16 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

When funds are low and you are in a relegation battle surely you are better of spending those little funds that you have on someone who can help you in that relegation battle. 

Agreed but are there many players that could have been signed for £500 k(in installments) in January and the likely low wage that O'Riordan will be on that could have had an immediate impact?

We had been trying to get that O'Riordan deal done early doors in January and reported we tried last summer so was a long term target of the club and could potentially still be a good signing longer term.

We didn't have a pot to piss in as evidenced by who came in in January, so agree the money could have been spent on someone that was ready to play now but I'd have no confidence they would have been any good like the rest of our January signings and the majority of our summer signings with the exception of Tronstad and to a lesser extent Hill

34 minutes ago, arbitro said:

He probably will but he wasn't signed to play for the under 21's. We signed three centre halves in January and between them they probably haven't reached double figures in first team appearances.

O'Riordan was signed with the future in mine though to be fair, bought for his potential.

You don't see many under 21 centre halves coming from league 2 and straight into the action for a Championship side.

Only in time will we see if that money was well spent or not .I do take the argument that the fee could have been used on a player more ready to aid us this season but what does 500k in installments get you these days 

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

what big error?

he and Wharton keep Adam Armstrong quiet all game apart one early chance. 

I wanted Hyam to be captain at the start of season and I would still keep him Captain for next season and beyond. 

Pears should have smashed it away instead of messing around with it which lead to the first goal 

Next season and beyond?He is only contracted till 2025.I think he will be gone in the summer 

6 hours ago, riverholmes said:

Mikey Johnston of WBA resembling Damien Duff with his jinking run in highlights of their loss to Leicester. One of the best but rarer sights in football, I think.

Looks like they have quietly assembled a very good team. There’s a great assist from Kipre in the game too. I vaguely remember him being linked with Rovers.

Edit: Just watching a few more highlights of Johnston and he really does play in the style (if not level) of Duff. Has a similar running and shooting style.

Johnston only on loan with them from Celtic .

Looks a real talent 

Hyam is only contracted till 2025 isn't he?

If that is the case then can see him moving on in the summer.

No way are we in contention to sign James,Brum will be looking for good money for him and reportedly they had bids from an Italian team and Palace in January 

2 hours ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Seen us linked with Ruddy from Birmingham- was he not absolutely dreadful when we played them at Ewood? .. Surely we can do better than that!

Nixon linked us, telegraph said yesterday nothing in it 

38 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

The window opens in 7/8 weeks, they need to get their ducks in a row, agree a budget and start narrowing down the list of targets.

If we're allowed to spend, i'd be over the moon with something like the following;

Duncan McGuire - Free
Louie Sibley - Free
Liam Millar - 2.5m
Harrison Burrows - 4m    
Karamoko Dembele - 800k
Abu Kamara - 2.5m

That'd be just shy of 10m spent, incredibly optimistic and unlikely I know, but could become more of a possibility if/when we sell Szmodics.

Either way, I hope Gregg is able to spend a good few quid with all of the millions we've had (and have) coming in.

Why would we be getting McGuire on a free?He will cost a transfer fee 

Not sure if Sibley out of contract at end of season but he wouldn't be free either as he is only 22

https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/27303565/blackburn-rovers-john-ruddy-transfer-birmingham/#Echobox=1713033602 

Nixon linking us with Ruddy

1 hour ago, Penwortham Blue said:

As would Leicester on the last day, we need 6 points from tonight and the Wednesday / Coventry fixtures.

It won't take 52 points to stay up in my opinion.

50 should be enough 

10 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Do you seriously think that we are going to be signing better players than Travis and Buckley this Summer ? What with - magic beans ?

Well we did get Tronstad on a free who is better than them both.

Not advocating selling either of them as it would probably be a cheap loan or nobody with this convenient block on sending funds over   ,I would have sold Travis if JDT was still manager but he will have a clean slate under Eustace,tho I don't see him playing ahead of Tronstad or JRC and being out of the team here left Travis moaning behind the scenes etc reportedly 

I take people's point that we probably wouldn't sign better and would keep them both but at the same in Travis case going from being a regular starter and captain to being a bench player he won't want that and will be pushing to move away and rarely an unhappy player pushing for a move is kept on at any club,they get the move

37 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

He signed one just over four months ago 

Wonder if a transfer fee clause is in it?

Whatever we get for him in the summer we can be sure Peterborough will get a chunk of it.Hopefully Waggott learned his lesson and didn't agree to 40% like with Arma.

24 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

I'd go the same, if we had a half competent keeper waiting in the wings he'd be in for Pears but alas, we don't.

As good as JRC can be, I thought he was poor overall yesterday and we looked better when he went off. He's painfully slow as well.

I'd consider Ayari in his place tbh.

Id put JRC at RB ,Ayari in midfield and Brittain on the bench 

1 hour ago, roverblue said:

You can’t mention that on here as apparently we were Barcelona esque up until December. 

Going into December we were placed 4th for the number of clear cut chances created in the league.

Some of the football was excellent going into December

37 minutes ago, jny said:

Why promote 15 year olds to the first team (when that just puts them in the shop window for other clubs)? Another example of the absolutely shambolic running of this club 

Presumably he is put in the first team as other clubs  have already expressed an interest and the club including him in our match Day squad is to try encourage him to sign a deal here 

In this day and age clubs are aware of the better young players at other clubs.Finneran had already won player of the year of his age group for the Irish national team before any inclusion in our first team 

3 hours ago, OJRovers said:

Tyler Morton (yes him) actually started in CM last week for the u21s. A.Wharton wasn't even in the squad originally, get your head around that!

