i bet he did it free. We once had an agent work all summer for free and had the place rocking, when he left.

Although his managerial stints suggest he doesn't have overall football intelligence! He certainly had it on the pitch though pretty much from the off. I remember they did a documentary episode about it on tv, and when they analysed what he could do and how fast his brain could process it, he was operating at a genius level in this regard. Then he'd open his mouth and it was like listening to a barely sentient scouse potato. One player who impresses me more and more in this regard as I keep seeing clips is Messi. Must be one of the most intelligent, fast-thinking footballers of all time easily. Always seems to know what a defender is going to do so he can jink away from them, usually without any fancy tricks just perfectly timed change of speed and direction (his insane agility etc helps of course). But his reading of the overall game...yesterday I saw a clip of him playing for Miami, and I don't care what level the league is - a pass was played into him with his back to goal, and without looking he flicked it on, needle-like pass through two defenders, perfectly onto the run of Suarez, whose direction of travel had changed, to slot in past the keeper. I've no idea how he processed where Suarez was going to be with the information he had, it was pure genius.

Wharton has potential to surpass that class of Modeic/Scholes/Tugay if he can stay injury free. I so hope he goes to Madrid.

I think agents are generally a scourge on football and it's a widely held sentiment. I would love to know how much Dolan's agent made out of his move to Espanyol !!! 😉

Let's fall out, get involved in a legal dispute and then keep going back for more. venkys fall out with Kentaro - Google Search

Yes pretty much easy for them to track how/where the information has came from most nda agreements likely involve financial penalties injunctions and legal action. They are normally only accepted I’d say in our case JDT and JE so the club let them out of the contract. Yeah could be similar but you don’t have to sign one if that’s the case they will probably say we aren’t selling you and he loses a year of football but then can spill all next year - tricky one

I was actually referring to Steve Kean (worked with all three) but played along with the potential for the fellow you may be referring to

Saxton was early to mid 1980's - things had calmed down a lot by then!

'Saxton Out' chants by a hundred or so on Nuttall St was as volatile as I can remember.

Extracts from 'Ewood Park The Cradle of English Football' - those around at the time will recognise some of this, particularly the late 60's and early 70's: Edit @jim mk2has beaten me to it and provided the link in above post.

There was talk of Leonard going on loan was there not? So I didn't include him in the 19, but if he is our 3rd choice striker then yeah he'll take a spot. Likewise if Garrett is kept around, I could see Gestede registering him just so he has an excuse not to sign a replacement..

Thanks pal😀

On NDAs If your break one, what is the come back? Financial? If you break one say because you know you are dying (sorry to be morbid) can any penalisation be passed to your family? What is to stop someone with an NDA using mouthpieces to get the story out -too traceable?

Sir Alex said the agent connected with the club, couldn't pick his nose. Sir Alex Ferguson reveals agents' outrageous demands to United | Alex Ferguson | The Guardian

Rovers fans were attacking opposition players on the pitch in 1926 https://ewoodpark.jimdofree.com/blackburn-has-no-lads-from-the-terraces-crowd-trouble-blackburn-youth-elders/ Mercer and I were there 😀

Lol.....give over Mercer.

So there does appear to be a great deal of circumstantial (maybe more?) evidence (and this has been around for a long time now) that the teller of fairy stories who has problems with nose picking according to some still has fingers in the pie. All allegedly of course. Could it be that this person and associates have far too much dirt on both the Raos and the EFL that they would not like to come to light, that an ‘understanding’ is in place – we won’t shed any embarrassing light on matters if the revolving door of players is maintained? If this is the case, it begs the question, how long will it continue –how long will this plodding along last? Until one or more of the actors is no longer with us? Until, it is so long the EFL wouldn’t be embarrassed? All allegedly and imho of course.

Not always the case! Not sure how old you are and how far you go back. Rovers' fans had a notorious reputation in the 1960's and to a lesser degree early 1970's.

I can remember supporters on the pitch chanting in support of John Pickering when we had been relegated FFS.

Has a really familiar look to it, wonder what these guys need Morcambe FC for really. A marketing tool or money pit ?

We're looking into that 😉

"Eusty....I still call him Gaffer!" Then I just turned off the radio...

I can vividly remember standing on Nuttall Street with a few hundred other chanting 'sack the board' in the 70's but I honestly don't remember any pitch invasions of the protest variety.

Ismael is already confirming what a poor appointment he was At this rate we'll be down by Christmas!

The owners are so far away from the firing line it's difficult to believe anything will work. They couldn't care less if the fans cheer or boo it seems.