He, along with all of the senior club management (including Rudy and JE) were at Brockhall tonight, with gates open to the public. I was up with my lad for a coaching session, but would have been the ideal opportunity for a protest, had people known in advance.

Surely anybody with a functioning brain cell can see that this is the case. Talking of a 'windfall' if we sell SS for £12m. He won't go for £12m, we won't dictate the terms of when he leaves and, when he does go, we'll be lucky to get 10% of the fee to reinvest in the playing squad. Feels like Nixon is getting his information either from agents (trying to whip up interest in their clients) or has a relationship with Park and is reporting on our 'wish list'. How many players has he linked us with this summer so far? Scattergun approach, as ever.

Quite the opposite - Adam Wharton and Ashley Phillips being the most recent batch, but there have been plenty before them. Our Academy is probably the one thing they appear to have got right, with regular multi-millions invested to keep it running to the level it does. Have a look at some of the players it's produced over the years.

I suspect there would be a lot more traction/engagement with a protest right now. And rightly so; the club is a complete shitshow. 12 months ago, at least we had the glimmer of hope that JDT could again overachieve with the quality of squad available to him, but we all know how that panned out. We can't just sit back and allow all of this to happen right in front of us.

And I was just passing on the info from someone who's been extremely reliable - they told me the full details of this season's kits months before they became public knowledge, for example. They've not been wrong about anything they've told me so far, so expect the £8m/gentleman's agreement to be legit.

I genuinely don't mind us selling players - SS deserves a shot in the Prem and, well, Sam G just isn't up to it. But the fact that we're not investing and seemingly planning on relying on a wafer-thin squad supplemented by Academy kids worries me greatly. I hope that it's Venky's recouping as much as they can before they finally piss off, but the damage left behind could be catastrophic.

I think Henry was a better all-round player, but Shearer the better goalscorer. I probably should have made that clearer - Shearer was the best goalscorer this club (and the Premier League) has seen, in my opinion.

None better in my opinion, either for us or in the Prem era. When you look at the sheer number of goals he scored for us, in the amount of games he did it in, and against the quality of opposition he played against in the Premier League, nobody comes close. Feel fortunate to have grown up with this man as our striker. You felt like you were 1-0 up before games even kicked off.

Obvious club post is obvious. And written by somebody who doesn't know our history very well. Fans moaned in 1994, did we? Sutton had literally just signed for us and hadn't played a competitive game. Flowers was an exceptional GK and Sherwood was our club captain - far, far away from a 'luxury' player. Nice try, whoever wrote this, but our fans are (mostly) clever people and you cannot fool them into believing things that just aren't true.

The image shared earlier was of a completely different Japanese lad. Based on the last few transfer windows and the people involved, I have zero confidence that this deal gets done. Also, Waggott pretending he holds any sway in SS' departure from the club is hilarious. He'll leave whenever the agreed figure is met, irrespective of whatever 'deadline' he's set - otherwise he's lied to the player and his agent.

I found that more amusing than it had any right to be. Laugh or you'll cry, I guess. There's no release clause for SS. But £8m was the agreed number between player, club and agent. If it's announced as 'undisclosed', it's definitely £8m.

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Just be honest/genuine or say nothing. It's insulting to the fans to be anything but the above. JDT managed it just fine.

He certainly sounds like the kind of player that could turn into a gem - I'm sure Evan Ferguson (Brighton) followed a similar path in the Irish league.

Sometimes it's better to say nothing than risk sounding stupid.

I'm not surprised that JE is considering his future already - the writing is well and truly on the wall as to which direction the club is heading. The bigger worry for me is who'll replace him, considering Duncan Fucking Ferguson was Waggott's choice before Broughton arrived and pulled the plug at the last minute. Once again, nothing will improve at the club until the underlying cancers are removed.

I suspect this is Nixon taking the piss. He appears to be cycling through the easy links again - Batth, Brannigan, there was another that I've forgotten. Genuinely don't expect anyone of significance to join this summer. No chance for the likes of Cooper and Begovic, never mind some proper signings. We've not been able to even get a 37 year old free transfer over the line; that should tell you everything.

Honestly, I couldn't care less where the next coach comes from as long as he's able to win something with us. Bit insular to restrict ourselves to 'English only' managers, particularly so when they're all Southgate-flavoured shite.

Waggott: "Don't know what you're on about, I've never noticed any green stuff all over the stadium..." He must walk into the stadium every day/week with his eyes closed.

I was told (and posted) at the end of the season that SS would go for around £8m - it's what had been agreed between player, club and agent at the end of last season, before we went away. Same person who told me exactly what the kits would look like back in May, right down to the roadmap effect on the pink 3rd kit. Hasn't been wrong yet.

Mine is - just on one of the shoulders, not too far from Ewood Park! I like it, 3 good kits this season, in my opinion. As for anyone not liking it 'because it's a girls colour'...get yourself a hobby or something.

Agree with the point that Waggott needs to put his big boy pants on and front up to the media (well, the fans). Tell us what is going on. What we should expect in the transfer window; set some expectations. Why all of the backroom changes, including Rudy's role. It's the absolute basic level of leadership.

You can add Martin Dahlin to that list as well. Should have been a cracking player for us, but for back injuries.

Last few kits I've bought have been via DHGate - take a couple of weeks to come (from China), but the quality is incredible. Not bought Rovers kits, but a few for my lad (PSG, Al Nasr, Atletico) and they're perfect replicas and around the £12-£15 mark.

That kit is nice, in fairness. Planned on going to this, but my lad had an away game and the times didn't work. It's only ever a fitness exercise at this stage of pre season, but a win's a win.