Agreed, a new deal made no sense in the summer and this 2 team limbo that he is in could have been avoided. I suppose that teams in League 1 have limited resources, maybe he will go back last minute at a much lower wage contribution, but he didn't seem to have a particularly successful time at Burton especially compared to Shrewsbury last year. I would consider both to be well off it but I would put Chapman above Butterworth.

Even when he plays well and gets the winner? I don't rate him either and wouldn't have given him a new deal but you have to give credit and plaudits when due. His goalscoring record this season compared to minutes/starts is pretty reasonable too. "Abysmal since he rejoined the club" is hyperbolic.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19874362.blackburn-rovers-shelve-transfer-plan-dilan-markanday-injury/ I don't agree with the idea of keeping Butterworth, he isn't very good, I would probably look to sell if possible. I am guessing that if we need Butterworth, then it doesn't instil confidence over likely recruits, maybe it will be 1 at most to replace Markanday. Even at the weekend, I would have Chapman on the bench over him, a player with similar work rate questions but one who has proven that he can score and create at senior level. And I would happily see him go too, although the 2 club rule makes that impossible unless Burton want him back.

It seems like based on the fact that he is still starting for Aberdeen combined with reports in the LT that it is one for the summer. As an additional option even off the bench I could perhaps understand it although it seems that our restrictive budget wont allow. If that isnt an option though, a pre contract makes no sense especially with the uncertainty over division.

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Where does this influx of quality referees suddenly come from? The only way to see an noticeable increase in accuracy (by no means does it make it perfect either) is to bring in VAR to help the referees. Take the Hull game, we get a penalty and the second doesnt count. Lots of hyperbole there, but it focuses on the assumption that possession football means good footballers. Our players in general aren't the most technically gifted group in the league in the main, but the best doesnt just mean the technically best. Brereton technically isnt standout, Rothwell and Khadra arent best suited to possession football, even a more technically gifted player like Buckley's best asset is arguably his ability to pinch the ball. I dont think thats an insult, obviously we arent awful "footballers" but I think its easy to misread such a suggestion.

Has he? I was reading a forum and they seemed split on him and not particularly bothered about him leaving. Have you seen lots of him? You say suspicious but if they was protecting him prior to a move, they wouldn't have played him. As seen many times. It seems money is at a premium. I dont see how he really fits into our formation but surely if it is all agreed for the summer, then Mowbray would prefer to have him now for the sake of a couple of hundred grand. Would agree that a pre agreed summer move is illogical, as an extra option now on the cheap it would make more sense even if it was mainly as a sub ahead of the likes of Butterworth.

VAR is more accuracy against less flow. People are dead against it but it is the only realistic way to see a noticeable improvement in the accuracy of decisions.

Why does that discredit the players?

Russell Martin gets so much credit for playing that way too. Strange.

Hedges is playing for Aberdeen tonight.

I have never said that FFP isnt an issue, just that I dont believe we are on the boundary of it, neither do you if you wanted investment in this window. I also dont understand why people make out as if FFP didnt exist, then Venkys would be spending more, using it as an excuse to defend them. I also have never made out that Rich Sharpe is all knowing. I would agree that he seldom if ever breaks stories, bar perhaps the Markanday one directly from an interview. But when he gets stories quashed, they tend not to happen. He does know more than what is written on here because there hasnt been ITK know how on here in years, although that isnt a problem to me. What and when exactly did he say that we arent spending because of FFP? You are like a dog with a bone regarding FFP.

Looks like Burnley are close to signing Orsic. I remember seeing him score a hat trick v Spurs in the Europa League.

Seemingly not the 2 names regularly circulated. Plus Hedges not coming here this month:

Bournemouth seem to be showing real ambition if they are genuinely interested in Kieffer Moore, Lawrence and Rothwell. For us, no I agree it isnt in our best interest. But for him, money.

It's what he does, cryptic nonsense. History suggests that he certainly doesn't have insider information.

https://www.dorset.live/sport/football/football-news/blackburn-refuse-rule-out-joe-6545770 Definitely not a not for sale stance based on this and the LT.

That is a hell of a damning indictment as Bell was horrendous. Edun is at least better than Bell IMO but he is a liability himself at left back/left wing back. Agreed with the potential signing of a left (wing) back.

With stats though, they paint a false picture. We was told last season that the "data" was better than the results and there was an implication that the results would eventually improve, but they didn't. Conversely, our stats are supposedly much poorer this season. In many of the games in our last few months, I have never felt unduly fearful of an imminent goal for the other team. The stats favour teams who hog possession, and also if a team tends to score and see games out, the other team will naturally create chances trying to equalise.

A bid for a Bournemouth player wouldn't unsettle him, he would almost certainly have to take a considerable wage drop to come here. The reason that it could in theory work with Rothwell is that they could offer wages well beyond our "ceiling."

No it isnt considering our league position, even if it wasnt a rival. Why is it a "shame?" Would you sell if say it was a foreign team?

If they sold a key player for a tiny fee to a promotion rival, it would be beyond disgraceful.

Do you have a screenshot please.