Tomphil2

They price theirs well, sell 16k in league 1 and also still offer a flexi ticket once the full ST sales have maxed out. Here meanwhile they hike most prices, sell a measly 8k despite finishing just outside the top 6 in the Championship then hike the prices again once sales have maxed out. Idiots doesn't begin to describe it.

I'm thinking Saudi maybe. Probably not relevant but the agency he is with doesn't have one other UK based player on their books as far as i can see.

Too early on a Saturday for that kind of comedy.

Big season for Cantwell because he'll need a new club this time next year so i expect a good season from him and hopefully he can stay fit.

Bolton have introduced some sort of flexi ticket despite selling probably double what we have. Seen a few of their fans saying it's a bit pointless because ST's in certain sections are cheap enough to buy then not bother if you miss half the games. Used to be like that here.

We need to stop pinning our hopes on Leonard and root out another striker from somewhere.

Funny how some couldn't 'wait and see' where he went before basically writing off his chances of doing anything other than another Nyambe heading downwards. Now its pivoted to 'he'll flop and drop in no time just wait and see' 🤣

Stand in the corner, face the wall and remain silent for 48hrs.

Just the latest narrative created to suit across social media to cover the disappointment of yet another asset bailing for nowt. People forget the original contract talks with Broughton actually stalled because he had no agent at the time. All that was true and he wanted to sort a new one obviously before contract talks. No doubt it's a straight toss up between the new ones coming in and saying this kid has been playing for peanuts so we want a good rise and security or as is highly likely things just got shelved and never picked up again until it was too late.

Yeah it could be a backdoor into Burnley although more likely next summer when they've dropped again and are selling players left right and centre to pay their hedge fund investors.

Probably been mentioned but Dolan and BBD now share the same agent so you're probably right.

You should start serving mayo with your word salads. You consistently implied he hadn't signed for anyone because there was nothing for him and the fact you are getting both barrels this morning kind of suggests how your opinion was viewed. Anyway you weren't alone.

Show some class for once and admit you were wrong.

The only bitterness anyone should have is over the lack of compensation but at the same time everyone with an ounce of sense knows where the blame really lies on that.

I don't know what tax implications are over there but perhaps that might help and he'll be on more than he was on here now that's for sure. Think a less demanding environment over there might suit him as well and by that i mean the standard is high but here whenever things weren't going well he always looked like he had the weight of the world on his shoulders. Over there a free transfer from the English second tier should ensure a bit less pressure on him to start with at least. Awful for us compo wise but no more than the clowns who run Ewood deserve, not that they'll git a stuff.

Yeah i mean they are only a Laliga team after all i mean imagine turning down Blackburn and Derby to do that. Shithouse no ambition at all.

Well well turns out he's good enough for a top flight Spanish team to take a punt after all. Who'd have thought........

A guy whose hidden away for a decade and is now under the cosh from fans is suddenly strolling up to chat to people full of Sangria under the hot sun ? Hmmm.

Well i'm sure some do dream of playing for Plymouth and Stoke on loan 🤨

Never heard of this club nor city if i'm being honest and it seems they've had an interesting time over the last decade. A ground a bit bigger than Ewood, a city with 100k more people and a similar crowd trajectory to us, wonder if they get the same stick !

The numpties inside Ewood will be banking on Brum selling the whole DE that's how they operate. They couldn't give a toss if those prices make a potential 15k home turnout into 12k.

Look where Tosin was at 20 ? Look where he is now, there is obviously still a great career path to be had on the books of the big boys but you need to a bit fortunate and also stand out wherever you're sent. Doubt Ash will be as good as him though and he'll have been sold the dream of being in Spuds squad almost instantly in order to blag him and his parents. Now they'll be loaning him to the best place for a shop window job and at a club who themselves could probably buy him if they really wanted to. It still would have made as much if not more sense footballing wise staying here, but not as much wonga and ego obviously.

Philips would naturally have overtaken Carter in the squad had he stayed. When you have true progression and in perfect hindsight Carter would've been sold for 2/3 mill plus add ons and Phillips steps in. Unfortunately it doesn't work like that when injuries/agents/greed and pushy parents are in the mix as well but lessons need to be learned in tying boys to some sort of deal that benefits both. The rules for this need looking at as well otherwise the academy at its top level becomes pointless and too many kids just disappear into the big club system with a few more quid in their pockets and a promising career up in smoke.

I think once they knew there was a whiff of compensation in the air they couldn't help him through the door quick enough.

Virtually guaranteed 10/11k home turnouts now for a few games at least. Seems to be what these lot want though.