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Great to hear, hopefully he gets a shiny new contract to complete what has been a remarkable turnaround. 

Regards him playing in midfield, I think we need to see more than just 45 mins in an end of season game but if he nails down a regular spot in centre midfield I'd consider making him captain. He's got that will to win and steely determination that not many of our players have. He's also more than capable of handing out a bollocking when required!

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4 hours ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Contract talks have started and he wants to stay

Joe Rankin-Costello confirms Blackburn Rovers contract talks | Lancashire Telegraph

Top player. 

The big thing which is mentioned in this article is that he apparently has the option of an additional year as part of his current contract. A new long term deal should still be an immediate priority but its extremely comforting to know he effectively has 2 years remaining on his deal rather than 1.

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Think the two merged threads have ended up with some missing posts… which saves the blushes of whoever the poster was a few weeks ago that said he shouldn’t be offered a new deal 😁

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Excellent news. Some of us having been calling for a midfield 2 of Wharton and JRC for months. 
Would make us very competitive next year if we can fill the front 2/3 with quality 

Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

Think the two merged threads have ended up with some missing posts… which saves the blushes of whoever the poster was a few weeks ago that said he shouldn’t be offered a new deal 😁

Name and shame (unless it was me 🙂 )

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Honestly can’t remember (wasn’t you though)… which is annoying as I was obviously about to dredge it up as he was bizarrely saying it in April 2023, not 2022!

Posted
3 hours ago, philipl said:

LT reveal today JRC and JDT have agreed for JRC to develop as a goal scoring central midfielder. 

Fabulous news.

Look like that he will move to CM next season

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Assuming we stick with a midfield two, and JRC and Wharton are our main pairing, who's doing the defending in that scenario if JRC is being primed as a goal-scoring midfielder? Wharton is a class act passing the ball around at the back and indeed from the back, or anywhere on the pitch really but is he doing to be expected to fulfil the battling DM part of the role as well? 

If we change to a midfield three with someone behind those two then fair enough, but where does that leave Buckeroo as he's certainly not suited to that DM role either.

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1 minute ago, DE. said:

Assuming we stick with a midfield two, and JRC and Wharton are our main pairing, who's doing the defending in that scenario if JRC is being primed as a goal-scoring midfielder? Wharton is a class act passing the ball around at the back and indeed from the back, or anywhere on the pitch really but is he doing to be expected to fulfil the battling DM part of the role as well? 

If we change to a midfield three with someone behind those two then fair enough, but where does that leave Buckeroo as he's certainly not suited to that DM role either.

with due respect to the talented young lads, the absence of an experienced physical presence in there has been our downfall several times...

buckley will also need to prove himself again too following a lengthy spell out

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1 minute ago, Tricky said:

with due respect to the talented young lads, the absence of an experienced physical presence in there has been our downfall several times...

buckley will also need to prove himself again too following a lengthy spell out

Yeah, exactly why I'm raising the point. Yes it's nice that JRC will be played in his best position, but if it's in a more offensive role and we stick with a two, as JDT seems to prefer, are Wharton or Buckley likely to partner him considering neither have any physical presence? Can't help but think if they do we'll be leaving ourselves open at the back, especially to teams like Rotherham and Preston who thrive on the physical aspect of the game. 4-0 and 4-1 L's this season respectively...

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26 minutes ago, DE. said:

Assuming we stick with a midfield two, and JRC and Wharton are our main pairing, who's doing the defending in that scenario if JRC is being primed as a goal-scoring midfielder? Wharton is a class act passing the ball around at the back and indeed from the back, or anywhere on the pitch really but is he doing to be expected to fulfil the battling DM part of the role as well? 

If we change to a midfield three with someone behind those two then fair enough, but where does that leave Buckeroo as he's certainly not suited to that DM role either.

Ideally it would be part of a 3 man midfield with some physical beast behind JRC and Wharton. I think that could be mouthwatering. 

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He could play in the 2 in midfield as we currently have it. He'd have more bite and physical presence than Morton, Wharton or Buckley have had playing there.

And think how many times we saw Travis in a dangerous position on the edge of the box only for him to turn round and do nothing with it. If that was JRC keep popping up there we'd be pretty dangerous.

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It will be good to see. He's got bite, he's brave on the ball and a very intelligent player. He's been brilliant at right back and overall I think we've coped defensively when he's gone roaming, but it would be naive to say that him doing so doesn't make us defensively weaker.

I think back to two of the goals we conceded vs Stoke. Both were finished after a cross into our left back position. Neither were the fault of JRC but his positioning does pull the whole defensive unit across to the right. 

It's also good to see after just one half there JRC also has an awareness around his weaknesses in centre mid and his lack of ego means he's happy to be open about the need to improve there. He's one of my favorite players and I think it could be a positive move.

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3 hours ago, RoverDom said:

Ideally it would be part of a 3 man midfield with some physical beast behind JRC and Wharton. I think that could be mouthwatering. 

so basically GB needs to seek such beast and replace Dolan Gallagher Hedges up top

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4 hours ago, DE. said:

Assuming we stick with a midfield two, and JRC and Wharton are our main pairing, who's doing the defending in that scenario if JRC is being primed as a goal-scoring midfielder? Wharton is a class act passing the ball around at the back and indeed from the back, or anywhere on the pitch really but is he doing to be expected to fulfil the battling DM part of the role as well? 

If we change to a midfield three with someone behind those two then fair enough, but where does that leave Buckeroo as he's certainly not suited to that DM role either.

Szmodics has been dropping deep to make it a 3 man midfield when needed then moves into the number 10 role when we attacking? 

3 hours ago, Hasta said:

He could play in the 2 in midfield as we currently have it. He'd have more bite and physical presence than Morton, Wharton or Buckley have had playing there.

And think how many times we saw Travis in a dangerous position on the edge of the box only for him to turn round and do nothing with it. If that was JRC keep popping up there we'd be pretty dangerous.

Don't forget the pass on QPR away for Szmodics goal

34 minutes ago, Tricky said:

so basically GB needs to seek such beast and replace Dolan Gallagher Hedges up top

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why are we dropping one of best players this season in Sammie Szmodics? crazy talk

Posted
7 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Think the two merged threads have ended up with some missing posts… which saves the blushes of whoever the poster was a few weeks ago that said he shouldn’t be offered a new deal 😁

I think I’ve found the post you’re talking about 😁

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45 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Szmodics has been dropping deep to make it a 3 man midfield when needed then moves into the number 10 role when we attacking? 

There are possibilities, but I feel like something in the approach will have to change if we have JRC and one of Wharton/Bucko playing beside him. Assuming Travis stays then he could play behind them in a DM role, potentially, but that's not the shape JDT has typically lined up with this season. I think asking Szmodics to cover AMC and DM would be a lot to ask, even with his excellent workrate.

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