Let's Talk Tyrhys Dolan

[Gav]

On 21/04/2025 at 17:32, Gav said:

Don’t forget everyone, this club continues to shoot itself in both foot, it’s continually setup to fail. 

Dolan will be allowed to walk out of the club in the summer unless something drastic changes, it’s criminal, it’s incompetence and it’s a disgrace.

VENKYS OUT - NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

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[Ricceh]

Wouldn't surprise me to see Wrexham sweep him up now they're going to try and buy the league.

[BankEnd Rover]

You can see what Eustace meant to Dolan, but yet he's playing the best football of his life under Val - Hopefully Dolan appreciates that as much and signs a deal...I doubt it mind.

[dingles staying down 4ever]

I agree that Dolan is playing his best football presently so three things have crossed my mind. First is it because he has already agreed a move so the pressure is off and he can relax and play football or b the premier clubs he thinks would come in for haven't so he is trying to impress? or C especially after seeing him yesterday after the game that the coach has found a way to get him playing. 

If it is C, then we have to be wary as the coach average 50 games a job means giving Dolan a massive new contract means in another 40 games the very average Dolan may return as Valerian does his usual thing and is no longer at Rovers. Look what happened to JRC after JDT left

Edited Sunday at 07:17 by dingles staying down 4ever

[Upside Down]

25 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

You can see what Eustace meant to Dolan, but yet he's playing the best football of his life under Val - Hopefully Dolan appreciates that as much and signs a deal...I doubt it mind.

He'd need to be offered a deal in the first place.

[arbitro]

Dolan has always been an enigma who could excite and frustrate us in equal measure. He has probably put together the best run of his Rovers career recently and has been consistently picked by four managers.

From his demeanour when he was substituted and at the end I would think he's going and has known this for a while. But we should praise him as his effort and commitment has never been doubted unlike Brereton and Rothwell who effectively downed tools.

 

[DuffsLeftPeg]

I’ve heard Dolan has been offered £8k a week on similar terms.

I don’t blame him for not signing if that’s true, given his output in terms of Championship goals & assists this season is better than anyone else at the club.

Meanwhile some fans will say he’s been average and are happy to see him leave when we know full well he won’t be replaced with the same level of quality, commitment or appearance record at our level - likely a loan or a short term deal.

#VenkysOut Zero Progress, Zero Ambition and nothing changes until they sell up 

[M_B]

12 hours ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

I agree that Dolan is playing his best football presently so three things have crossed my mind. First is it because he has already agreed a move so the pressure is off and he can relax and play football or b the premier clubs he thinks would come in for haven't so he is trying to impress? or C especially after seeing him yesterday after the game that the coach has found a way to get him playing. 

If it is C, then we have to be wary as the coach average 50 games a job means giving Dolan a massive new contract means in another 40 games the very average Dolan may return as Valerian does his usual thing and is no longer at Rovers. Look what happened to JRC after JDT left

He isn't playing any better than last season before he got injured. He was playing out of his skin, he got injured and our form fell off a cliff.

[simongarnerisgod]

38 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

I’ve heard Dolan has been offered £8k a week on similar terms.

I don’t blame him for not signing if that’s true, given his output in terms of Championship goals & assists this season is better than anyone else at the club.

Meanwhile some fans will say he’s been average and are happy to see him leave when we know full well he won’t be replaced with the same level of quality, commitment or appearance record at our level - likely a loan or a short term deal.

#VenkysOut Zero Progress, Zero Ambition and nothing changes until they sell up 

probably get picked up by eustace,who will also be interested in the three others who are entering their last year

what a way to run a football club,letting your best players run their contract down

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

I’ve heard Dolan has been offered £8k a week on similar terms.

I don’t blame him for not signing if that’s true, given his output in terms of Championship goals & assists this season is better than anyone else at the club.

Meanwhile some fans will say he’s been average and are happy to see him leave when we know full well he won’t be replaced with the same level of quality, commitment or appearance record at our level - likely a loan or a short term deal.

#VenkysOut Zero Progress, Zero Ambition and nothing changes until they sell up 

He might be on about 4k a week so that's double pay but even so it's practically shoving someone like him out of the door he'd get more at Millwall or maybe even Preston.

He's worth a double figure weekly wage imo and it's a proper investment instead of pissing 20k a week away on the likes of Dennis or Poveda types.

 

[norwichblue]

Tell you what, I’m going to be pretty sad when this guy leaves.

