That’s how it feels to me too…

Fwiw - the info I passed in April was absolutely bang on. Everyone at the club was fully expecting the V’s to remove Mowbray and there were open conversations with prospective new managers being talked about. For whatever reason V’s didn’t pull the trigger but their lack of backing of the manger since appears very much like he’s no longer flavour of the month. My guess is that they couldn’t get he one they wanted so they’ve hung in. I’m no Nixon fan but he has been on the money for the last 12 months and so the story doesn’t surprise me!

Nixon reporting this morning that Mowbrays on rocky ground with Venkys!!

Yeah, I’d be DELIGHTED with 16 or 17 for Sam but I genuinely do think he could get those if he plays as a 9 and stays fit 🤞🏽

The one positive now is that SG will get his chance up top. Fwiw I think he can get us 15-20 goals from there….Brereton will have to cover him until Jan at least and the likes of Poveda, Rothwell, Dolan, Buckley, Butterworth and Khadra play in the wide attacking & number 10 positions. 😬

Anyone else think that Khadra might be one of those endearing signings? Just looking at all his content / interviews etc….he just seems really positive in his outlook! Hope he’s a good player

Jeezo….that’s 90% of this board doing ZERO work today now!! 🤣🤣

I understand mate. But you’re just guessing at best….let’s see 👍🏼

Mate, tbf you have literally no idea what Obafemi has or has not done. Keep your powder dry until we learn more….until then you’re guessing at best 👍🏼

Best way to save his own ass!! Short term approach….doesn’t want a relegation on his CV if he’s off next year, right? 👀

I was at Anfield yesterday for their match with Burnley (business thing - long story) but I was really proud of Blackburn Rovers and the effect we’ve had on Harvey Elliott. He was magnificent in the flesh and the Liverpool fans before and after in the lounge as well as on the terrace were waxing lyrical about him and us. Elliott, at 18 is undoubtedly going to be an absolutely stunning footballer in my opinion. fwiw I think we are growing a strong reputation for developing youth both internally and externally and it wouldn’t surprise me if we get to see a lot of future megastars at Ewood. The links with the likes of Elanga and Doyle are testament to that. From a personal point of view I wouldn’t mind us developing a more sustainable model, encompassing a young, progressive manager, our own academy graduates, some future megastars from the likes of Liverpool and City etc and a sprinkling of decent quality experience. Sell one or two every year and reinvest a chunk back to buy players like Arma, Dack and Diaz who may generate a bigger fee in the future.

Prob not…seen him talking up Doidge this week in a reply on the transfer thread…absolute scenes!! 🙈🤣🤣

Yes - weirdly he’s proven his own point with Whiteman. Came from League 1 and PNE haven’t won a game since!! 🤣🤣🤣

Sounds like it’s done to me Joe!

I reckon they’ll get Lenihan and a couple more done. Worry most about Nyambe and Rothwell. I’m pretty sure we’d get some compensation for Nyambe but I’d be looking to sell Rothwell. He ran his contract down at Oxford too…that’s the way he makes his money.

I must admit, the European scouting situation looks poor! You can’t set up a department and then close it citing an issue that originated four years before you set it up 🙈 Surely BREXIT came up in the early discussions? Crazy if not..

Obafemi isn’t taking the piss, just taking his time. Id like to see us buy a striker and another forward. Then fill the defensive anc midfield gaps with loans and frees. My guess - Obafemi (Fee), Kean Bryan (free), Brighton kid, City defender and Doyle.

What question does it beg? Rovers have a CAT 1 academy but they’re still not fishing in the same pond as the top PL clubs. Assuming that Rovers would’ve been delighted to have onboarded Clarkson. Players of his ability are always well known on the circuit. He’s not turning down Liverpool for Rovers for a whole multitude of reasons (prestige, money etc).

Clarkson is a deep lying playmaker. The ‘pivot’ type…Pirlo, Carrick as opposed to a Makelele, Travis type

It’s a catch 22. I get your point but those two lads aren’t going to develop if they’re sat on the bench waiting for the rest to get injured. Ideally we need both to come back next season like Wharton did last summer ready to take on a Lenihan or Ayala for the first 11.

Whether you rate Mowbray or don’t. The decision to send ours out on loan and get PL loans in is because he believes that theirs are more ready than ours. I don’t think we’ve sent any out during his reign that should’ve been playing in the first team. Can you think of any?

I disagree. I think all three could do with a loan. Carter and Magloire aren’t ready physically to play every week. Wharton proved our model on how this works. Butterworth also needs a full season playing imo and would benefit from a loan if we can replace him. All Mowbray hating aside, the suggestion from @TruRover that he doesn’t give youth a chance is quite frankly ludicrous. We’ll have around 10 youth team graduates in our match day squad every game this season and Mowbray has given the vast majority their debuts.

👀 Someone get onto the Crewe Journo who broke the Pickering story. We were ‘in’ for him early in the summer and the timing around the bud makes sense..

Pickering takin the piss I see! Lovely

Correct and IF the Obafemi deal falls flat will then use this as a stick to batter the club with for not replacing him. Some will go as far as full 180’s saying Obafemi could’ve been our saviour. Others will slaughter Venkys for not reinvesting it whilst refusing to pay a tenner to go to Morecambe tonight (or whatever). WTF 🤣🤣🤣