Must admit even I like the approach of the guy although i'll probably end up disagreeing with some of the non football related stuff. Thing is though he has inherited issues but seems intent on tackling them one way or another not ignoring, passing the buck or basically lying and there's needed to be some hard headed guy in there for a while. The DE is a prime example, not a popular move and as usual could probably have been handled better but he's made the call and been brave enough to put his name to it which I respect if nothing else. Non of the eternal squirming and bull we've been accustomed to since this lot and their pals rocked up, similar to Mowbray in that respect. I do think the riverside might be closed and I think he's sowed a seed but I think he'll only do it if it's really necessary and if a few thousand use it this season every game he'll leave it alone. Just my hunch but i'll trust him on that. Some of his comments on the training ground make sense because he's explained the football thinking behind it however the other comment on the land etc makes me shudder. Like I said though that thinking is probably inherited and we've had rumours around it for a few years, it's inevitable I think and always has been.

Good points on the safe standing it would make sense if they have that in the back of their minds. Personally I think this is a seed sown for future closure but as for a rebuild they could always outsource funding from a hotel group who might benefit from it or something along those lines like long term sponsorship. Also I don't think rebuilding with a structure like that at PNE would be huge cost wise although you don't want money that could be spent on the playing side being used for that or the sale of players so outside funding and commercial sense would have to be the way to go. Rebuilding the old Riverside was desperately needed on several fronts but this isn't warranted unless it becomes unusable which having housed near full capacity a few times in recent years i'd think should be a long way off. The seed is sown ?

The Kinder Dating stand Be handy for the Riverside new sponsor, all proceeds to the club obviously alongside cheap tickets for Blackburn & Darwen singletons in there, a good meeting place and might boost the gate a bit. Make use of a few hotel rooms as well if they build them in ?

New assistant boss of Exeter.

No doubt it's partly been an easy target for the cost cutting but also when you have no real directors or ones that don't really give a toss outside of gathering their wage and doing things which may keep them in favour with the overloads, like minute cost cuttings, it's no wonder the place needs a good scrub on the outside. Not sure it would've ranked very highly on the PNE mans to do list when he was here either. Thankfully this fella Waggot clearly wants to take the bull by the horns and has the relevant experience to do so.

Right footed left side utility mon then ?

"If we could get land where we could integrate the two" Quite sprang out....

Hard to tell really as reading here he's been brought as back up to nearly every position lol that's why I threw in left sided utility man. Thing is though we've lost Antonsson, Chapman might not be coming back so that's two left siders and Payne for Dacks back up so they've signed a left sider who can cover all those and he's Rovers player not someone else's. 20 games next season, a few goals and assists and his value has already gone up a bit. I feel this signing is possibly being a bit over analysed, naturally as he's the first in but hopefully he isn't the major summer buy ?

So they aren't wingers in the classic sense really the better term is probably just left sided midfielder, probably preferable these days because of their defensive duties in modern systems. The winger is dead, said one manager. By the way Arjen Robben - a bit of a one off ? Always saw him as maybe a winger playing on the wrong side because he was so quick and good at cutting into the box onto his good foot. A fair old example though, do you have a mate called wee Stevie ??

Inverted winger is probably just a left sided midfielder if they were playing with 3 in there or something just like these left/right sided forwards who can only do that in a front three. I.e not really a winger at all nor are they strikers. Verdict = Utility man with a left foot !

I used to have a guy on twitter from near Pune who basically blamed everything happening to Rovers on everyone this side of the world and totally absolved them from any blame whatsoever. His major love was also cricket and he only ever really chirped up about Rovers every time we had a good little run or changed a manager / director which he tried to defend. Rest of the time there was no mention of them when selling players, losing all the time, chopping/changing and getting relegated, twice. He suddenly rediscovered his interest again last season, wouldn't be surprised if it's him he always sounded like one of their own ?

Probably more realistic is it's 10 mill, which is more than last seasons 8 or whatever it was for the first team side of things.

Doesn't really matter what people think of Dunn on the whole the point I was raising was a seemingly successful partnership is being ended and what is being done to replace it and if nothing why nothing. That's the more important issue here, maybe it could be a future role for Conway ?

