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Miovski maybe?

I thought Dyche had already said he's staying.

Yes but we will then have to start leaving players out of the match day squad. I'm not sure that's going to go down well with loaness.

I don't think it's weird to think this seems a little odd. On the face of it we've used up our final loan spot to provide cover for the midfield which is great to have but I'm not sure either the club or fans would say it was our number one priority.

Worth the financial risk in keeping him imo.

I haven't made out that 7 is a small number. It is significantly smaller than 13 points though and all I was saying is that the chance of it occurring is small but much better than it was a few weeks ago. Like you said with such absolute certainty that we wouldn't be getting automatic at the time that was similarly thought to be highly unlikely - probably more so.

It's not gloating I'm just saying it's not completely outlandish at the moment to overhaul a potential 7 point deficit if leicester were to lose next Monday. I accept it's unlikely.

Sounds like he linked up well with Armstrong too.

Worth a read. Certainly changes opinions from the start of the thread to the end. https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34579-joe-rothwell-a-myth-or-a-prospect/page/5/#comments

Worth reading this. Certainly changes opinions from the start of the thread to the end: https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34579-joe-rothwell-a-myth-or-a-prospect/page/5/#comments

Over the course of the season, they have a points total hugely above the average for 4th in the table.

Just had a look on the Blackburn forum. A few of them putting him in their best 11 since 2012 noting his skill and pace. Said he played on the right before moving more central.

Who do you think he will be competing with? Not the type of player I thought we would be getting in so bit of a surprise there.

It's not really about catching Leicester, it's about increasing our chances of promotion by dragging them back into things. If Leeds carry in their unbelievable run then currently it's 3 teams going for one spot. Would be better to be four teams going for two.

Yes that's my stance too. It's a very small chance but that chance increases a fair amount if they lose next week with a few difficult games to come.

The only metric which really matters for determining who is the best. I said the end of September for a reason.

Someone on twitter reporting we are loaning in Joe Rothwell from Bournemouth who appears to be a defensive midfielder. Have to say I have never heard of him.

Well they haven't been better than us since the end of September if we use the only metric that really matters.

I'm glad you agree I thought I was the only one!

Well if you think we will overhaul Ipswich then surely an Ipswich win next week would be a positive thing. Chance to move just seven points behind Leicester and potentially drag another team into it. They still have Leeds, Sunderland and hull to play away and us at home of course. Again, not saying it's likely but it's still possible at the moment.

Don't think I've disagreed with anything you said there. I have faith that we can overhaul Ipswich even if they win next week.

You said "in that unbeaten run we are third." in the unbeaten run we are first but over the entire season we are third. My point was that we have taken the most points in the league since the end of September.

I'm not blaming you in the slightest and it was entirely understandable, but to be fair you did state with absolute cast iron certainty earlier in the season that automatic promotion had already gone and that there was no chance of us getting it.

Are we third in that unbeaten run? Thought I saw we were first.

I still haven't quite given up the chance of winning the league. Think we need a bit more optimism after my terribly incorrect prediction for the Wednesday game. Next five games for us will be crucial with all except one away.