Yeah he's made an arse of himself but calls for him to be sacked for expressing an opinion are ludicrous. Should be sacked because he is a shite at his job

When my grandad died, someone I actually cared about, what helped me was sacking work off for the day and going out and doing recreational activities. It appears we're being told the correct way to grieve is to do the opposite - go to work but don't you dare go to the football. Surely a minutes silence, national anthem and other such tributes would have been a better way to honor her rather than individually shutting ourselves away with our thumbs up our arses

Agreed its ludicrous. I get that it's a massive deal and people will be genuinely mourning but why do we have to force it upon everyone? Will I be in mourning whether I like it or not? We'll only cancel recreational activities though - work can go ahead as planned.

Just applied to be on countdown!!!

In my opinion VAR shouldn't get involved until someone on the pitch requests it - so either 1) A team requests a review of a particular decision - e.g. 1 appeal per team per half, if its unsuccessful you lose it and the team has to be clear what they're appealing so they couldn't speculatively review a goal they have to state what the offence was Or 2) The referree requests it e.g if he didn't have a clear view of an incident and needs another look at it. VAR was meant to stop howlers, not referee the game to an academic 100% of the rules Most decisions are subjective and we therefore need to have a "referees call" where they stick with the on field decision. I guess we have that already as they often say "if he'd given it VAR wouldn't have overturned it" but it needs to be more explicit.

Agreed. Decisions don't need to be re-refereed they just need someone to shout over the mic "I think there could have been a handball in there, do you want to take another look at it." Then they need someone with an understanding of the game but not an encyclopedic knowledge of the rules to just chat through it. When you hear some of the justifications behind VAR decisions it comes across so academic and divorced from the reality of the game

Too many short corners. Can't stand them. If you take a short corner and the ball doesn't even make it into the box then you look a dick.

I thought it was odd he was on the list and thought he'd recently signed a deal but my concept of time has been obliterated these past few months.

Jumping the gun a bit but looking ahead to next summer the following are out of contract according to transfermarkt Morton - loan Hirst - option to buy Mola - option to buy Ayala Dack - 1 year option Travis - shouldn't be too difficult to agree new deal BBD - defo going Vale - can only see him leaving if he does crap So that will be 8 out of the door. I know it's been mentioned that you don't have time to build a squad in this league but I think JDT can be afforded a season to grow. There's 8 potentials leaving, if 3 of them do well we can retain them (dack and the options to buy), Travis and Vale I can't see being too difficult to persuade to stay so it's Morton, BBD and Ayala that are the ones that will need replacing (ayala could even stay). I think if we miss out on play offs this season then we've got a good shot at pushing for them next season.

His slide tackle on Bowler around 1:18 is just majestic.

Good little summary. I'd say Dack is now an option we didn't really have last year. On point 5 - I'd say that's a fair assessment given you've got 6 outgoing players listed as "unused". It feels a slightly smaller squad but they'll all get used.

If Ayala, Hyam and Wharton are all fit it's a real head scratcher as to who starts for me. However I'd guess that situation will be a rarity to be honest. I like Ayala but for fitness reasons maybe Hyam for a settled back line In midfield, Travis starts. Wharton if he can consistently produce like he did in the last game should be starting but that's a lot of pressure and expectation for a young lad but if he can handle it then great. If not i'm more than happy with Morton. Kaminski Brittan - Hyam - Wharton - Pickering* Travis Wharton Hedges Dack BBD Hirst *or Mola if he can do a job there but I don't know much about him

Out of interest, does anyone have a list of those who will be out of contract in the summer. Will ayala not have a year option as seems to be the norm these days?

You clearly weren't paying attention when there was a big gap between transfers 🤣🤣

Right or wrong I enjoy hearing rumours so my vote would be post what you hear and ignore the nobheads. As long as they're not total fabrication it's always interesting to hear.

Happy with the window on the whole. Hoped we'd get another attacker with a bit of wow factor - bit like the elliot loan felt exciting but it wasn't to be. If we're judging the squad now vs this time last year we have to look beyond just the signings. Dack is back + Wharton and Phillips have emerged + other youth who may or may not prove useful. I'm happy with the squad, I think play offs will be a push but I thought that last year as well and we exceeded expectations massively. Keeping BBD till atleast January is massive as well.

I'll help. Loan to buy? Wtf is that? Can someone explain it to me

That's the thing. It's one thing losing Nyambe and Lenihan but we've got some serious talent on our hands in those two players. We need to be switched on with their contracts, from a business point of view its tens of millions that could walk on a free if not - rather than the 1m it took to upgrade Nyambe

How much of the £75m from the sale of Adam Wharton do you think will get reinvested?

Got away with that one!

Two people who should have been subbed at half time to make it back for their 9pm bed time are bossing the centre of the park

Dack?

5 month warning.....

God I hope loan to buys are banned ASAP just to prevent the last 15 pages from happening again.

It's no wonder this spot gets called the negative blackburn rovers forum is it?