Armchair supporter supremo

Oh dear god! This thread has gone into drama queen mode (and over nothing but a transfer rumor for a player that nobody has ever really seen play or likely even heard of until very recently)

Exactly! I know we all want to see fresh new players but you've got to keep some perspective

Still looks a bit gangly and awkward yet, needs another year or two to fill into his body and toughen up i think, hopefully he can get a dozen or so games under his belt this season though if he's really as good as made out

It's how they respond when he has to give them a half time rollicking that matters more

Despite his impressive physical attributes he's doesn't seem to have impressed at any club he's been out on loan to, like you say though his attributes could be idea (in theory!) for JDTs style, Could be a late bloomer like Samba 🤷‍♂️

Mowbrays mystifying decisions already starting to sound like old folk tales

In recent years its been salaries that are more the stumbling block than transfer fees 😩 Cant imagine this guy will be expecting too much though 🤞🤞 unless shef unt or another team offer him silly wages.

BB has to be off unless he's signing a new contract(which seems unlikely considering howmuch I imagine prem and foreign clubs will be offering hims in salary)

Bent was a real beast for us initially, shame he was apparently a complete scummo off the field so we soon got shut

Any truth in the young villa player possible coming on loan?

True! He had no idea what to do with him though if you remember, played him more as an attacking midfielder and he was initially just looking like a bit of a show pony from what i remember, it was Souness that quickly turned him into a brilliant all round centre forward 🙌

Even by todays standards its ridiculous how much money we paid for most of those awful players in kidds terrible and thankfully short lived era And thats when Jack Walker was still signing the cheques as well!

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We're do you get these numbers from 🙄

Would looove jones back if the deals right for our club, between him and Ayala they should get enough games between them to keep Warburton company most the season, would still need one more reliable cb as backup though

One more outburst like that and I'll hold you in contempt of court

Bloody hell this isn't a court room you can just speak normally

I think Hedges looks a decent squad player at least, I also think he could make a more consistent performer than Rothwell Yes it was dumb to pay a fee for him then not play him until our season was as good as over when we could have just waited and got him for free(unless another club came in for him with a better contract offer!) but that said I think if we where to sell him we'd easily recoup what we paid, so still potentially a safe investment

Looks well built for a 15 year old, must be pretty tough mentally to not be afraid of getting stuck in with the seniors

💯 It's not even funny banter, just boring tedious, pedantic bickering

Was Ayala really unavailable due to injury that much last year? Just felt more like Mowbray preferred leninhan,van hecke and Wharton for the most part, would be like signing a new player if the coaches can find a better way of getting the balance right with his training so we can try and get 30+ games out of him, plus his experience and leadership will be invaluable now unless we sign a couple of seasoned pros for the first team (which seems unlikely with our current transfer policy)

Was just about to say similar, defintely someone trying to force a the interested parties into action... Not necessarily BBs agent could by someone from rovers trying to make something happen quickly

They look a pretty shite club with nothing of any real note in their entire history! Frank Ribery is their current captain (at 39 years old) They do have 1 nice little rovers link though! Lars Bohinens Son plays for them on loan, he appears to be a decent young midfielder as well, sounds pretty identical in playing style to his dad according to wikis description

Personally id love him to sign a new bumper contract (with lots of extras ie. big bonuses and incentives) and let him have a release clause if a BIG club came in with a BIG BIG offer. id hate to see the lad go to some club just to warm their bench like Armstrong and become another of footballs forgotten men

I agree that I don't think either JDT or Broughton would have come here unless there was reasonable funds to play with The Lambert comparison wouldn't be the same this time around I don't think! Pretty sure Lambert only came on a very short contract or had some kind of release clause that allowed him to leave but without receiving any compensation, Where as far as I know jdt has committed to a standard 3 year contract, so I doubt he'd just walk away from that and lose out on up to 3 years salary