Equally, if you knocked some off that season ticket, say £350-400 even considering it is in the most expensive area, would you be much more likely too even without a flexible alternative, just because that price would make you less bothered about missing games because the price isn't so steep in the first place. The prices being so high will surely deter those (and there will be many, especially with Sky's disregard towards fans) who can't attend every game being able to justify a season ticket. One way around not giving flexible tickets could be offer to a scheme similar to something Burnley are trailing, whereby if you can't attend, you exchange a ticket for a game and get money back if someone else buys it.

You can't judge someone positively based on targets they didn't actually get into the building. What a signing Lewandowski was by the way. (Well, would have been)

The worrying thing is, as incompetent and tone deaf as Waggott is, and as much as I would be overjoyed by his resignation. This is all stems from the owners. When he goes, someone equally responsible for passing down the wishes of the owners will be equally as disruptive in reducing our attendances further.

He is considerably worse than Kaminski, so yes, I believe that it will cost us points. Pears is not a keeper that will win us many points, Kaminski wins loads because he is a top Championship keeper. There were numerous games in the first half of the season when Kaminski did just that. A mixture of recency bias obsessing over that couple of games when Kaminski dipped whilst carrying an injury, and you trying to defend every decision the club makes will make you remember him as error prone rather than a very good Championship keepr. I am just giving my thoughts on what I perceive to be the potential explanations to downgrade our keeper. If it is purely a choice from the manager, then it is a truly baffling one, and a huge error of judgement from Tomasson. If it is budget cuts, it makes more sense in that it isn't a straight choice, but it would cause general worries about the direction of the club. They would never come out and say we are promoting Pears because we can't afford to keep Kaminski, but I will assume that is the case if Pears is number 1 and one of the kids are his back up, or even to be honest if we got a cheap back up externally. If Kaminski wants out, then I would berate the decision not to reinstate him towards the end of the season, and that run of games saw us repeatedly fail to win with Pears in goal, so it didn't turn out well. But if that was the case, then I would expect him to be properly replaced, not just replaced within, if it wasn't financially driven. I don't think you can fathom that a decision could be made to the detriment of the football club, whether that be financially driven or for football reasons. It must be right in your head, because that is the decision made.

I never said that I do know! IF Tomasson has said I want Pears as number 1, then I think he has made a monumental, point costing decision to go for a massively inferior player. IF budget cuts have caused this decision, I think those budget cuts have already begun to hinder us on the pitch and give us an inferior team. IF Kaminski does stay and Pears has signed but will be number 2, I will be very happy.

I never said specifically that Broughton would do anything, although I think you are naive to assume that there is NO WAY that they could ever disagree on a decision. I meant it is more likely that budget cuts have forced the issue. I would like an answer on who YOU think is the better keeper, have you decided?

But maybe the owners have said to cut the wage bill.

How do you know? I never said he has, but maybe he has been told to cut the wage bill, so keep the cheap back up and sell the proven, experienced and quality keeper likely on much higher wages.

Maybe Tomasson doesn't want that but the decision has been taken out of his hands. Or maybe he does want Pears in net and I know this is frowned upon, but the manager might be wrong in his judgement!

£8.5m is definitely a big enough bid for Brereton for a single season.

So he didnt sign a striker, yes. He did in the summer, his first choice and he was sent back in January because he was so bad. And we struggled to score all season.

Heckling and booing? Hardly a hostile atmosphere for the players, although its a narrative we often go back to. A for Broughton 😂 failed to get a striker, failed to get an experienced midfielder, both massively hindered us. Also stunk out the loan market.

I dont agree with that, any player would do what is best for them rather than stunt their career ane a huge move to a big club on big money out of loyalty. Difference was that we had to sell Duff, we wouldnt have allowed his deal to run down. We are shoddily run now and had chances to sell Brereton and decided not to.

The summer starts off horrendously if we sell an actual good keeper for a bang average one. Probably a sign of what to come, get rid of experience and anyone who wants a reasonable wage, downgrade.

