If Davies is true, then I suspect that Ayala is off.

They may well be, but we don't really know, so it would be a massive risk. Needs some experience in there IMO.

With the squad depth as it is, anything above 8th (bottom) would be a success.

If something happens to both Buckley and Travis, then the midfield would be Wharton & Garrett. Far too risky.

I popped down to Ewood before the game yesterday and picked up a shirt for my daughter. Much nicer than the photos suggest. I quite like it.

I got a pint and a bottle of water for £4.50. That would have cost 7 quid or so in Waggot land.

Can anyone recommend places to park in Accrington on Saturday for the game? Thanks.

The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind

I ended up buying a couple of tickets in the Accy home end behind the goal. There was only a handful of single seats left anywhere.

Yep. As it stands, that's a bottom 6 squad.

It's really interesting what you did. Hats off to you!!!!

As with all people, I judge Waggot on what he does, not on what he says he's going to do. On entering Ewood against QPR, I fully expect to still see rust everywhere, paint flaking off stair rails, turnstiles not open, refreshment kiosks shut, and an exorbitant price list.

That's the bit I doubt, I think it's too big a number. Either way, we're roughly where we were last season.

Our switched on commercial team will certainly know exactly what the numbers are ..... renewed, lost, new. Or perhaps not.

I don't believe that we've lost 2,000 ST holders from last year and gained the same in new customers. That's too big a 'churn' number IMO Alternate theory is that a good number of those missing 2k simply renewed and moved seats, hence were included in Gooze's stats all along.

That doesn't make any sense to me. Give or take the 'churn', I suspect that the vast majority who had a season ticket last season have renewed.

A meeting to talk about what? Pitch improvements?

...or because it's not much more than the bare minimum expected of a tier 2 professional football club.

I read an article on Bolton's season ticket sales earlier. Their CEO is hoping for 14,000.

I'm under the impression that we'll get new cards. I've renewed same seats and paid 'postage' for something!

In summary then: - we have sold 7,610 STs to date (including both renewals and new) - we have a run rate of 26.5 new sales per day - there are potentially 2,256 renewals not yet taken

@goozburgerPresumably the current run rate of 26.5 includes both renewals and new sales? This being true, the run rate for new sales alone would be less, and the prediction of 1,034 overstated.

Their squad of players spent 7 or so seasons in the Premier League, so they won't be mugs, put it that way.

Even if Burnley have to replace half of their first team, they'll still be left with half a team of Premiership experience and quality. Supplement that with solid Championship level signings - which they appear to be doing - and they'll be one of the teams to beat.

I've not read comments from anyone questioning the merits of promoting from within our Academy. That's the point of it after all, and one I'm sure we all agree on. Promoting U23s to the first team has to be a considered approach, though, Promoting just U23s to wholly replace the 6 or so departures would be folly, IMO. There has to be a balance of buy vs promote, experience vs inexperience, which I'm sure JDT and GB will understand.