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  1. Chaddy has agreed a 3 year deal to become the new u23 coach A spokesman said we are delighted to announce the signing of chaddy. He has years of championship manager experience, knows the German market well and will help oversee the European scouting network. Chaddy was quoted as saying. “ I excited. I do good try best, players have Tuesday off for cinema but will work hard other day
    15 points
  2. "Mr Minimum". What an insult that is. I think you forget the state of the moral of the squad, fans and entire community before he was appointed. I for one, can say that it finally feels like being a Blackburn Rovers fan again and it's took some years to feel that way. The owners clearly trust him and this has shown by the significant transfer fees he has had since taking over. I think his biggest downfall was spending the money on Bretherton. If that transfer didn't happen I think the general consensus of the fan base would be that last season was a success. However, unfortunately (and understandably) people felt that money could have been used to strengthen other areas of the squad. The grass isn't always greener and for me and I don't think there is many managers out there who care as much for their club as Tony does for us.
    13 points
  3. People on here bigging up Brentford imagine we made a slew of signings after selling Lenihan and Dack would we be bigging up us a promotion favs or bemoaning the sales.
    9 points
  4. I find it a bit nuts that people are so against Hart coming here. Be a massive coup to have a goalkeeper like him for us in this league. Being 32 he will be feeling like he lots left to give and would still like to prove himself at the top level, which would be great for us if we have any ambitions of getting promoted.
    8 points
  5. He divided opinion. Some praised him, some criticised his errors. Imagine that? People having different opinions. I’m so shaken by this groundbreaking news, I think I need a lie down...
    7 points
  6. Lenihan is our best defender, but he's clumsy and has a massive mistake in him. He's not a stand out player by any means - we could do with improving both CBs if at all possible.
    7 points
  7. Given the scandals about youth coaches touching kids, perhaps this is not the best website name.
    7 points
  8. 6 points
  9. Let’s use Konsa as an example. Bought 12 months ago from League one for 2.5 million, played a season with them and sold to a Prem team for 12 million. They have already made signings in that position and could well make more. No fan of any club wants to see their best players sold, but when a team from a higher division comes in and gives you a big profit, you accept it as inevitable. If we were to sell Dack, Lenihan it Travis, I’d have very little faith in us bringing in anyone remotely near the same level... fucking hell, I’d be pretty amazed if we replaced them with players who even play in the same position. Getting raided for your better players by top flight teams shows you are doing something right... it’s the nature of transfers. We are lightyears behind Brentford in terms of identifying players and recruiting them. Barring Dack, and to a much lesser degree Armstrong and Rothwell, the only players we have of any real value are academy products.
    6 points
  10. TBH I think williams is ahead of mulgrew now. Not a fan of williams at LB, but I dont think he has ever really let us down much at centre back. Thought we finished last season quite well with him and Lenihan as the pair.
    6 points
  11. It's a beggar when you can see both sides of the argument! In the last poll on here, I was one all for cutting Mowbray some slack this season. While I think he's the first 'proper' Football League manager we've had since Sam, I felt that last season, he'd been perhaps too loyal to the lads who brought us back from League One. But we ended up stable in mid-table so I could allow for that loyalty. However, I'm beginning to find his collection of midfielders bewildering. Especially at a time when we haven't - yet - replaced Raya or bought the big, ugly [optional extras, both!] first choice centre back to play alongside Lenihan. I feel - almost! - sure he's got some irons to pull out of the fire but must confess to being more concerned than I have been at any time since he arrived.
    6 points
  12. I'm of the belief that TM is accumulating CM players to deprive all our rivals of every CM player around. A very cunning plan young Baldrick, just one thing wrong with that plan........it's complete bollocks.
    6 points
  13. Well if they are talking 70mil for Lukaku, then shearer is worth at least 3 billion quid in todays market
    5 points
  14. Irrespective of how good a manager Bruce is or isn't I have plenty of disdain for him. This is the man who has walked out of contracts with clubs twice (maybe three times?) and then had the gall to complain that Rovers fans have no loyalty when we were campaigning for Kean to go.
    5 points
  15. Value for money is more than just costing less. Marquis is 27, has played most of his career in league 2 and has had 2 great seasons in league 1 and 1 decent one. Gallagher scored 12 goals here in a poor team. Would Marquis score 12 in a season at this level? I didn't think much of him when we played them in league 1. Some of those league 1 defences are awful. Then who would have the greater sell on? I think you would have to say Gallagher.
    5 points
  16. If thats true it will certainly devide opinion on here, but damm its a fair statement of intent if we do. Get an arm around him and rebuild his confidence and we have a world class goalie far to good for this level
    4 points
  17. 95 million to Newcastle or 125 million to Man Yoo....
    4 points
  18. Now now you won't get any traction here with that kind of talk. Brentford are the model club and we could only dream of being like them. Apparently.
    4 points
  19. Apart from the two free headers we gave Swansea on the final day which they scored from! Williams really isn't the answer back there, he should be someone to come and fill in for 3 or 4 games because of injury's not a regular starter.
