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Just my opinion, i've shook it around for a few hours, but based on two signings from relegated sides, a loan from Liverpool, and the possibility of Caulker, Hyam and A.N nother.
Add to that the likely loss of Brereton, then I think we could of Given the DOF role to 95% of this MSG board and felt we'd had a better transfer window.
I'd of rather of agreed new deals with Rothwell, Lenihan and Nyambe and signed no-body and kept the cash.
The young players we have would still have got opportunities, and squad wise although worse off through the loss of the loans, at least i could accept that this is the model.
A week for the club to ease my fears, but as things stand its been pathetic so far
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Matt Clarke gone Boro from Brighton, decent pick up that
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5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:
Is this not directly contrary to what was said when JDT came in? (I.e. that he had the final say on any incomings)
Very much so, seems goalposts have moved.
Still some time left in window, but GB to date seems a downgrade on that Senior, and he was shocking.
Business so far, 2 players from relegated clubs and a loan.
Stinks of the days when we were buying the likes of Ashley Ward.
Trying to stay positive, but even the football has been dross.
Here's hoping for a miracle
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4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:
Some polite advice, If you don't like then don't read it and more on. No one is forcing you to read it. I will ask questions to certain journalists when I want just like others will
Look at the link I just provide about the transfers work and what JDT involvement at the club.
It is GB to sort of the transfers not JDT.
JDT has to agree to every transfer. The Link I provide in a reply to Glen Mullan said that
Well you live in dark ages away going on the 70's and far from the modern days
JDT has just said in that interview tonight, the club provides the players . He was probed very well by Bayes and left zero doubt, that he does not get involved in providing targets or negotiating them. Its GB's role, he just picks the team
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Last summer Armstrong downed tools refused to sign another deal and made it clear he wanted off, and off now. The club in the end negotiated the best deal we could get.
However Brereton, has done the opposite, he is trying his best and although doesnt want a new deal, and in all honesty we couldn't get near to paying him what these other clubs could pay, he is happy to let it play out one way or the other. I.e we get the money this window, or he can leave as a free agent.
I see the above as very fair, and the buck really in rovers hands.
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Just now, den said:
If he won’t sign a new contract, then he wants leave.
No?
Its been like this since last season, its not new news. Prior to last season we were even considering loaning him out.
Football works both ways
It wasnt working, then its clicked, however a new contract is something he didnt want to entertain last season.
Its been widely accepted by most that we'd struggle to tie him down to another deal, and its always been a case of selling him for £20 plus, or let the contract run down.
Personally i'd sell and reinvest the lot, however as we showed with Armstrong, they'd cock it up and end up with no-one
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On another note, SKY have been very very naughty and are reporting something which is 9 months old regarding Brereton.
He has not asked to leave the club, yes he does not want to entertain a new deal, but that has been the stance since November last year.
This has created mass hysteria and if anything done some irreparable damage to the players reputation
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The bit I don't like is JDT don't have a say on who we sign. If he is not accountable for signings, then how can he be accountable for results.
I know this happens in Europe, but all our eggs are in GB who is unproven at providing first team players for a championship club.
Just to clear up the £10 million budget, I got this from the club at board level.
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I note this Idiot keeps popping up on my news feed on twitter. Very wrong he had some racist tweets, but come on, saying that's why he didnt get job is just laughable.
What has that wally ACHIEVED to think he would be a good choice for the job
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17 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:
@glen9mullanyou've liked this post, but 2 days ago you were saying we'd spend £10m this window??
It was regarding the JDT part, That is the budget, so my comment stands.
Like everyone else, im seriously concerned at our ability to spend it wisely or indeed spend it all. Far too slow for my liking, jury very much out
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Im trying to remain optimistic whilst the window remains open.
After two painful defeats, emotion always kicks in, and the old wounds are reopened.
I've never bought into some peoples opinions that I read/heard over the close season that we had better players in waiting in the likes of Carter, Phillips, Wharton, Vale, Garrett etc than the ones which had left the building. I'm not sure if they were trying to convince themselves or others.