Was that the same meeting that a fan wanted us to give up Brockhall and move closer to Ewood to train?

Still hardly a group of leaders that can guide the younger players to promotion IMO, most of them have been part of the last 2 collapses. The likes of Hedges, Gallagher, Pickering, Brittain and Szmodics are hardly players that the others will look for guidance from. I just think that Garrett (even if we didn't sign another midfielder) and Leonard have a lot in the way to play many minutes, rather than keep them on the fringes with the odd chance in a cup game or amidst an injury crisis, go out and get 40 games in League 1 and then its a different conversation next summer.

How is that negative? Bowyer thankfully doesn't manage or have anything to do with Rovers nor has he for a long while. Not a particularly good manager. Merely having Championship/EFL experience doesn't make someone a good manager, Coyle was an example of that. Wilder the best of those, possibly unobtainable but his stock will have fallen this season. Going for old managers is not usually advisable but Critchley would be a better choice if they went down that route.

Owen Coyle has EFL experience. Doesnt make hin good.

But you want a midfielder, say Knight for example. Opening day, assume him, Wharton, Rankin Costello, Travis, Buckley and Szmodics are all fit, Garrett doesn't get a sniff of the squad, not factoring in Brierley. So from his persepctive, surely a loan spell elsewhere will give him a much bigger chance of gaining that experience he needs? Same with Leonard, cant get a game with no strikers available, add presumably a new striker if not 2 and Gallagher, will he make the squad? How does he develop? I wouldn't want Ayala to stay because he can't stay fit enough to justify a decent wage. But not only does your plan to keep all these youngsters hinder their chances of getting much football, but how does this fit in with us genuinely going to the play offs? Shedding all of the experience, you dont mind Kaminski going, Ayala, Dack all departing an already young side that has collapsed 2 years in a row. Examples are good and bad on both sides. Markanday has not had a sniff, others didnt go out. Carter and Wharton did and really pushed on.

Dont get this, lose experience, replacing with youth. We may disagree on the type of midfielder but we both agree that we need one in. Add to Travis, Wharton, Buckley, Rankin Costello, Szmodics and maybe Brierley, how many games is Garrett going to realistically play? Get him to try and play regularly and well in League 1 and re-evaluate. Questions over quality and also how much he will play. Likewise Leonard, he hasn't played despite us not having strikers. Is he going to play anything other than the odd cameo if he stays? Get him scoring in League 1 if he is up to it. Id sell Vale, nowhere near and never will be. Phillips is the most complex, the closest to the team but again, how often will he play? Ideally he would go and prove that he can play 40 games a season for 90 minutes as he has had issues cramping up in many games. Get someone with experience which we need and let Ayala go.

I see. So every other team has no money but you think Tomasson is telling fibs when he mentioned loans and frees as a way of a negotiation tactic? Stoke have shedded a few more of the remaining big earners so I wouldn't be surprised to see a bit more scope for them financially. Also, not surprised that Blackpool seemingly dont want Bowyer. Would be a strange appointment.

You said it was the choice of Waggott, when it is specifically on record that it was the owners. And again, allowing contracts to expire rather than selling has nothing to do with Covid.

Inter were superb in that first half and blew AC Milan away with some superb football. I don't like how BT who have some real experts on Italian Football revert back to Crouch, Gerrard etc who cant compare with the sort of knowledge and insight. Its the predictable crap, focus on (and interviews with) a couple of players each with relevance to England and/or the Premier League. I occassionally watch Serie A on BT Sports and when I do I think it is very well presented. Napoli have been a joy to watch when I have seen them but missed Oshimen for the first leg of the quarter and rushed him back for the second.

He has made mistakes in big games so maybe he is just not a top level player at this moment.

Well yeah, he naturally provokes the most conversation as he is English. Had I said Kjaer for example, not really relevant to most. Seen Tomori a few times and he always has errors in him, sometimes covered by his pace, but not convinced. Mind you, that Milan side has done well to get to the Champions League Semi Final as it is extremely limited. Missed Leao tonight who has always stood out when I have watched them.