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That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Phillips would be a great signing for us to cover for Carter -
v Wrexham (h) - FA Cup - 29/1/24, 7:30pm
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I expect to see a lot of Wrexham fans in home ends of the ticket office doesn’t close early (and probably still if they do tbf). Maidstone 2-1 up now -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If we need a big target man I can’t see why we don’t cash in on Gallagher and go for Clarke-Harris from Peterborough. He’d offer as much if not more as Gallagher does imo. -
That *was* the January Window
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We know how money works with this lot. Even if we get £20m the argument is that the money will have to cover the wages and fee over the 4 years of the deal. They’ll convince us that we are lucky to be given a new £2m pound signing. In a normal club with all money reinvested then it could make sense. Here, knowing we’ll get a fraction of the money then it makes no sense to sell now. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Connor announced then. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Also out is a premier league level defender in Hill. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I just can’t see how the Wahlstedt thing happened. There’s no way he could have been properly scouted. From day one he looked very questionable on crosses. Surely that would have been spotted if any scouting was done. -
That *was* the January Window
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Maybe they want to get the sign off from the court to be able to send x amount over and then the Gallagher sale wouldn’t impact on it. Otherwise it may be reduced by the courts in line with the amount we sell him for -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Both. They aren’t allowed to do any more than just the running costs but EFL rules would probably make it difficult to put money in if they could (I’d argue that they could put in money knowing it’s coming later, I’m thinking the Raya money) but with the Indian court issue that doesn’t seem to be possible . -
That *was* the January Window
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A couple of million less on the Raya money if we take it now..and someone on here is actually suggesting that taking it now would be a good move. Madness!! Thats nearly half of it knocked off at a time when we know signings cost more typically. Just wait until January and have the full amount. Chaddys maths is a bit out as well (shock). Out of that £5m we may get to spend a couple on a player as there will be wages and fees to cover as the current status with the Indian courts will only cover the existing (and reduced) wage bill. We’re in a mess but luckily I think we probably have just enough extra points to stay up. -
That *was* the January Window
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I wonder how we’d be looking had we got a proper forward in last summer. Interestingly I’m not sure it would have made a huge difference as our goals for figures don’t seem to be the issue. -
That *was* the January Window
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Apart from the pass for an assist on his debut with the team second in the league on the weekend. -
v Huddersfield Town (h) - 20/01/2024
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Both managers under pressure. Huddersfield will probably sack Moore with a loss but we’ll probably give JDT a contract extension if we do. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Why did the scouting not pick up that Leo couldn’t catch a fucking cold! Surely we watched him. Or was it just a case of seeing that someone had bid for him and not wanting to miss out. stinks that we blew any money that we had on him when he looks very very poor. Can’t see him ever being any more than a back up. -
Nobody is buying us with over £100m of debt. I’m pretty sure not a single one of those you mentioned was sold with those debt levels so the only option (as you mentioned) is administration and then the hope someone decides to buy us. There’s a couple of teams on there that would clearly be more attractive to an investor, I’m thinking Birmingham and Sunderland mainly, due to the large catchment and fan base. Sunderland could get 40k attending quite easily if they were in the top flight. Our cap is probably 20-25k. That’s going to be something that an investor will look at. Some of the others were bought when they were in the lower leagues at a lower cost. I can only really see a future of administration and then a buy out. It would be great if a rich owner came in but as we’ve seen, we already have one of those and it’s not been the answer. A rich owner can still only invest so much due to ffp. I don’t know the answer but it’s certainly a worrying time.
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That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
The club will probably argue that Buckley is the Travis replacement. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Depends how much they want to gamble on going up. Also I guess they are only in year one of the ffp cycle as it’s different rules in league 1. If they wanted to show a sign of intent buying the leagues top scorer wouldn’t be a bad way to do it. -
v West Bromwich Albion (a) - 13/1/24
Ricky replied to arbitro's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
We have a group of lightweight pretty footballers so are they really going to win their battles against seasoned pros who aren’t worried about getting kicked. The Irish Foden, that has to be a joke lol, is not going to go flying into a 50/50 with an experienced championship midfielder. Adam Wharton will be an outstanding football but we can’t keep ignoring the defensive side of his game which isn’t just lacking, it’s non existent. We are very luck to have a bit of a buffer. We’d be screwed otherwise. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
If, and we all know it’s a big if, we got the £1.5m and the wages to replace Gallagher I do think there could be better options. Clarke-Harris is one I was keen for us to go for previously and he’s out of contract in the summer so could potentially come in cheap. Otherwise a decent loan striker, not a young kid though. Someone more established but needing games. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Chaddy hoping to get 4 players from a Gallagher sale is just pie in the sky clearly. These players will want paying and he’s already mentioned the 20% cut to the sage bill. If we sold Gallagher the best we could hope for is a loan. I’d take Moore as a loan. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
You’re not a rovers fan, I’m pretty sure we’ve established that. Not a problem at all but the constant comments on one player, who’s not been great recently, is becoming boring now. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I feel much more confident that he’ll be a huge success now 👀 -
That *was* the January Window
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Could we talk nicely to Bournemouth and get Kieffer Moore on loan? Sunderland interested at the moment. Should have a relationship after Hills loan here. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I see one time target Clarke-Harris from Peterborough is being linked to Wrexham. Annoyingly they are probably a better proposition than us at the moment. -
That *was* the January Window
Ricky replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Chaddy will be fully in support of Garrett going out on loan now.