"Rovers have a contingency plan in place in anticipation of a Rothwell exit but you can't have one without the other. Mowbray affirmed 'they would be stupid' if they were to sanction Rothwell's departure without some form of guarantee on the incoming front and the club already have a variety of options in mind." Expectations have been set. Up to the club to make this Rothwell move a disaster or an opportunity.

Just goes to show, maybe don't take Aberdeen fans' current opinion on Hedges at face value.

Haha imagine if Mowbray jumped ship now too!

There's no way they don't know how this will go down with fans. They MUST have some deals lined up, which could well be exciting.

Uh oh. Pete O'Rourke is as well connected and trustworthy as they come.

Bielik is just coming back from his second ACL in as many years. Wouldnt take the risk, given we're already in that boat with Dack.

Mowbray said yesterday Hedges isn't Rothwell replacement: "It’s not Hedges for Rothwell, no. Hedges is just about a free transfer, we have to pay a little bit of money to get him. He’s out of contract in four months time and they’re basically worth nothing to us after this window shuts.”

I hope you're right but we were hardly as proactive as you assume with the Armstrong money were we

And the irony is it's often the manager that genuinely cares most about the club, its fans and wider community yet he is the first person the fans turn on and is binned off.

Depends on your...or rather TM's...definition of very good. Hedges is costing £200k, how would TM refer to him?

It seems completely unrealistic to me. I imagine the final fee, if it happens, will be far less.

Battling performance from a patched up side. Take the point.

Not sure about QPR, you can't keep relying on late goals and not sure what strength in depth they have. Main threats in my mind are Bournemouth, WBA if they get their act together possibly under a new manager, Forest and Boro.

Sam fucking Gallagher!

That Sheff Utd side Wilder brought to Ewood in their promotion year still sticks in my mind as one of the best away performances in recent years. A top manager at this level. People are right to be wary.

Big 'ol bloody game this one now!

Where's Sharpe got rest of the season from? TM said 'more than a few weeks' but didn't put timescale on it.

At least it happened now with time to bring someone extra in on loan

Agree with this, especially going forward

He was barged about 6 foot out of the way!

Chris Wilder has the measure of Tony Mowbray as proven in previous seasons. Big league game coming up and potential playoff game. Hope TM is ready!

But for that 7-0 home defeat we probably wouldn't have gone on the run we have weirdly

4th best team in the league lol

How is that not a red!?

QPR have definitely taken that mantle. Including next two, they'll have had about 5 games in a row on Sky.