Football is about winning, not about having a player you can put out there and say, he's great, he is one of our own, whilst the team continues to go backwards on a whole.
I've also not bought into this reset button, we are on a journey for another 3 or 4 seasons. We've been on a journey for the last 5 seasons which ended with us finishing 8th last season.
As each season passes our transfer/wage budget becomes far more less competitive. Gibbs-white transfer this week at over £40 million including add-ons really puts into perspective how far we are behind in being competitive in the market.
Next summer that player who goes for 5 million this summer will be 12 million, everything is going up, but we continue to set wage budgets which are in no mans land. I dont know the answer, we dont generate enough revenue through tickets, sponsorship, TV, whilst player sales historically has serviced the deficits in what it cost for us to operate each season.
We are much weaker than last season, and what we've signed to date is just honest pro's, but not groundbreaking players who will get you off your seat, or realistically have a massive sell on value.
I don't currently see in our squad those players who get you off your seat. Who can beat four or 5 players, stick defenders on their asses with skill.
The total lack of creativity in this squad is very worrying, and thats before we look at how we address the thin bare defence.
The facts are, we cannot prop this up with the academy players, however ever promising we try to convince ourselves.
We are very much in danger in some areas of the supporter base of conditioning ourselves to be greatful that we exist, and to settle for anything which is dished up.
I'm uncomfortable that our short term future has been handed to one man in GB who no-one can speak to, and to date a bit like the managerial search it could be a tale of what could/should of been.
JDT seems a very nice chap, very honest, but also appears powerless in who/what/when in terms of recruitment.
Gary Bowyer was a nice guy "giving it a right good go", however whilst very concerned on recruitment, i'm equally concerned by our lack of identity in these first 5 games. 9 points does not tell the real tale. We've created very little and the football has been dross.
My opinion may not be similar to others, of which I respect also. However right now, looking at my list of concerns, i'm struggling to see which concern is greater, as this list is growing and not getting shorter
Genuine question to add, is this squad equal, better or worse than Gary Bowyers Rovers?
The answer to that question pretty much sums up how far/less we've evolved in the last 5 or 6 seasons
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Very disappointing, on the whole really didnt understand what the gameplan was.
Kaminski has just stopped us losing by 5, 6 or 7.
We need players 100%, but that cannot take away from the dross which has been served up this week.
Our first 3 games we literally scored with every shot which somewhat masked the performances.
However Reading and this today, we've looked clueless.
The lack of centre backs is masking much deeper issues.
The defence did okay today, but midfield and attack was toothless.
Slow in distribution, lack of imagination and if truth be told, as uncreative as its been in a long time at Rovers.
Those early points are going to be crucial going into the next few games.
We need expereience but we also need an identity, I cant for the life of me understand what our gameplan currently is.
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Surprised Jake Cooper was on bench for Millwall tonight, always liked him a real threat offensively too.
The type of player who would be a realistic target, price and wages wise
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The other thing to consider why things are slow,.
1. List of targets is 8 or 9 players, we need minimum of 4 additional, however fees being quoted is gets you two or three at a push, however the wages numbers dont stack.
2. The hope is as the window gets to the end, players push for moves and price/wages demands drop.
3. Until we know who we can get with the remaing budget or at a reduced fee, then pushing special request at every corner is not going to happen, its been tried once this summer but as previously mentioned he went sheff utd as wage demands were beyond our limits.
4. I don't think GB is in panic mode just yet, but the closer we get to the end of the window, the more sweat beads will appear if the market dont open up.
5. Then there is the question what if anything of the budget we hold onto until January.
I don't think we appreciate sometimes how difficult it is to juggle the balls when the wage/transfer budget dont split into anything more than a busted flush.
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1 minute ago, phili said:
The 2 Vans will use all of the remaining £6m so can see a request for additional funds for a LB and a striker being submitted. It seems everyone signed so far is on £10k or so. Getting quality in within the wage budget will be difficult.
