What has Chapman ever done at this level to suggest he is a better option than Armstrong?! I know Armstrong isn't a winger, but theres been times last season where he has absolutely terrorised the opposition full back. I do think he is better on the right than the left though.

Haha, I'm not sure if this is a joke or not ?

Complete over reaction to Hart, he's had an excellent career and I think he would be a good experienced head for us back there. He is not as good as he was of course not, but we are certainly not in the market for a keeper in there prime. Look at Friedel when we signed him, nobody would touch him back then after that spell at Liverpool. However, I very much doubt Hart will be signing. I think it will be someone completely out of left field that we haven't even thought of or been linked with.

Something along the lines of Reed not being ready to play central midfield in the championship (he's 24!) & how he needs to learn off Smallwood and Evan's how to play the position because they play it better.

Like Matty says, I think the Leeds/Sheff Wed games will have bigger discounts than usual for 1875 members. They really need to hammer this 1875 membership home on all social media, do a mail drop for folk on the database who go to around 6/7 games a season etc I just don't think it's marketed well.

Next seasons match day ticket prices... https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2019/july/matchday-prices-2019-20/ £40 for a Blackburn end ticket against Leeds & Sheffield Wednesday ?

More than us.

Why? Nobody at either club is bothered about that sort of thing apart from the fans. I remember when the roles were reversed and we were a stable top flight team and they were a mid table/lower half champ team, we loaned them Andy Todd and Jay McEverley. Just hammers home how things have changed unfortunately.

Yes, and they want to recoup the fee if possible.

I'd say it's unlikely either will break through for a while yet.

Didn't his wife give birth recently? Think that's why he wasn't in Austria.

I'm not even surprised, it would fit in with 90% of our transfer business under Mowbray. Why is he so baffling?

Mulgrew? (Please be Evans, please be Evans, please be Evans)

Surely if we wanted Gallagher it would have been done by now? We have been linked with him for the past year.

Obviously it has moved on a bit, and I stand by my comment that he's a much better bet than Evans or Smallwood, but reading between the lines I don't think it's a signing we'll make.

I don't think its necessarily that he is "shite" as you so eloquently put it, more the fact that he has never played the game at any sort of competitive level. I think it's a fair point, I don't know for sure but I imagine most clubs of our stature would have a GK coach that has "been there and done it" before becoming a coach.

Might just be me, but Johnson and Adam would be a huge upgrade on Smallwood & Evans regardless of age. Evans in particular epitomizes the "venkys era" for me.

It's the only reason we signed him ?

It says all the lads who have been on international duty wont be involved today, with Johnson & Downing starting pre season training on Monday.

Only bit I can find is this, which isn't really clear... "Amari'i Bell, Harry Chapman and Derrick Williams are unavailable due to illness and injury, but trialist Charlie Adam will play a part at Holker Street." I'd put good money on who the injured one is out of that trio!

Chapman's hamstring gone again?

Haha. This one is up there with Assombalonga.

No chance of Jake Cooper, he'll become the new Marcus Maddison before the windows over. I think we'll end up with a centre back on loan, someone completely out of left field.

I just cant see Darlow happening whilst Newcastle have no manager.

Fair play mate, credit where it's due. Find out more please ?