2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

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20 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Gone on ahead have you 😁😁

Why prolonge the inevitable 

[JHRover]

1 hour ago, London blue said:

They simply do not want to renew either contract, as they didn't want to renew Dolan's.

It's not about it being "right for both parties", they don't want these players at the club, period.

True. Pound signs are flashing when it comes to these players.

The club could have initiated talks months, even years ago giving themselves plenty of time and opportunity to iron out any problems / negotiations. They have chosen not to do that, inconveniently for the regime, if anyone needed confirmation, Tronstad, Travis and Brittain all confirmed the reality of the situation in their media duties a couple of months ago.

Some of the head in sand brigade still defend the regime on this, suggesting that it would have been foolish to offer them new terms earlier in the year 'because we didn't know what league we were going to be in' or were concentrating on the run-in. I'm yet to hear a logical explanation as to why any of that prevents taking serious steps to try and retain key important players in the long run.

Notwithstanding that the regime did everything in it's power to avoid promotion, including denying the manager and squad support in January and then allowing the manager to walk out the door in February to a relegation threatened club with minimal effort to keep him, even if we had by accident secured promotion after that these players would still have been more valuable to us under long contracts than short. 

Actions speak louder than words and actions show very little being done by the club. They can make baseless claims, like Gestede did in late March, of being close to completing important renewals and announcements being imminent, but the proof in the pudding is that this was yet more garbage spread to the fanbase via the local media to keep the heat off their back and the season ticket cash flowing. Waggott was the master of such things, going around the lounges telling people that Lenihan was imminently signing a bumper new deal, among other things. 

All this might be excusable if they weren't pretending they want to keep these players, or if they hadn't brought in £40 million from sales, or if we hadn't got recent experience of allowing prized assets to walk for nothing costing the club untold further millions. But we do and that makes it clear to me that rather than this be 'poor old Rovers' or accidental, it is instead a deliberate strategy by the regime to run down contracts, ensure that no wage rises are offered and diminish the club further. 

Their choice, as it always has been through the last 15 years. 

 

[TimmyJimmy]

2 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Don't know how anyone can be surprised by this with Pasha's stated aim in the spring to move away from the benefactor model .

《Flame On》:

I think someone needs to explain to them the difference between a "benefactor model" and an "OWNERSHIP model".

Rather like the difference between caring and responsible parenting and having children and claiming you've done your bit and now the rest is on the kids ... food, shelter  protection ... you know, those irritating bits of responsibility that go with your earlier decisions.

They wanted a Prem club (created by the efforts of others), pledged undying love, had their wicked way, shagged the club and now say that we have to go scavenging in bins to feed ourselves.

I don't think their heart is in it, do you? (rhetorical and sarcasm in case if doubt)

Benefactor model my arse, if they're benefactors then I'm a Burnley supporter (again, sarcasm in case if doubt, Hell would freeze first).

《/Flame Off》

[Blue Greyhound]

21 hours ago, lraC said:

I wondered when that would be made public. 

I E Mailed the Pinatar arena this morning, but have not had a response yet.

I have heard a whisper it is Elche that we play on the 26th at 4.00pm.

Wrong 7pm, who gives you these whispers??

 

Always see "I have heard from a very reliable source" then it's totally wrong 🤣

[lraC]

8 minutes ago, Blue Greyhound said:

Wrong 7pm, who gives you these whispers??

 

Always see "I have heard from a very reliable source" then it's totally wrong 🤣

I didn’t say it was a reliable source, I just said I heard a whisper.

My Spanish friend is an Elche fan and he told me, they were playing us. That bit was right but he got the day wrong. 

 

[lraC]

2 hours ago, JHRover said:

True. Pound signs are flashing when it comes to these players.

The club could have initiated talks months, even years ago giving themselves plenty of time and opportunity to iron out any problems / negotiations. They have chosen not to do that, inconveniently for the regime, if anyone needed confirmation, Tronstad, Travis and Brittain all confirmed the reality of the situation in their media duties a couple of months ago.

Some of the head in sand brigade still defend the regime on this, suggesting that it would have been foolish to offer them new terms earlier in the year 'because we didn't know what league we were going to be in' or were concentrating on the run-in. I'm yet to hear a logical explanation as to why any of that prevents taking serious steps to try and retain key important players in the long run.

Notwithstanding that the regime did everything in it's power to avoid promotion, including denying the manager and squad support in January and then allowing the manager to walk out the door in February to a relegation threatened club with minimal effort to keep him, even if we had by accident secured promotion after that these players would still have been more valuable to us under long contracts than short. 

Actions speak louder than words and actions show very little being done by the club. They can make baseless claims, like Gestede did in late March, of being close to completing important renewals and announcements being imminent, but the proof in the pudding is that this was yet more garbage spread to the fanbase via the local media to keep the heat off their back and the season ticket cash flowing. Waggott was the master of such things, going around the lounges telling people that Lenihan was imminently signing a bumper new deal, among other things. 

All this might be excusable if they weren't pretending they want to keep these players, or if they hadn't brought in £40 million from sales, or if we hadn't got recent experience of allowing prized assets to walk for nothing costing the club untold further millions. But we do and that makes it clear to me that rather than this be 'poor old Rovers' or accidental, it is instead a deliberate strategy by the regime to run down contracts, ensure that no wage rises are offered and diminish the club further. 

