I think the writing is on the wall, Pears keeps saying he wants to play (obviously anyone will say that but he seems to have developed a taste so must have had assurances to sign a long term deal) and kept the shirt despite Kaminski's return. All I know is, if Pears starts as number 1, we start with a much weaker goalkeeper than we did this season. So we are without our top scorer and our best keeper straight away.

Again, you aren't grasping that their judgement could be wrong and/or influenced by financial limitations. JDT must want Pears so it must be right.

He certainly lives rent free in many peoples heads.

Pears isnt good enough to be number 1, thats what I keep saying. If Kaminski is so intent on leaving for family reasons, which I am not convinced by and think that you are assuming that to absolve the club of any potential criticism. Then sign a new number 1 to replace him. We definitely should not have Hilton or Eastham as sub keeper either way. I don't understand why Tomasson has potentially decided that, although according to you, he hasn't decided that, Kaminski has decided that so make your mind up. I couldn't possibly understand why anyone would prefer a far inferior keeper to play. I think it must be for budgetary reasons. If it was a judgement by Tomasson, then his judgement is terrible. If it is Kaminski's decision purely for family reasons, then sign a new number 1. My expection is Pears with one of the kids backing up, which would further make me assume that it is a financial decision.

Hard to look past a Luton win considering the defensive injuries that Sunderland have. Barely a defender available.

Kaminski is a top Championship keeper. Many of the points picked up in the first half of the season were down to him keeping us in games. It is baffling, I know that Tomasson stuck with Pears, I said before that Kaminski needed to come in, I felt at the time and feel justified looking back that Tomasson made the wrong choice after the international break to stick with an inferior keeper. If Tomasson says that he wanted Pears as number 1, again, I would find that baffling because he is nowhere near as good! I would think exactly the same because MY opinion is that Kaminski is miles better, like most people seemingly, and I wouldn't adapt my opinion to agree with what the manager thinks. I have my own mind and my own opinions. Why would I try and "understand" it from Tomasson's point of view when in my opinion, it is clearly the wrong choice? What understanding is there to be done, the poorer keeper is preferred? If Kaminski has made the decision solely to move back to Belgium and it has nothing to do with potentially (and for the last bit of this season) not being first choice, then yes, we should bring in a new number 1. Not to compete, but to be number 1. Pears is a good number 2, never a number 1 for a promotion chaser. My gut feeling is that the decision is financially driven, Kaminski is a better keeper who rightfully will be on more money. I now sadly expect Pears to be number 1 and one of the kids to be back up which would leave me very worried.

Some of his saves this season were even better. The ones posted of Pears in the main were straightforward. Take the award winning double save in the cup at Leicester, the first was an easy save that was telegraphed by the forward, yet he patted it straight into the danger zone.

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.