Hope there’s a trialist in the mix today just for fun

There hasn’t been any murmurs that anyone is less than 100% behind the manager

Halfway to the halfway line then

HR here how can I help?

Apparently this kid scored from the halfway line for the youth team for us last week not sure if on trial or a contract

Just quoting this to come back to as I hope I look daft very soon but I’m be amazed if we do sign players equal to or better than Khadra, Nyambe, Lenihan and Rothwell in this window

The club doing a good job making the sponsor look worse by making the clear box around it visible here

Not sure if I like the weird bleach splash gradient, I think I do as appreciate an attempt at something different now and then

Also are nipple height sponsors a thing now? Looks like the whole shirt was printed too high

Trying to work out the gradient on it, so it’s darker blue at the top and bottom and slightly lighter in the middle it seems I think it’s actually pretty nice but that tacky, awful logo ruins it edit - the chap in the mosque has no sponsor on his shirt, maybe it’s an option

Home and third kits look nice enough, always keen on red accents on the home kit and the rose is a nice touch on the third But what the hell is that away kit about, it’s lazy and pointless, should have just scrapped it or used as a third if necessary

Awful news. Imagine he was on such a high with the new job and then tragedy out of nowhere Rest in Peace Karl

I’m gonna go with 4 in by weekend Sounds a lot but the new team have now had a couple of weeks to work with the team and know what is needed, hopefully lots of ducks in a row and we’ll move quickly here on in Failing that we’ll line up at Stanley with Sachsen Petshi, Giles Coke and Dean Furman in the team

I’ve no idea if this Bosnian lad is any good, nor had I ever heard of him but suddenly I’m very invested in his travel plans

Say what you will about Ashley Ward but that was just about the most blatant penalty not given you could ask to see! A quite unique experience with the game beamed back to Ewood with fans in the JW. I think it’s only one of two times I watched a game on a big screen at Ewood, the other being Derby in the play offs on the pitch, I was only 7 so can’t recall much but imagine the quality of the broadcast must have been pretty poor

Absolutely no problem with the event and who has or hasn’t been invited to similar festivities, I think in theory it’s a great idea to get people to get an affinity with the club. But I worry that we have let ideals come before common sense here but I have to say I am no groundsman it just feels hundreds on a new pitch may not be ideal

This is being held again on the 10th July Whilst I think the sentiment is great and was really well received in the Muslim community last time I worry that we are being a bit daft hosting an on the pitch event on a fresh pitch before the season kicks off

I mean this was at least in part down to my own lack of desire before the first ‘loyalty’ deadline; someone then snapped up my seats and fair play to them they were good seats and have no qualms about it. The annoying bit for me was not having the slightest bit of foresight in extending the deadline knowing a manager was incoming; then taking 5 days to announce an extension, then communicating that you can still claim your seat even if someone had taken it, then changing the article about it to make it less clear; then claiming that anyone affected would be contacted then finally when we went into the store after not being contacted we were told they had no idea why they put that in the article as it was never the case and in fact the only option was to choose other seats It’s just a shambolic way of doing things and all avoided by someone, anyone with a bit of forward thinking deciding to extend the deadline before the cut off and deal with the Venky box tick later! It’s worse than non league standard the way things are done, for balance the chap in the store tried his best with what he is working with but has been dealt a duff hand

That’s what happened with us, they said on twitter we’d get our old seats back and whoever took it would as a gesture get their new seats at the reduced ‘loyalty’ price. They also said anyone in this scenario would be contacted directly - that didn’t happen They then changed the article online to remove reference to it and when we went into store to renew said we couldn’t have our old seats but could have some much worse ones We decided against it; shoddy handling at best and just an example of left hand not knowing what right hand was doing

Problem is we went through two ‘classic’ away kits in one season, they should have had the foresight to use the yellow last season and follow up with the red and black halves this season Should have….

Well at least the club are tweeting lots of pictures of the current squad, which helps

I genuinely think the gap between the excitement of JDT being announced and the ‘loyalty’ deadline being extended will have cost them a few hundred tickets Not being able to strike whilst the iron was hot was ridiculous and seemingly because Waggot had to wait for permission from India If his role has that little autonomy or trust he should walk away

Interesting link for Brereton, it feels an international move is most likely should he leave. I have no clue about these guys after him though, cash rich?

Impressive that it’s your approach they are adopting Chadster, they must be listening to you

You’ve got to be a bit more mindful of throwing young defenders in, the exuberance of youth can be a blessing for forwards as the outcome can be glory with less risk. For defenders they play with the same fearlessness but can get exposed, Phil Jones debut was sensational but I remember a young Jay McEveley getting a lesson for getting carried away and over committing against Liverpool or United at Ewood If Ash is as good as we hear though I imagine we’ll see him this season Sam Barnes seems to go below the radar but has travelled with the team, captained the under 23’s at times as well I believe