Nope just you refusing to accept he didn't to try and get over the disappointment of him wanting to go. It's ok i understand, hate the player as the club want you to.

Nope. I used to say i don't want to go to school but my parents advised me otherwise, i never refused to go i just didn't feel like it but there would have been concequences. No difference here, he hasn't felt like playing and his boss as said ok just this once so he didn't actually get the chance to refuse did he because he wasn't told he had to play.

Only you would ask that just for the sake of it.

Why are people now trying to rewrite history in regards to Batth and going back several years through his previous recent clubs ? He came here as back up and to add experience which is probably what he was taken to Norwich for also and why he's now at Derby. He performed very well here and that's all that matters Sunderland is completely irrelevant we've had a few done well here who did nothing previously and vise versa and that's football at this level.

What's the best way to flush out potential bidders ? Use your press contacts to 'report' you are about to enter talks of a new extended contract when there's only 12 months or so left on their current deal. Just saying.

Someone from Rudy's dept no doubt tasked with tweeting club spin.

How poor must the offer to Nyambe have been for him to happily hang around contractless until Wigan offered him something. This will no doubt be along the same lines.

The guy failed a medical so no point in arguing he isn't coming we're losing the RWB so they need to get out there and find another. No point dilly dallying around waiting to scan the old injury again in a few months then he effs off to Scotland. It's over lets move on.

But such is our situation we cannot afford to lose him unless a good replacement is found first and that will cost wages even if not a fee.

There is no real logic because there is no real board of directors.

Big Dom might just be one to benefit if there is now a bit of panic behind the scenes he might get an offer he wasn't expecting. Like any gaffer worth his salt i'm sure Ismael is recommending his bosses now tie down who they can for the sake of dressing room moral. Gaffers have to either get senior players onside or get them out otherwise it'll never work. Consider this though if they do offer Hyam something and he also says no it's another great excuse to get another bigger earner out the door.

Then the policy of leaving serious contract renewals until barely 12 months or less left and trying to lowball will have to change. However with the financial restrictions, owner reluctance and court issues that you somehow chose to omit then it won't will it. Couple that with the fact so many have now left for nothing that is in itself having an impact because there is less to put back into the black hole. So this will keep happening and we will keep going around in circles as the change you describe isn't really change at all it's just re-arranging the people front of house and distracting from the core issue.

That's the rumour and they've always seemed happy to chuck big wages at short term contracts i think millions have gone down the pan that way. Yet they won't invest wages in young assets or good fees in proven potential. One policy for one thing at Ewood and one for another .

10-14k more likely, he came from Coventry who were skint. Funny how no one is queuing up for him with bids seeing as only a year left so it could be a case of happy to extend current terms for a few years extra security. As has been repeated many times the alleged 10k cap seemed to be aimed at new comers ....and academy grads....

And as i said his boss or the club could have said YOU PLAY or you don't get paid. Simple really.

Yes another multitude of pure coincidences yet again.

Didn't say he refused he said he didn't want to play so we had a talk and i said ok but just today. Absolutely no difference to the Eustace/Sammie situation and either time the boss or the club could have said hey we are paying you so play. They are all willing parties in this and Val admitted it's now about getting a fee because of the contract situ.

We are heading into that different reality anyway with billionaire owners and that is the hardest part to take because it seems by design now. We can't keep throwing the neglect line out just like the bad advice one wore thin. If we are going to regress to where Reading or Bolton have ended up, to where Charlton were until now then lets do it without these shysters. Just pull the plug, take your goons with you and lets have a cold hard fall then we can pick up the pieces and start again and find the real Blackburn Rovers again.

Flagged this up a while ago we clearly have another parachuted into situ who'll do and say anything to protect his gravy train and his bosses. Real question is have we got another one installed into position on behalf of someone else with the remit of turning over the entire squad to a lower budget one to grow and sell ? It's another that just doesn't add up at all he appears out of nowhere as a work experience guy then in no time is made head of heads. Then we here of a power struggle behind the scenes then everything thats gone on in the short time hes been here. He gives Keanesqe arrogant fan baiting interviews, tells lies and spin, sneers at the questions then tells a 150 year old football institution it should be grateful just to have a team on the pitch. Says exciting summer is ahead whilst letting all the best players from last season leave etc/ He's only been here 5 mins and he's clearly a t##t.

You know exactly what i mean when referring to this club. He's a Head Coach not a manager and they get sacked regularly except here they don't do they. They leave after engineering their own exits. You cannot say that about anyone.

Batth - Last seasons best centre defender = Gone Weimann - Last seasons second top scorer = Gone Dolan - Young potential talent and second half of last seasons most livewire presser/attacker = Gone Brittain - One of the leagues best RWB's last season = Going Travis - Hearbeat of the dressing room, leading ankle biter on the pitch, captain = Likely to be wanting out soon. Tronstad = Last seasons best midfielder = See above. It's ALL the various players fault and the fans need to stop moaning whilst we scour relegated obscure Euro clubs for replacements.

I'll be amazed if he's here beyond next summer. Of course it'll be all his fault if he does leave and lets face it he won't get potted even if we don't win one game in the first ten.

Project downscale. 'Doesn't matter if you struggle son the powers that be will bring the team down a level sooner rather than later, then you'll look good and get a move'.

Which helps us in no way really because he'll probably sulk, then get injured the come back a hide on the pitch as his contract ticks down. There's no way it should have come to this yet again (again and again) but best grab the money now and get a replacement bedded in.

Absolutely notorious for matching wrong photos and videos with things it just grabs whatever is available.