Mattyblue

A slightly increased one for a lad of 22 which he will have jumped at - just like SG (who hasn’t improved but it was still worth the punt by the club).

He had a year of his deal left (notwithstanding the option) so it’s not exactly being wise after the event to say we should’ve been re-signing him up.

Exactly, just Masher being his usual contrarian self.

Ooo burn ! 🙄 He wasn’t pulling up any trees, and I may well have moaned too. But so what, I’m a nomark fan, not a football club protecting its assets. Players who aren’t particularly impressing often sign new contracts, fans then often moan about it, and rightfully the clubs don’t give a toss.

BBD should’ve been signing a new contract in summer 2021, not being sold. (But, but people on brfcs would’ve moaned).

So why was there a net spend of £4million+ in replacing those three players again?

Best close down the forum then…

Who’s linking up with who in this team?

An established Premier League club couldn’t afford an 18 year old from the Championship who’s played a dozen or so games, aye ok.

The club in the 80s thought as big as was feasible - local businessmen doing all they could, and the fact we spent most of the decade knocking on the door of the top flight without a pot to piss in backs that up…contrast that with what these billionaires have overseen.

Mods - Maybe merge this with the Dolan thread already going (page 3)?

The mentality of modern day BRFC… ’(Don’t) think big’

Jury’s out on GB for me, but I do think he has some professional standards and has already brought in some decent players. JDT is obviously a highly driven professional that’s been at the very top of the game… Unfortunately they (and the club) is being continually let down by the small time, amateur hour operation that Swag oversees.

The human nature element of players running down contracts is often ignored. Many a player will, even subconsciously, look to coast until the end of the season - doesn’t want an injury etc. Rothwell and BBD are prime examples, waste of time keeping them around if a decent offer is on the table.

Worse than Coyle now 😁 I mean, that’s just total nonsense.

I know he was, and and I disagreed with him.

I was on about his ‘negative comments’, he was a manager that talked a load of shite, like most of them. But no he wasn’t ‘mostly dog shit’

He’ll be getting those Category A+ tickets out of retirement….

Historical and cultural vandalism in 1974 by Heath’s government to reduce ‘Lancashire’ to the present rump.

As a metropolitan area, yes, however the county palatine of Lancaster is still in place . They are as Lanky as anyone. 🌹

Sounds a terrible way to spend an afternoon… but whatever floats your boat!

Presuming it’s on a device and you ain’t there, of all the games, why the bloody hell you picked that one to watch? 😁

Oh their fans are completely obsessed, you see it all over social media, they constantly bang on about us even when charging to the title, I wouldn’t give them a second thought if the roles were reversed. But team wise, I don’t see them ‘wanting it more’ at Ewood, just better players, unfortunately…

Half their team are loanees, so why would the fixture mean *so much more* to them when we still are going for promotion?

Let it go, Exiled. 😁