    4 points
  20. Can't help but feel that if Sam Gallagher is costing 5 million that John Marquis would be a better value for money.
    4 points
  21. I think some of the negativity or disappointment with the Gallagher deal is it doesn't really feel as though we've progressed or moved on. Mowbray has done a lot of talking over the last 2 years about progressing the club on and off the pitch, scouting, recruiting smartly, yet here we are in summer window number 3 spending weeks pursuing players either the manager knows from the past or has worked with before. In the case of Gallagher that was during a dreadful and painful time for the club that we all want to forget. I actually like Gallagher, think he'd fit in well and could end up being an asset for us. But it does feel very much 'meh'. He's not a signing that will get people excited or believing in a bright new future. Not when we look at what has happened to other recent signings in his position. I also agree that the focus really should be on keeper and defence and the comments and lack of activity there is a real concern. Is Mowbray repeating past mistakes in neglecting that area or is it his bosses instructing him on which areas to invest and not sanctioning expenditure on defence, where the margins for profits are less?
    4 points
  22. Tugascout, interesting website name. I mean, I would, if it'd get one of them to spot a beast of a CB for us. Just hope I wouldn't then have to do TM and Waggot too.
    4 points
  23. ROVERS. Going back in for Stuart Ripley. Age a concern and deal may prove difficult. Bit in paper.
    4 points
  24. Givet’s back (or Butterfield is homeless..)
    4 points
  25. Nothing I've seen to justify Brereton being given a season. 46 games with 10 men! I'm all for giving him a run at some point but It might simply confirm what most of us feel. Including TM by the way. If he'd cost £1M you wouldn't be arguing that way.
    3 points
  26. I totally agree in his time at rovers there was not a finer cf on the planet
    3 points
  27. Its crazy really when you think about transfer fees. Neymar went for 200 million. Bale what 5 years ago was 100 mil - so thats doubled in that time. In ten years time we could be talking about near billion players. Shearer at the time even with my blue and white spectacles was the best striker n the world. Batistuta was there but not in same class in my opinion.
    3 points
  28. Why can’t you wait? Surely we all want what’s best for Rovers. The main reason there was a backlash with Bauer was that Mowbray said we couldn’t meet his wage/signing demands. Yet PNE can? We then later hear that it’s not wages, it’s the player’s attitude. Hmm. Meanwhile we are still talking about midfielders despite having an awful defence and our most experienced keeper has made 5 league appearances courtesy of a contrived spell at the end of last season.
    3 points
  29. The thing with Hart is not his stature or his ability imo, it's his confidence. There is a genuine England International and Premier League winning goalkeeper in there somewhere, but it hasn't shone out for a couple of seasons now. Coming down to the Championship (prime age, no less) could see him regain his confidence and form. BUT I feel that a Ruddy or a Carson is likely to be more confident for us, and likely to improve the defence as a whole. If Hart is confident enough to bollock the defence, then maybe he can quickly regain confidence in himself too. I'm not against his signing by any means, I think it'd be a real coup, but it is a gamble on relatively high wages compared to the less good but more solid and cheaper Ruddy/Carson.
    3 points
  30. Spot on. Notice when we sold our best players they went to rival clubs, seemingly shoved out the back door (Cairney) or hawked around to try and attract bidders. Nobody at this level can resist selling players to the Premier League. Different story with what we did. Brentford have come on leaps and bounds as a club, have a new stadium nearly ready and are in good shape. Put their money to good use.
    3 points
  31. Neymar went for £200m and he's not fit to shine Shearer's shoes, so name your price as the selling club.
    3 points
  32. Spot on. He isn't a coaching genius but his man-management is right up there & that got us promoted out of a division that the likes of Leeds, Sheff Utd and now Sunderland have found out isn't a walk in the park, however big you are. We both know last season was not bare minimum touch and go 'survival' but some twist the truth to suit their agenda. These people need to look up the definition of 'support'.
    3 points
  33. You can asign goals to every defender. Lenihan certainly has his fair share to. Im not saying williams is a starter, I just said imo he is ahead of mulgrew at this stage. Id still rather it is Lenihan plus a new signing back there
    3 points
  34. Only thing I can think with the defence is maybe TM did a review and decided Lenihan, Williams, Mulgrew along with Nyambe and Magloire as cover is sufficient. However if he did come to that conclusion he should be sacked. Our only good enough CB is Lenihan and he is injury prone. All the rest are not good enough, with Mulgrew being an absolute liability of the highest order and also injury prone. I have to pray despite the lack of surface level evidence the management team are working furiously on CB deals behind the scenes. If I was them I would release a press statement that defence is a priority just to give clarity.
    3 points
  35. No although I think he could've been a cracking wing back in this league but yet another who ended up taking the piss here. Head not right whilst getting thousands per week knowing the club sniffed a fee and was selling anything not nailed down so helped him through the door so it should stay shut now. Football wise there's always a case for the likes of him and Hanley and a few others but character wise no, there's a reason they haven't prospered since they left and that's it so no coming back to easy street.
