The lancs live report puts their neck on the line. I notice they tend to report the same as the LET minutes after. If Phillips signs, it'll boost their reputation. If he doesnt it'll make them look silly, regardless of the fact the lad can change his mind.

Necessity tonight and continue as long as he has the temperament for it not to affect performance. Should it go to tribunal to set the fee, more appearances will support our claim for a larger fee

Would a Chilean prodigy get a work permit?

I fully agree he wasn't of the required standard but I was responding to the point that we'd good dealings with Liverpool and given plenty of game time to loanees

I'm not sure Liverpool or the player involved last season would agree, think he got about 5 appearances. I'd be surprised if a 30 appearance clause is possible, more likely if 30 appearances aren't made across the season, we pay an additional fee

Lancs live has JDT stating he thinks we are close to a signing...but to ask Gregg.

Hedges 2 assists in 2 games. Yet some will still say he is useless.

In addition to Dack needing to build up his fitness - which might not be ideal in a tight match - does he have the mobility in the fluid front 4 that JDT seems to want? Not sure his game has him drifting wide and running the channels which all 4 need to do at times during the game. As sad as it is to say, it may be that JDT doesn't see him fitting into the system. Team is always number one.

Do wonder if a half season loan for Dack to get him regular game time could be the way to go, but there'd have to be a heck of a lot of trust in the team he goes to and Dack may need to swallow his pride and go down a league (as well as us likely still have to pay the majority of his wages).

Utd already confirmed it last night

Hedges' end product needs consistency, but what do people expect given the level he has come from and to? What he does seem to have is vision and awareness, as well as some technical ability. The highlights below illustrate this, as well as Pickering playing a forward ball when he had an option down the line https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/12662139/blackburn-1-0-qpr-sky-bet-championship-highlights

Don't disagree he had to space to use, but when Brereton goes inside, another forward needs to offer an option down the channel.

Pickering's confidence looked shot especially in the first half, but one thing I did notice which didn't help him at all is he had no option down the line. Diaz was immediately going infield when Pickering received the ball and nobody was running the channel. Early in the second half BBD ran the line instead and Pickering found him.

Irrespective of what you may think of their talent, I doubt anyone can argue against Gallagher, Kaminski and Travis not being key players at the time they all extended during the last 12 or so months.

So by that logic if we win comfortably, give JDT a new contract and anything below the play offs is an abysmal failure?

Apologies if this has already been answered, but in the forum minutes, it said a permit was denied for a signing from Austria last year. Any idea who it was?

16 goals in Serie A last season. IMO outweighs the 22 in the Championship. Not sure I'd say it makes him FAR superior per the OP, but I view it as more impressive than BBD's haul.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62256634 For those who criticised the club for 'only' getting an initial batch of shirts to sell, this is an interesting read. Supply chain issues mean some prem clubs still aren't selling kits, including fellow Macron team crystal palace

A marquee signing is exactly that and generally a one off. Without wanting to get all 'Football Manager' , wage budget needs to be adhered to or you knacker your finances. Had Nyambe been given 15k, a lot more of the squad would think they'd be worth that and our top earners would seek more. Barcelona are a prime example - and they had one of the world's best 2 players. But by continually increasing Messi's salary, they had to increase everyone else's in relation to it. Now they're 1 billion in debt and selling off future broadcasting rights.

Don't know much about him but Wiki says he wears number 7. It's back to the days of Emerton at RB, or better yet, Ben Marshall wearing 10.

Im sure it'll end badly, but didn't Crawley do this and sell £3m worth? Not that I endorse NFTs in any form

Depending on when the promo photoshoot happened, perhaps he was on his extended break?

Turns out not quite so much credit is due to Macron

Lots of credit going to Macron, but do they actually design the kits or is that Rovers? Given designs are in place around 12 months prior to release, doesn't that indicate Rovers actually design the shirt?

Like the away kit, too much of the detail for my liking. Last season's rose was beautifully embedded and more subtle, this is all over the place.