Leeds are certainly right about playing time otherwise what's the point loaning a player out!? Seemingly, Liverpool's stance exactly the same about Morton. Bottom line is we should be fine with that providing we are certain the incoming loanee is far better than anything we have in that position and will substantially improve the team. Elliott did, Morton doesn't, Mola doesn't whilst Hirst, IMO, stunk the place out.

Spot on. I don't mind paying for entertaining and exciting football, feeling we are going somewhere. Will not pay for the dross we are served up and the feeling that that lot out on the grass don't care as much as they should, all ring fenced by, IMO, incessant bullsh1t from first Mowbray and now JDT. Unbelievable we haven't made a single signing yet - other clubs have. IMO, the whole management structure needs feckin sacking.

He is not a young kid. For fecks sake he is 22 in March...................................!!!!! The lad will never, ever make it in Championship. To me League 2 may well be his level.

Yes, an outstanding manager/coach would want to bring in his own players. However, an outstanding manager / coach would also set the side up to get the best out of what he's already got and adapt tactics accordingly. We are uninspiring, boring and IMO, worryingly, for the large part, don't even look interested. Are these players even playing for JDT? To me, today's performance only confirmed many things we already knew - Buckley is vastly over hyped and over rated, Morton couldn't direct traffic, Hedges needs to play on the left side of our team and Vale is like a little boy lost. Kaminski now seems to have developed the yips (high on my recruitment list would be a goalkeeping coach with credibility and proven coaching ability). Great to see Dack regularly playing again - still our best player by a country mile, let's just hope he doesn't get p1ssed off with this shambles.

Avram Grant and Jurgen Klopp both had/have ability. Which one of the two fires you!?

If all had your attitude then we would be doomed to a life of Championship mediocrity at best!!! I look at clubs like Blackpool, Brentford, Huddersfield, Hull, Sheffield United etc all promoted over recent years - if they could do it then why the feck can't we!? We have a Manager and DOF who, seemingly to me, think promotion is beyond us for at least 2 or 3 years. For fecks sake, we need football folk with a CAN DO attitude who live and breathe positivity, breed belief, fire ambition and give supporters REAL HOPE. No point in worrying about what happens if and when we get there, the feckin priority has to be to get there in the shortest possible time and then take it from there.

For far too long, senior management at Ewood has been on easy street and seemingly anything goes and there is little accountability. Where is the decisiveness, the creativity, the flair, the nous, the assertiveness and the judgement? I think the club is devoid of a culture. For a start, we need a 'can do' attitude and a winning mentality - that is created and comes from your senior management team. I've been round the block a few times in the course of my work and I can tell you, IMO, I've rarely seen a business the size of Rovers so severely under managed. All this talk of 'journies', 'projects', 'creating value' etc should be binned as I think it's bullsh1t which Rovers' staff hide behind to deviate from the pressure for success. Supporters don't want to hear it. It's ludicrous that JDT has seemingly dismissed promotion this season - that in itself is a sackable offence. The chief objective for JDT and Broughton for 2022/23 should have been promotion. If you think Broughton has made a decent start then God help us if he bombs.

Managed people all my working life since qualifying as a chartered accountant decades ago and don't have 'people issues'. Everyone is different, some need carrott approach and some need stick approach - what's not in doubt is every individual wants to know where they stand. Judging Broughton over 2 to 3 years is farcical. If I'm brought in to save a company, I'm judged on results in a feckin short space of time!

I've worked with people all my working life (employers, employees and clients). The bottom life is folk want to know what you are about and do you deliver. Anyone can set up a structure and appoint folk - creating the right structure and appointing the right people is another matter!!!

I very much doubt he would have laughed.. I also very much doubt he would have opted for 12 months in the 'ressies' when he could have had a go at plying his trade in the PL with someone like Leeds, Everton, WHU etc. Doesn't matter what time period you are in, you simply don't p1ss about or show indecision or weakness.

You are going on the transfer list. We will invite offers. Should one be acceptable (and anything over £8million should have been) you either accept the move or rot in the 'ressies' until your contract is up. What do you think Brereton would have done? If Broughton hasn't got the expertise and gravitas to deal with our owners then he shouldn't be in the feckin job. He needed to sh1t or get off the pot.

