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I am sure the squad is overall weaker. However some of the signings on early performances look good enough to perform as well as those that have left like Abeyiosu, Morishita, McGloughlin. The problem is a few injuries to them or the OG's and we are replacing with those that I think aren't up to the standard for the championship. Its at this point we suffer and risk our championship status.

On the footballing side if we sign a contract for a player at 10k a week for 5 years does inflation come into play? Sorry if a daft question I just expected that was it for the 5 years

Great 3 points and great performance. Don’t think we have played badly in any game I’ve seen us in yet and with more luck have more points in the bag. Early days but you can see which of the new signings look the part and which don’t. Promising signs from Gudjohnsen in his cameo.

I like how Miller is now a centre back and was always Hyams replacement they just thought he would have left sooner. Even though he was clearly Brittain's replacement earlier in the window.

So looks like there is £12million winging its way to rovers asap? Biggest chunk of money they have sent since the one end of 2023?

just in time now that the window is closed and they don't have to spend anything.

Said it all summer but we are in big trouble this year. Already lost 4 out of 5 and replaced all our experienced pros with foreign gambles. I think the manager is a dud, the executives rotten to the core and morale of staff/players already at the floor. Package all that against a very competitive league this year where even bottom feeders and promoted clubs have spent considerable funds improving their squad with experienced pros. The only real disaster club is Sheff Wed which leaves 2 more spaces up for grabs of which I am fairly certain we will be one.

The fee means nothing to me as it’s no use to the team and just goes into Pashas back pocket to make him look better in the eyes of Venky’s. I would rather all of them stayed and run their contracts down before leaving for free.

Scum. All they care about is money, the football club is secondary.

As we only seem to buy foreign randoms from distant lands unless they are already in the building we likely won't be signing anyone today.

Not heard a single rumour about Pears finding a club all summer but imagine he is one they are trying to push out the door today. If I had my way would be buying another striker and winger with pedigree today.

I imagine Ismael has been told that league position is irrelevant this season. He seems far too relaxed at the moment for someone as fiery as he is whilst overseeing this shit show. The goal is to polish some of these turds into profitable assets and reduce the amount Venky’s need to send over when the rest of the transfer sales runs out.

Hedges set the standard for effort and hunger today, the lad chased down everything and drove forward every time he had the ball. Shame none of the others followed his example!

Apart from Abesiou most of the new lads look crap. McGlloughlin cost us the game with a stupid red, Kargbo and Tavares with two of the worst performances I’ve seen in a long time at Ewood. Even then we still had chances to equalise or take a lead and messed them both up due to our pony attack. Genuinely think we are in massive trouble this season with our recruitment and lady luck deserting us most games. Hedges MotM for me.

Pasha needs to leave asap. A man who knows literally nothing about football or rovers making decisions is a joke.

Tomorrow should be a good marker of where we are at after a set of good performances but only one win. looking forward to it and the sense of mystery still about all the new signings. Fingers crossed for 3 points and a performance to match!

Based on that I watched the game and they looked a league two side. We could have scored 10.

Think quite a few are getting carried away after our win on Saturday against an abysmal Hull team. This transfer window had been nothing but a downgrade replacing experienced championship pros with foreign gambles on low wages/low fees. Having said that the signings of Morishita and Baradji have stepped up the quality of incomings all of a sudden so perhaps the message has landed at the club somehow. If we can bring in one or two experienced or similar stature strikers then things would be looking a lot more promising otherwise I am still expecting a relegation scrap of a season.

Optimistic for Saturday, thought we did well against Brum then the big win last weekend. We look poor in attack but the new lads just signed plus rumours around a striker might change that by Saturday.

Yes from early showings DeNeve and Henrikson look well below the standard.

Don't know anything about Baradaj or Morishita but from reading their backgrounds sound a lot more about them than the other unknowns that have come in. Anyone who brings goals and assists is an improvement on what we have today!

I find it bizarre he has been frozen out for Michaleski, can only be a financial thing as he is clearly a better and more experienced keeper at this time.

Looks like his big move to Man Utd won't materialise 🙂 Joking apart there seems to be no takers for him, not even a rumour all summer so maybe he will be brought back into the fold once the window closes.

Have we ever had a worse transfer window than this one? Lost half our first team Losing our team captain Lost our 2nd and 3rd top scorers from last season and haven't replaced them. Lost all our loan based attackers leaving us with nothing squad wise in attack. Replaced championship experience for a cheap foreign legion. Replaced squad players with academy players that have either had no first team experience or failed to impress on loans to lower division sides. Still expected to sell several more first team squad members such as Pears, Buckley (maybe even Hyam and Tronstad). To be replaced by more unknowns if they are even replaced at all. Thanks Rudy. I am sure our wage bill has somehow magically remained the same though. Ismael talks about it being a transition season but what we are supposed to be transitioning to?

Wow. Billionaire owners and we can't afford a sky sports subscription.