Everton now - took one move and now others will start getting in line. Not Everton though, that place is a mess and will destroy the confidence he has built up. 

All that nowhere passing irritates the hell out of me. It was disastrous when TM thought he could possession his way to promotion. So easy to combat, but those that do get called out for parking the bus or being anti-football. 

7 minutes ago, Danny O.Brien said:

I like Dolan but hate how often he does that stupid pirouette. Which very rarely comes off

Back heels on the half way line too. He likes trying the flashy stuff but needs to learn the right times to do it. 

15 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

No-one is being dismissive of him but I won't be dropping or rotating either Hedges or Szmodics. Both have been performing so I see no reason to bring Dack unless either are injury or not fit. 

Has he? Aside from a goal gifted on a plate, I have not really seen too much of him. Been two difficult games of course, but I hope we see a lot more from him in coming games. 

9 minutes ago, pomster said:

At the end of the day bbd has only had one good season, how many Pl clubs would be willing to take that chance?  
Also the grass isn’t always greener on the other side, just look at what Armstrong is doing. He’s lost his momentum and will end up in the abyss.
Offer bbd a good championship contract with a release clause. Best of both worlds for him and club
Either way, whatever happens i wish the lad well!

I'd argue one and a half - he picked up after during and after the Chile business and he has started this season well too. Importantly, he looks more Diaz than Brereton so far. 

3 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

They just splashed out on another central defender!

Someone said he was a left back to replace that long-haired Argentinian. 

Crazy to think how poor he was when we got him to him to now being arguably one of the best players in the division. In terms of forward players, there's not many others you would want instead (aside from perhaps a few of the relegated teams, who are selling most of them anyway). Confidence is soaring, he is creating goals out of nothing, but more importantly, he is clinical now. 

I'm not sure he would want to go abroad, to be honest. Kid on the way, strong support network from his parents. I'm just waiting for a PL team to swoop in and then I think he is gone. Apparently Everton is now very keen (don't go there Ben it will ruin your career). I reckon Leeds, Brighton, Wolves may come in as they have all been linked in recent months. 

That first offer was derisory as it was 10 mil EUR which is 8.4 million quid, 1.4 million more than we paid for him. 15 million quid with 5 mil add-ons and we get it done. 

6 hours ago, Scoobydo said:

There is literally no point in us “cashing” in on Ben. Think about it from a personal Investment you or me might make. £10 invested… 3 years down the line you stand at £20 if you were to cash in now. Now there’s many variables at play and in 1 years time you may stand to lose that £10 in its entirety OR have a genuine chance of turning that £10 in to a 100x + investment. Think of it from a Venkys point of view. Simplistic but let’s take a step back. He is never leaving this window. Done. 

We're not talking about a tenner, unfortunately.

7 hours ago, Gavrover said:

Wrong thread but ouch

See Millwall were 'not able to run anymore'.

10 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

What if he's sold and replaced with Styles and two of Evjen / Bowler / Birmančević?

That'd be good business. We have to hope Broughton and JDT have a contingency plan in place. 

Yeah id be happy enough with that. Plus JPVH.

3 minutes ago, J*B said:

8.4M is insulting, but he will go this window I don’t doubt it. I’m sure we have replacements lined up, don’t panic. 

As a side note I’m getting bored senseless of Radio Lancashire and the Telegraph keep asking JDT about signings. It’s the same answer every time - when will they realise that Greg buys them and JDT coaches them? 

You can see he is starting to get fed up with those questions too. 

16 minutes ago, Jaybes said:

As good as he’s been, feel that spent wisely, £10-12m would go a long way to getting a v good if not better replacement in on a 3-4 year deal. Chance for us to play a blinder here (or totally balls it up).

Fingers crossed.. 

Like who?

19 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Strange one Nice.

Although so was Kasper going there as well I guess.

Rather let him go for nothing than take anything like 10m though tbh.

Biscuits and crisps thread it is then. 

My heart sunk when i saw it was romano - a guy with 11 million followers lol.

Its real - just hope this starts a bidding war now with other clubs that were maybe holding out. 

Not enough. 

36 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Never heard of him but he's a midfielder according to Wiki, and has 2 years left on his contract. Is he any good?

He's a leff footed inverted/forward that plays on the right but can also play all central midfield too, apparently.

Some Preston fans actually want it to happen so they can buy Callum Robinson back. 

Styles is the one I'm surprised has not moved anywhere yet. Waiting to see his options nearer the end of the window? His club holding out for too much? He has had plenty of clubs linked to him here and abroad.

Does autocorrect really change cramp to crap? 

Kinky

He reads these boards doesn't he?

50 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Just checked and we have had 21 shots in the league. So that's 28.5% conversion rate. It's high of course, but nothing like 60%. The main reason for the high conversion rate is the Swansea game. They're a team who obsess over possession, it was at their ground, and they're vulnerable to the counter we used against them. 3 goals from 5 shots. We also don't need to win games 3-0 like we did there.

Yes, agree that our low xG is probably down to playing possession teams like Swansea and WBA. 

52 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

I'm certain that will be from 10 shots ON TARGET, not 10 shots total. Hell we had 7 shots just against West Brom. So the conversion rate isn't going to be anywhere near 60%.

Yes probably right, 10 on target.