davulsukur

It's an interesting point to be fair. If it was indeed a bust up that saw his hasty exit, it's unlikely Mowbray would want him back. There is a possibility that Mowbray won't be our manager next season, so the new manager might want Mulgrew back. There is a good chance, we will just give him away for free in the summer to avoid shelling out on his wages.

Reed is a significant upgrade on Evans. Energy, workrate, tackling, technical ability all a cut above Evans. In his 1 season with us, he scored 3 goals as well, which is just 1 less than Evans had manage in his entire Rovers career. Having Travis, Johnson and Reed for our Centre mid options would have been a superb choice of players. Those 3 would have worked superbly for a 3 man midfield as well.

Be interesting to see if anyone has the inside track on this move. A few pages back, someone mentioned a potential bust up with TM and CM, following the Charlton disaster. We needed to phase Mulgrew out over the course of the season so him leaving isn't a problem as such. The problem is, we are light on centre backs and we really needed to sign one. Let's hope we have a free transfer lined up (but not Rodwell)

That would be my choice also.

So then, with Mulgrew gone. Lenihan or Johnson for captain?. It can't be anyone else. Mowbray could make a similar mistake to what Coyle did when he made J-Lowe captain by giving it to Bennett.

He might even stick with Bennett. but Willo and Bell most likely. Should be last chance saloon for Bell.

A lot of clubs can't announce deals until the window is shut, as they can submit the paperwork before the deadline but it needs to be approved/signed off by the league. Cardiff announced his departure at a similar time.

Reed would have been an excellent addition to our squad. Has a bit of versatility about him, which Mowbray loves. Beyond Johnson and Travis, our centre mid options aren't great. Smallwood and Evan's aren't particularly good and Davenport is turning into the new Vinnie Grella.

That's a good shout to be fair. With all the banter and stuff you see from the club and players social media, it sometimes needs something like this to give people a kick up the backside.

Left work. Nothing happening. Got home, checked the boards. Fucking chaos. Jesus christ Mowbray, what are you doing here?

20mins, doesn't feel like it's going to happen

Great stuff. Hope this one comes off then. I guess that pushes Willo more into a centre back role, so i can;t see any other signings coming in

Cunningham a left back?

Normally a reliable source as well.

Magloire has gone on loan. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/august/magloire-makes-loan-move/

You know it's bad when Chaddy is slating it

Too late to be flogging him now. Even if all the money was reinvested into the squad, we wouldn't get a deal over the line in time.

Yer sorry I thought you meant Mulgrew would do a job at left back.

Was just about to say its Assombalonga all over again!! Let's hope this one comes off.

Assuming you mean at left back, that's exactly how Mowbray thinks and one of the main reasons we are in this defensive mess in the first place.

It's normally the manager that makes the difference in these situations. Allardyce being the classic example of taking any old players and getting them organised and set up correctly to become difficult to beat. Mowbray has never been about the defence in his entire managerial career. He isn't going to start now. I think it was yourself that posted a quote where he had 6 strikers on the pitch at the same time. He seems to believe we can be a possession based team and therefore under less pressure defensively, looking at the Charlton game, we had 62% possession (according to the BBC) which isn't too shabby but we still lost 2-1 because our defenders just aren't good enough when it matters.

That's a bit simplistic. (According to Mogga)

Yep, it will be. Should have been the number 1 priority over the summer to get in a couple of full backs and centre back. It took just 1 game to highlight that our defensive issues haven't been resolved in the slightest. When did we sign Bell? That back 4 against Charlton could have started a year and a half ago. Not good enough.

If we sign any defenders now, they will be considered back up in the extreme. Mowbray obviously thinks we have enough cover in all positions across the back 4 with Bennett, Lenihan, Mulgrew, Williams, Hart, Tosin Nyambe, Bell and at a push Downing. In fact, he wouldn't even acknowledge the back 4 as a problem after the Charlton defeat. It's a concern that we haven't replaced some of the above and it will cost us over the season.

We always ride the wave of optimism until Sharpe comes in and kicks us off our surf board