scotchrover
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1 hour ago, ruggles1995 said:
I REALLY hope not. Hes dog Sh!!!!!!!te
He can’t be been that bad, can he? He spent most of last season in a decent Bristol City side, who were in the top 6 for a lot of it.
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Excellent football by Fulham in the first half, whilst the second they showed how good they were defensively, after they’d gone down to 10.
Has anyone ever seen so many Fulham fans though?
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Red card for Fulham....
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3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:
Huth was an awful example to use them.
If you mention someone like Mark Beevers or Mark Wilson who are both out of contract this summer. Then fair enough but you mention someone who has been injured and not played a single league game. all season
we have linked to Blackpool centre back Clark Robertson. Played in 38 league games last season and currently going to be out of contract in a month but I don't know how good he is.
on the Back 4 you mention I would be ok with them. we also got Downing and Wharton aswell.
I would look for a centre back around 21 to 25 with pace which we haven't got in the squad. or would you prefer to play Wharton and save the cash for other positions like 2 wingers plus buying Armstrong if it a possible.
A centre back is the least of our worries, in my eyes. A striker and some wingers are the bigger priority in my eyes!
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Fulham looking the better team, although Grealish looks a tricky customer, when he gets the ball for Villa.
Villa have got a very expensive squad playing- would they have to sell if they didn’t go up? This is their second season down after all...
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6 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:
This won't go down well on here. You're painting Venkys in a very positive light and failing to mention what they have done to the club. In the 'grand scheme of things' they have completely f8cked us.
It’s the truth though- funded us, albeit because of their mistakes.
15 minutes ago, 47er said:I don't know where to start with this but if you buy a Premier League club and turn it into a Div 1 club you can expect to run up big debts. Not as much as the Raos have but, then again, they are in a class of their own in that regard.
I don't know the exact size of the debt but I do know it hasn't been spent making us better. Fact
And while I haven't done the sums, I suggest sales exceeded expenditure after Kean (or Voldemort as i prefer) so they actually haven't spent money at all in the sense that you imply.
Venky’s must have had to spend money- the club wouldn’t be in existence otherwise. Someone must have the income and outgoings to hand, since their disaster of a reign started?
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On 24/05/2018 at 00:18, 47er said:
Net money? Or are you forgetting the sales?
Venky’s have always made money available. Look at when Bowyer he was in charge- he was still given some money to spend after all that money Kean had blown. Lambert- loads of loans and the odd signing. Even last season, Mowbray got money to spend.
Talk about sales all you want, but in the grand scheme of things Venky’s have put money into the club.
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Just now, chaddyrovers said:
But someone like Conway on the wing would be good away from home where he will be solid, defensively good and stay in his position.
Experience in defence? We got Mulgrew and Williams are very experience. Lenihan is 24 years old and played in more than 100 games now.
Players like Huth are far too old and too injury prone for me. Dont forget he hasnt played a league game all season or barely been on the bench either.
Someone like that is likely to come to increase their pension pot too..
Young and hungry is the way to go in this window! If we’re adding experience, they’d need to be Championship level for me.
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12 minutes ago, Mercer said:
Bingo!
Sadly, I don't think we've too many to hang on to - after Charlie, Lenihan and Dack, you are left scratching your head.
If I was Mowbray's agent, unless he was going to get significant backing from Venky's, I would be advising him to move on whilst his stock is still pretty high.
With a couple of frees and a couple of loans, think it's going to be one helluva an upward battle (ala Bolton). And therein lies a problem, do our 'big' three fancy staying around for that !?!?
Really? Imagine you’re a manger that’s hardly done anything for years. Then, after a great first full season in charge, with your own squad, owners that are ready to spend again, and an adoring crowd, you’re asking to move on? Really?
For anyone who says Mowbray won’t have any money- I disagree completely. Every manager under Venky’s has had money to spend.
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Edit! Just seen the article date!
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I’ve never got why season/ match ticket prices aren’t related to people’s income. Prices around Ewood could work something like this:
£100-£15000+ above after tax
£150-£17000+ after tax
£200- £19000+ after tax
£250- £21000+ after tax
£300- £23000+ after tax
£350 (max price)-£25000+ after tax
I’m no cost of living expert, but surely it’s better taking into account people’s financial circumstance in a poor area like Blackburn with Darwen, than just charging like we currently do?
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38 minutes ago, DE. said:
Indeed. The only thing I will say is that the gulf between the Championship and L1 is MUCH larger than the gap between the Championship and the Premier League. There's a very noticeable drop in quality and money in this league definitely talks. IF Short or a new owner is willing to invest a few million into the squad and jettison the poisonous members of the current dressing room then Sunderland should bounce straight back. It's a big if at the moment though.
Short won’t put anymore money into that club. The money that’s been spent trying to ensure Premier League survival has hit his pocket big time apparently, hence the lack of spending this season. He’s even said he’d let the club go for free, providing it goes to right person.
Listening to Coleman’s press conference 5’s goal highlights, it sounds like he knows what the issues are. Whether he’ll get time to sort them out is another matter.
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I believe Norwich are going to have to get rid of their big earners in summer, all because of their failure to return to the Premier League. The chances are, their manager will be gone too- they’ve massively underachieved in their own eyes.
