[Archived] Nicko's Thread Part 3

[bennyboyt11]

what a ###### day

[tcj_jones]

I hate Chelsea. I will be gutted if he goes there and am praying that he goes to City.

[Hasta]

He means Rijkaard.

I do indeed. It's hard work trying to read the board and post quickly when you've got a new job ;-)

[Guest fernhurstblue]

Just wondering what the prices were...cough, splutter.

nasty cough you got there mr nixon, the cure must be a few years in madrid

[philipl]

Abramovich had better be quick or he faces losing the backbone of Chelsea in the next few days.

This on the BBC about Mourinho's unveiling at Inter an hour ago:

Inter president Massimo Moratti said: "I have read lots of names but I have yet to speak with him (Mourinho) about the transfer market." (Oh yes, pull the other one!)

"I would like to change very little of this squad which has won so much."

General manager Ernesto Paolillo added that there would be "few, but good players" arriving this summer.

[T4E]

I always said Deano was a great bloke

[greggyk]

hahaha DEANOO DEANOO

Give him the job i say! With Souey as Strikers coach..

[Blackburn Ender]

A bit of level-headedness there.

Hughes must know he's risking his reputation (the money surely doesn't come into it at this level) by going in to City.

[gazsimm]

Something is happening with Big Sam, why would he cut short his holiday, unless he does not like the pies were ever he is

[Exiled_Rover]

I always said Deano was a great bloke

He's inherently evil, there's a devious motive behind those comments.

[nicko]

Something is happening with Big Sam, why would he cut short his holiday, unless he does not like the pies were ever he is

Big Sam has been on holiday for some time...

[den]

Sam HAS made contact with rovers

[Mc Love]

Sam HAS made contact with rovers

Ehhhhhhhh?? No he hasnt

[philipl]

City sewn up the agreement with JW yet so they can start talking to Sparky?

Thought not.

[RibbleValleyRover]

I hate Chelsea. I will be gutted if he goes there and am praying that he goes to City.

I'm the opposite, i would rather Hughes went to Chelsea than City.

[Flopsy]

as long as its not O'Leary or Ol'Monkey Heed Im not particularly fussed

[AJW]

Something is happening with Big Sam, why would he cut short his holiday, unless he does not like the pies were ever he is

He's come back for a meatloaf look-a-like competition in the fernhurst

[gazsimm]

if he does take over, i wonder if the blackburn end will sing to him (your gonna get sack in the morning)!!!!!!!

[Shabani]

'the Lancashire Telegraph understands he has already sounded Rovers out - via a third party'

that puts my mind at ease tbh, he's just trying to send a little message to man City

[MCMC1875]

Sam HAS made contact with rovers

Who could the '3rd' party be - Beamo?

[RibbleValleyRover]

Ol'Monkey Heed Im not particularly fussed

Monkey Heed? Fat Sam?

[RevidgeBlue]

In case anyone has forgot, Coppell has just got Reading relegated by playing some of the most tactically inept football ever seen in the Premier League. He does nothing but talk down the expectations of his team, he moans about management in general and whether he's suitable for it, and his teams always play the same way.

No ta.

Thank god. The voice of reason on that point.

I would add to the above list that he seemed to lose half his dressing room in the second half of the season.

The only two names as possible replacements that get my juices flowing are Ince and Bilic at this point.

I must be the only person on here that actually likes BFS as a personality as well as admiring the job he did on limited resources at Bolton but I would genuinely fear for him and more importantly the club if he took the job on with a large section of our support dead set against his appointment.

[Ronin]

Sounds like they read it on here, when Nicko mentioned BFS' mate at one of the Red Tops pushed his name for the Rovers job. That be the 'Third Party'?

[Rover95]

Of course BFS 'fancies' the Blackburn job. Why wouldn't he??

I just hope and pray that JW doesn't fancy him. Although I do strongly believe we need to trust his judgement - he's not let us down before.

I'd like Ince or Bilic myself, but to be honest, I'd give anyone a fair shot at it . After all, first and foremost I'm a Rovers' fan and always will be regardless of what happens

[Eddie]

OK, so as some of you may recall from the Benni saga a couple of summers ago I have a friend at l'equipe. He insists that some informal contact has been made between Rovers and the Croatian FA (he's currently in Austria). He works for a French paper, he won't fully cover this story at all, but it was still an interesting piece of news (he has no reason to lie to me).

Personally don't think Bilic would be interested, but could you look into it for me nicko?