Earier on someone called Brererton an academy player, he has been involved in 50+ games in the Championship.Im sorry you don't play I get why people might argue we could have gone for more experience and i take that point but the club for the first time in a long time has shown a bit of ambition, did anyone envisage us spending big money on a highly rated young player and good player which i have seen for myself , im sorry but you dont play that amount of times at this level at his age if you don't have something about you. He will need some time, with or without Brererton this side will be well clear of relegation pushing for the top half imo if Brererton gets a bit of confidence and form and we add 1 or 2 more players of quality in January then the play offs could beckon one or two bits more of quality and depth together with the fantastic spirit we have many teams wont beat us. Its an exciting time to be a fan in my opinion someone said they could feel something brewing down at Ewood and i agree.Lenihan,Nyambe,Bell,Rothwell,Dack,Brereton,Armstrong(who i do think will prove a bargain at what we bought him for but when the strength in the squad allows i think we will see the best of him in this division as an impact sub)Davenport(Haven't seen him bar 1 Burton game on the box but looked good in that and has had good things said about him by both Guardiola and Clough) if we manage to add in january and in the summer then we really could go into next season with a very good side. I know venkys have fecked us over that many times i am slightly cautious but this does have a different feel about it,we must have had one of the biggest net spends in the division this season. Im just hoping the fan's wont get on Brererton's back too much, he will need a little time, he is at a young age and moving clubs like that cant be the easiest i imagine and he hasnt had much game time he needs that match fitness

Although i mostly agree with what you say about the criteria and money being spent on a young player with the potential of a decent profit its at odds with our rumoured interest and bids for Freeman at Qpr.He is 26 or 27 now not exactly a young pup and i doubt we would have seen any profit on him if we had paid out 4-5 million pounds

To be honest i think Brereton has the attributes to grow into a Danny Graham type. Hold up target men get better playing that role with experience and playing time,Brereton is 6"2 only 19 so can still fill out and become more of a physical threat, in Graham's younger years and at Sunderland he didn't always play as a target man. I do take your point that we could have brought someone in more ready but when i see player's like Waghorn going for 8 million pounds who in my opinion isn't that good then it would be difficult for us to bring in a ready made striker with our wage budget.

From Mowbrays comments we didnt blow our whole budget on Brererton, we did have a 4 million bid for a city player accepted only for the player to go elsewhere and we bid for Freeman at QPR too so we could have added a goalkeeper and defender if thats what the manager wanted. On Brererton i suppose its what a person believes will be a good season.With the squad we have now i dont expect us to be anywhere near relegation and i do think a top half finish will be a good season for our first season back, the manager has said that he thinks it will take a couple of transfer windows for us to have a squad capable of sustaining a promotion challenge.Brererton was available, the manager is a fan so it looks like he was brought in for the future more than anything.I still feel he can play a part this season but want to see him have a few starts playing up front before i decide wether we could have spent his fee better.If Graham is fit enough then he should start Saturday if not then i hope he goes for Brereton rather than Arma and i want to see Brererton up front against Bournemouth midweek

Obviously we just have different opinions on Rhodes he doesnt bring enough to the table for me , if he doesnt score you are effectively playing with 10 men. Was never Rhodes biggest fan but his scoring record was exceptional here so credit where credit is due but i just don't believe Rhodes would be able to play in this side, just not a fan certainly as a lone striker. I definitely think we needed another striker as i don't think Armstrong can play up on his own and with Graham's fitness then we couldnt have gone into the season with just Nuttall and those two although i do take your point about a centre back and goalkeeper to put pressure on Raya, those positions should have been addressed if we had the budget the manager claimed. Wether Brererton is answer is of course open to debate and with the figures beinf mentioned for him then perhaps we could have brought someone in more experienced. However il stick my neck on the line and from the 10 or 11 times iv seen Brererton in action then i think long term he will turn out to be a good signing for the club

He started every week when Warburton was in charge

What has Rhodes done since he left here? You think Rhodes would be good playing up front on his own in this side? Like i said in the Brereton thread until he has played a number of games in his position then none of us know wether he will turn out to be a good signing or not. But i am certain that Rhodes couldnt play in this side,the ball would be coming back at us all day long.He cant hold a ball up,bring others into play. Given the chances he can score and has decent movement in the box but we don't create enough chances in the box to take advantage of the only decent attributes Rhodes has and hasn't scored goals consistently since he was here so not sure why anyone would want him back to be honest

A handful games?He was involved in 36 championship games for Forest last season, not bad for a 19 year old wouldnt you agree? He was even getting starts the season we went down,he played in the game against us at Forest. I just think its unfair to call him out one way or the other after less than an hours action being played out of position and lacking match sharpness, that is my point.

