Mowbray dropping in 'his head's been turned' a couple of days ago said it all. Armstrong's time is done here. I'm glad to see Ayala starting as our young centre backs leave me feeling nervy. Bench looks shockingly thin. The loan signings, or any signings for that matter, can't come quick enough. Dolan down the middle by the sounds of it. The stubborn, predictable get. He'll never change.

Sky, Talksport etc will cover Mowbray leaving. It might not be for long or in great detail, but they will cover it. I still remember Jim White on Talksport after Coyle was sacked. "Venky's, we're coming for you". Whatever happened with that? It was nothing but hot air. They tried to put it all on the owners in order to defend their mate. It will be the same with Mowbray. "Poor Tony, he was up against it, finances meant he could only sign kids on loan".

I know of such a site for tomorrow, if it can be put forward. In terms of the game, I'm fully expecting Dolan to be played down the middle due to his pace. I'd be surprised if Gallagher is played centrally, even though that would be the most logical thing to do, as Mowbray tries to be too clever for his own good.

What a mess we are in. From that interview it sounds like Mowbray wants to give new contracts to Nyambe, Lenihan and so on but is being prevented from doing so by the owners. He says he will seek to address that issue again with the club once the window shuts, but he almost sounds resigned to losing them next summer. I can see them trying to offload one or two in January at this rate. I dread to think what our side will look like come August 2022. It feels like all those silly loyalty contracts that were handed out in 2018, plus the wages wasted on the likes of Rodwell, Downing, Gladwin, etc have come back to bite him.

That's Armstrong not playing on Saturday then. Imo, the 'his head's been turned' lark is just a convenient line that Mowbray is putting out there. With the talk of potential £15m-20m bids for him, I don't think they'll want to risk him picking up an injury.

Idah or Obafemi have got to come in on a permanent deal. A loan only pushes the problem 12 months down the road. From looking at both players, Idah looks the better player, although Obafemi is rapid. £15m for Armstrong plus Idah on a permanent will do. Then we have to go about strengthening that defence and midfield, whether it's through loans or otherwise, because both areas look flaky right now.

Is the new training gear available in store? I tried having a browse online earlier to see how it looks but there is no sign of any of it at all on the website. You'd think the club doesn't need any income based on how poorly everything is being managed. There are so many questions in relation to season tickets, match tickets, streaming, kits etc but no answers.

The poster who mentioned rumours of club staff fearing administration could well be right. This feels like people at the club jumping ship before the crap really hits the fan.

It's inevitable the way things are looking. Not only are the management of that standard, but also many of the players we are relying on this season are too. Look at what happened to Ipswich when they started to bring in League 1 players as a Championship club. They plummeted and haven't recovered. There isn't much experience or quality around this time to help us out when the going gets tough.

I agree, that is solid business from QPR. They've managed to get two midfielders in that we were linked with in Dozzell and Johansen. Austin is quality at this level. I rate Odubajo too, I've wanted him at Rovers since his Hull days. I think they are going to be a dark horse this season. They've already battered United in pre season and had a 3-3 draw with Leicester. Start as you mean to go on. We're going to have to wait until this lot sell up before genuine optimism returns, I feel.

There was a spell in the 18/19 season where Travis looked quite good. The game at Newcastle in the FA Cup was the standout one for me. He was making driving runs and playing forward passes with intent. I remember thinking we have a player here. That version of Travis hasn't been seen since. Injuries may have taken their toll but I think it's due to the manager wanting him to play a safe, disciplined role. Mowbray wouldn't play Reed in the centre of the park because he wanted him to learn from Evans and Smallwood. He's turned Travis into a sideways player like those two, imo.

Our performance livened up when Rothwell, Buckley and Gallagher came on and we switched formation. I was just glad to see we still have some creativity because we were woeful up to that point. Happy to see Brereton firing and full of confidence. I think he's going to step up for us this season. We certainly need him to in order for us to keep us away from the drop zone. As for the defence, I've felt for a while that Magloire and Carter aren't good enough for the first team. I've not seen much recently to convince me otherwise. We can't seriously be relying on those two for a 46 game slugfest of a campaign. Magloire was twisted inside out today and he was beaten far too easily for their second goal. His passing leaves a lot to be desired too, which makes me wonder why the heck he was expected to step into the midfield today. We need to bring a couple of defenders in imo, but we'll be lucky if we manage to get one. It might be ambitious but I'd try and get Tuanzebe in on loan right away. Very good defender at this level and won't get a look in at United this season. If I was to guess though, I'd say we are probably going to go for Rhys Williams or Clarke-Salter instead.

This isn't looking good at all. We're going into the new season with no momentum. Bolton are comfortable so far.

1. Yes. 2. No. October 20th. A poor start to the season will see the fans on his back. I think he will walk the day after we lose against QPR. 3. Kaminski 4. With a new manager from October, 16th. With Mowbray all season, relegated. 5. West Brom

As soon as West Brom entered the running for Reach it was over really. Playing under a better manager, presumably on a better wage and for a club who should be challenging at the top end. He was always choosing them. How many targets have we got left now, if any? It all feels rudderless with the only idea now being to wait and see which kids the Premier League clubs will allow out on loan. This is after Mowbray only recently saying how we need men in the team. He said the same at Coventry too. He's had three years to get 'men' in our side. Oh and what a nice man Balaji Rao is by the way. Bringing John Park into the club, allowing him to chill out in the offices at Ewood and paying him for it too. A top man is Balaji.

The state of that lineup. The so called 'journey' has led us to this. Absolutely abysmal.

Yes. Nearer to kick off time.

Heavy downpours in Blackburn this afternoon along with thunder. Let's see what condition the pitch is in tonight.

Good stuff. That saves me having to mess about with LUTV or whatever it's called.

£3m might be a bit optimistic. I think £1m max, may be the best we can get for him. Not that I would be happy with that. Selling him would cause another problem, when we already have enough as it is in terms of replacing outgoings. Rothwell is one of the few 'exciting' players that we have left. That trait of his, the driving runs past defenders, not many players in the country have that, imo. He hasn't done it consistently for us, but there is a player in there. I'd like to see how he would do at Rovers with better coaching and under a different manager.

I'll take a guess at it being Rothwell. There was talk recently about us possibly selling him in order to offer Armstrong a big pay rise to stay. Armstrong is probably going anyway, but would they take the money if there was a bid on the table for Rothwell? I wouldn't put it past them.

That's the best away shirt we have had for quite some time. Can I have 9 Santa Cruz on the back of mine? 😁.

I'm in no doubt we'd be a much more solid outfit under him and closer to those play off places. Neil has something about him. Can you imagine him coming out with half of the crap that Mowbray has, or trying to gloss over a run of 2 wins in 17? He would be kicking backsides in the dressing room to snap us out of it. His work at Norwich shows him to be a winner and I thought he did a decent job at Preston with limited resources. He realised that they needed a centre back and got Bauer in. No messing about, he went out and addressed what their squad needed. I'd like to think he would have made better use of the £12m that Mowbray blew and our higher wage budget. We don't even need a brilliant manager to get us up the table or even out of this division. We just need a half decent one possessing the right mentality and attitude. Mr nice guy rotating everybody just to keep them happy, whilst waving the white flag is the last kind of manager you would want at your club. Yet we're stuck with him!

If true, that's another one we can cross off the list (Not that we have a list).

Famara Diedhiou has signed for a club in Turkey. I'm not sure if we were linked with him, but a few on here were touting him as a good signing on a free. The wait goes on.