The England setup is far too biased to big clubs. There's no way Morton would be anywhere near the squad if he was a permanent Hull player, rather than on loan from Liverpool. 

 

 

 

 

Morton isn't better than Wharton,and correct their is bias but Morton has done well for Hull this season and I don't think he was as awful as made out last season.He has been a regular starter for 2 seasons running for teams in and around the top 6 the majority of the season.

When he did get a game for Liverpool he wasn't that bad , impressing in both the Milan champions league game and away to Spurs in the premier league in an important match when Klopp left other more experienced players out.Im not suggesting he is Liverpool level but he is one of the better young midfielders at championship level and he would be around the England under 21 squad imo regardless of his Liverpool connection, still a joke Wharton wasn't in the initial squad this time when he is playing every week in the premier league 

5 hours ago, tomphil said:

Quite simply to get him off the wage bill.

There is no plan or anything that makes sense at Ewood in the chain of people at the club and the bean counters in India. Don't forget some probably assumed we were signing McGuire so probably wanted wages shifting out quick at the last min.

If we ended the day with no McGuire and no Gallagher but 15k a week less going out then some somewhere along that chain would consider that a result.

Yeah but they could have got his wages off the books and received a transfer fee if they accepted the bid from Ipswich.

It just doesn't make sense to turn down multiple bids from Ipswich, then when Ipswich have signed their alternatives we then make Gally available for transfer.

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

Wilkinson is pretty well informed and this would not surprise me at all.

I don't think the club has a shred of credibility left.

Goodness knows what other clubs, players and agents (other than those already on the Rovers' gravy train) think of us.

It would be odd if they were doing that with Gallagher on deadline day.

Why turn down multiple cash bids for Gallagher from Ipswich, to then make him available after Ipswich had filled that position by signing Moore and the striker from Wimbledon?

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

So.... even in that scenario we'd have been no worse off on the pitch as he offers absolutely nothing but at least we'd have had some money in the Bank.

Obviously in an ideal world he should have been sold and replaced at zero net cost  by the younger Mcguire.

As for Broughton, bullshitter extraordinaire. I had to try very hard not to throw the phone out of the car window listening to that pile of smarmy shite. The main  purpose of the interview seemed to be to blow smoke up his arse but on the odd occasion a difficult question arose he completely ducked it.

Clearly only here for his own betterment financially and also only interested in selling players. Well I'm glad he's glad that we're keeping the "big" Clubs happy and that we're seemingly on a mission to find a home for our best young talent away from Ewood Park.

Why is no-one at the Club interested in US doing well on the pitch or winning football matches?

If you listened to the interview then you would have heard him say that he believes the main reason he got the job was due to his background in academy football.

It is the board or owners who have decided to go down that route,they obviously want the first team squad heavy with minimal spending in the transfer market.So in essence if it isnt Broughton it will just be another with an academy background and no experience of being a dof.

The interview was good in my eyes for the reason alone that once again Waggott has been found out lieing to supporters who have gone to see him for a chat.

Waggott claimed that both Hyam and Szmodic were on existing transfer lists from the previous regime and that JDT was already on the management shortlist before Broughton arrived.

Before you ask why do I believe Broughton and not Waggott.Broughton answered the questions put to him that would be broadcasted for many people to  see whilst Waggott hides in his office telling fans fairytales 

Nixon saying Wharton being called  into the under 21 squad 

1 hour ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

One thing that he did clearly dismiss was this myth that Szmodics and Hyam were already serious transfer targets before he arrived

Yeah what a bullshitter Waggott is.Broughton also explicitly said in that interview that he asked for JDT to be added to the shortlist.Waggot was telling fans on here ,that he had already been identified prior to Broughton's arrival.

Good interview I thought, the majority of the recruitment has been woeful this season but anyone would find it hard in those circumstances,budget changing every 2 minutes.

Interesting he made a point of saying "Iv been told " when asked about the budget this coming summer his demeanor suggested to me he wasn't holding his breath.

Also how he  stated how he feels the main reason of him getting the job was due to his academy background.So any fans expecting a wheeler dealer type with heavy experience in this sort of role to be a replacement are going to be disappointed.

This fella might not be any good at his job, I personally don't feel it's been woeful when you consider the conditions he has had to work under but he certainly doesn't deserve anywhere near as much grief as those above him.

Pears back tomorrow.

JRC , Tronstad and Carter back after the international break according to telegraph 

Not in the England under 21 squad.He should be 

5 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What was the final score ?  Last time I looked it was 0-4 

We won 5-1 mate 

21 hours ago, Andy said:

This is what is rubbing a lot of fans the wrong way, myself included.

Trying to bullshit the fans about things they've just seen with their own eyes is not the best plan, when you've just walked through the door.

I haven't been overly keen on his sound bites either but I do think some of the criticism for them is way over the top.

Like for example I have seen him being called all sorts of names on Facebook more than on here for suggesting that Plymouth didn't create much in the match , but the interview I read he was referring to after we went down to ten men and they didn't create as many clear cut chances after it.

And then today an article in the telegraph and Eustace is saying the timing of our press being off was his reasoning for us being so open and Plymouth getting good chances prior to the sending off ,and that he had tweaked things tactically at HT but due to McFadzean being sent off we didn't see it being implemented 

15 minutes ago, lraC said:

He told my brother over the weekend that he is out for 4 weeks.

Bummer