If they'd made it worth his while i'm sure he'd have been happy to juggle his time but there probably isn't much in the budget for an assistant U23s manager so it's fair enough. When TM said he'd challenged Johnson to do it alone it naturally it raises questions as to why they'd needed an assistant then all of a sudden don't need to replace the leaving one. That says to me cost cutting even if its come about by pure chance not design. I don't get why some on here suddenly get all high and mighty when people might want to discuss these things it's all Rovers related news at the end of the day. Irony is every last little thing was being questioned not 5 mins ago but now virtually nothing can be. Everything isn't a conspiracy nor is everything straightforward in football that's why it maintains it's interest and that's why there are forums !

All I remember is Coyle trying to bring in that clumsy defender from up there who I think ended up at Hibs or somewhere ? Oh and desperately always trying to bring in Giles Barnes - whatever happened to him ? Glad those days are gone neither were worth it but I think this lad might be.

Fair play to him if true, a bit like in Ternants book where it was something along the lines of this lower league lad turned up with his agent in an open top sports car and the agent came in with his laptop and the first thing they asked for was a house so he got told to be on his way straight away.

The only ones who'll pay the big whack towards his wages are likely to be ones in with a shout of challenging the top so Weds wouldn't be keen on that unless they are desperate to shift him. So it's no wonder names like Bolton crop up but not too long ago I think their wage ceiling was capped at 4.5k pwk by FUP so there's next to zero chance of it happening. Especially now they've loaded that midfield dynamo onto their books !

Left sided mid ? Probably just filling the Antonsson void and it seems he's a handy player but maybe another made of glass although if he's just a squad man it should be easier to keep him fit. Why are these types all so fragile these days compared to 10/15 years ago ?

No mate, no 1 - I didn't call Mowbray a liar you implied I was which is out of order, It's news, it's Rovers so it's up for discussion it doesn't need your or any other snowflakes stamp of approval for it to be brought up and talked about. If you don't agree fine, if you don't like it butt out of it. You aren't the clubs official spokesperson nor a mod on this board. no 2 - Dunn and Mowbray haven't told ME anything at all but i'm sure they'll be calling me soon they obviously speak directly to you. No 3 - it'll all come out in time as it usually does. No 4 - It really is time for the chadometer to return it's a source of great entertainment in the summer months. This time last year it's at boiling point with get rid of Danny Graham, if you dig around you'll find my posts saying it's imperative we keep him he'll do the business when it matters. No 5 - See above, uncle tom always knows best. No 6 - let's not have a long drawn out row and pish everyone off we'll leave it at that or take it to DM. N0 7 - Goodnight !

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Where did I call Mowbray a liar ffs ???? No I don't think he is for one min but when will you ever learn how football works ? I was merely wondering why Dunn would stack in what is a great little job and whether he was put in a position he didn't feel comfortable with that may have helped make his mind up. It's impossible for anyone to have a conversation with you on anything without you twisting it or playing the know it all, you know the square root of naff all lad all you post on here is taken from twitter or rehashed from other posters, get a grip you cause more aggro on here than every other wums put together ! Stick me on ignore for gods sake.

Mowbray said he's asked Johnson to do it all himself now, if he needed an assistant before why doesn't he need one now ? It's odd that Mr Blackburn walks away from a well paid job on his doorstep at the club he loves so for all we know they might have asked him to take a pay cut or go part time or something. Maybe Johnson will get a new assistant once it all settles down again and the season begins but it's a shame the club didn't want to keep that successful partnership in place, bigger things could have been on the horizon for them in the future.

So if they said the target was 10k and they are 81% there is that not a similar figure to last season ? Maybe hit 9k or poss a bit over with a few signings or I wonder if they are waiting for the final early bird figure before committing money to signings ?

I thought that, it has to be the first time his names ever been mentioned apart from on here where I think someone said he was the guy who says yay or nay in India to everyday requests from the club to pay bills etc. Will the real Gandi Babu please stand up ?

Cost cutting ?