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Absolutely awful for Tony and his family. I remember Tony joining Rovers from Buxton some 50 years ago. As a player, coach and manager he gave everything for Rovers. A true, true stalwart. Over the years, would often pass Tony in the car whilst he enjoyed his almost daily walks, listening to his music as he strode along so purposefully. A really nice, genuine guy and you can only wish Tony and his family the very best as they try to come to terms with a dreadful illness.

The answer is that, IMO, Mowbray makes it up as he goes along. I struggle to see a strategy where our recruitment is concerned. It's why, I think, we've seen square pegs in round holes for too long and too often.

Chaddy, look at it carefully, don't be sucked in !!

@Chaddyrovers house down the road on the market for seven figures+ I've bid £500k. Told the missus to hold fire on booking Pickfords just yet. Bottom line is you can bid for anything. Think there's more chance of me landing the 'des res' than Rovers landing Atsu or the QPR lad. Has the penny not dropped with you yet!?!?

Fortuitous point based on those I've spoken with who went. Hearing we'll be lucky to see Holtby before mid March. If correct, huge blow given injuries to Dack and Rothwell.

Have tried it Chaddy, albeit a little while ago. IMO, League One in comparison to Premier League Shajan - Mohammad is a difficult act to match!

I think we have very, very little to be optimistic about. IMO, until we get a football manager who knows how to work the transfer market, can organise and get the best out of our players and is tactically astute then we are fecked. I think Laurel and Hardy (Mowbray and Waggott) need the order of the boot asap. This summer is going to huge and I have zero confidence that Mowbray and Waggott have the faintest idea, ability or inclination to plan and execute it successfully. A new manager needs to take stock soonest.

There can be absolutely no excuse. Even within constraints you wheel and deal like we have seen so many Rovers' managers do in the past. I think Waggott, Mowbray, Venus have demonstrated, once again, what poor, poor operators they are. IMO, they, along with others like Lowe and Benson are nowhere near good enough for our our once great football club. I think our club needs a complete clear out from top to bottom. Sadly, some supporters will be unable to see beyond, IMO, the smoke, mirrors, bullsh1t and b0ll0cks pervading Ewood and Brockhall.

Shajan and their chips you seem to savour? Going in there later, buy you a pint if you are there?

IF, and I think it's a very big IF, we do have a 20% sell on clause for King, I do not think we will see more than loose change made available either now or in the summer. I think it's quite clear from this transfer window that we barely have a transfer pot to p1ss in. IMO, all smoke and mirrors, bullsh1t and b0ll0cks.

It's all feckin nonsense. Can we start signing players to play in their rightful positions. Square pegs in round holes syndrome is, IMO, a huge reason for our mediocrity and for Mowbray failing to get the best out of what we've got.

Maybe but, IMO, he's definitely not a £7million player.

IMO, to further his football career, he should have gone to Brentford - they seem to know what they are doing there and players develop. It seems to me he came to Rovers and took a pay cut because we were offering the highest dollar of the three!

I would beg to differ. IMO, has improved but still technically poor with a limited football brain. Really? If that was the case, why did he reportedly take a wage cut? If you are in demand, you call the tunes on your contract.

Think only the sale of someone like Lenihan would enable us to sign Maddison. We have Mulgrew and Magloire back so Tony might think are are covered at the back!!!

Uncertain of their total wealth but I haven't seen any financials which show they make "100s of millions per year" or anything remotely close to that.

There comes a time when an owner decides enough is enough. Hayward (Wolves), Davies (Bolton) and Whelan (Bolton) readily come to mind. What is the V's tipping point? Relatively, £100 might mean very little to you but you wouldn't want to keep losing £100 several times over!!!

Sadly, I don't. IMO, it's a share issue for working capital purposes given ongoing financial losses of up to £20million+ per annum. I said before the window opened that, IMO, transfer fees in plus wages saved would far outweigh transfer fees out plus wages spent. I still think I will be proven right. I think Rovers' financial position is horrendous. Over my professional career, I've seen and been involved in (trying to salvage!!!) a good number of 'basket cases'. I obviously hope Rovers is not one in waiting but as a supporter for 50+ years, I have rarely been as worried for the future of the club as what I am now.

These are financial facts Chaddy. V's are now in for £180million+ and growing by the week. It's fair to say any rational person with a degree of financial acumen would doubt the position is sustainable. Yes our key players are still here - let's hope that is still the case come Saturday morning!

Wishful thinking there I think! If I recall correctly, over the last 24 months, VLL have issued about £40million in shares which, coincidentally, probably ties-in with the Rovers' financial losses over the period!!! Think the last share issue of almost £10million was back in August so I think more funds were due to keep the ship afloat!!!

and it will only get worse this summer when we have to replace loan players, ageing players, players out of contract and players who simply aren't good enough. If Mowbray is still here, and God forbid, I think it will just give him another ready made excuse for 'stability' - 'you can't have so many new players in the building and expect them to gel'. I think it underlines our player recruitment strategy has been simply shambolic under Mowbray.

Can anyone really say they are surprised how this transfer window has panned out!? Despite the utterances of some on here and the 'smoke and mirrors' from Ewood, I think it's pretty clear we haven't a transfer pot to p1ss in. Where we are is a result of, IMO, Mowbray's shambolic player trading record. I think Mowbray has signed the wrong players for the wrong positions and therefore we see the square pegs in round holes syndrome. I think Brereton and Gallagher are appalling and expensive signings and if Mowbray tries to tell us they were signed as 'wide men' then he's even more incompetent than I thought. IMO, Armstrong just hasn't got the physicality to be a number nine, is not a 'wide man' and is more suited to being one of two front men in partnership with a bigger unit, however, doesn't seem to be a Mowbray system! It also seems from the LT that we took Smallwood to Portugal. What the feck is that about when he seems to be no longer part of our first team plans and is seemingly happy to sit out the rest of his contract with us contributing little. IMO, unbelievably poor management of the situation. Think the only way Venky's get a good part of their £160m+ money back is if we get back to the PL. IMO, that will not happen under Mowbray. I don't think it takes too much to get out of this league. Appoint a manager who knows what the feck he's doing, is shrewd in player trading, can organise a team and can get the most out of available resources - get some momentum and confidence and away you go. As an aside, as I said before the window opened, I still think, and increasingly think so, there will be at least one 'big' departure before the window closes.

Why the feck would any club want to pay Rhodes £35k per week. Sit on your arse in Sheffield son and draw your money if that's what you want. If he wants to play football, I think he needs to realise he's a £10k a week man and that's being generous!

and, in the main, that's why players don't develop at Rovers. IMO, Mowbray hinders young players as opposed to helping them. Brereton's confidence is shot whilst, largely, Gallagher is played out of position. Whose fault is that !?!?