Szmodics but hopefully Dack is returning to form. So overall, more good than bad, not perfect but Rome wasn't built in a day and Mowbray and Waggott left us far too much to rectify in one window. Onwards and upwards.

Bit sceptical about this Dembele link. Can he play on the right? If so could be just what we need.

Which one?

Is this not the guy we supposedly had a £1.5m bid turned down for in January?

Apparently it's a loan of the player with an option to buy him for far more than he is actually worth at the end of the term. I was also wondering about what an acronym is and how much WE supposedly have to pay BBD if he leaves even though we're the selling Club.

Just got up having been working overnight. For me no news today is reasonably good news, the priority today simply has to be keeping BBD. Apart from that we could do with a potent attacking threat on the right hand side.

Can do that standing on our heads.

Interestingly, from what JDT said in relation to the alleged Fulham bid, it seems he would rather BBD stayed. It would be a help if the manager and owners were on the same page on that unlike moaning Mowbray who publicly broke ranks and sulked for the rest of the season. If it was him he'd be saying how he'd rather sell BBD and bring in 30 players for 500k then fall out with everyone if it didn't happen.

For once I agree with you. We'll need to get Wharton signed up to a decent contract before we can sell him for £100m though.

"It wasn't even considered" That's what I like to see. Hope I'm not speaking too soon with 24 hours still to go but: Go on Venky's - shove it up 'em!!

Decent performance after we scored. I think JDT has done as well as could be reasonably expected with this squad given the dire state Mowbray left it in and Waggott and Broughton's seeming misapprehension that the season starts on September the 3rd against Bristol City. If Phillips is a £40m - £50m player in the making then Wharton is an £80m - £90m one. Over to you Messrs Waggott and Broughton on the contract front.

"I really hope he gets the move he deserves" Are you sure you're a Rovers fan? The world's gone mad !

Why am I not surprised by this news? Well, I might be in a minority of one on this but I hope the owners demonstrate their financial clout and tell Fulham and any other Club taking the piss (by submitting an offer in the last 24 hours of the window) to fuck off. It's way too late in the window to accept a bid for him and replace him. Reassess in January. If we don't look like going up by then, we could always sell him at that point and probably wouldn't get much less than we're being offered now.

We can't afford to lose him you mean.

No, we won't think it's worth giving Phillips and Wharton £10 k p.w. We won't want to upset the rest of the lads and will be happy to watch another £115m worth of talent walk out of the door.

This ref doesn't like Vale.