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You said you see Buckley as Rothwells replacement and you didn't want Styles Chaddy.

Well the timeline suggests that it had nothing to do with Rothwell being sold considering Mowbray spoke about the owners stance on the previous Thursday and Rovers never accepted any bid for Rothwell. Plus Mowbray himself has stated we had the opportunity to bring someone in.

No Styles we discussed.I hadn't seen O'Riley play bar clips after we were linked

Yeah I'm talking about when i suggested him as a player I'd like to be brought in in January.Il look for the post later ,it's in the January transfer thread

He wasnt limited to 200k though was he? Bid confirmed for Dembele and that bid that was accepted must have been the fee Bournemouth paid for him as they were hardly going to pay more than the fees agreed with us and Birmingham.

You said you were not sure if he was the type of player needed and questioned wether we could afford him

When I suggested Styles in January you pulled me up on it

At least the club are lining up Breretons replacement early

It did cost them.They had to lodge 16 million into Rovers. The company that bought us yes is Venkys that was set up for this sale but they still had to put 16 million of their money into the club.

With the run in we have I feel we will get enough points to secure a playoff place.

Agree I think we are in a great position and I do believe we will be in the top 6 with the fixtures we have left. If we have Brererton fit and Dack capable of making an impact by the time of the play offs then think we would be in pretty good shape. A front 3 of Brererton Dack Khadra along with our strength at the back would give us a good chance

Huddersfield have some tough games coming up they play 4 out of potential top 6 teams in their next 7 . Hopefully West Brom's win today will give them some confidence as they play Hudds on Friday . In fairness I had them down to struggle this season and have to say the manager has done a fantastic job but I think Forest will get top 6 at their expense.

Another 2 goals for Obafemi, his attitude can be questioned but the guy is a talent

Cardiff score 1-1 v QPR

So should we rule Boro out of top 6 contention as they lost to Bristol a cpl of weeks ago?

Parachute payments

We have played all those teams twice with the exception of Bournemouth those teams still have to play against eachother they can't all win them all. Sheff United and QPR still have to play eachother twice. Our record against bottom half teams this season is as good as anyone's. Today was poor and the last month has been but a generous Run of fixtures to come

Their next 7 league games won't be easy having to play Bournemouth, QPR, Luton, Boro from our promotion rivals in that spell. West Brom, Millwall and Hull all away won't be easy games either.

He can't sign a pre contract with any club in this country until his deal has expired. Could only have signed with a foreign club.

Who is performing? I'm not saying he definitely shouldn't be left out but you could make a case for any of 3 up top and Rothwell to be left out. Buckley has missed a few very easy chances and would have said pre Forest he should drop out for a game but imo he played well v Forest and West Brom and wasn't poor the other night. He is capable of playing the killer pass that most in the squad wouldn't even attempt.The goal was ruled out but who else in our squad is playing the ball that led to Breretons goal v West Brom? Stats wise he has created the most chances in the squad, his ability to win the ball back in the final third was instrumental to getting us 3rd place in the first place.

Apologies.Last night hurt.Bigger things to worry about than trying to justify Buckleys place in the team on here.Fingers crossed we can get a win on Saturday whoever plays

And? The original post asked for stats and I gave them. Yes at Rovers and his pressing and winning the ball back was instrumental in the run that got us to third place in the first place.

Most chances created for us this season. Won the ball back most times in the final 3rd this season. 2nd in assists. Those stats were on sky last night.

Both been poor lately and wouldn't be against that or even moving Rothwell further forward and dropping Buckley back. His finishing is awful(Buckley) but the player himself openly admits goalscoring isn't his game.The goal was ruled out but I don't see many if any in our squad capable of playing the ball he did v West Brom when Brererton scored.

Everyone has been poor from an attacking point of view For a bit of balance on Buckley Going through our squad. He has won the ball back the most times in the final third out of our squad. He has created the most chances this season. He is 2nd when it comes to assists. His standards have dropped as have everyone else's maybe he should be dropped out for a bit but a similar case can be made for Rothwell to be dropped as since January his performance levels have gone down too.