Great to have Travis back last night and man of the match to boot. I can see him fitting in as a key player in a Eustace team. His role reminded me of when he first came through and looked a top talent as a box to box midfielder. Keep those performances coming please.

Fantastic night, best game at Ewood for ages. Signings look great, hopefully a few more to come. Their corner taker was deadly, they will score a lot of set pieces this season. Also a shout out to the DJ with some absolute bangers to set the mood.

Looking forward to tonight, I think its mainly down to the unknown signings Mak and Ohashi though plus the fact it seems like an age since I was last at Ewood.

Sounds well pissed off in his latest interview. Also starting to rollout "I'm just here to manage the team, speak to the club" type lines as well. Be surprised if he is still here 20 games in.

I really wish we had brought in some wingers by now, even with a couple of new forwards I just dont see us creating much for them. Im going for a 0-0, this being a familiar scoreline across our home games this season unless we get some power/pace down the flanks or a Wharton replacement who can thread it through the middle.

I just wish the club would communicate through an open channel instead of these members only clubs or secret player/fan meetings. Just do an interview with the local paper and/or put an in depth interview out on the club website. All fans whether casual, season ticket holder or member of a forum deserve open, consistent and transparent communication from the club.

Any other club would be making regular statements through their owner/CEO through the club website about the clubs position, future and general strategy. They would also be taking interviews with local press about all this and reguarly communicating with fans particular in the off season with a looking back/forward approach. See John Williams or our other local clubs like PNE who do exactly this. Instead at rovers we get zero communication. In its place a secret player/fans meeting in January. A semi-regular fans forum that nobody who attends can/will talk about other than some heavily censored/redacted minutes that appear online. And now some secret meeting with a few people from the trust where who knows what has been discussed. This is so far from normal! We are probably the only club in the EFL that operates like this. All I want as a fan is some basic transparent communication about what is happening with the club and what are its ambitions/strategy for the upcoming season.

Sick of all this cloak and dagger nonsense, we are all Blackburn fans so just be transparent.

If Sammy still remains at the club on Friday he best be playing. We need all the points we can get early on, I can understand dodging some pointless friendlies but this game matters.

Agree, this week has turned my view from bottom of the league to some hope of avoiding relegation. I don't know what happened behind the scenes but assuming the manager has probably threatened to walk or kicked up a stink. The signings in the main are sticking plasters to get us through this season, it looks like that is now the 'project' and who knows what comes after. The reality is though that our assets are sold off and replaced by frees/cheapies/loans until eventually its league 1 time.

The guy certainly looks the part, been a while since we have had some presence up front instead of the usual powder puff midgets running about. Hopefully this is the first of a few attacking signings, we still need 2 wingers and another 2 strikers (guessing one will be the Japanese fella). If we can add a centre back to the mix then we stand a chance of scraping lower mid table providing Maggot doesn't flog off anymore players.

There’s some on here that would be happy to see most our first 11 sold. Smart business isn’t replacing experienced pros with inferior kids/loans. It’s asset stripping.

According to the manager that is the replacement for Telalovic (if it goes through).

You must have missed the part were we already sold £30m of players in the last 6 months and reinvested £0 in players. Wake up to reality, people leave and nobody arrives.

Nobody should be leaving the club until a replacement is signed IMO. Not sad to see Gally leave but without a replacement first we are just becoming weaker and weaker whilst the Venkys save another few quid.

Disgusting they won’t refund before a ball is even kicked. The club don’t give two shits about us fans.

Totally agree, we are gonna struggle for goals so badly without Szmodic. I think we will struggle to score even a single goal in a game this year as it stands. Also as our wide and forward players are so poor it just invites the opposition forwards as we can’t maintain pressure or offer any threat leading to us being under the cosh all game. Lets hope some of these signings actually come in else it’s nailed on relegation.

Is it against the rules for someone who was there just to relay the summary on here?

I don’t actually mind Bath on a short term deal although makes a mockery of his 2yr deal denial last year. Hope someone asks Waggot that question.

I was thinking the same that Eustace must be thinking about his next best action. It’s clearly dawned on him what a shit show the administration is and he’s heading for the sack within 15-20 games with this squad. He must be considering sacking it off before his reputation is damaged beyond repair. He has an easy out at this point.

I didn’t watch but this sounds like most games at Ewood last season. Gonna be a horrible season ahead, regret renewing my season ticket already and we haven’t kicked a ball.

Been saying it all summer and last season but our attacking options are dreadful. We desperately need two wingers and two strikers or we will set a new low scoring record next year.

I honestly think Waggot and/or Pasha are more interested in pandering to the owners to either look good or achieve some sort of bonus. That insider quote about ‘washing our face’ sums it up. By flogging players like we have it’s the first time in a while they can say they don’t need the cash to keep going. Never mind that the squad is total gash and we are likely to be relegated they will just roll the dice and hope for the best like last summer.

Sounds like the manager and recruitment team want to pull the trigger but Waggot/Pasha have stupidly told the owners we don’t need any money. Probably in a bid to look good and not trouble them. Those two need to go pronto

I think we will be down at the bottom by Halloween with people calling for Eustace’s head. For the most part people forget the shambles of numerous transfer windows that will be the root cause of the disastrous season to come. The only saving grace might be that he showed he was a pragmatic manager who could grind results out as opposed to JDT who went for Barcelona tactics with a Bamber Bridge squad. The only team in the league without a first team transfer shows the shambles we have become. When Szmodic goes we are royally f*cked and without buying some new wingers and strikers I think we will set a low scoring record next season.