Football has never worked like that though and footballers know this it's all part and parcel of it. You aren't going to get the likes of Buckley expecting to be on what Cory Evans was on right now for example. Once they become established first team regulars though they have a right to ask for average championship wages to match. The cost gradually goes up across the board but its gone down significantly over the past 2 seasons and other higher earners will be moved on. This is why it's so important to get money in from sales but we are looking at poss 4 players who might have had a combined 30 million in value having left for nothing by summer. It's suicide to carry on like that whilst expecting to keep cutting the wage budget as well, a lge 1 budget will eventually give you league 1 football again. We need to pay and the only way to do it is more owner input and/or maximize sales i.e the Brentford model to stay in line with FFP. At the moment we do neither.

Out squad is now made up of youth team graduates many of whom will be on a few grand a week. Room is created in the budget by doing this and you can't have a clutch of players on 20k pwk and the rest on 5 or less either but that;s the way it's going.

I don't think anyone is suggesting everyone should have a pay rise.

No i can think of another.

I'd say they are more in a position to look to kick on they've just had a water treader who lost the knack. If that's the case Mowbray would altogether be the wrong choice although obviously they could do worse.

But we do sign players and often seemingly without problem so why does the switch keep getting flicked onto 'oh FFP. oh communication etc ' Why does it work fine one min then not the next ?

Same team for me if possible keep giving youth a chance. Ticket prices might be interesting down there 😁

Yes i think so Fury will do everything textbook AJ doesn't he'll grab, hold and lean from 1st min till last. There'll be an eye watering 4 or 5 stone weight advantage on the night plus the 6 inches height - enough to keep the chin out the way. Then the gargantuan reach Fury has an absolutely monumental set of advantages before we come to the actual boxing. As much as i'd sell my arm to see someone shut Furys mouth i can't see Usyk doing it as good as he is, it will take a boxing masterclass to do it.

This is what i think they are planning should BBD leave and why they have been very cautious using Dack so far. I seem to remember Mowbray playing him there a time or two early doors.

That's another seasons running costs recouped so it's good for FFP but i'd say only his wage will get re-invested on a loan. They really really need to pull a rabbit out of the hat with that one.

He isn't a poor mans Bruno he's better than Frank but like Tyson was for him Usyk was always all wrong for someone like AJ. Massive credit to him for taking the instant rematch and having a good go the reason as said he didn't let his hands go was lessons learned from the first fight. Most disappointing thing for me was he didn't grapple and tie him up like expected until he was knackered himself at the end. His corner where ridiculous yet again telling him he was winning all the time. Hissy fit at the end was part down to them but he was dehydrated and clearly a bit disorientated but still no excuse it was pathetic. End of the day though he took the fight when it was ordered and could easily have dropped that belt. 24 rounds with far and away the best mover and technician in the division. Came up short but didn't get himself stopped and in the 2nd fight always looked like he night just uncork something. He is no Bruno.

We'd only know that for sure if it came to a straight choice between going there and coming back here. Something tells me he might fancy a new challenge he seems the type.

I think Van Hecke was probably identified by our previous recruitment guy who then legged it to league 1 Sunderland. No surprise they are in pole position now if he's pushing it, if he's still there.

He should be a squad player at first team level not a starter we should have proper goal scoring back up before we throw in the kids. That's not looking like how it's going to work here though it's kids first then scrabble around for something else when desperate.

All about levels he just isn't ready to be a regular in the championship. If we were in lge 2 that team last night and the one v Hartlepool would probably be enough to finish in the top 6. It would sink without trace in the championship week in week out.

Who cares about Liverpool fans i doubt they name anyone else from their U23s they should be grateful for championship teams taking a punt on them. He's here to play our way and where he's asked he isn't here from our point of view to just prepare him for their first team. Now if he turns up at left forward then right wing i'll start asking questions !

Yes but it's not massive though is it which is what they claim to be everywhere they go. Or maybe they are just no different to any other club around here.

Of course there are loan fees a lot of them come as package deals . Poveda 11 grand a week wage contribution for a whole season even when he was injured and back in Leeds. Great work by Tony, Mark and the gang that one at least half a million down the pipes.

'Creating' yes that really is about the size of it with him. If there is nowt then make something up, he's very creative that guy.

No it was definitely that which prompted the famous TM line of 'you could say we've sold a goalie to sign a forward' after Raya's exit.

It was 3 million with 2 in add ons so that didn't sound so bad at the time.

We just need a good defender i don't really care who it is.

He's only following a long line of previous similar scenarios at Rovers. Come in out of the blue with limited experience for the job you've been given, say plenty say all the right things. Then just disappear and say nothing, not only that but create the illusion that you shouldn't even dare to be asked wtf you are actually doing.

I think Sammie has replaced Rothwell in the squad simply because Buckley has dropped back and he's gone in there, sort of. Investing possibly two million in him would suggest he's going to be a regular not a squaddie.

They have to keep enough together to put teams out at youth level so they can't just fire everyone off at once. It's a gradual process and unless there is someone better right behind them they'll have to keep a certain amount of under achievers until it makes sense to let them go.