    3 points
  36. You need 4 cms at least for rotation, injuries and suspensions. I think Travis, Johnson, Davenport and Evans are most likely. Downing can fill in there as well as playing a few positions. Davenport had a good half season for Burton in the Championship when we bought him, so I think he will stay. It will be very interesting to see if Buckley stays or go on loan. Will probably be better for most of our youngsters to be a regular on loan, than a handful of matches from the bench.
    3 points
  37. Neither good enough or doesn't have the right character. Went on strike/"head not in the right place" when forcing his move to Wolves in 2017. I can't see Mowbray having that. What an amazing group the 17/18 was. Anthony Stokes etc, also remember a picture of Joao and Emnes sitting on some boxes in the hallway after coming late, Mowbray wasn't having any of that
    3 points
  38. Has wonderful talent, but no. 1 - we're well stocked for players in is position, like you say 2 - I don't think he's reliable. Not saying that this is necessarily down to a bad attitude, he may have just been a confidence player, but for whatever reason he goes for long spells playing within himself. In the latter months under Bowyer he should've been our main creative outlet, and he consistently under delivered. Wish him well, but not for me.
    3 points
  39. I don't see anything in the most recent posts that deserve the "Daily Bicker" label. Biz and I have exchanged a few posts holding different views, perfectly friendly and nothing personal. Isn't that what an MB is for? I think this "bickering" complaint is overdone and should only apply to personal abuse
    3 points
  40. To tell you the truth I am not bothered if they are free or loans as long as they do their jobs
    3 points
  41. I’ve always had a lot of time for Sheffield Wednesday. Go in my ‘grand old club’ category along with our good selves, Wolves, Nottingham Forest, Derby County. Obviously living and working with folk changes your attitude. Me and my Dad have spent a lot of time working Preston way and we have a dislike of PNE that outweighs most Rovers fans who generally see them akin to a Blackpool or Wigan.
    3 points
  42. I'm speechless that you are still trotting that out as if it's fact when I don't think anyone else on the board shares that view. We all know he could reach that point practically overnight, but we all know (except you) that it hasn't happened yet.
    3 points
  43. Think Bruce is a poor man's Big Sam. When Sam leaves a club, sadly they mainly go one way (Bolton from Europe downwards and now in administration), Newcastle relegated (Ashley should have showed balls and stuck with Sam), Rovers..........from top 10 PL to almost oblivion, need we say any more, Sunderland....well. Good and effective managers are hard to find and worth their weight in gold.
    3 points
  44. so you are ok to watch the leeds game from the bushes
    3 points
  45. Bit annoying how they only gave us 1650 tickets and they all sold straight away, part of stadium is closed. We could have shifted 1.5 times that, probably over 3k, many more if not a sunday friendly. If rangers came here wed have given them more.
    2 points
  46. The final is on channel4 as well as sky. Free to air.
    2 points
  47. It’s not that it’s a fantastic model, it’s just the nature of things. I think everybody accepts that Dack has a price? If a bid of £15 million came in from a prem club I’m sure we’d all be a bit gutted, but see it as him moving on like players do. If we then failed to reinvest that money, or wasted half of it on another Brereton, people wouldn’t be happy, but that’s a different matter. Look at some of the players we’ve lost in recent times - the argument isn’t that we sold them... Cairney - went too cheap Hanley and Duffy - weren’t replaced King/Mahoney - weren’t tied up so we lost out Raya - sold too soon For a time we had a squad with virtually zero re-sale value. Now we have some players who would actually command a fee, and eventually they will go.
    2 points
  48. As usual almost everyone out there is saying the toss wins the game. At least now there can be no trash talking from the haters when England make it to the final. Bring it On! Let's finally have an England sports team to be proud of...
    2 points
  49. This is the biggest fear for the summer. We all recognise the glaring weakness in our side and its painful when the feeling is it's been knocked down the list of priorities. Towards the end of the season Mowbray spoke as if he was due to go out and spend on the defence. Come the end of June and article appeared in the LT with Mowbray playing down the need for defenders due to finishing the season strongly, being over-emotional about the situation at the time and needing to strengthen across the board. Extra worrying given the fact he resigned at Coventry due to losing 10 on the bounce, blaming himself for not signing a big nasty centre back. Not signing one after the league one season has just bitten us. I'd like Gallagher but we've other areas where money would be better spent if it is a case of one or the other. A better keeper and defender with a cheaper striker would improve us over a 46 game season much more than a cheaper keeper and defender with more money spent on a striker, looking at the current squad we have imo. Of course we'll ultimately only know the score when the window closes. We might even end up spending decent fees on a keeper, centre back and a striker in which case this all counts for nothing. But with previous history and evidence so far it feels like we're trying to add the icing before the eggs.
    2 points
  50. Thought the same thing tbh. Apparently quicker than Mbappe. My guess would be that he couldn't hit a barn door. Pace is not the be all and end all for a striker, ask Usain Bolt.
    2 points
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