https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/august/11/report--everton-under-21s-0-3-rovers-under-21s/ U21s won again 3-0 away at Everton

smart?

suspect that's a recency bias that a lot of us hold, as Neil mentioned a couple of posts back, he never properly recovered from last seasons injury, (think he may have had it recur twice)

And they are owned by the 6th richest owners in the Prem Ipswich do not have to worry about resale value

Not sure giving him a new deal before a loan is particularly strange, moreso the level he is on loan at

Wood gone to the Scottish 3rd tier until January That seems a very strange one https://www.annanathleticfc.com/new-signing-harrison-wood/

I am only 2 minutes into this, so apologies if it does not deliver on its early promise, but this seems an interesting watch

JDTs first season (22/23), he played 48 first team games https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ryan-hedges/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/326230/plus/0?saison=2022&verein=164&liga=&wettbewerb=&pos=&trainer_id=

Excuse me being pedantic, but do you/Nixon mean the keeper if we get him would not take up one of the ESC slots? There are 4 ESC slots available, but 25 man squads can have up to 17 foreign (non home grown) players in them Edit - Chaddy seems to have answered this

If he currently takes up an ESC spot, then I am pretty sure he still takes one up if he is away on loan, but not if he is sold, as well as other factors that have been mentioned such as sell on clauses (even if it was a free transfer)

try this https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/yu-me-and-a-new-front-three/554

Is it possible to check this with Rich Sharpe? "Three of the new recruits have signed deals until the end of the season, joining Hyam*, Dolan, Hedges*, Markanday*, Sigurdsson, Gilsenan* as out of contract in 2025 (*known options)." He seems to be stating that Hyam has an option (unless I am reading this wrong). Not seen the club mention anything about this previously, and they do not normally neglect to include mention of such clauses, but guess that Sharpe may have heard something from the player/club at some point https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/august/28/dom-deal-done-/

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23591717.blackburn-rovers-set-sign-sondre-tronstad-vitesse-arnhem-exit/ I am sure "Tronstad qualifies for a work permit because of his extensive minutes with Vitesse, "

Also qualified for a work permit outright. Dutch division, like the Belgian one, is strong enough than at ESC spot was not required

ESC sports currently taken by Ohashi, Mafoumbi and maybe Sigurdsson (Siggy looks borderline that he may have qualified for a normal work permit over the course of last season) Gueye qualified for a work permit (more games at the same level as Kaminski, who also qualified for a work permit) Rovers have at least 1 ESC spot left at present (maybe 2 depending on Siggy situation),

Technically doesn't even matter, they are owned by a hedge fund and are loaded. Ipswich were spending more on wages when they were in League 1 than Rovers were spending in the Championship. The narrative of "plucky upstarts Ipswich" is fake news 6th richest owners in the Prem apparently https://www.givemesport.com/ranking-premier-league-clubs-owners-how-rich-they-are/#:~:text=Net worth%3A £10.8 billion,Arizona-based Three Lions fund.

JRC who didn't look his best on Friday. Apparently played with a slight hamstring injury according to Eustace https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24510218.blackburn-rovers-boss-gueye-captaincy-decision/

Is this some Waggott tactic to convince Peterborough to take a lesser sell on fee % for Szmodics?

His in laws are Norwich fans, his Mrs may put her foot down and tell him not to go to Ipswich 😉 https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/april/06/szmodics-eager-to-upset-the-in-laws-/

If true, that sounds like a great loan move for him

West Ham, his dad & family are Liverpool. Seems Sammie changed allegiance as a teenager, but definitely West Ham now

He said he goes to West Ham games against Liverpool

https://www.westhamzone.com/news/sammie-szmodics-makes-west-ham-united-admission-amid-blackburn-transfer-speculation/ West Ham, transcript is there “It’s hard being a footballer and supporting a team, but obviously West Ham is the closest team to us and I started following West Ham at 14 or 15 and it took off from there. “We played them in the cup last year and It was mixed emotions because we beat them on penalties and it was like I didn’t want to knock West Ham out because we were never going to win the Carabao Cup. West Ham maybe weren’t either but they had a better chance. “I’ve played there, I scored my penalty there so it was mixed emotions. I try to get to all the games, when I was at Peterborough two years ago I used to go to every game and I go to the away games when they’re up here against Manchester United, City, and Liverpool, I go to all of them.

€2M apparently, so somewhere between £1,7M and £1.8M https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/jeffrey-de-lange/profil/spieler/315253

Some non league games that may be of interest Gamble is on the bench for Fylde Atcheson starts for Marine, not sure where Montgomery is Michalski starts for Bamber Bridge As an aside, Goddard has been first choice at Dundalk since he signed on loan for them, they drew 1-1 last night. Dan Pike is also there these days too