Take that at half time, some great passages of play after a very poor first 25

Presume he means because we are playing the team Bell joined even though he isn’t playing

Harry f’in Pickerin’

Second best and lucky to have 11 men but BOOOOOOM have that

Guessing school kids and free tickets

Looked like a red from up here but I’ve not seen a replay

Brereton starts Not a single summer signing in the starting 11

It’s my daughters first game too using her brothers season ticket, she’s 5 so I’m doubtful it’s going to hold her attention

I saw an account share a view of Bell vs Pickering and their starts to the season based on their stats. Bell was ahead in nearly every metric but Pickering leading on chances created and crosses. He’ll be out to prove a point no doubt but you’d hope Nyambe would have his number

Jack Vale has bagged a hat trick on his Wales u21 debut

Pre order with no delivery date but expected to be the end of the month!

I see Ashley Phillips is with the England under 17’s at the moment

Whilst I agree to a degree (I decree), there is also an element on Twitter where there is an almost passive aggressive element of hyper positivity and sneering at anyone who questions things (the London based journo for example but I’m not convinced it’s not intended to be a wind up) There is a middle ground which I imagine most people fall into

I think we are in agreement buddy, Chaddy had said why would we hear from them but I think it’s entirely reasonable to expect to have had some word on the back of the failure to land a striker

Rich Sharpe said he had reached out for comment from the club and manager about the window but hadn’t got a response. Chaddy it’s not unreasonable to expect that the club be available for comment in the local paper outside of pre game press conferences

Unusual that we haven’t heard the usual platitudes from Tony today with the only quotes on the back of signing Edun presumably before the disappointment later on Is he fed up himself?

I was playing a hypothetical game of ‘which clubs incomings would I most want here’ have to say I think Boro look to have a couple of decent additions there Didnt spot that QPR could now line up with Austin and Gray up front, short term but two proven goal scorers there Interestingly quite a lot of clubs have brought in strikers on frees or loans that would have strengthened us, you have to wonder if us being too slow working down the list has left us lacking

Convinced there’s something it an attitude or lifestyle problem there myself, mayve part of Danny Graham’s north east booze brigade. He was warming up in front of us against West Brom, Davenport got the nod to come and and he looked in a proper sulk, stopped warming up and barely moved before being called to come on When he did get on he showed some class and glimpses of the talent we know he has, there’s a player there, I think he’ll carve out a decent career flitting between league one and the championship, a modern day Alan Judge type, but I don’t think we’ll ever see the best of him here.

I don’t think anyone had issue with the QEGS background, more that it was sounding like a qualifier, indeed if I recall it’s what the post lead with previously.

I don’t know…..I am not a smart man

I’m a little disappointed we didn’t loan out the likes of Magloire, Cirino and co, would have been good to get some experience given game time here will be limited with the loanees filling the match day squad

Is there a solid argument that we are stronger in any position other than left back? Keepers - same Right back - lost back up in Bennett, otherwise same, Nyambe near end of contract but Pike and Carter showing promise Central Defence - lost THB and (thankfully) Branthwaite, brought in the Dutch lad. Carter and Wharton seem to be a future pairing but Ayala staying fit (big if) is crucial - Lenihan nearing end of contract Left Back - Bell and Douglas gone, neither a big loss, Pickering looks ok and new lad could be a good un - progress Central midfield - lost a playmaker in Holtby and backup options in Evans and Trybull (neither a huge loss) brought in Clarkson who seems to occupy similar positions to Buckley Wing forwards - brought in Poveda and Kedra, could be good but big ask to replace Elliotts contributions Strikers - lost a 29 goal man, not replaced at all It seems we are now reliant on a number of attacking players chipping in with goals but the concern is we’ve lost 40 or so goals from last season and brought in players with less than a handful of career goals (maybe even games) between them

John Park was described by the manager as a workaholic https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19510574.blackburn-rovers-transfer-chief-appointment-no-brainer-mowbray/ Now call me old fashioned but if someone is a workaholic, working all hours and getting those results something indicates they may not be very adept at actually doing the job.

Before I go into a rant about the business I wanted to say something positive Well done to the guys over at Roverschat for trying something new tonight, caught some of it and was nice to see Now back to your regular programming

Quoting myself a couple of weeks back here but was this the easiest prediction of the window?