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That's the one part that made sense. His wife plays for Man Utd, so not too strange that he may have a car in north west England The fact that he would cost too much, would want paying too much, and plays in a position which we don't need meant it was never going to happen

The wrong one at that

I'd assume he'd want more than this lad being a British player already on thousands per week.

Never got the Lambo thing to add up, why would he choose a 16-hour drive from Toulose up to Blackburn, in January?

Donnum spotted in his Lambo is the new Luca Toni seen at the Dunkelagh

I don't know if wages were the problem with Cleary, so much as the £4m cash in hand demand from Barnsley.

Val saying we can now afford to be patient in the market, thinks the defence is solid and wants to improve attacking options. Expecting a fortnight of still missing first team players It's definitely an opinion...

See also the England T20 side…

They won't have committed to anything like that as an initial fee it will have loads of add ons. This comes hot on the heals of them flirting around the Barnsley lad but not offering more than a million or so, that's a good marker. They've done what they always do and taken a punt on the cheaper waged option.

Agree completely. I groan inwardly whenever I read something like "versatile forward who can play anywhere across the front line" or "can play at RB or midfield" etc. Seems to be viewed as the no. 1 priority by most Head Coaches these days. I see it as "Jack of all trades, master of none".

Great to read stories from such long standing supporters we need more of it on here it might break up the angst and bickering a bit. Saw a post on Facebook the other day from Rovers at Spurs i think it was the FA cup run up to the 1960 final ? Must've been half a dozen different people talking about the games then that they were at including that one and it made such a contrast to the normal crap you read on there.

If we can sell Big Mak for actual money then I don't think we need to worry too much.

They apparently wanted him in the summer and were pipped by Bodo - so we're still fishing in the same pond.

Not impossible. However if he only had, I dont know, an 18 month deal, if he made an instant impact then we'd be in a position where he wouldnt sign a new deal and we'd lose him for buttons.

He's obviously been carrying something for months and i'm sticking to my original opinion that he needs minor surgery but is trying to put it off as long as possible. Chances are he'll disappear completely in a month or two.

Or he flops and leaves after a year on a free and we have to pay up the remainder of his contract?

I've nowt against the Jørgensen signing basically because I've no f'ing idea who or what he is. It would be good though if we could sign A striker and not someone who CAN play as a striker. Round pegs round holes kind of thing. The rumoured fee is big enough to counter my view that we are fishing in very shallow ponds looking for cheap potential who may or may not turn out to be a fit for the Championship. But I still believe that to be true. Whilst we're waiting to find out if we've unearthed a gem we gather perilously few points and frustrate us fans to distraction with weekly lame arsed performances.

Glasner to leave Palace is a bit of a bombshell - and rumoured to be linked to a move to the Red Scum as well. Could that also have the way for Adam Wharton to move there? Tbh Id rather he moved to any other Club in the World apart from our 6 fingered neighbours!

So that when he leaves in 2 years w can still get a fee for him 😉

I've no idea whatsoever if this lad will be any good or not but tbf we need a contract of that length to cash in if he's ever sold.

Fair comment. However, not everyone is glued to social media all day and a few years ago I seem to remember the local paper in Newcastle getting extremely militant in an attempt to oust Ashley. Hard to imagine the LT ever taking such a stance AND they've had one of their journalists banned for absolutely no reason!

So why would anyone watch social media interviews / podcasts knowing you're being fed news / analysis by the clubs that is not going to be in any way critical? I would have thought local newspaper journalists have nothing to lose (especially if they're already banned) and might even tempt some readers back by providing an alternative voice to the social media slop.

If only .....

I agree in principle, but in 1977 newspapers held massive sway over football clubs in a way that's been completely reversed. Today clubs can send out their own news, interviews, or anything else they want via social media and get way more eyes on them than they would in the local paper, all without any pesky followup questions or negative angles. Local media is basically hanging on by a thread.

I appreciate that but it doesn't mean I have to like the output. 🙂 Strangely enough the LT comments mob (assuming a few are genuine) seem to dislike his output in equal measure because they view him as extremely anti the Club! It takes all sorts I suppose.