20 minute impact sub when we need a goal.

Barring the biggest injury crises Ewood has ever seen, there is no chance Chapman starts on the opening day of the season.

If Downing signs I don't think he will play out wide, Mowbray will put him in centre midfield to add some "guile" to the side. Probably alongside Evans. ?

Charlton at home to kick things off. Birmingham Home Boxing Day. Nottingham Forest away New Years day. Cardiff away & WBA home over Easter. Luton away on the final day. https://www.rovers.co.uk/matches/fixtures/

More chance of It being Colin Cooper than Jake Cooper.

Elliot Bennett.

I honestly think it's Lenihan/Williams to start the season, any new centre half will start the season on the bench.

Hope not. He's played 18 games in the last 6 years.

Whatever happens, whether anyone signs or not, there is no way that Evans & Bennett don't start the first game of next season.

Travis, Evan's & Davenport as the 3 in midfield, Dack and Rothwell as wide forwards behind DG. Bennett at right back. He'll be back to 4231 and aiming it to DG's head in no time.

Let's not rewrite history. He left to go to a club in the same league as us, played 10 times all season, before leaving to join another championship club a year later. He also only played 10 games last season. Avoid.

Even more unlikely, seems to be one of those happy to be on a big wedge to sit on a bench to me.

Cant see Hanley wanting to come back here, it would be like admitting defeat that he couldn't cut it anywhere else

Unfortunately. I think we'll see that Davenport is Reed's replacement, and Chapman is Conway's replacement.

Fee, wages, and the fact that if they joined they would be instant, first team players. Tony has only signed two players on permanent deals in two and a half years that have become first team regulars, and one of those is Amari Bell. These kind of deals just wont happen, I'm not saying we wont sign any good players this summer, but the ones we do sign I can guarantee will be out of left field and probably not be first team ready.

Byram & Hugill, those kind of signings are just not happening.

Might aswell be the same person, they are both destined to manage all championship clubs at some point.

You are certainly not the only one 47er, It was quite a common myth at the time that he wasn't wearing a helmet. Think it was a few years later that it came out that he was wearing one.

With the dingles starting there season at home on Saturday 10th August, it looks like we'll be at home on the opening weekend (3rd August) Also looks like a home game on Boxing Day, away on New Years day, and away on the final day of the season if it falls on the same weekend as last season. Fixtures released next Thursday (20th) at 9am.

Freeman, Murphy, Cooper, Grabban etc are all fantasy land signings I'm afraid.

I still think that the eleven who start on the opening day will be eleven players that we currently have on the books. One or two new lads on the bench, with 2/3 lads that will get nowhere near the bench for the first 6 months.

I hope someone like Downing signs soon so it gives you lot a new target to move on too.

Absolutely. He will get much better offers elsewhere though.

I presume Ben Whiteman will be confirmed soon with Adkins leaving Hull?

It's happened for a few seasons in the venkys era, 11/12, 12/13, 15/16 & 16/17. Then we had the kits of 13/14 & 14/15 where they swapped the blue & white around, and then this season with the horrible pale blue. The only home shirt they have got right is the 17/18 league one shirt.