TheRevAshton

Why does it matter that Davies and Wharton are both left-footed? Plenty of teams operate with 2 right-footed CB's... it's the same difference

If he signs a contract extension I agree, but there's no chance he's gonna do that. £20m will massively help us on the FFP side of things, and I like to imagine at least some of that will be made available to reinvest in the squad. The money is of way more value to us than keeping him whilst he runs down his contract, plus he could revert back to plain old Brereton anytime. Take their money and run.

If he aint gonna sign a contract here come and get him - the sooner the better I guess! They've just got £45m+ for Raphinha too I believe

No disrespect intended! I said they were made up because he was literally asked to make something up moments before he posted those particular rumours 🤣 Would love the links to be legit though, would welcome either of those players with open arms.

Nathan Byrne is set to leave Derby despite them triggering an extension. He'll be a free agent, really hope we're looking into that - would be a great replacement for Nyambe.

We've also been linked with Reda Khadra (Brighton) and Tim Iroegbunam (Villa) on loan. There have been some (more than likely made up) whispers about Cameron Brannagan (Oxford Utd) and Veljko Birmancevic (Malmo) too.

I was told that he was offered more in the region of 22k - I really can't reveal who told me this, but I will say that this person is undoubtedly very much ITK... the evidence could literally be found within a minute.

Ahmedogdick has been unveiled by Sheff U... oh well, he's shit anyway? 🤷‍♂️

So to rehash what someone asked the other day - how many signings do we expect to make before the Stanley game? Lol I originally answered 1 permanent and 1 loan... though I did state i'm an optimist 🤣 How wrong I was! The lack of activity (and even the lack of rumours) is bizarre considering the calibre of players we've lost recently... let's hope things start getting done around here, I dread the thought of kicking off the season off with the squad we currently have.

Correct! Worst player ever, wouldn't have him given.

Apparently we're interested in taking Tim Iroegbunam on loan from Aston Villa. Quite a promising young CM apparently, already worth ~2.25m according to Transfermarkt.

We'll always lose out on our top targets if another top-half club joins the race, we just can't compete in terms of wages. Very disappointed about Ahmedhodzic, bags of potential from what i've seen and could be worth well over £20m this time next year.

https://www.sheffieldunited.news/news/sheffield-united-win-race-to-sign-anel-ahmedhodzic-ahead-of-blackburn/ Apparently Sheff United have beat us to Ahmedhodzic

I'm gonna go with 1 permanent and 1 loan before the Accy game, i'm an optimist.

Same! It makes perfect sense that JDT has needed time to review what he has, it's certainly the right way to do things... However it's also quite agonising to see some of the free's that have been snapped up as well as Burnley signing players left, right and centre - whilst we're seemingly doing nothing. I expect plenty will be going on next week though. We were told to be patient in all fairness... but that's difficult after the exciting appointments of JDT/GB, we're all very curious about who they could bring in with their connections and how much we have to spend etc.

Middlesbrough have confirmed the Lenihan signing on their Twitter, hurts to see him in that kit despite how replaceable I think he is. We need some good news around here!

Time is certainly running out on us, we need to complete about 6 signings/loans before then - the sooner the better since JDT will need to get them on the same page as the rest of the team. The season starts in 36 days, to complete 6 signings before then we'd need to sign a player every 6 days - we need to get our asses in gear pronto.

I found out the other day that we offered Lenihan a contract worth 24k/week. I'm personally glad he's gone, I don't think he's worth that - we could probably find someone who'd be happy with just over half of that amount.

Great signing for them, pulls like this and John Swift to WBA make me worry that we're falling behind our rivals a little too much here. I really hope we're enquiring about proven players like this who are available on a free... Jed Wallace is another, looks likely to go to WBA or the dingles. We need to get a move on!

In order to sign Van Hecke the deal would have to include BBD, too expensive otherwise. If Brighton are still interested as they were earlier in the year, surely JP and a bit of money would tempt them. Personally i'd be pushing for this as a priority, Diaz for JPVH and £10m. Then do what it takes to sign Botheim up, that's how you potentially replace Ben's goals. Dream scenario... but not entirely out of the realms of possibility.

Hopefully Nyambe! As good as Rothwell can be, I personally wouldn't want him at the club anymore

JDT: “I'm really proud and excited to be taking over as Head Coach of Blackburn Rovers – a club with a lot of tradition and also great ambition. “We have a young team here, and also a great Academy, and the Owners have a clear vision, which is to develop players and become a sustainable Premier League club over time, so I’m really happy to be involved in this exciting new chapter for the club. “Since leaving Malmo, I have been looking for the right club and I had a lot of options, but after speaking to Steve (Waggott) and Gregg (Broughton) I got a really good feeling about the club and I knew that I had found my next opportunity. “I grew up watching English football, so I know all about the passion for football here and how special football fans are in England, so it’s great to come to such a big club as Blackburn Rovers and to be involved with such passionate fans and in a really good league, which the Championship is. It will be a great challenge, but it’s something I’m really looking forward to being a part of. “For a Head Coach, the best thing is to work with the players and the staff, to show a direction and to work together to create an environment for the staff and the players to be successful, because at the end of the day it’s about being successful, winning as many games as possible and also develop the players, the team and the club in a positive direction.” --- https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/20207588.live-updates-reaction-blackburn-rovers-appoint-jon-dahl-tomasson/

They didn't win the league the season before he joined them either. He came in, won them back to back titles, and left. They're currently sitting at 5th in the table. He certainly had an impact in his time there i'd say.

After glancing over a few stats... His Malmo team seemed to find the net a lot, scoring more than any other team in the league whilst also conceding one of the lowest amounts - 2 goals for every 1 conceded roughly. Have also seen that they averaged just under 60% possession over 2 seasons in which they won the league both times. Suggests a decent attacking style to me - dominating possession, effective in the final 3rd and not conceding too many. That's in the Swedish league mind, not quite as competitive as the Championship - but if he was to implement a style like the above with us, it could work wonders. All guess-work based off stats really, if anyone has actually watched Malmo they may be able to back or disprove this. ---- Another note - they also seem to have slumped quite a bit since he left.

A nice twist would be that we've approached Rooney, since the Derby takeover is on the brink of collapsing. A more realistic twist would be TM getting a new contract.