Is this not the guy we supposedly had a £1.5m bid turned down for in January?

Apparently it's a loan of the player with an option to buy him for far more than he is actually worth at the end of the term. I was also wondering about what an acronym is and how much WE supposedly have to pay BBD if he leaves even though we're the selling Club.

Just got up having been working overnight. For me no news today is reasonably good news, the priority today simply has to be keeping BBD. Apart from that we could do with a potent attacking threat on the right hand side.

Can do that standing on our heads.

Interestingly, from what JDT said in relation to the alleged Fulham bid, it seems he would rather BBD stayed. It would be a help if the manager and owners were on the same page on that unlike moaning Mowbray who publicly broke ranks and sulked for the rest of the season. If it was him he'd be saying how he'd rather sell BBD and bring in 30 players for 500k then fall out with everyone if it didn't happen.

For once I agree with you. We'll need to get Wharton signed up to a decent contract before we can sell him for £100m though.

"It wasn't even considered" That's what I like to see. Hope I'm not speaking too soon with 24 hours still to go but: Go on Venky's - shove it up 'em!!

Decent performance after we scored. I think JDT has done as well as could be reasonably expected with this squad given the dire state Mowbray left it in and Waggott and Broughton's seeming misapprehension that the season starts on September the 3rd against Bristol City. If Phillips is a £40m - £50m player in the making then Wharton is an £80m - £90m one. Over to you Messrs Waggott and Broughton on the contract front.

"I really hope he gets the move he deserves" Are you sure you're a Rovers fan? The world's gone mad !

Why am I not surprised by this news? Well, I might be in a minority of one on this but I hope the owners demonstrate their financial clout and tell Fulham and any other Club taking the piss (by submitting an offer in the last 24 hours of the window) to fuck off. It's way too late in the window to accept a bid for him and replace him. Reassess in January. If we don't look like going up by then, we could always sell him at that point and probably wouldn't get much less than we're being offered now.

We can't afford to lose him you mean.

No, we won't think it's worth giving Phillips and Wharton £10 k p.w. We won't want to upset the rest of the lads and will be happy to watch another £115m worth of talent walk out of the door.

This ref doesn't like Vale.

That was actually Saturday but your overall point is a good one.

Every pass Wharton plays is in exactly the right spot and the right weight. Vale has shown up well since coming on but should have put Dack through before. Very harsh yellow. Blackpool player stood on his foot.

Or don't.

That would have been some goal. Dack - Dolan - BBD.

Have we got £4m left this window though?

Quite.....one's injured and the other two aren't as good in the position.

Agree 100% with all that. I'm not that impressed with Morton either. OK, but nothing to write home about. Can you imagine the furore there'd be if Adam Wharton was on the books of a "big" Club? Markanday on for Dolan at HT.

Much better after the goal, Wharton different class once again, needs a big contract and tying down tighter than a turkey at Christmas. The majority of stuff Dack does also oozes class, you either have quality or you dont and he has it in abundance. The extent to which he was written off on here by the know nowts trying to claim there was some sort of problem between him and the manager was frankly embarrassing. Hope we can hold onto the result and get the show back on the road.

What, sewn on the wrong way round? He's done absolutely nothing so far.

Confidence must have been rock bottom after 3 (generally miserable) losses. First and foremost need a couple of good results to build confidence levels back up again.

And THAT'S why you don't sell BBD. Sublime play from both Adam Wharton and Dack to set it up.

Need to drive Ayala up to Sunderland after tonight's match and have another last minute go at getting JPVH in.