BARCELONASAINT

I watched Boroughs cup game against Wrexham and thought both sides looked well ready for the start of the season, in fact i would say they were 2/3 weeks ahead of Saints in that respect and Boroughs new lad Lankashire was a real handful, got into all the right places and eventually got his goal after missing a few half decent chances. I think he will have a good season unfortunately!

I've been saying the exact same thing for the last 4 seasons. Our preseason preparations for me have been really poor.

I have been saying for the last 4/5 seasons that our preseason preparations have been appalling. We seem to start later than most and we play absolutely awful teams in preparation for the new season. This preseason has been the worst preparation from a fans view that i can remember.

This is not exactly inspiring ahead of next weeks league opener!

global warming!

Specsavers appointment booked!

I need to get my eyes checked 🙃

Hmmmm, where is THB, Jander, Roerslev, Joe O'brien-Whitmarsh? Forget i mentioned THB, I have found my glasses!

I have no doubt we will be bringing in another striker to rotate with Larin and imho it is imperative we get the signing 100% correct, there really is no room for error here. Larin exceeded all expectations and i love the guy but can we expect him to have the same impact this season? I certainly hope so but he will need help. Apart from Larin i cannot say any of our current crop of strikers makes me feel confident that we will find the goals to compete with Wolves, West Ham and Borough who i thought looked decent last night and their new striker looked like he will score goals for them this season.

Personally without an immediate replacement already lined up to come in and as near as dammed it a guaranteed improvement or equal at worst then i would say absolutely NO. However it's not my money!

my take on what my source told me is that they will only let any of our top players leave if we get offered a fee well above our valuation. The closer it gets to the closing of the window the more desperate some clubs become and will spend silly money on players. At present no one has put a bid in for any of our players that is acceptable. Therefore at present they are only planning on potentially needing 2 more signings, a potential Stewart replacement and a Shea Charles replacement who is seen as gone but just finalising the acceptable amount.

unfortunately not, but i wouldn't expect such details to be given to be honest

to be honest that was my exact same reaction

I have been told that we should only expect 2 major signings and they are both dependant on Stewart either resigning for us or not (currently our offer is the best on his table!) and Shea Charles moving, which is highly likely. So a replacement midfielder and potentially a new striker. Dobbin is definately NOT a Stewart replacement, he will be a RW and AZAZ relief replacement. At this current time they are not expecting to lose any other major first team players.

Ignored the childish banter, it's the school summer holidays. Blackburn have not signed Stewart and they are not hoovering up any other players Saints would want