Agree with that, can't see the league being all that strong this season to be honest. Not expecting much from Huddersfield either. You'd imagine WBA and Cardiff will be up there. Quite hard to call apart from that - after all, none of last season's top three were in the top six the previous season (with Norwich and Leeds both bottom half if I remember correctly) so it's wide open.

Indeed - this is still one of my favourite ever Rovers shirts. How hard can it be!!??

Dann was awful in the Premier League for us. He got smaller when he jumped and we didn't keep a clean sheet until March of that season. He looked like he wasn't bothered most of the time too. Granted the club was a total shambles and we had he who shall not be named as 'manager' getting rid of all our good, experienced defenders and replacing them with youngsters or absolute jokers like Bradley Orr. He’s clearly been much better at Palace and had some good seasons there, but I’d be surprised if he ever came back here.

That was Bury supposedly, not Rochdale.

Bennett will be in there somewhere, plus if he does intend to play three centre backs then we need much more depth there - those three you have at CB are our only senior CBs (and that's counting Williams, traditionally a LB). It'll be 4-2-3-1 I think.

He was excellent in the home game v Brentford, that save onto the bar was amazing. They must have seen enough raw ability over the two games (albeit almost all good attributes only in the first) to decide there was enough to work with.

I think one person did and they only compared the sales, saying we need to have a replacement lined up like we did in Robbo when Brad left. I don't recall anyone wanting to sell Raya before these links emerged either, in the second half of last season every second post seemed to be people saying we need experienced competition for him.

I thought Gallagher was alright as well, albeit it's over two years now since he last played for us and haven't watched him since. If he does sign though what happens to Brereton? Third choice striker - and we only play one up front? Assuming neither him or Gallagher are considered as 'wide forwards', of course.....

Rated him a while back at Norwich, haven't seen much of him since, hopefully we can get a good year or two out of him. Davenport looked decent when he grew into the game v Swansea on the final day, and that was his first league game for a year. So Travis, Davenport and Johnson as our main three CMs sounds good, Evans will probably stay so he can be fourth choice......you'd imagine Smallwood will leave.

It wasn't a penalty for me. There was 'contact' but that's only because her foot hit the defender's leg as she pulled her own leg back to strike the ball. The defender was just running and didn't make any kind of challenge - harsh to be penalised for that.

Would be disappointed to see Raya leave, at just 23 and after one full season at this level behind a soft-centred defence. Interesting to compare his two performances v Brentford last season. He was superb when we beat them at Ewood, that save on to the bar was one of the best we've seen at Ewood for years. Away from home he conceded 5 and made a horrendous decision to come out for the goal that made it 3-2 - but Brentford obviously saw enough over the two games overall to think he could be a very good keeper at this level with the correct coaching (presumably they have an experienced GK coach......). Doubt it'd happen anyway but would avoid Fraser Forster, remember at the time a couple of years back thinking how bad he looked before he got dropped, palming simple shots straight to strikers and taking an age to get down to low shots seems to ring a bell. Looked poor v West Ham too at the end of last season. It may have been his first game for 18 months, but there's probably a reason for that.

Bennett will be here and he's very rarely injured, so he'll be starting. Especially with Nyambe being at the AFCON and therefore returning to training late - RB will probably be Bennett's for the first few games....

You should take a leaf out of @Mattyblue's book and visit some other club's forums, you'd be amazed at how well-mannered and balanced (in addition to well-organised) this is in comparison to most. And to answer the question directly - yes, fans of every club will always give their honest opinion on potential signings, and whether they're in favour or not of the deal (if it's the latter, it doesn't mean they don't want them to succeed). It'd be strange if only Rovers fans out of the entire football world did that.

That's the one. Baros got a bad injury too - then the next time they came to Ewood, Cisse broke his leg. Granted those two were just freak injuries. Here's a video of Neill on Carragher. It's an absolutely shocking tackle to be honest!

It was a daft challenge but a quiet/stern (depending on manager style!) word with him in the aftermath would have sufficed rather than keeping him on the sidelines for so long at an age where game time is so important. Whether it was Travis, Smallwood or whoever, red cards can happen. Not a starting place nope, hence 'in and around the squad'. He is a regular starter now yep, it just took longer than it should have done given that he is indeed talented and offers something different, same for Rothwell.

He got sent off in the 92nd minute of a game in February 2018, to be banished from the team until a couple of days before the new year while Evans and Smallwood were plodding around the centre circle was crazy. He'd shown enough promise before that red card to suggest he should have been back in and around the squad after his suspension, not almost a year later.

He was quality. Jermaine Jones, Phil Jones and N'Zonzi in the middle. Samba and Givet/Nelsen behind them at CB. Rock solid - yet he who shall not be named still nearly took us down.

Jan 09 I think, just after Big Sam came in, yep great goal that. Also scored a nice finish v City in the FA Cup quarter final in 2007. A great long pass for a Pedersen goal v I think Southampton a couple of years earlier also comes to mind. He definitely wasn't the most graceful on the ball (though who would be when often next to Tugay?) but he had his moments! Him and Nelsen were massive signings by Hughes in his first transfer window, it was around then that we gained the 'bully boys' tag which I loved. That team would knock the current one into the middle of next week. As we signed better players The Axe started fewer games but he still had a good role to play for us.

Indeed, I hope any good players we sign this summer become regular starters before next April!

Has to be Bre-re-ton, never heard anyone pronounce it differently.

They're amazing. Anyone seen Juventus are trying to copy us? This is apparently their new shirt - they've worn stripes since 1903.....someone's had a stinker there.

Aye, 'tis cheaper in France, from experience at least. Paid about 12 euros for a lot of Lyon home games a few years ago when studying there. Behind the net but still. Bon match !

Yeah, you could say that, though you'd have to be blind to completely ignore a prospect like Travis coming through the ranks. Even if Mowbray did take credit for identifying them, I'd say it's clear both Travis and Rothwell should have been regular starters far earlier than they have been - and I'd say the fact he says them every day in training and can see how good they are makes it more mystifying that it's taken so long!

He's been good all season, he stood out a mile the first time he came on as sub v Millwall at home. We'd be quite a few points better off if it hadn't taken Mowbray until April to make him a regular starter - so I agree with 'finally' in that sense. Hopefully Mowbray has realised now and he can be a regular starter from now on, like Travis mainly has been after for some reason being ignored until Christmas.

Thought that too. Don't mind if it's Messi or someone else we're never going to come up against and therefore completely separate from Rovers, but it's weird for a player in the same league. We should be aiming to be up there with teams like Villa and their 'ridiculous' players, not admiring them online from the bottom half of the table.