Final friendly confirmed https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/july/21/rovers-go-dutch-for-final-friendly/

Our attempts to sign wingers. We clearly do not find it easy. Dolan is a decent Championship winger.

You totally ignored his output last season and banged on about Nyambe. Great discussion👍

So: Loanee punt Been here for 10 games (fit) Never got fit Was better than Dolan A LB A #10

I feel for TD, as it is clear he has been somewhat taken advantage of by our unscrupulous and blinkered so called management, in terms of access to the gravy train that has previously been the de-facto destination for any player capable of consistent performances on the stage we operate from. As I've said previously though, Rovers have decades of experience of allowing those who 'down tools' to exit stage left, without anyone (from Andy Crawford in the early 80s, through Ryan Nyambe and we are led to believe Sammy) actually sinking the ship in the process of jogging on. Granted we made a few quid on Super Sammy, but in the grand scheme of things it didn't mean anything in terms of replacements on the pitch. So, if Mr TD wishes to withdraw his labour, he is entitled to do so, and goes with my thanks for the graft he put in, but also with a little sigh of relied that we will no longer be wondering which TD has turned up each game.. Still apprehensive about our prospects for the coming season. We might well be fitter, but we lack the strength in depth and (crucially) the quality to mount a plausible and sustained campaign. It is going to be very much hand to mouth with the bargain bucket brigade I am afraid. And that says everything we need to know about the state of Blackburn Rovers in our 150th Season as a professional club. Disgraceful! VENKYS OUT! PASHA OUT! RUDY GET YER FINGER OUT!

Cozier Duberry. Kargbo. Dennis. Khadra. Giles. Sigurdsson. Point being, we havent find it easy to recruit in that position and it wont be so easy as he suggests to sign a winger at Dolan's level. Not impossible either

Which wingers have we signed? Hedges for £200k?

I didn’t realise they were stopping at La Finca. Nice hotel and Golf course with a brilliant restaurant too.

Why havent any of the wingers we have signed in a number of years done that? Speculation about what he has on his agents desk aside, hes a decent Championship winger, as a starter. If he ends up on a 1 year deal in League 1 then these assumptions and comparisons to Nyambe will be true. He left here because like with many others, he clearly wasnt offered a fair deal reflective of his level.

Honestly, I don’t wanna bore everyone on Dolan. But in 40yrs I haven’t seen a player flatter to deceive more than him. Takes 5 touches, when he needs just 1. Crosses when he should pass, dribbles when he should cross and is soooo slow. People focus on his supposed output with rose tinted glasses because he does work incredibly hard. For me, he’s a mid championship squad filler at best, if he accepted that then I’d be happy to have him come on to see games out and chip in with 5 goals a season. The only reason he hasn’t signed for anyone yet, is because everything that has been put across his agents desk is on less or the same money and involves a side ways move. Dolan is Nyambe mk2. And just like when Brittain turned up post Nyambe, a decent winger will come to the club this summer and suddenly folk will be like “Ahh so THAT is what a forward should do!?”

Brilliantly put this isn’t just about Wharton’s fee, it’s about the recurring failure of the club’s leadership to act in long-term interest. The idea that £18m (or whatever the final total with add-ons ends up being) is “fine” falls apart when you remember why we sold: not because it was the best deal, but because we were desperate. Again. The Cairney comparison is absolutely spot on. And what makes this one sting even more is how the club hides behind the “record fee” label as if it justifies the timing or structure. It doesn’t. They talk about “reflecting the market,” but anyone tracking valuations even casually through something like rb's transfer outlook could see that his value was only going one way. I don’t know what’s worse: that we cashed out under pressure again, or that the board seems to think fans will accept this as “good business.” It’s not. It’s short-termism wrapped in PR speak. And as for Venky’s… yeah, it’s beyond parody at this point. Either fund the club properly or stop pretending you’re in it for anything other than preserving your balance sheets. Other owners for better or worse throw money at ambition. Ours look for overdrafts and FFP cover stories. No wonder we’re stuck standing still while the game moves on.If we do get a cut from a future sale, great but let’s not pretend that was some masterstroke of negotiating. More like a consolation prize for fans who deserve better.

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Someone beat you to it with that quip and he was wrong as well.

Marquee signings

Its Rovers under Venkys, it would be far stranger if they followed normal business practices and did advertise it 😉

Payment failed at first as connection timed out, but worked after a 2nd try So it does work, it is just intermittent

Are you somehow suggesting we sit outside of the curve here? I'd take some convincing Your anecdotes won't do. You'll have to back this up with something

How on earth did we survive before projects and pathways??

Apologies, it initially didnt appear. Think because I wasnt logged in. Strange they havent advertised it from what I have seen.

Spent 2nd half of last season on loan at Derby. Very highly rated by their fans. He looks a tall athletic CM.

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Click the link originally posted by Philipl https://www.rovers.co.uk/matches

Haha good one! As we have seen numerous times over the past few years, if that is on the cards then somebody, somewhere will see that it doesn't happen.

Where did you see the offer?

That Darren Witcoop is a terrible source, we have been linked with Armstrong before but you would imagine he will go back to Derby if let out.