I would have had Evans in ahead of Johnson but otherwise pleasantly surprised. Hope JRC shines again.

Not sure about King but Raya post dates cashing the sell on clauses. Agreed 10% is disgracefully low on Raya. Let's see if we have a keeper in Keminsky but Raya was a dreadful misjudgement by Mowbray.

Two hours from the big kick off and feeling far more worried about Mowbray's selection, formation and tactics than I am about Bournemouth. Yes, Stanislas and Brooks are too good for this level but we have learned that there is no opposition in this Division we should fear.

Expecting a promising performance and a dispiriting defeat.

This is Accy Stanley and Fleetwood's season in League 1... Morecambe and Barrow to come 23rd and 24th in League 2 but will survive through other clubs collapsing and being expelled.

Brentford are past masters at selling their stars and replacing astutely with even better. Has Raya signed for Arsenal yet?

I predict there wont be any season tickets.

Covid is sadly ramping up again. R over 1 and cases doubling inside a week. Govt for sure are going to do everything they can to keep schools open so live crowds at football matches simply isn't happening again in 2020. This dawning realisation is going to tip several EFL clubs and even the odd PL outfit into absolute despair financially before the window closes. For one thing, PL clubs declare their squad of 25 before the EFL Window closes so loan availabilities become much more visible. Rovers keeping their budget to themselves could be in prime position to do some remarkably astute business in early October. A wily old campaigner like Warnock will be thinking thjis way up at Boro.

The best footballers at Ewood/Brockhall are dramatically different from those in January 2019. Don't know how they are going to fit together but if Nyambe, Lenihan, Travis, JRC, Buckley, Dolan, Armstrong and the only point of continuity Dack get regular playing time we could yet have a great season. Really puts the pressure on everyone else in the squad if they are picked and perform as they are showing they are capable of.

Very late consolation goal the day after...

Very sorry to read this. You never know what will happen though so don't give up.

Nobody in since the quarantined keeper, nobody out? I am ok with that.

Diana Rigg was unsurpassable.

Another dull dull yawn

Two transfer deadline days. 5 Oct for Prem incomings 16 Oct for Prem outgoings and the EFL. Plenty of time to hit 1,000 pages on this thread!

Where is Tosin currently?

Squad even with the current defensive inadequacies good enough to make top 6. Mowbray will squander 10 to 20 points net so another standstill season producing points in the range 55-65. Finish 10th.

Obviously communication and lack of replica shirts is terrible. But it is extremely reasonable of the club not to offer to sell something (a season ticket) for something which doesn't exist. It is quite possible the entire season will be played behind closed doors.

Buckley has to feature.

Lack of gate money and match day commercial will be hurting the majority of clubs far harder than Rovers. Clubs in wealthier areas with smaller gates will earn more match day income than Rovers so Covid is levelling the playing field far more in our favour (contradiction in terms) than FFP ever would.

Team selection, tactics and formation will be a lucky dip. What we have learned from the pre-season friendlies is our second choice eleven would walk a Championship made up of second choice elevens. Nobody has the first clue what our first choice eleven should be. As for Bournemouth, they will be anything from hungover to totally fired up and anything in between. We could even be facing Wilson and King playing to impress watching scouts to secure their moves. Impossible to forecast beyond 4/1 on being disappointed by Mowbray.

JRC, Nyambe and Lenihan are this summer's most important signings now we have a keeper. Kipre would have been a big step forward but I cannot see us being in the market for anyone else who could make a significant improvement to our promotion prospects when played out of position (which we all know Mowbray would).

Hilarious it has fallen to me to start this thread. Limped to a 1-0 win with a 91st minute penalty and Iceland even got a later penalty but hit Greenland with it. Chaddy's Union Jack will be along in a minute.

After today, do we really need any new players?

Nyambe was superb against Leicester