I'd like to see someone like Dan Schwaab come in at centre back. 30/31, 6ft1, free agent, relatively regular player for Freiburg, Leverkusen, Stuttgart, and PSV through his career. Not stellar, but strikes me as a Craig Short type of steady, strong, unspectacular defender.

About 6 months.

I thought jokes were funny? Personally think it's a good signing.

3, he'd fucking cracked as well.

The thing with Hart is not his stature or his ability imo, it's his confidence. There is a genuine England International and Premier League winning goalkeeper in there somewhere, but it hasn't shone out for a couple of seasons now. Coming down to the Championship (prime age, no less) could see him regain his confidence and form. BUT I feel that a Ruddy or a Carson is likely to be more confident for us, and likely to improve the defence as a whole. If Hart is confident enough to bollock the defence, then maybe he can quickly regain confidence in himself too. I'm not against his signing by any means, I think it'd be a real coup, but it is a gamble on relatively high wages compared to the less good but more solid and cheaper Ruddy/Carson.

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Rather than making DJ less visible so he can't usurp Mowbray, maybe it's to reduce interest from other clubs? Or maybe it's to help create a better integrated culture between the youth and first team setups?

It would make him less likely to be marked, but could potentially fill the midfield too much, restricting the space for others to receive the ball from Dack. Not convinced by 3412 but not QUITE against it.

Dunn at Burnley...

Someone has to, maybe we've got lucky. Very unlikely of course, but stranger things have happened.

All I want from this window now is a goalkeeper, and at least one (ideally two) centre back. If we sign Gallagher (or anyone else), fine but we need those 2 positions filling.

Playing Everton and Liverpool didn't seem to help us much last year.

I'd argue Tugay and Amoruso negate him nicely.

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Perhaps Lenny Johnrose? Taught in Blackburn. Ben Burgess also in teaching, but don't know where.

Christ, he could let goals in through those teeth!

Could work as an overlap? Particularly if we do the same on the left with Downing (cross from deep) covering Bell bursting forward.

I'll reiterate the effort from K-Hod and Tom. Being a mod kicked my arse at times.

That logo is a beauty. Might be worth designing some retro 60s Rovers kits with it.

Amazing heel, and really lives the gimmick in interviews too.

@Scotland1 Any opinion? Scored 1 in 3 since being at Kilmarnock, who finished 3rd last year and seems a good 'inbetween' age at 23. Seems like a tidy target for, allegedly, just under £1m?

Well, no. He's merged into a potentially adequate Graham replacement.

Could it be we intend on giving Adam the Tugay role (mentoring Davenport), and Johnson the Savage role (mentoring Travis)? Not saying good or bad either way, but it's a thought, added to Downing mentoring Chapman. However, I admit I'm feeling rather less optimistic now that Darlow has been ruled out. Hopefully it means we have a Ruddy/Carson lined up.

Genuinely sorry to see him go, but I believe this is win/win if we replace well. He was stagnating here and was playing like a keeper with very little confidence after getting kicked in the face. No good to us like that, but a change of scenery and his countryman as GK coach will help him progress further than he would here imo. We're a team that need something closer to the finished article to progress imo.

Darlow's WORST Championship record is 1 clean sheet in 4 games, regularly getting 1 in 3 for Forest, and 2 in 5 for Newcastle in their promotion season.