Carter has had a terrible season including his injury. Hopefully its rustiness but he seems to have made at least a bad error in each game.

It is as if the last 12 months havent happened.

Do you genuinely expect the owners to allow that though?

No way are we spending £7-10m.

Could have said the same about Telalovic videos scoring v pub players.

How would it help cover central midfield? Do you watch much of the German 2nd division?

Cannon isnt a Prem player so probably will be loaned out for a hefty loan fee so thats us ruled out. Its an easy link, Nixon desperate for gossip to justify his patreon. Im sure he said us and Preston along with half the league wanted him last summer. He will hedge his bets on Cannon and many others.

Dont think he would be mentioned without the name.

Not to the extent of suggestions that neophox has put forward. Matos and Drameh are only on loan at those clubs anyway so I suspect its just a case of randomly listing them.

A hybrid team of the relegated players seems a risky move.

Really hard question as we badly need far more than 3. New JRC Carter Hyam Pickering Tronstad Travis Hedges Szmodics New New

In terms of transfers in and out I would say so. Kaminski was as you say a big player and the downgrade was giant. Brereton was also a huge loss and again Sigurdsson a huge downgrade. Them 2 changes are the main 2 where you see a massive downgrade if you lose 2 players like that. Beyond that, the differences aren't as stark. Tronstad is the one signing who has been good. We did though lose Travis for half a season. The Wharton situation is a bit murkier in that we only had him for half a season but he didnt play much last season. All of our other signings at best had a decent month or two. We also lost Ayala who did actually play quite a lot last season and Dack again had a month or two but he did score some goals in that time. So its mainly just losing Kaminski and Brereton. Thats before you compare differences in players here both seasons. Szmodics a different player, Hedges constantly injured, Gallagher often injured and not as effective, JRC likewise etc.

Its a huge assumption to suggest that we would have continued that form throughout the rest of the season. Both him and Mowbray were not backed at the point where we needed a push, even if it meant selling players. Im well aware how bad our owners are. But you are cutting off your nose to spite your face if you would be aggravated if we did spend a bit (we won't, even though we have money sloshing around) simply because we didnt in the past.

Koumetio didnt play a league minute either.

The overall squad this season is far inferior to last season. Hence we didnt improve. We may improve the squad in the summer, we may not, if Szmodics goes we may get worse. Its an unknown.

I think they were in a very difficult situation with Mowbray, he was a good appointment but his sickness and unknown return date left them in limbo. Obviously appointing Rooney was the main issue.

Whether we have a competitive budget or not will solely be down to Venkys. We need money to be spent, it wont, but I dont get why it would infuriate you if it did.

Hopefully hes just trying to protect the players egos. We do need major surgery, surely he isnt that deluded into thinking we dont and/or already aware that we wont have any money. We have loads of loanees going back and our squad is pitifully short, look at the bench today.

Tomasson mentioned more than once that he had "said yes to a lot of players" when frustrated that players werent in at that time. He may have said yes to players not because he really really wanted then but because they are better than nothing. Im sure we will make signings. It doesnt mean that they will improve the squad. We didnt this year.

Or just do as you please, without the superfan rhetoric or prodding people towards boycotting.

Tomasson did take time to bed in his attacking approach. But during that time, we were winning games, thats the key difference. We were offering an attacking threat, we didnt just aimlessly punt the ball into the channels repeatedly.

The squad doesnt need the odd addition, it needs totally revamping. Probably wont happen, so another season of struggle likely awaits, especially if Szmodics goes. You look at the state of that subs bench today, absolutely nothing to bring on. Then you look to the injured list for crumbs of comfort. Fleck will go, Sigurdsson hasnt been up to it, Leonard isnt ready, Wharton will be out next season. Hedges is a good squad player but hes just tore his hamstring again, which is a worry and will he be fit come the first day? Markanday was ill, hes nowhere near good enough. Hyam obviously will be part of it. And thats before you consider the starting 11. McFadzean has done a job but we should move him on, at most he will/should be a squad player. Chrisene goes back, no real loss. Gallagher and Dolan, questionable whether they will/should be here. Terrible keeper.

How do you know we will see more of an attacking plan? You dont. I havent seen any at all, I get a focus on clean sheets but I have seen NOTHING in terms of how he wants to attack. He didnt arrive as a man with a reputation of setting teams up to attack. Hopefully he will going against every bit of evidence we have seen so far as Rovers manager.

I think at left back he is good too, he reads the game well to more often than not offset his lack of pace. Wing back though is a different story, cant play that role.

Need a reset and an overhaul that requires some financial flexibility. I cant see it happening. Need to move away from the 5 defenders, sitting in our penalty box and launching for touch mentality. So we need at least 1 goalkeeper but neither is good enough even as number 2. I think the JRC in midfield experiment has not worked, he was excellent at right back whereas he lacks the same composure in midfield. If he stays as first choice RB, then Brittain can be back up and we are fine there. If not, we need a right back. Pickering is a good Championship LB, but we need another, not Chrisene back. Centre back, Hyam and Carter have big question marks over their name after this season but we need them around. We need a new CB, maybe 2 if O'Riordan needs a loan. Dont sign up McFadzean, done a job but going forward, too slow and too old. Midfield, Tronstad and Travis are good at winning the ball. We need one or two who can use the ball much better. Szmodics has to stay and we need cover for him. We need at least a couple of quick wide men with Hedges and Dolan competing with them. We need 2 strikers too. If that is a main man and Gallagher as back up, not the end of the world. Anyone not mentioned isnt up to it.