Rigg? Hackney? They weren't stolen before they could sign a pro contract like Phillips, Finneran and now potentially Tyjon.

Looked it up. -18.34 %? That's quite a lot.

Players play all the time whilst carrying injuries so that's a nonsense statement, christ just look at one of the England women's team who played a tournament with a fractured tibia just recently. I'm not disputing for one minute that Venkys are a set of cunts with how they go about their business like, need to make that perfectly clear!

What's the percentage reduction over the year?

Busted - Year 3000

They want to give him 10/15 apparently.

If a footballer fails a medical its between us and them, they're technically medical records subject to confidentiality. Whilst they're a tiny club compared to us and won't have amazing facilities, you'd like to think they're aware of an underlying issue though.

oh dear,what a shame,are they in serious trouble😆

Share price at a 52 week low today on concern over reduced profitability

will sidnei tavare get a run out???

The big difference here is Rovers have not made any comment relating to this player. From the club's perspective, I'm not sure they've even acknowledged any transfer activity relating to him - therefore there's no PR benefit/own goal. I'd be inclined to agree with you had they done the promo, announced the signing etc. however, to me, it's not unreasonable for any club to reconsider a signing should they be concerned with the medical outcome. As others have highlighted, it's happened with other players, Fekir probably the highest profile in recent years. From what I recall after the Liverpool transfer fell through, he didn't have any major injuries. But a club can reasonably not want to take the risk.

We only get the serious ££ if he signs a pro deal. No point playing him and developing him if he's refusing to sign and going to jump ship at the first opportunity. Probably a convenient excuse for Rudy not to have to sign another forward though.

The FM/CM thing was tongue in cheek, but if there is an underlying issue with his ACL, meniscus or issues such as bursitis or arthritis which could be career damaging or mean he could miss a lot of matches because the knee need «a break». I am all for postponing and it makes sense with pay as you play. Then we at least will be neck-to-neck and he will have to take responsibility to do his utmost to stay fit and not provoke any further problems

I do assume it's bullshit, as it doesn't add up with previous reports. Allegedly Arsenal had already had a 1 mill bid turned down, quite widely reported. Why would they then turn their attention to a kid costing 200k, presumably not outbid Liverpool's 200k for him despite having been willing to spend a mill on a youngster with that sort of profile, and then turn their attention back to the kid who will cost upwards of 1 mill?

nothing would surprise me when it comes to this lot running the show😆

Not long to go until that sentence will have Rovers at the beginning of it.

I know that you will have just got this wording from here, so this is not a critique of you. But he had no value set for injury proneness in the last game, so his "injury proneness" would have been randomly assigned a value at the start of each any every save

So nothing at all like when they agreed terms with the clubs and players, got them in the building, signed contracts, did promo, released promo etc then either submitted the paperwork late or 'forgot' to press send? Not for the first time in the last 15 years has a player that is deemed not fit to play for this club gone on to immediately play for another. Not sure why people calling out repeat behaviour are labelled 'conspiracy theorists' in a derogatory fashion when we've seen the same thing happen time and time again. Funny how many of the conspiracy theories have turned out to be correct over the years.

I'm not convinced they have been scouting players in relegated Belgian clubs either. Feed your requirements into championship manager and bobs your uncle.

Another Premier League side stands in the way of BRFCS in the R16 match…a side in claret & blue…no, not them…can the mighty blues reach the QF?

now we know,our highly professional recruitment dept are checking players out on the pc!!!!!!!!!!!that where the injury issue was picked up!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can't tell whether you're being serious with that post.

Sutton was an important factor. He was the missing piece. He and Shearer scored 50 goals between them in 94-95. Prior to him any of Shearer's strike partners together barely mustered double figures in league goals. In 93-94 if Shearer had a more prolific strike partner Rovers would have won the league then too.

This obviously isn't the case here though as we're allegedly trying to get him on reduced terms. I have to say it all sounds a bit smoke and mirrors like to me to create the illusion we're doing something. If Im wrong and we end up signing him, fair play.