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 ?

The only logical thing would be that in order for us progress, we're going to have to look at advancing our wage structure. That won't be it though.

I imagine it will be Gallagher who we have moved on from, I can't help but think that after they signed Adams he would be here now if we wanted him. Also, it won't be Assombalonga, why his name is still being mentioned is beyond me.

I imagine that's exactly what it is.

James Thomas, played a few games early doors in our promotion season in 2001, Think he went on to have a very average career in the lower leagues after that season.