£10 million does not include the "special request" for the special player.
This request was granted for the lad who went sheff utd, but the wages blew that deal straight away.
The request button is for a player though, and not a transfer budget top up!
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I expect £10 mill to be spent (heard this is the healthy budget), which will include loan fees. If BBD is sold I suspect that half of that will also be reinvested.
The stumbling block is and will remain the wage budget, under no circumstances will the wage budget be increased. This certainly makes the pool smaller, given kids in the prem are on £20k plus PW.
Which has us shopping championship, League 1, Europe or Prem loans.
I believe the budget last season was the same budget, but we failed to spend it, with again wage demands either thwarting us, players chosing to go elsewhere, or in other cases targets not being deemed an improvement on what we had.
With what we've brought in so far including Morton loan, we've probably already spent £3-£4 million. Regardless how the payment arrangements have been agreed, this will not be deferred from this seasons budget.
In other words if we have agreed installments, thats just the payment mechanism and the budget has been decreased by the final figure on these deals
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I dont think any of them come out with credit tonight, bar Ince and Reading. Played us off the park, and we just never got going.
The defence time and time again had
no out ball, whilst to a man we wanted 1 or 2 seconds more on the ball than Reading would afford it.
Tactically, i actually don't know what the gameplan was, whatever it was it was not nice to watch.
Top of the league after 4 games, is a fantastic start.
We definately need some experienced heads in this team though, and over the next couple of weeks i think at least 4 players in, providing we dont lose any.
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27 minutes ago, bluebruce said:
That didn't present itself as an exclusive. The LT also reported that a deal with Phillips was agreed for when he turned 17. What nobody has been able to categorically clear up since is whether Phillips was able to officially sign it so it legally came into force once he turned 17. What I've seen on here and elsewhere paints the picture to me that he and his team verbally agreed it, but it couldn't be signed into force, then when the time came they decided it wasn't enough and renegotiated.
Is it an exclusive? Club have maintained throughout they want him to sign deal, also Batty too, but understand his stock has risen due to England call up. They have maintained they are negotiating and hope he will sign a deal.
The article says he is close to signing deal but may still leave. Talk about click bait,
If Spurs bid, like any other player, lad will want to take it.
Best we can hope for is he signs deal before we accept bid, so we can get a better fee
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38 minutes ago, Miller11 said:
Agreed, but even worse are the dozens of tweets a day replying to anything by Bayes, Nixon and Sharpe asking if there is any news on signings. As if they are going to say “Oh yeah, thanks for reminding me, it totally slipped my mind that Van Hecke is currently at Brockhall… I got a bit sidetracked asking Travis if he’s happy to be made captain”.
Had to do a take two on an article today claiming Travis was Blackburn born and bread and had played every age group for Rovers.
He was actually released by Liverpool and signed his first pro deal for us, and is from Merseyside. Embarrassing journalism
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Sorry not been about lately, mad busy. I have a second meeting now scheduled in for back end of September, to continue with the questions I had.
We both felt the last meeting was productive and i look forwards to the next one
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3 minutes ago, Galgaterover10 said:
According to Wikipedia he’s already on loan at another club this season so don’t see how this is a possible signing. Or at best it’s one for next season onwards.
Their season ends in December, and being on loan elsewhere is not an automatic blocker, the terms of that loan can include a recall.
Its another name linked and nothing more
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v Stoke (h) - Saturday 27th August 3pm
in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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Where do i start?
First half as bad as a brand of football that i've seen in a long long time. We talk about needing defenders, but if it hadnt of been for the defenders and Kaminski Stoke would of been out of sight without trying.
Second half we was full of endeavour but again tactically woeful.
Positives, Wharton, Hedges, Dolan, Travis and Dack second half. What we lacked in quality we made up with effort.
6 games in, and we need to sign creative players and an out and out striker. Defence although needing new blood wont be enough to keep us afloat.
Football wise, to put it mildly its been shit.