3 minutes ago, Displaced Rover said:

Maybe Forest are buying him so they have a ready made top Championship player when they inevitably get relegated in the next couple of years?

Exactly, the owner also owns Olympiacaos, the team they are planning to loan him to. Will just take him back if go down. Joke really.

On 31/08/2022 at 00:46, roverandout said:

Richard witschge. Played one game. Thought Blackburn was a shithole.  

Anyone remember yordi? Played in the league Cup final.  Only played a handful of games 

Patrik Anderson went on to great things after being shite for us. 

Robbie Slater

3 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

JDT mentioning 'the option' with regards to Hirst in the LT, I wonder if he is as educated as this board is on the subject 

What's an option?

20 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Look who’s manager.

He arrived the day before and has openly admitted it was the existing staff that set up the team. 

1 minute ago, booth said:

Any links to us signing another striker? I feel even with Brereton we're going to struggle for goals. Bit of a risk relying on Gallagher and Hirst to chip in.

Dembele. 

Just now, Iceman said:

Really not sure why Bowler would want to go to Forest right now. I know PL club, but boy, they have already signed 465 thousand million players lol 

I dont think he gets in their team tbh. 

2 minutes ago, Tricky said:

England youth experience and started at Chelsea, things are looking good for us at the plaque...

Should add a bit of bite whever he plays. Heard he gnashes at the bit to play. Just hope he stays clean off the pitch, wouldnt like to see him rot in the reserves. 

Just now, Craigman said:

Nixon saying Forest have agreed a £4million fee with Blackpool for Bowler. Down to player now.

Why didnt they just offer that in the first place - haggling over 500k for about two weeks just to finally stump it up. 

After chewing over it for a bit, i've got a big toothy smile about this Mola chap. 

3 minutes ago, longsiders1882 said:

True story lol.

Actually thought you put in a good performance and should have scored at least one more. Diaz was a more rounded player than I exepcted, keeping him today has to be your goal. Think "t'classico" could be an interesting one this year, contrasting styles. Not sure your midfiled will get quite the easy ride they did last night but your high press was very good, really effective and that could be problematic for us to say the least.

Definitely our best performance of the season in terms of how we played and chances created. Didnt get as many goals as we'd have liked and that needs addressing. Diaz is clinical - and the only one we have that is. Its too late now to seel unless they have someone already lined up to come in. Without him we do nothing this season. 

What did you think of our professional debut boy?  

1 hour ago, longsiders1882 said:

I saw both those - also failed to give Blackpool a penalty when your defender hauled their player down in the box - and this was in the refs direct line of sight. Also noticed a few cyclical fouls from your players to stop them breaking. Maybe VAR isn’t entirely the devil after all 😂

We dont talk about those though. None would have happened if their guy got sent off lol

1 minute ago, Realistic Rover said:

Seeing all over Twitter that Michael Helik is close to joining Huddersfield.

I know it seems we don’t need a CB right now, but surprised he is going there!

I dont know, they have had a slow start but did similar last season before finishing third. I think we probably okay back there now. Ayala, Wharton, Hyam, Carter, Phillips. Another would be nice, but probably enough to see us through to January (hopefully).

Just now, Realistic Rover said:

Gregg’s first action on Friday (after transfer window) is to seal Adam Wharton on a 4year minimum contract. Only on a 2 year pro deal at the moment. He’s special that kid.

Yeah that performance was on the telly - wont go unnoticed. Get him tied down for longer now. No more of this losing our players for nothing. 

4 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

JDT says could be 1 or 2 more today. 

I hope so as I still think the squad is thin in some areas, I'd like a LB (hoping for styles) and I'm hoping for a winger or a wide player (bowler?) 

I don't rate Hirst and il stand by that but I'm really hoping he proves me wrong 

A front 4 of Diaz, dack, Hirst and bowler 

Styles is ideal as he can also play midfield. 

Brereton and Hirst know eachother, apparently. Both go identical tattos on their ankles or something after a night out in some foreign land. Hirst said he spoke to Brereton about coming here. 

18 hours ago, booth said:

Championship refs should be registered blind, thick or crooked.

For our match with Stoke at the weekend we had a ref who decided to blow up to give us a free kick TWICE when we were in the box in a goalscoring position, missed a penalty, kept booking Rovers players when one of our players was the victim of GBH.

Then Stoke decided to timewaste right from kicking off the second half. Every few minutes a Stoke player would be rolling around on the pitch for a few minutes. In the last ten minutes two Stoke players threw themselves to the ground at exactly the same time feigning cramp.

Injury time comes... 5 minutes added on.

Last night the ref gave a free kick to Blackpool outside the box when it was their player that fouled their other player. Also, either missed a blatant stamp on Travis ankle or chose to ignore it when its a red card. 

19 hours ago, longsiders1882 said:

I know you warned me about Luton practicing the dark arts but you should have mentioned Millwall. Time wasting and dirty fouls from the whistle. Not sure how they only got 3 yellows. I thought PL refs were poor but this guy was woeful.

Yeah the refs down here are gash and getting worse in my opinion. 

Just now, jim mk2 said:

Which was my point a few pages. Rovers stoped him causing us too many problems but it often took 2 or 3 players to do so. He’d be a good signing

Okay, then agreed. Pickering did have a better game but people claiming he had Bowler in his pocket are a bit off. He had a lot of help - it was obviously our plan to double/triple up on Bowler at the earliest opportunity. 

2 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Diaz left, Bowler right, striker and Dack behind.

The stuff dreams are made of.

Then just a LB and we probably ok. 

Styles who can also operate in midfield.

11 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

he mentioned journey in his press conference😆

He also claimed he knew Rotherham were a tough team after us playing them last season. Umm, they were in League 1. 

18 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Was Adam Wharton left back? 

No but Pickering did have a lot of help against Bowler from both Wharton and Diaz. between them, Kept them quiet in the main. Bowler is their main threat. Would be a good signing for us on the right instead of Gallagher - not sure he worth going to 4 mil though. 

We are still not clinical enough apart from BBD - that needs addressing. Game should have been out of sight really. Dont like nervy endings as we often get undone. Also noticable that we only used two subs again? We looked out on our feet for the last 10. Need a bit more depth.

I suggested Travis as backup RB throughout TM's reign and it never happened. The lad started out as a RB in the academy. Yet TM used basically everyone but him there. Elliott Bennett, Carter, Buckley, Sam Gallagher (lol) and im sure there's others. He looks our best bet as backup there although admittedly you lose his bite in midfield.

Wharton's rise lessons the need for a CM now but I would still bring in Styles as long as he knows he will primarily play as LB but also offer backup for midfield. 

Haaland 9 goals in 5 games - we should have been all over that one.

51 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

When is Wharton contracted to?

Not long enough.