Their choice, as it always has been through the last 15 years. 

 

If you look back to the very beginning of this regime, we were told that agents were getting the place rocking and working free of charge. Bringing in low cost players, or free transfers, whilst making no money themselves, cannot possibly have made sense, to the agents,

If players are still being encouraged to allow themselves to become free transfers or low cost, it makes more sense to these agents and in no way benefits the club.

For anyone who did believe the agents are/ were working for free, substitute that now for, working hard on getting players to sign new contracts.

Some may believe that is the case and Im sure some also believed the working for free, statement, but I certainly don’t, as I believe the club is a football agents wet dream. 

[Tomphil2]

4 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

If the rumours of wanting big earners gone are true then I'm shocked that Cantwell isn't being flogged this summer.

I think they might be making room in the finances so they can continue paying the likes of him as unless you have a fire sale and virtually give people away how do you get them off the payroll ?

Once someone is under contract you owe them that money regardless unless they breach it.

The dumbing down and any wage cap has to start somewhere and will be a gradual process, not a dig at you but i'm struggling to see how people can't grasp the concept.

[Blue Greyhound]

Where is everyone sitting at the pinatar arena? Is it a mixed fan base or is their dividing seats ect?

[lraC]

16 minutes ago, Blue Greyhound said:

Where is everyone sitting at the pinatar arena? Is it a mixed fan base or is their dividing seats ect?

You can only buy tickets in one area, so no choice in the matter, so far as I know.

[RoversClitheroe]

1 hour ago, Blue Greyhound said:

Wrong 7pm, who gives you these whispers??

 

Always see "I have heard from a very reliable source" then it's totally wrong 🤣

Bizarre you're saying it's totally wrong.

He heard elche and got it right? 

[lraC]

24 minutes ago, Blue Greyhound said:

Where is everyone sitting at the pinatar arena? Is it a mixed fan base or is their dividing seats ect?

Link for tickets is below.

BLACKBURN ROVERS FC vs QATAR SC | Venta Oficial de Entradas

[Forever Blue]

There’s a pre-season thread

 

 

 

[RoversTilliDie]

So far we've signed De Neve; Tavares, and a new tea lady at Ewood. We need a few more new arrivals with all the outgoing players, before next season starts.

[lraC]

21 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

There’s a pre-season thread

 

 

 

yep, lets move it onto there.

[Ghost7]

4 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

So far we've signed De Neve; Tavares, and a new tea lady at Ewood. We need a few more new arrivals with all the outgoing players, before next season starts.

That's called a severely underfunded rebuild.

How lucky we are!

[lraC]

25 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

That's called a severely underfunded rebuild.

How lucky we are!

the tea lady is a dab hand with the Earl Grey.

[TimmyJimmy]

51 minutes ago, lraC said:

the tea lady is a dab hand with the Earl Grey.

Is he the new left sided centre back signing we've been after?

[islander200]

[cesus]

I'd put money on the manager wanting Travis, Brittain and Tronstadt to leave for nothing next summer than losing them all this summer and getting circa of £2m to replace them all. For me any talk of new contracts disappeared after them not signing a new one within a few weeks of the season finishing, in the blind faith we would spent some decent money on pushing for promotion again.

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3 hours ago, TimmyJimmy said:

《Flame On》:

I think someone needs to explain to them the difference between a "benefactor model" and an "OWNERSHIP model".

Rather like the difference between caring and responsible parenting and having children and claiming you've done your bit and now the rest is on the kids ... food, shelter  protection ... you know, those irritating bits of responsibility that go with your earlier decisions.

They wanted a Prem club (created by the efforts of others), pledged undying love, had their wicked way, shagged the club and now say that we have to go scavenging in bins to feed ourselves.

I don't think their heart is in it, do you? (rhetorical and sarcasm in case if doubt)

Benefactor model my arse, if they're benefactors then I'm a Burnley supporter (again, sarcasm in case if doubt, Hell would freeze first).

《/Flame Off》

Do you have any spare string my pants are falling down

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1 hour ago, Ghost7 said:

That's called a severely underfunded rebuild.

How lucky we are!

90% complete.

[Exiled_Rover]

12 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Reduced to Wrexham, Derby and Middlesbrough trying to buy our starting players.

What a 15 years it's been under these cunts. 

[Neal]

11 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Reduced to Wrexham, Derby and Middlesbrough trying to buy our starting players.

What a 15 years it's been under these cunts. 

Roll up and buy your season tickets eh? 

 

Stick your season ticket up your arse. Twats. 

[simongarnerisgod]

18 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Reduced to Wrexham, Derby and Middlesbrough trying to buy our starting players.

What a 15 years it's been under these cunts. 

still no breakthrough with the contract talks(i doubt there has been any),i think he`ll end up at derby.it`s odds on that our three best players won`t be here by the end of the transfer window,******* bunch of chicken rapists,i hope they all meet a painful and slow ending

[pick32]

Still think Wrexham will struggle squad isn’t anywhere near the strength of ours at the minute