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Forget football for a second, as sometimes you need to stand up to people in life. If you can see someone being bullied, or you yourself are being bullied, then you can sit back and take it, or stand up for yourself and your colleagues. It’s pretty obvious that there are bullies at the club, right now, as we saw on the recent podcast. If a couple of players have called that out, then fair play to them, as doing nothing, is sometimes not the right option.

What was it set at?

The installments thing works both ways though, we get to buy like that too so it really doesn't matter. Agents and the player do not tend to get 30% of the incoming transfer fee. It's rare you give a player a sell on clause. What they get is a loyalty bonus if they haven't formally requested a transfer, which will be set rather than a percent of the sale generally, I believe. Agent fees and signing on fees are usually negotiated as part of the player's contract at the new club.

End of the day those that were ‘pro’ Dolan on here merely said he was no world beater but just a decent Championship player and would have no problem getting a decent move. The ‘anti’ Dolan posters said he was crap, a few said he would end up in League 1. The ‘pros’ were always right, not because they were a set of sages, but because it should’ve been blatantly obvious to anybody they watches a fair amount of Championship level football.

Find it a bit bizarre that the Dolan haters, having already been proved wrong on whether or not he would get a decent move, are now doubling down by saying he won't make it in La Liga etc etc even though he appears to have made a decent enough start. I really dont know what he's done to warrant such hostility. At worst for us he was a solid performer who unlike most gave 110% every time he was out on the pitch.

Funny in here…when totting up the sales, the highest number reported is taken as gospel, and everything is rounded up. Then when we’re talking about purchases, every reported fee we pay is rubbished, rounded down and haggled to a fraction of whatever is reported! 🤣🤣 Venkys have brought every bit of this on themselves, but imagine being £200m+ in the red on a deal and having us lot call you “Tight” 🤬🤣

Sell on fee for Telalavic, Also Finneran compensation if received yet. Dolans small fee as well to come.

Don't forget to knock off 30% from transfer fees incoming for agent and player cuts... That gets paid upfront and the fee itself usually is paid in installments with some elements of contingency (add ons)

At a normal club* I'd disagree with you. How long do we let buckley hang around and toss it off so to speak. Absolute waste of a wage. League 1 talent with a Sunday league mindset. Leonard slightly different but without looking at his age he must be 21 or so and is injured way to much for a kid age. * I totally understand we aren't a normal club and the above are probably not the reasons. 😀

I don't think he's anywhere near good enough or important enough to do so. Apart from being a friend of Adam Wharton and them coming through the academy together he didn't/doesn't offer much more than that. Still young and definitely a player in there somewhere. Just can't stay fit enough to show us. Id favour a loan to see if he can get a decent run of games, because he's nowhere near the first team.

I don't think he's suited to those 3 roles either, doesn't have the attributes to come from deeper. He's more of a poacher. He's suited to playing in a front 2, with a player who causes more trouble with pace or physicality, but the game isn't really played like that anymore.

I think there is more to the Leonard situation than meets the eye. Some sort of a fall out, possibly him saying it as it is with the shenanigans.

How anyone on a Rovers message board could say anything other than Burnley is beyond me, but the red scum are a close second.

And this is why he is gonna have to be good. If he isn't it really opens him up to these jokes.

Those are generally below reports, too. Brittain reported at about 3.5 mill. Travis, the LT claimed about 3 million (not clear how much is inclusive of add ons, though I'd guess at least 2 million guaranteed). JRC was widely reported as 1 mill, not even seen the figure transfermarkt are using anywhere.

Mowbray got a lot of credit there for walking before he could be sacked. I think I even used it myself as a positive for when he was employed here. Then he clung like a bad smell til the end of his contract, when he really should’ve left about a year earlier. Then again he wasn’t the problem for us. Never was. Just a symptom.

The incomings are actually more than what some are calculating... We got a million from Chelsea for the young kid. 280k for Dolan. 300k for Telalovic sell on. 750k-1 mill for JRC plus the up to 3.5 million (give or take) fee's for Trav & Brittain, 1 mill for Buckley and a possible fee for Pears... Could take us to comfortably over 10 million in sales. As usual, we are well in the green. They should be forking out for a decent winger the tight fuckers.

What a difference from the first game of the season vs Swansea in (I think) 2021-22. I really thought Buckley (in the ‘Rothwell’ role) and Dolan (up front) were going to develop into PL quality players, they were both superb that day.

I happen to think he's a tidy player - albeit suited to the 3 behind the #9 because he's not big / fast enough to lead the line. That said, they know more than us with regards to his medicals - a recurring back injury at 21 is quite scary. Maybe they just don't think he's worth the risk?

I wouldn't be surprised to see Hyam move on this week. A CB in the last year of his contract at 29 with, I'm sure, no desire to renew it. Prior to this year we'd just let him run that down and move on, but Gestede / Ismael are being quite ruthless in that department this summer and selling those players. I also wouldn't be surprised if they're in the market for another RB now they've had a proper look at Miller and decide to shift him to CB.

Also factor in the wages for ACD, Sanderson, Woodrow, Beck and Dennis

He's such a poor athlete. He's clearly quite technically gifted (and yes he plays with no urgency), but good lord he looks like he's running in treacle.

It's looking like Gestede just blurted out something stupid on a podcast because right now it's like for like replacements. One in, one out, with the one in being much cheaper.

Add Pears to that list too. Let's say Brittain was £3m. Travis will be £1.5m (+ whatever add ons). We've been told Buckley is circa £1m. JRC is down as £800k on Transfermarkt. That's £6.3m, with whatever we get for Pears and Leonard on top. Factor in the wage savings of Brittain, Travis, Weimann, Batth, Dolan and you're looking at quite a lot of money to play with (by our standards under these owners).