Maybe I’ve missed something. What is the nature of Wharton’s injury ?

JRC I think ? Yeah I’ve watched it loads of times. I was expecting for him to take it up to the goal line, get down on his hands and knees, and head it in !

He’s got more metal in his legs than Douglas Bader. That’s one for the old guys on here.

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Maybe Rudy is his bodyguard. He might need one next season.

Pay as you play ? Won’t cost us anything.

Very honest interview. The last good left back we’ve had at Rovers in my opinion.

We’ve nobody who can put a free kick into the top corner either. When did we last score direct from a free kick ? Must have been when Champagne Charlie was taking them !

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I like Rice a lot, he’s a cracking player with a great engine but Wharton is a better, more penetrating, passer of the ball. There’s nobody coming through that can see and deliver a pass better in the England team. Other players might be better in other ways but when he comes down to picking out forward runs Wharton is superb. Probably one of last “ street ‘ footballers.

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It was his decision making ability that caught my eye when I first saw him play. He’s two moves ahead all the time. “ The ability to make the right decision at speed under pressure is what separates the top players from the also rans “.

Looking at the strapping he was wearing on Saturday he can’t have been 100% fit but you would have never known it just watching him. He’s known the dog shit training pitches and poor facilities. So you value it more when you get to a better place. The kids coming through the academy don’t know the rough side of football.

He played in more games than the play off final.

It’s all the more galling for me because the lad was quite happy at Rovers and we were under no pressure to sell him other than from the Chicken Chokers who had ballsed up the finances.

More or less. I can’t recall a player doing more on his own to pull the team through. David Speedie is the nearest one I can think of but he had a lot of support from his team mates.

I’d rather the close season was longer to be honest. I need a good long break from the circus that is Blackburn Rovers at the moment.

He carries his space around with him. All the top class midfielders did the same.

The new Jim Baxter, only he’s not Scottish.

Shearer esque goal tonight.

So much for the scouting teams at those clubs. They must be blind.

10/10

I think you mean “ undermined “ not “ under pinned “.

Yeah it’s so disappointing. Any other manager with a strike force of Gally, Dolan, Siggy ( if fit ) Vale, Leonard ( if fit ) would be looking to get 80,90 goals for sure.

Yes I think you are right.