Therefore, if the Dack story is true, their current manager is unlikely to be around long enough to put in an offer. If he stays, I cant see them paying out £6-£7 million for Dack, like we did for Rhodes are those years back.
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15 minutes ago, K-Hod said:
I've no desire to over- think or over-complicate things Vinjay.
I feel like it can be summed up simply as:
They're relevant geographically (especially as I live and work quite near to their ground) and are being talked about much more locally as in spite of loads of financial problems historically, they're punching above their weight.
Perhaps it's different in Blackburn, I don't live there and only go to Blackburn to play football at Soccer Dome, watch Rovers or occasionally pick something up from the town centre as there's a massive lack of shops in Accrington in comparison.
If you don't think they're relevant to you, no worries, but you could always just keep scrolling onto the next thread or not say anything, you know?
As someone works over in Accrington, I can honestly say the town centre is depressed, and short of any real decent shops. The majority of people who use the place frequently are therefore very short on disposable income, I would assume. We have to be honest with ourselves- are people who use Accrington town centre frequently going to able to afford a ticket/ tickets ? I’d be very doubtful!
The best way to get back into the Accrington area would be through going into schools, through coaching and free school tickets. Having said that, the best way to get back into Accrington and other areas would be through getting back into the Premier League.
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5 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:
Dom Samuel may be making a case for inclusion here.
I’m wondering about this. He’s like that lad Souness signed at Southampton with how lost he looks. I still can’t get over Raya throwing it out to him today, and he wasn’t even looking ?
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They won again yesterday, and the gap between themselves and 4th is now 8 points. Barring some disaster, they’ll be in League 1 next season.
On 11/03/2018 at 19:29, only2garners said:Fleetwood!! They're loaded compared to Stanley.
I was referring to population of both towns.
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20 hours ago, Rover_Shaun said:
For the smallest league club in England it's marvellous. They deserve a season at the next level.
Surely it’s Fleetwood?
I’m all for their success, but playing the same league against them would be something else. It’s been bad enough playing again Fleetwood! We have to go up this season.
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On 03/11/2017 at 00:33, Vinjay17 said:
From Middlesbrough's point of view (or at least the one they ought to have) one of their assets has been treated with clear neglect. To an extent by refusing to utilise him more but its even worse when there's incompetence from Mowbray Magoo and the medics. Considering the obvious connection in management they should be feeling extremely let down by the neglect from someone they know so well.
Looking long term, I don’t think he’ll go back now. Pulis will want 6 foot monsters in the side.
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Samuel had one of his better games yesterday. I must admit though, he’s lazy a lot of the time, in comparison to someone like Graham. I can’t believe he’s ever played top flight football though- he’s looked nothing like that recently!
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On the subject of atmosphere, there needs to be an improvement to the entrance music, and how the stadium speaker announces the teams’ entering the pitch. Bradford’s tannoy announcer was fantastic earlier on in the season- it really got the home fans ‘up for it’. He sounded more like a fan, rather than someone there, because it’s £9 an hour. Their music was far more dramatic too, than the rubbish we play...
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I’m quite looking forward to seeing him with more game time. He looked very quick when he came on, despite the fact he wasn’t on for very long. He reminds me of Chapman in a way, for his pace.
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48 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:
Great oportunity here for some clever marketing from Rovers...
Make it a £5 for ST holders
£15 for non ST holders but throw in a ticket for the Fleetwood game (as it's on telly anyway).
Not off-putting prices and should guarantee a few more through the gate for the league game. Build momentum.
The club threw in the Bournemouth game if I remember rightly, when played them a few years back. We lost and the stadium was empty for the game against the Cherries.
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12 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:
Same here Philip - I had thought it was the 'Johnstone Paints' equivalent last night........
I thought it was too! We played very well last night though, after a shaky start. As soon as their equaliser went in, I did wonder whether a repeat of Southend was on the cards, but after we got our noses back in front, we were a joy to watch and should have scored far more than we did. We were a lot more physical last night too, which shows we've learnt from Saturday.
Looking at those who caught my eye last night:
Caddis- excellent going forward, providing a real threat down the wing and solid defensively. He needs to start on Saturday.
Raya- excellent saves again, before our second went on. If he sorts his kicking out, he'll go in January for big money.
Ward- clumsy again and probably would have been moved on now if the options had been there, in the window.
Chapman- looks dangerous with the pace he's got, which many backlines in League 1 will struggle with. He's another who needs to start.
Gladwin- looks good technically, and didn't mind getting stuck in when he came on. He might be a better player than Evans, but it's hard to judge based on 2 games.
Overall- well worth the money I spent going down there, and well done Tony Mowbray for picking a strong 11. He obviously recognises the need for them to have the match time together, in order the jel. I just hope we can transfer the majority of that performance to our first home game, on Saturday.
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Be honest, who did everyone really expect? I'm just glad that Coyle's gone.
He's in a difficult position, and I get the feeling that with the 18 month deal, they sense that relegation is more than likely, hence why he's got next season too. He's got my support though- I just hope he can sign some players.
As as I feel slightly optimistic, I can see myself buying a ticket when I get paid now. #COYB
Tony Mowbray's Blue and White Army!
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Championship 2018-19
in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Posted · Edited by scotchrover
I can’t see Bruce sticking around if there’s no money to spend! It might be the end of Villa’s long superiority of their rivals too... wonder where I’ve seen that before?
Odds on Villa going down?