JDT wanted a keeper better with his feet... JDT preferred Pears. Dont think we had anything to gain sales wise by putting him on the bench.

Telalovic has just been nominated for player of the month in PL2 - has anyone whose seen the PL2 games comment on whether it is warranted or not?

Weve played quite well, some beautiful football. But another one where not having a centre forward who worries a centre back means we have to work so hard to create a chance.

Is this a written law? Sort of makes sense, but not heard it before.

Same team, cant really argue with that. But really really hope we swap Brittain and Moran over.

Yeah, sorry I see what you mean but I guess my perspective is the players you mention are more number attacking mids / number 10s than centre or defensive mids which is where Adam plays at the moment. I guess for Whartons career he needs to play a bit further up, but then hes so good on the half turn you want him picking up the ball from defence....

Yeah, hes a 19 year old genuine Rovers fan who has come up through the academy and now a virtual guaranteed starter. He wont be in a rush to leave imo to sit on the bench somewhere. He'll have seen what has happened to Armstrong etc, or indeed Phillips. I would be surprised if he left unless a prem team he was going to were offering a place in the match squad. And I dont think he's yet in a place where any Premier League manager will be thinking hes a player they want on the bench. More broadly - if there is one thing thats changed in the Prem in the last 10-15 years its that all the centre mids are now absolutely massive units. Even the likes of palace or Bournemouth have huge athletes in midfield who also have a lot of quality on the ball. I do to be honest wonder realistically if Wharton can physically make it. But.. everyone keeps growing till your 25 so maybe he will keep filling out. Hope so as on the ball hes a special talent.

Dont know where Travis comes in - he plays CM or RB. With a weeks rest I can't see Tronstad or Wharton dropped, and at right back either Hill or Brittain will play. Will be good to have the option to bring him on through. Same good to have the option mod game with Sigurdsson and Ennis. But I dont think the starting XI will change much barring injury.

Watched the Sheffield Wednesday game back. We don't have a lot of options but one change we need to make is taking Brittain off left wing. Did a great job there against Stoke to mark out their right back which was a targeted plan. But I've been totally confused why he played there last couple of games. Either play someone else left wing, or swap him with whoever (usually Moran) who is playing right. Moran's played well left side in the past which makes that we persisted with Brittain there for 90 against Wednesday when he was obviously struggling even more bizarre. Team for me Leo Hill Carter Wharton Pickering Tronstad Wharton Brittain Szmodics Moran Leonard As per most Championship games a prediction is pointless! Could go anywhere.

Any particular reason you say that? Or just gut feel?

I think it was confirmed that he had a medical? We just didn't end up completing the deal. Or did I misremember that?

Like Jason Steele I think Bell is just a player who is actually quite a lot better than the fans (including me) thought. We can't be right every time.

McGinn is really top drawer. you could see him playing at Barcelona or somewhere, he's got everything. Completely bossed the midfield. If we'd signed him we would have ended up selling him after a couple of seasons as I doubt he would have got us up on his own - but would have made a lot of money. Usually the Premier League bores me to tears but this year is actually very interesting with Arsenal, Villa, Spurs, Liverpool all looking very good and Man City being shaky. Would love it if Villa could stay up there, just for the variety. Always more engaged if a side is involved who isn't part of the traditional big six clubs (much as I hate that term)..

The more he is out the less fee we will get. At the moment id be surprised if anyone paid anything, but if he has a run of games and a few goals second half of the season we might get something. Like replacing Dack with Szmodics, Lenihan with Hyam or Nyambe with Brittain if we're smart we can improve on him for modest investment. I think we will signing someone in January whether he goes or not. Really all about Gregg the egg being fourth time lucky with strikers after Hirst, Ennis and Telelovic. Anyone who knows the FFP maths have an idea if we can spend this window if the Raya money comes in? Assuming Venkys let us use it.

Doesn't press off the ball... the way we play that's a huge problem. If you don't press you don't play, JDTs been absolutely consistent about that. He'd rather play someone out of position who runs the yards. And I agree with him personally.

I can't say we've really looked like we need a winger personally... we create a lot of chances the way we play at the moment, and have no forwards who are any good in the air to get on any crosses anyway. Issue is more on finishing the chances we create imo. Need someone to share the burden with Szmodics.

JDT's happy to play a right back at centre back, left back, right back, right wing, left wing. Happy to play an attacking midfielder at striker or full back. Play a defensive midfielder a number 10. He'll basically play anyone anywhere except GK, centre back or centre mid. JDT is more into playing the players out of position than Mowbray ever was.

Agreed on the one touch... Dolan particularly is guilty of taking too many touches but he was brilliant one touch linking up yesterday until his injury. I can't really see how Gallagher is going to fit into that way of playing when he comes back....

I dont know... Our forward play is very dependent on good link up, and probably Gallaghers weakest aspect is his touch and passing. I wouldn't be that surprised if he ends up joining the queue. JDTs pretty ruthless.

Yeah i agree that would be good.... But the lack of success finding a striker for no money hardly makes him a dud? Anyone across football would look at the budget we spent and the performance of the players we have brought in and assess Broughton as having done very well.

Broughton has signed Szmodics, Hyam, Moran, Hill, Tronstad as well as JDT... What is it exactly you want?

Rev's MO is to make a call way too early to realistically judge on a player / manager / DOF / owners then stick with that call for decades if necessary in the face of any evidence.... Broughton could bring Pep to the club for a twix and win the Champion League and it wouldn't matter.

Agreed - I don;t get it, Pickering is solid every week. But for whatever reason he's seen as the weak link. I guess its because he doesn't appear quick, strong, great in the air, particularly talented on the ball. But then he is very effective - not only at left back, but also playing left side of a back three or moving into midfield. Very underrated. He's a lot better than people credit him for, hes kept quite a few really good wingers quiet recently. If we lost him long term it would be a big problem for us.

We played really well today, but I think our whole team should buy Ruddy a drink. He was horrendous on all four of the goals! Been a while since I've seen a GK performance that bad.

Everyone else in the team covers so much ground and he just doesn't seem interested in mirroring that. Wonder if its just not going to work out for him. We're selecting a right back ahead of him but hes just not putting the work in when he gets a chance.