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Rovers’ new boys need to adapt fast

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The LeaguePaper Team
14 September 2025

Simon Grayson
FORMER EFL BOSS AND HARTLEPOOL MANAGER

COULD Blackburn get relegated this year? Absolutely. Three defeats from their opening four games was a terrible start, and there’s a lot of doom and gloom around Ewood Park.
Several key players have departed over the summer. Lewis Travis, Tyrhys Dolan, Dominic Hyam, Joe Rankin-Costello -they’ve lost a huge amount of Championship experience since the end of last season.
What the club have tried to do is replace them with young players from Scandinavia, Belgium and various European leagues.
On paper, someone like Ic...

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