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The club will know if it can sign players or not, and if not, why. Im specifically interested in Rovers. Can we sign anyone?

Why would Venkys start suddenly taking an interest and grow a backbone after 10 games? And that would mean that we start awfully making survival an uphill task. I think if Armstrong stays then his goals will keep us up, although we would receive no fee when he leaves on a free. For me, the equation is same manager and poorer squad equalling a lower finish.

Idah has only ever scored 3 goals at his tender age. Big risk replacing such a prolific goalscorer with an untested kid.

That squad with Mowbray and 4 of 5 extras (especially if we downgrade on Armstrong) would not be one to be optimistic about.

The club will know if it can register new players. If they havent been told otherwise then they can.

Where did you hear or see it? As a stand alone comment it is worthless. The club could elaborate still and choose not to. The club will know where they stand at this present moment and if they can register players.

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The club have never clarified and indeed our local journalist is unclear as to whether the delay in submission or FFP iregularites are the cause of any embargo and how long it will last. How are you so sure? Charlie Wyke can only dream of Kieffer Moore. But the current system certainly didnt succeed anyway so its needs looking at either way. The fact that we still have Mowbray means that he will carrying on failing with it anyway and even if we signed someone like Wyke, he would play wide.

The Wyke 'rumour' was just dropped into this chat without any background, without any source or indeed any further explanation. No use to anyone really. As it is, we are seemingly still under a transfer embargo that the club are too ignorant to explain. So any signings are a pipe dream. Regarding Wyke as an indivudual, aside from last season when he had McGeady putting chances on a plate for him, his record at League 1 and 2 level is underwhelming and Sunderland fans dont seem too fons on him. Although when we can register players, he will appeal as he is free.

Probably a good thing that Chile have been knocked out. Assuming that Brereton will be an important player, and I must say that anything about naysayers is nonsensical, hes still got so much to prove. Then we could do with him back in training as soon as possible, and with pre season underway and Brereton presumably about to get a few weeks off, it leaves little room ahead of the new season.

Where is this from? I seriously hope not.

Bournemouth have made a very good signing in Emiliano Marcondes who scored in the play off final. Meanwhile we, well still havent clarified the extent and timescales on the transfer embargo.

Just bizarre that he doesnt factor a manager that he himself admits needs sacking in his prediction ahead of the new season.

Should we be targetting the play offs? Yes, I would say so. But do I think that under Mowbray and with the current squad, we can get anywhere close? Not at all. He doesnt need excuses, the owners dont care and the CEO is his mate. His job is safe.

Why cant he have more excuses? If he was being judged on results like any other club, he would have long since been sacked but he hasnt been. He is failing but it doesnt matter to our absent owners. You are confusing where you think we should expect to be with where you actually think that we will be. Our target ahead of the last 2 seasons was the play offs and we got nowhere near in either season, considerably regressing in the last one. Why would you logically expect the same manager to suddenly start taking us forward when you yourself have also said that he should have been replaced? We should be closer to the play offs, but that assumes that the manager is competent to take us forward. I think that we need more experience to be honest. Our team lacks character and lacks know how. Although Barnsleys' signings last season included 29 year old Matty James, 26 year old Dominik Freiser ans 25 year olds Carlton Morris and Michal Helik, and have just signed 26 year old Devante Cole, so hardly just under 24 year olds. But even so, our policy is very much haphazard, random signings, many on loan, and many with links to Teeside. Will that suddenly change to a well oiled recruitment drive? Doubtful.

Millwall have also made a triple signing, Benik Afobe, George Savile and Daniel Ballard. Peterborough have made a number of signings too, Jack Marriott and Jorge Grant the most eye catching two.

Surely the emphasis would be to get more from the current squad for a new manager? A low budget is to be expected but most teams have a low budget, doesnt mean that we should accept a manager who is forcing regression.

Suppose that Boro have some young talent like Fry, Tavernier, Spence, Wood and Coulson so he has a nice mix. Our squad looks very inexperienced at the moment. Need some know how.

What could happen over pre season that could outweigh the years of evidence prior?

Swansea have also bought a young striker from PSV and Middlesbrough have signed Sammy Ameobi, Uche Ikpeazu and Lee Peltier. Here at Ewood, some dont even feel that we deserve to know the situation regarding our transfer embargo.

Is that the answer even to the Mowbray question?

Not perfectly efficient, no club is, but their proactive recruitment of both a manager and some good players led to them finishing in the play offs, 21 points ahead of us. Where do you think we will finish this season? Do you think that Mowbray needs replacing?

If my attendance was dependant on an expectation or optimism of a genuine and serious prospect of a play off push then I wouldn't have had many if any season tickets since Venkys took over. As others have touched on, there is a difference between what you think we should be aiming for and where you think we will end up. The manager is the same and the overall structure is very much the opposite of Barnsley, they are efficient, we are negligent. Why do you expect that Mowbray will suddenly turn things around, which he would need to do in order to push us towards the expectations that you have?

Seems like the Ben Sheaf rumours were a load of rubbish. He has joined Coventry permanently as expected.

Whether the squad has talent and to what degree we can debate until the cows come home, but the key is that it will be the same manager. Why is he going to suddenly unlock that talent more consistently? The possession based nonsense and the wide striker and false 9 experiments wont suddenly be shelved under Mowbray. To look at your scenario first rigger on the assumption that our only further signing would be another left back. And maybe an Armstrong replacement, which will be practically impossible to replace a 28 goal striker. So the same manager, and otherwise the same squad aside from some loanee returns and untested kids replacing Elliott, Harwood Bellis, Holtby, Evans etc. I cant see how the natural conclusion would be to finish in the top 10 from that. With a poorer squad (I am happy with the released players in that we had little value from them but without them yet no external replacements, we are undoubtedly weaker) I would suspect slightly lower than 15th. If we was to assume that we have scope to sign players as per your scenario chaddy, there is a bit more scope for a higher finish but that is then reliant on Mowbrays recruitment and even then following an embargo to which we have no clue on when it will end, and other teams and players wont wait for us. We will need to replace the goals and assists of Elliott and maybe Armstrong, and Harwood Bellis will be a miss too. Not much scope for optimism under Mowbray. Mediocrity would be my guess, closer to the bottom 3 than the top 6.