Sidnei Tavares

[Tomphil2]

Wait until Rudy and Suhail have a word.....

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, roverblue said:

There is an article on the LET today where Ismael basically says he hasn't been good enough so far and was dropped from the match day squad...

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25517874.blackburn-rovers-boss-reveals-reason-tavares-absence/

You could add pretty much put all the signings in that bucket other than the defensive ones in my opinion. 

I like Ismael’s attitude there. At the least he tells it like it is.

[Trinidad Rover]

Believe by our standards we spent 'decent' money on Tavares. 

So far proving to be what most expected, crap. 

This will not go down well with our resident dictators. Expect Gestede is fuming and currently thinking up an excuse/blaming the Telegraph and fans for being mean. 

Edited 7 hours ago by Trinidad Rover

[Dreams of 1995]

Tavares looks like a tidy player on the ball but he's clearly used to a different pace. He's far too nonchalant and looks to be a victim of the youth academies mentality of "not worrying if you lose it when trying to play the right way"

That luxury ends in senior football. Perhaps he needs reminding of it. There's a time and a place to be cute; there's a time and a place to play tight and safe. If Tavares can master that, then there's a decent player in there 

[because of boxing day]

At the moment he looks like a Buckley Mk2 needing a little too much time on the ball before progressing play but I agree that there is a player in there if he adapts to a quicker game pace in the regular congested midfield battleground.

Not sure that our midfield would be sufficiently robust for the typical Championship midfield battles with both Tavares and Cantwell in the starting eleven.

 

 

[metalrover]

Tavares replacement for Travis is a massive gamble, which has so far backfired miserably.

The sheer numbers of cheap unknown signings from foreign leagues lower divisions replacing proven 1st team players is clear evidence of their transfer policy having zero ambition or any regards to risking the club's Championship status.

Edited 4 hours ago by metalrover

[den]

Selling quality players and replacing them with cheap gambles is what they did when they took over a mid table Premier league side. That relegated us and with the very odd signing it’s what they’ve been doing for 15 years now.

They aren’t going to change. For the fans that know we can and have done better than that, it’s a killer.

 

[neophox]

This is exactly what he needs. A kick on the arse, its time to start produce. We hade the same with some players under JDT who was left out to play with the u21s then coming back stronger.

Edited 3 hours ago by neophox

[Hasta]

It's a good job we got Gardner-Hickman done on deadline day. I'm not saying he's been good, but at least it gave us a viable alternative to Tavares who we knew could perform to a certain level (League One / Bottom Championship). 

Jake Garrett seriously comes under consideration for the bench once he's back, which is something last year you'd have scoffed at.

[Tomphil2]

Is Garret even getting any games on loan ?

Seems our super academy conveyor belt has come to a grinding halt judging by those who've been sent out to get mins not getting many.