Collins 34, Bradshaw 32. Come on, surely we can do better than that, an ageing journeyman very much on the downgrade. Stop giving them ideas!

Come on, no -one, absolutely no - one expects us to spend £40m, just a reasonable proportion of the monies raked in in transfer fees and sell on clauses over the last couple of years.

You're probably right but for many supporters it seems the incorrect notion that they have to physically stick their hands in their pockets to match any money sent over is a valid reason for them to not send any in the first place.

At most Clubs that would intensify the pressure to strengthen even more. You can spin either way: Win the next couple - "Look how well we're doing - no need to spend". Lose the next couple - "We've slipped out of realistic contention now - no point going overboard".

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24854663.blackburn-rovers-venkys-court-case-india-delayed/ Depressing to see the LT perpetuating the myth on behalf of the Club about the owners effectively having to pay double in respect of any money sent over.

But but..........according to the Fans Forum Notes 25/11 Waggott was "in the process of requesting funding for the upcoming January transfer window". Surely you're not suggesting our esteemed CEO would pull the wool over supporters' eyes?

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24856218.blackburn-rovers-boss-john-eustace-play-off-pressure/ This doesn't sound as though Eustace is very confident about anyone coming in, seemingly expressing the hope that someone out of the current squad can step up in the second half of the season.

They can now. Can we completely get away from this notion that they're somehow prevented from doing so because of the Court proceedings. They are CHOOSING not to.

There was also a very good period of canny relatively low cost investment under Bowyer when his Dad Ian was allegedly involved in the scouting.

I'm going to repeat my question earlier. How much do people think Dolan is worth with only 6 months to run on his contact? Do you really think anyone would be bidding £2m for him?

Thought we were meant to be strengthening the squad for an attempt at the play offs not losing players and weakening it? As a matter of interest how much do people think Dolan fetches with just 6 months left to run on his contract. I've no idea but won't be much I wouldn't have thought. £1m at best?

If his attitude is right, then he's got even more of a problem than we on here think because he isn't performing is he?

Well, they are if you don't invest in the right quality in the first place, you just end up paying their inflated wages for a period then lose them for nothing or a substantial loss.

I'm not sure, apart from his little burst at the start of the season I think Ohashi has looked really ineffective. Leonard gets into goalscoring positions the other 2 don't.

Exactly.

Do you think Leonard is any worse than Gueye or Ohashi? I don't personally. Hopefully there'll be someone a lot better than those 3 coming in but unless there's two coming in who are a lot better, I can't see the sense in letting Leonard go out on loan. It would only take an injury or two and we'd be completely stuck again. Plus I don't think we have to register him in the 25 man squad.

If he's scored 15 in 22, they probably want to test him themselves. Or they should do.

That's nonsense and I'm sure you know it. Running a successful professional football Club is not simply covering the bills. If the sole aim is indeed to get the Club to be largely self sufficient and "wash it's own face" as even Jack stated was his ultimate wish once upon a time, then anyone who's been watching the game for a long time such as you or I know full well that you have to recruit well and sell at a profit, rinse and repeat. The vast majority of the time this requires a reasonable amount of investment in the playing side because as a general rule of thumb quality doesn't come cheap. This lot seem to think that we can just churn out an Adam Wharton every year to pay the bills and if anyone else is sold you don't have to reinvest anything into new players. Again an experienced observer such as yourself will know that genius's like Duff and Adam Wharton probably only come round once every 20 years or so and even finding a big profit maker like Szmodics can't be relied upon on an annual basis. And if you don't speculate to accumulate with your players in general the well is likely to eventually dry up as seems about to happen soon. At the end of the day, if your recruitment is good, you will never lose out anyway - if you make a good signing you'll break even at worst and if it's really good as a whole you might actually achieve that dream of promotion.

No, 2024-5 Cantwell. Obviously.

Is it a contradiction in terms to say "his attitude is not in question" but then "if he just showed some fucking urgency and desire"? I agree with the second bit. I look at him now and think the fire has gone out of his belly. He just doesn't look like he's enjoying being out there these days.

I'd take 2021 Buckley over Cantwell every day of the week. Whether we ever see that version again though I very much doubt.

I do think he has the talent IF he were to get his head down ( which at age 25 I can't see happening now) He was really good in the first half of Mowbray's last season before everyone imploded.

Easy street.

You'd imagine that Buckley is even less of a Eustace type player than the other two but because the "budget" such as it is hasn't stretched to bringing in anyone better than Forshaw to replace Baker, Eustace has been reduced to bulling up "Bucko" in the media as a viable option.

It's about time Cantwell started earning his money. He's been worse than useless recently.