magicalmortensleftpeg
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January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The deal won’t have fallen apart due to not understanding the need for a permanent contract. It will simply be down to how long it took to draw up and submit. The fact that we ended up submitting it but it’s taking nearly a full day for the EFL to consider clearly suggests that it’s coming down to seconds either side of the deadline. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
But if it wasn’t agreed at all then why are we still waiting for news? It sounds like we got everything agreed but submitted the paperwork late. Whatever the circumstances, if it was happening, we’d know by now. Waste of time. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
No way this gets over the line now. There better be a phenomenal excuse to explain it. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I’m not putting a lot of weight on that article. A very broad overview of their window, not a statement that the deal is off. The silence this morning is far more damning. I assume Forest pulled the plug at the last minute. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I can’t see it having gone through. It’s one thing delaying the announcement from midnight to the morning but there’s no reason to keep it under wraps now. Want to be proven wrong but rapidly losing hope/interest. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
That wouldn’t make it better. You can’t react to every rumour on the internet with a statement providing a transfer update before anything is final, just because some fans would like to hear about it. Presumably, there is a reason for why we haven’t announced anything - possibly because there isn’t anything to announce. I doubt the club are doing this for the sake of it. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Atletico Madrid just pipped us to that one. -
v Bristol City (a) - 21/1/23
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to joey_big_nose's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Butterworth put in some pathetic performances last year. Nowhere near up to it. Both will end up at a similar level to Joe Nuttall in a couple of years. -
I don’t think this gets mentioned enough. We’ve overachieved to get to where we are in the table and it’s an indictment on the league that we can lose so many games and still be third. It’s been a bizarre season and it would be incredible if we could keep it up, but I’d be very (pleasantly) surprised if we finished top 6. Last year felt like we’d earned the right to say we were in the mix. This feels like a complete fluke.
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January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Clubs like Brighton in the PL? Because their financial/league situation is directly comparable to ours..? If we sold BBD, fans would scream that the owners lack ambition. The owners write off a potential transfer fee to keep hold of our best player and we’re a ‘backwards club’ who don’t want to get promoted. Can’t win. -
January Transfer Window.
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Last Jan, the primary concern was that the owners were going to cash in on Lenihan, Rothwell and BBD. The fact that we retained all three and signed several (Giles, Zeefuik, Markanday and Hedges) was more than most expected. In hindsight, it didn’t work out, but I don’t blame a lack of ambition. -
I’m disappointed with the likely home attendance although understand the reasons. The overall criticism of Waggott is justified, but he got the prices right for tonight so that’s not an excuse. The fact that away fans will likely outnumber home fans tonight is a real shame - considering the ticket price and that we’ve had a decent season so far. Saying that, the league takes priority and Forest are hardly a glamour tie so not worth losing sleep over.
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World Cup 2022
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Nuttall is lost's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
England are a good side but not the best. Better teams than England have failed to win a major tournament and I didn’t see a single person predict that we’d win the World Cup before it kicked off - yet there is outrage by some that we got knocked out by the World Cup holders and favourites. I don’t see how another manager significantly improves us. We played as well against France as we could have hoped and they were slightly better. No shame in that. -
World Cup 2022
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Nuttall is lost's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
So you wouldn’t have played Kane? Henderson adds balance to the midfield and had a decent tournament. Grealish has done nothing in an England shirt. I wanted Rashford on earlier but don’t think it made a massive difference to the outcome. -
World Cup 2022
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Nuttall is lost's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Gutting but proud of the effort. Better team won in the end but there was very little in it. They gave it a good go and this feels very different to Croatia and Italy. Re Southgate. Think it’s unfair to reduce the argument to the fact we haven’t won the three tournaments under him and therefore he should go. We weren’t strong favourites in any of them and he took us much closer to a win than anyone expected. Put simply, he got a lot of big calls right this competition. Took flak for Maguire but he played well and got most of the selections spot on. I’m not sure that a different manager would have got us playing much better than yesterday. This French team is better and their quality ultimately made the difference. -
Rovers vs Ajax (huh?) @ Marbella
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to a topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If that’s the case then I’d question his attitude and temperament, rather than question the selections. He was bullied against West Ham in his last outing. Still got a long way to go - but fantastic potential all the same. -
Premier League X1 Underrated
magicalmortensleftpeg replied to Mike E's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Not going to think about a full XI but for entertainment value I’d include Kinkladze, Juninho, Robert, Huckerby, Lua Lua and Okocha.