The people who seem to be most critical of his signing have openly admitted they had'nt heard of him prior to him joining thats who my posts are aimed at of course if someone has watched him a few times and they have the opinion he is a poor signing then fair enough. But In my opinion nobody can give a valid opinion on a player if they have only watched him in less than an hours action being played out of position and clearly lacking match action, it is unfair. Like i said i dont know wether he will be a good signing or not but i wouldnt call him out one way or the other after only watching him for less than an hour. From what i seen of him, has some pace, a lovely first touch, decent movement. In time i do believe he will be capable of taking Danny Graham's place and play as a target man.He needs some time to adjust and learn to play that role though Mowbray has said it will take 2 or 3 windows to have the squad he feels can put in a challenge for promotion. We have just come up from league one,we have had a steady start, and although id like us challenging for a play off spot finishing in the top half is more realistic and would be a good first season back in the Championship.

Den although i agree that everyone is entitled to their opinion,Brereton is only 19 and has no match sharpness as of yet due to not being involved with Forest. From watching him at Forest he does have ability and although the price seems a bit steep it will only reach the levels suggested if he meets the clauses in the contract and if he does it will mean he has done alright for us. I remember last year in the early stages of the season poster's were making the same comments about Dack, "strange signing", "where is he going to play id rather 4-4-2", "we won't score enough goals with only 1 up top" etc and look how that signing turned out. I can't tell the future so don't know if Brereton will be a good signing or not but watched him twice live for Forest as at the time the lass i was seeing was a Forest fan and seen him a few times on the box and he made an impression. People are judging him on less than an hours action being played out of position and lacking match action which is unfair

Maybe writing him off is a bit far but in my opinion he is getting unjust criticism. You can't judge a player after what 50 minutes playing time, playing out of position. Calling him an academy player when he he has played 40 plus games at championship level at the age of 19 isnt right either.

He isnt an academy recruit Tyrone,he played 36 times for Forest in the championship last season. You used to play didnt you?Then surely you can appreciate it will take a bit of time for Brereton to settle.He hadn't been involved with Forest this season so how can you expect him to have full match sharpness when he hasnt been playing. I find it absolutely ridiculous that people are writing off Brereton after a max hour's playing time for us

He hasn't scored goals on a regular basis since he left here. Boro didnt give him game time,Sheffield Wednesday he was mostly poor when he did play and was left on the bench more often than not.Now the manager at Norwich has dropped him after a few games of him playing up front on his own. In my opinion we won't be seeing Rhodes amongst the top scorers in this division again.What next for him if it doesnt work out at Norwich

Danny Graham is undoubtedly our best striker but Mowbray himself has said on numerous occasions that Graham struggles playing 3 games in a week. I presume his thought process on this is coming from the medical team and the player himself. In an ideal world Graham would start every match but can see why Chaddy and others don't expect him to start on Saturday due to the managers previous comments about Graham's fitness. Graham has a history of injuries throughout his career and the last thing i want to see is him getting overplayed , getting injured and out for a period of time

He is available on saturday, its the following league game against Forest he can't play. Gavlar was thinking the Forest match was this saturday.

They said Mulgrew was ill on ifollow, at least he aint injured, hopefully back for Stoke on Saturday

A good point but awful performance in midfield and attack. Defence did ok considering the amount of attacks they faced. Has Rothwell run over Mowbray's dog or something? Reed and Rothwell to start the next game please

Not only Chaddy, Brereton is a highly rated young player hence the transfer fee. It was a Mowbray signing.

Involved with the under 23 tonight according to the let

Smallwood fortunate not to be dropped. Strong bench

Tom Lawrence sent off for Derby will be missing against us midweek

Rhodes and Marshall both on the bench for Norwich today

Villa could have Abraham and Bolasie to call upon this time.It will be a tough game. Id definitely be starting Bennett wide of the 3 in this match as our full backs are going to need a little help. Abraham,El Ghazi,Bolasie and Grealish could be their front four and those 4 wouldnt look out of place in the league above. Although i hope we are positive and go for the win it will be an extremely tough game and we cant go too attacking as that front four could tear us apart

Lenihan and Mulgrew are the centre half pairing in the stat championship of the month. Be nice if Mowbray won manager of the month but will be shocked if Biesla doesnt get it

Bad day at the office