He can have frustrating games sure, but he has ALWAYS played for the badge, and he is going from strength to strength of late (and is just 23!). He seems like an all round top guy too. Big up Ty Dolan. Wish him all the best.

[47er]

The criticism of Dolan has always been "there's no end product".

Well that is no longer true, in assists and goals he's had a terrific season and we will not replace him like for like.

Just another disrespected by Venkys.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

He seems to have upped his game since Ismael arrived. Or maybe he’s just putting himself in the shop window ?

[cesus]

28 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

He seems to have upped his game since Ismael arrived. Or maybe he’s just putting himself in the shop window ?

I think he has recently found the final product to his game that we have been waiting for since he arrived. It's just our luck that it has been found now.

18 months ago if he had signed a new contract it would have hardly been earth shattering, I'd have been very happy as im confident his replacement will be a down grade. His upturn in form has made it all the worse that he can leave for a nominal fee now. The bosman rule really is pants in these situations as players hold all the cards, up to a couple of weeks ago the Premier League champions had 3 of their best players waiting out to see if they fancied staying beyond 2 months time.

[Tomphil2]

If they'd invested in him when they should have then they'd be looking at a nice fee now plus add ons if there was genuine interest and if not we'd still have a year or two of him to hit his peak.

BBD, Rothwell, Nyambe, Lenihen, now Dolan all allowed to walk out of the building for free.

Utterly pathetic the whole board need sacking but no doubt to India if they are even questioned they'll lay blame on Mowbray, Venus, Broughton and say this is why we needed Rudy.

The COO and CEO are ultimately responsible for all this regardless of whatever other characters might have been involved, the heads of the club should stand to account !

[chaddyrovers]

Dolan has been offered a new contract by Rovers but he hasnt signed it. Maybe he will or wont sign a new contract..

it was only a couple of months ago people were slagging him off and pleased he was leaving. Ive said months I would be offering a 4 years contract at 15k a week. Making him one of our highest earners here

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Dolan has been offered a new contract by Rovers but he hasnt signed it. Maybe he will or wont sign a new contract..

My guess is that he's only been offered the same terms as he's on now to trigger some compensation in the summer.

They aren't interested in making him a high earner as the project is to cut costs.

[roversfan99]

We also have a number of other key players who have said that they havent been offered a new deal so it sums it up. Players willing to sit down who are critical to the team yet absolutely nothing forthcoming.

[Mercer]

Never really been a Dolan fan, however, in recent games he's been in the form of his life.

If what has been posted above is correct (on £4k pw and now offered £8k) it's both a feckin disgrace and nonsensical.  Let's put that into context - it's roughly an extra £200k per annum and we are presently shelling out circa £400k over 5 months for Dennis!  Just how much do Rovers think a half decent replacement will cost!?!?

It's the economics and management of a mad house.  Ewood sadly remains an ambitionless and nous free zone. 

[davulsukur]

Dolan has (rightly) had his critics over the last few season, feels like we've put all the work in developing him as a player and now someone else is going to reap the benefits of all our work. Poor, from the club side that we haven't protected our investment. 

He'll assess his options as a minimum but on a free (even with a small fee to us) he'll have plenty of choice where to move and he'll get better wages at most other clubs.

[chaddyrovers]

20 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

My guess is that he's only been offered the same terms as he's on now to trigger some compensation in the summer.

They aren't interested in making him a high earner as the project is to cut costs.

Cut costs? 

The wage bill has roughly been the same over the years 

[Mattyblue]

People ‘slagging him off’ on here for years don’t understand this division.

Good player at this level and grafts his arse off week in week out. The wage he’s been on relative to other nailed on first teamers has been a joke for years and no wonder he’s looking elsewhere.

[MarkBRFC]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Cut costs? 

The wage bill has roughly been the same over the years 

It won't be going forward when the likes of Travis, Hyam, Brittain & Tronstad don't sign new deals and are replaced with cheaper equivalents. 

[arbitro]

If he has been offered a deal worth £8k a week it sums us up as a club with priorities in the wrong place when you consider he will have just about have parity with a useless CEO.

One is an asset, the other is liability.

[lraC]

11 minutes ago, arbitro said:

If he has been offered a deal worth £8k a week it sums us up as a club with priorities in the wrong place when you consider he will have just about have parity with a useless CEO.

One is an asset, the other is liability.

Spot on.