
Exiled_Rover
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January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Brighton nearly dropped out of the football league in 1997 and sold their ground. They were in League One in 2010. Now they're out of sight for us - we're literally begging for the scraps off their table this transfer window with JVH. Sadly they're a fantastically run club. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Poor sod, bet he's not having the career he dreamed of. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 1/1/23
Exiled_Rover replied to Sweaty Gussets's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23228270.cardiff-city-defender-seen-red-blackburn-rovers-defeat/ Meanwhile our lad is banned for 3 games for softly bouncing the ball off a Boro player's head. Beggars belief. -
v Norwich City (a) - FAC3 - 8/1/23, 2pm
Exiled_Rover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I don't think there's any harm in giving him a run as the #10, but he's too small to play as the #9 and I hope JDT sees that. Mowbray really did like his 5'7" and under players (Dolan, Edun, Elliot, Markanday...). -
v Norwich City (a) - FAC3 - 8/1/23, 2pm
Exiled_Rover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We'd have beaten Boro if the referee was competent. -
Championship - 22-23
Exiled_Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Didn't the Venky's end up suing Jerome Anderson? I know that he ended up disbanding Kentaro after the heist he committed at Rovers was completed. -
Championship - 22-23
Exiled_Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Honestly the rest of the Championship doesn't have a pot to piss in. There's a reason they're queuing round the block for the chance to take the next PL youngster on loan. The football pyramid is broken, unfortunately. -
Championship - 22-23
Exiled_Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If it helps they've spent £30m buying an entirely new team that simply won't be good enough for the PL. They'll have to spend double that to stay up. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Is it time we made a separate thread for actual transfer links? Discussing Owen Coyle's podcast and conspiracy theories that the club doesn't want to get promoted is very off topic if you ask me. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I'd much rather sell him. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Anyway, enough about the inept Mowbray - any update on what Broughton and JDT are trying to do in the January transfer window? -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He might be fit but he's incredibly slow now. I wonder what the offers were for him in November. -
v Norwich City (a) - FAC3 - 8/1/23, 2pm
Exiled_Rover replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
There's £105k in prize money if we win this match. I understand putting a rotated XI out for the Carabao Cup, but this is an opportunity to bring some much needed money into the club AND it's not midweek so we have a week until the next match. No excuse not to go for the win here. It's a free hit. -
v Cardiff City (h) - 1/1/23
Exiled_Rover replied to Sweaty Gussets's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The whole team has dwelt on that decision - they were clearly pissed off with the officiating on Sunday. The Hedges play action was just the icing on the cake and highlighted the absurdity of the Buckley red card. At the end of the day that horrendous officiating has cost us three points - if we want to make amusing TikToks about it, so be it. We went through official channels and the EFL closed ranks. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Garrett and Wharton (in very limited playing time) have done something none of Buckley, Travis or Morton have - taken control of the midfield. Garrett against Sunderland and Wharton against Blackpool. The future for both is very bright, but they both need nurturing. I'm surprised Wharton hasn't got more game time since the Blackpool game, but who knows what has gone on behind the scenes. Travis is the one I'd be looking to sell if we need to shift bodies - he doesn't have the technical ability to play in this system, but he clearly can play at this level as a box-to-box midfielder (or a defensive midfielder) so he would have value to other teams in the division. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He's walked straight into our squad because the CM consists of Travis, an 18 year old, a 19 year old (both players I'd rather play than Morton tbh) and a 23 year old that JDT is currently trying to nurture into something better. Based on his form this season I'd strongly suggest that he's got a clause in his loan agreement that he has to play when fit because he's lackadaisical on the ball at times and is poor defensively - to the point where he's cost us goals, yet is never punished with a spell out of the team. Don't get me wrong, I've loved him as a loan signing - he's really added some quality to a very young, inexperienced midfield, but he's no world beater. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You're talking about the same Boro game where they waltzed past Morton for both goals? -
John Buckley
Exiled_Rover replied to Hoochie Bloochie Mama's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Garrett had lumps kicked out of him yesterday - including being on the receiving end of a straight red card. The ref gave him no protection - but I mean we've discussed the standard of officiating at this level to death this week. -
John Buckley
Exiled_Rover replied to Hoochie Bloochie Mama's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Savage couldn't fight his way out of a wet paper bag - hard lad. 🤣 -
Championship - 22-23
Exiled_Rover replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
They won't be state-of-the-art anymore, not compared to what a lot of the Premier League / Champions League clubs are rocking, but they're very good. I heard that it's because JDT likes to train on grass... which then obviously defeats the point of having indoor training pitches I guess. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Sweden coach
Exiled_Rover replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I think he's been brilliant, but it's what he (and Broughton) does in the transfer window that will make or break his time here. We can finish in the Playoffs this year with 2 or 3 shrewd signings - I'm hoping Broughton has the contacts to make that happen. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
It's slightly unfair to judge Travis right now as, like S. Wharton and Brereton-Diaz, he's completely out of form - but he doesn't have the skillset to play in this system, so I do think he'll be moved on in the summer if JDT is as ruthless as I hope he is. -
January Transfer Window.
Exiled_Rover replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The 4-2-3-1 system JDT wants to run doesn't demand that his CMs get into a scrap. They're meant to dictate play and intercept passes. Part of the problem we have with playing out from the back, with cries that "the CBs aren't good enough to do it" - well the CMs aren't acting as pivot points enough at the moment. Travis can't do it and Morton goes hiding far too often (or he sits inbetween the two CBs which isn't helpful). Wharton and Buckley look for the ball - and so does Garrett it seems.