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tomphil

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  1. One of my favourite all time Rovers is Scott Sellars I always thought of him as a winger but had a good debate with a mate who said he wasn't really an out and out winger. He pointed to Dalglish pretty quickly moving Sellars about then out the team in favour of very traditional up and down byline type wingers on both sides in Wilcox and Ripley. Superb player though Sellars pity he was so tiny.
  2. Never really rated Hart all along and certainly not for England, he had a little purple patch when he was young but never grew into what he looked like he might. Pulls off the saves for the camera but really struggles with basics and his concentration levels were shocking at times. Probably turn out world class now under a solid defensive unit and manager .....
  3. Leeds with the early KO a few times in the recent past have only brought 3k ish despite having all the DE so they are not really a certainty either. Derby have had some shockers up here, sub 1k when struggling although the Lampard effect should mean a good effort this time.
  4. Going back to Hendry's time as manager there he was paying stuff out of his own pocket like overnight stays before away games and post match meals and stuff because they were having packed lunches on the bus and the like. Proper shower the Oystons you can bet they weren't eating boiled ham butties post match !
  5. Christ that really would re-open a can of worms .... ?
  6. Hmmm there's those artificial loses on paper again ..... Nice to see this scrote not being able to benefit from money he's probably bled from elsewhere T##T !!!!!
  7. Thing is with this signing it represents huge money for us going off recent times but in the grand scheme of things it's peanuts even for Championship football. I don't think they'll lose out on the initial fee before add ons.
  8. Club closed the BBE upper in similar fashion and probably would have done this anyway regardless of Waggot sadly. Yes maybe he could have tried to stop it but we all know the ultimate non football power at Rovers are the bean counters.
  9. Good signing and some more very long overdue significant reinvestment, i'd love them to spend similar on a good solid centre half and a good centre midfielder !
  10. If you've watched Wilder closely you'll notice he's been quite quiet down the years when his no 1 contenders or other champs have been between bouts yet the min they've signed for other fights his mouth goes into overdrive. He's been very well guided between dangerous fights down the years whereas Joshua whatever anyone thinks of him has fought for belts and mandatories from early in his career. Doesn't matter on the actual quality of the oppo he's at least fulfilling his obligations similar to what Klitschko did I just hope he doesn't become as robotic. I do believe Wilder wants this fight he's nowhere else to go really but I do firmly believe he won't take it first in the UK and he'll do everything he can, as he has to avoid that. Similar with AJ to be fair. Wilder is the one losing out though he's older, further down the path and fighting for a lot less and has zero credible opponents, the Fury fight is pure fantasy just for his publicity drive and another boring chance to mouth off about Joshua, Hearn etc. Joshua's path is pretty much stealthily plotted for the next couple of years without Deontay, big money fights, big crowds and less risk on paper IF he keeps winning of course and the Fury fight in that lot is a 100% possibility IF Tyson really wants it.
  11. When you dig in the murky world of football agents things like that aren't uncommon unsurprisingly enough and a lot wee in the same pots even if it doesn't show at companies house.
  12. For a bit of balance Connings association at Rovers goes back way pre Venkys. I might be wrong but I think he was Sambas agent. That shows he can get decent players although Sambas departure shows the other side of it as it was a bit mysterious but fit right in with the times. Also his constant demands for stupid money was badly advised.
  13. Lack of commanding vocal keepers and centre halves can't help although there's always been late goals, as they say you play to the final whistle. We are in an era of nice lads and players coming from academies where they are more encouraged to be all rounder's rather than specialists in what they are good at.
  14. Got the contract in the bag though so he's set to cruise for a bit now no doubt he does seem the type in terms of body language. A spell on loan lower down to work for his coin is the way to go imo. If Conning gets him out on loan and Gallagher in it won't hurt his commission too much ......?
  15. Influenced by big Sam though......
  16. Been said all along by a few of us, the headroom off that kind of budget which maybe is the type they are looking at underwriting over the next few years probably only allows deposits and instalments of around 1 to 2 million. The down payments and instalments on Armstrong plus a decent loan might top it out for now until more room is made.
  17. He really is painful he's obviously been trawling this site again.
  18. I understand TM likes to give players a chance but he's a lot of wages that could be put to better use tied up in those two and they'll never offer anything other than maybe a token cameo here and there. Pointless really.
  19. Funny how they can manage to resist selling more to away fans when they are also run on modest means although maybe the local plod have a big say in it.
  20. Same things we knew before Samuel is pointless on the right wing in any league , Williams struggles in this division, we lack 90+ mins concentration and above all TM employs tactics to try and see games out too early despite putting Palmer on the team just always seem to have that mentality. A point on the board though.
  21. Some things never change it's back to standard championship Rovers straight off, get ready for a season of conceding terrible late goals and turning wins into draws it's what we do best at this level ? A point is a point .......... it's 3 blown though.
  22. Great counter attack for that second, hopefully a trademark of this season as just like last we look really menacing in full counter mode.
  23. You'd like to think so but.... They are riding the crest of a wave though to be fair a bit like Rovers did probably 26 years ago so when your stock is at the highest it's probably ever been in modern times I suppose it's easier to get people on board. Another reason dingles are a disappointment after years of listening to their wind and piss about passionate support ?
  24. Agree although the likes of Palace and Huddersfield I just don't feel we have or ever have enough had enough of those types of fans to keep up relentless chanting whatever the score/form opposition even when we had the numbers coming. Neither do Burnley although they've had a few pathetic attempts at it in the old longside, just the way it is in this area people need something on the pitch to rev them up so I don't think a section near the away fans would ever really catch fire. Key for me would be getting it back to the centre of the BBE where it all used to grow from, that was always the traditional heartbeat of the ground but now it barely has a pulse.
  25. But you get that everywhere and always have now the days of traditional home 'ends' have died away. Ten years plus ago treks to Boro/Sunderland etc you had a little group in the corner next to the away fans giving it large all game. Just not quite annoying as Boltons kiddies corner ! but it's not unusual we have some lads who fancy doing the same.
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