When appointed, the resolution of Brereton's position should have been 2nd on his agenda following the appointment of a new manager. After all, Brereton WAS the club's biggest asset. The discussion with Brereton should have been short and sweet. You either sign a new contract within days or we sell you immediately. Job done. IMO, Broughton has singularly failed to successfully manage the second biggest and most pressing issue when he was appointed. He has failed miserably. New contracts for Buckley and Travis were akin to fiddling whilst Rome burns. Might be tiresome to you but it's time many fans woke up and smelt the coffee instead of swallowing the copious bullsh1t that, IMO, continually emanates from Ewood.

I think we are a business which is severely under managed. The bottom line, IMO, is we have sh1te management from top to bottom - there is no discernible plan or strategy to me and we are just a rudderless ship lost in the ocean.

Successful management is about dictating events rather than letting events dictate to you!!! You need foresight, nous, judgement and boldness. Sadly, IMO, Broughton is failing miserably. I think the evidence is there for all to see and I think it's clear he is a man out of his comfort zone and depth.

Agree, he isn't. However, think Raya has developed significantly whilst at Brentford and little doubt having a quality goalkeeping coach will have helped. I think Kaminski could be a decent PL goalkeeper and it would be interesting to see how much more he has in his locker under the guidance of a quality goalkeeping coach.

Could do worse than go for Kaminski! Will be interesting to see what fee they get for Raya - only certain fact is it will dwarf what they paid us for him. Hope someone at Rovers was savvy enough to ensure we had a meaningful sell on clause!

Sadly, he's shown me nothing to think otherwise.

IMO, the bottom line is we have sh1te executive management. The two key managers in a football club are the CEO and the football manager. You ensure you get the best possible you can attract. Waggott is on relative peanuts for his position and it doesn't half feckin show - IMO, he's useless and on easy street topping up his pension. Why would you not pay your CEO £1million, or whatever it takes. when that much is paid to 3rd rate footballers? I do not think JDT was an inspirational appointment - IMO, a third rater. Sadly, I think Broughton is way, way out of his depth. It's simple, Rovers should have got what they could have in the summer window instead of most likely ending up with feck all with our ability to improve the team hamstrung as a result. Broughton should have been wise enough and bold enough to have told the Venky's what was required. 'Assets' given long term lucrative contracts include Travis and Buckley - you just couldn't feckin make it up. IMO, p1ss poor from Broughton along with the signings of Hirst, Mola and Szmodics. I am blaming Broughton. IMO, he's highly culpable as in my response to Sweaty Gussets - based on what's happened under his tenure, I think he's naive, weak, unimaginative and seriously lacking judgement.

This transfer thread is so feckin depressing. Good job I've a lovely lunch lined up with copious wine - maybe me finished for the day on here!

The manager needs to feckin learn and fast............................................!

You couldn't feckin make it up. Think we just p1ss money down the drain time and time and time again.

Unlike Hirst's spell in Championship, he scores feckin goals - promising.

Think some are burying their heads in the sand - 'he needs more time', 'our recruitment set-up is newly formed'. Sh1te, sh1te, sh1te and more sh1te. IMO, we have, in addition to our owners, three huge problems - Waggott, Broughton and JDT. I've seen enough on the field of play, in our transfer dealings and in the management of existing players' contracts. I think we are spineless, passionless, boring and hopeless out on the grass. If Hirst was our number one striking target in the summer then that in itself is a sackable offence for JDT and Broughton. Add to that the almost as inept Mola, 'Posh pulled our knickers down Szmodics' and the most overrated and underwhelming Morton (and I don't give a feck even if Liverpool have given him a new contract - I trust my own judgement) then that is a window that stinks. Add to that the new four or five years contracts doled out to Buckley and Travis and you could be forgiven for thinking lunatics had taken over the asylum. I think we are a total feckin shambles with appalling senior management (Waggott, Broughton and JDT) who are simply not up to it. Got friends round tonight who are Burnley fans and I will get unmercifully ripped for 20 minutes or so. It's embarrassing.

Burnley, PNE, Rotherham and other spineless capitulations. It took 4 years or more for the penny to drop with you about Mowbray. Unless JDT's removed now I doubt we'll have a club in 4 years' time!

Indefensible. Almost speechless. Spineless, no passion and just feckin hopeless. Another hammering and capitulation. JDT out.