Imagine if we'd dropped Pears for Kaminski that season...

I'd drop Pears in a heart beat. Unforgiveable that goal he sliced into his own net against Sheff Wed last season. I'd have given him away at that point. For me he's an average number 2. Now, the new lad might be shit, which wouldn't be good as we'd be left with two shit keepers again. However, he might be a lot better than a keeper we know is fairly inconsistent and prone to horrendous errors. We owe him nothing. Give the new lad a chance. No, I'm not a massive fan!

Powell looks tenacious, I like him. Quick, forwarded thinking and aggressive.

No3 and the deep lying playmaker (Reminds me a bit of Wharton) both look good.

The past 10-15 years has either made me an objective-realist or a tremendous pessimist.. I can't help but think of the underinvestment. The club's made a relative fortune in player sales over the past couple of years, yet here we are. How much have we re-invested this summer in transfer fee's? The players we've brought in are reflective of our budget, and, as a general rule of thumb, we all know you finish where you spend.. I obviously love Rovers and cling to the hope these new lads fire us up the table but I am doubtful. The squad of a few years ago has been absolutely dimantled. The Japanese lad, fair play, scored a couple, yet it's very early doors.. Gueye, whilst he does appear to have some good attributes, as a striker, it does help to be able to finish too.. Midfield, I still think we're woefully short. Trondstadt is great, Travis too, but we don't have any GOOD ball carrying midfielders. We're massively short on pace and creativity and have a dodgy defence. I know footy is very subjective, hope I'm wrong and we dick Bunleh today and rampage the league but I just think we lack any real quality.. Hope to be proven wrong.

I'm with you on Hyam. Never been a fan.. Didn't look enamoured to be here when we signed him either.. Id be happy to see him out the door Give one of our young lads a look in as backup to Bathh

Very pessimistic about our odds this season. Dodgy keeper with a dodgy defence in front of him. No pace. No goals. I don't share the optimism about the new lads. They've played two games against two poor sides. You get what you pay for. Selling our best players and not adequately reinvesting is going to cost us.

I thought Leonards off the ball movement was really poor. However he's a fairly good finisher. A league one striker if there ever was one along with Vale..

Stadium is getting a clean...

I'd be happy to sell Hyam and Pears.. Hyam for me isn't anywhere near mobile enough.. I was just watching that back pass that went in against Wednesday last season... Pears needs to be a no2 at best.. Sell the pair. Easily replaceable in my opinion.. I think Buckley may have a utility IF we sign quick wingers with good movement. Would like to see Ayari come back, preferably on a permanent along with another ball carrier too.

Smacks of desperation, signing loads of cheap shite to fill the squad out... Still need a good keeper, two pacey wingers and a decent striker.. Same as what we needed at the start of the window. Be nice to have a good ball carrying centre mid too.

Rarely played him as a centre forward. Majority of his time was spent as a wide/pressing forward. In his loan spell under Coyle many moons ago we played with wingers and he scored a fair few. However, even when given a chance in his natural position over the past few seasons he's been fairly poor. Missed some right sitters, for his height he's poor aerially and hold up play is lacklustre relatively speaking.. I'd rather have kept him, but that's an indictment of the current state of the club rather than a ringing endorsement. Hope he does okay for you as he's a likeable, hard-working lad. Good luck for the season ahead.

Who was that other young lad we lost a few years ago- think it also went to tribunal. Doing my head in. Think he was a league one club on loan last season..

Diaz was great last year in a struggling Sheff United side. He's a good player, Premiership is his level.

I stand by what I said at the beginning of the tournament. I think SOME of our players are very over-rated. Rice and Gallagher were dreadful.. Kane's legs have gone, I'd say even as an impact sub he has absolutely no use at all if that's his physical state. Our system either required a high press- something Kane couldn't do or pace to counter-attack if we were inviting teams onto us.. Gordon down one side would have helped massively with a midfielder that didn't take 28 touches before looking for a pass would have supplemented that really well (Wharton). Palmer made an impact every single game despite his paltry game time, why not start him? Walker was horrific, Trent is sat on the bench.. In Southgate's defence, he did make some very brave calls in his selection. Lets not forget who he left at home, Grealish, Rashford etc. I don't dislike him, I do think eventually he'll deliver, in fact, I still think he's over delivering with the current crop. A few tweaks, some pace out wide- Wharton in the middle, Trent at wingback, a world class forward and ball carrying centre mid and I think we'd be there.. Southgate out? I'm not sure. This squad, whilst being 'good' isn't brilliant. He makes good calls and bad calls but he's far superior to Sven and Cappello... I think we'd be looking at a Potter, Howe type as his successor. I'd prefer a Mournihio or Klopp... Anyway, despite the abject performances, that's another final in the bag- well done boys.