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Which is exactly what we sold him for. Palace knew we were desperate and low balled us - Parrish all but admitted that and even threatened to pull out of the deal because he knew we would capitulate.

Wharton was the stand out young player in the Championship and in his first season we just missed out on the playoffs and he played very well too. Do you really think Huijsen is worth over twice as much?

Is he worth over twice as much?

Dean Huijsen has signed for Real Madrid from Bournemouth for £50m. That's over double what Palace stole Adam Wharton for and he too is 20. He has played 30 Premier League games and a handful of senior games in Italy.

And Waggott gets himself a huge pay increase. No morals or shame in these people.

There is a one week hiatus by the club are for what is reported as administration. They are back on sale on May 21st with Phase 2 pricing.

Didn't Don Martin play both positions too (perhaps not for us but Northampton)? Colin Hendry was another who was quite versatile and who can forget Chris Samba creating havoc against Spurs. I'm sure I read that Mike England could play both roles too.

John Waddington could also play as a striker. He played mainly in that position coming through school particularly St Mary's College. If my memory serves he was signed as a striker for Liverpool (scouted by local scout Fred O'Donoghue).

I went to watch Oldham v Halifax in the NL Playoff match last night and didn't hear the teams as the PA system was awful. After about 20 minutes I noticed a portly figure in midfield for Oldham and recognised Corry Evans. He did fine and was taken off after 68 minutes. I paid particular attention to see if he was going off for treatment but he went and sat down in the dug out. 🤣

I hadn't realised that. That clearly puts a different perspective on it particularly with Brandon Powell signing a new deal.

The window opens on June 1st, closes on June 10 for six days then reopens on June 16th until September 1st. The window cannot exceed 89 days hence the break.

The caveat which I mentioned was keeping fit. I believe he can become Championship standard if he is given the opportunity. He should get chances to impress in pre season and if Ismael doesn't think he's up to it then he will move on, perhaps permanently.

You are missing the wider point here. There is an upwards trend in women's football and typically we are going against this by, if the reports are correct disbanding ours. Why not try and look for sponsors and try and increase commercial income (does that sound familiar) rather than just throw the towel in. We paid £1.2m on agents fees and pay ridiculous amounts to under achieving executives. A proportion of that would fund the women's team. When posters say they would welcome administration you come back to them about people losing their jobs should it happen. This is no different as people will lose their jobs through this. it simply doesn't have to be this way if the owners would fund it.

Completely irrelevant. How many watch the under 21's and youth teams? Shall the club stop funding them too? This will affect other Rovers girls teams too.

I would imagine Waggots wage alone eclipses the budget for the women's team.

I agree although I do have an element of sympathy. I was told the other week that Pasha and Swag were questioning the viability of the women's team. The national media would be all over this and shine the spotlight once again on the Punekars and their acolytes over here. It's essentially a free hit for the coalition if true.

Those awards auger well for next season when Batty can hopefully become a regular squad member and given opportunities to play. He undoubtedly has many attributes but seemed to lose his way towards the latter end of 23-24 season but this almost certainly was exacerbated by injuries. I saw him a few times for Accrington where he played both full back and wing back and was equally adept in both.

I watched the BBC documentary on the Bradford City fire last night in 1985 when 56 people lost their lives. I was a great piece of television and included lots of interviews from supporters who were there and families who lost loved ones. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3r8r1408jro

For me one of the biggest issues is that the incompetents at Ewood are given a financial target to reach and the volume of sales is really secondary to this. It breeds laziness and puts no pressure on them and keeps them comfortable in the knowledge there are around 8000 diehards who will usually but irrespective of price.. The targets should be both financial and numbers sold. I remember Fraser Read and Waggott boasting about record sales financially but we still had thousands of empty seats.

Perhaps not but that's not really the point.

With thousands of empty seats surely any current season ticket holder who wants to transfer should just be able to do so through the normal online/in store process. Making things difficult is the only thing that has improved since the Punekars darkened our door.

Phase 1 deadline is May 14th but the Phase 2 isn't available until May 21st. Am I missing something or are tickets effectively off sale for a week? Who dreams these things up.

I watched the first let of Partick against Ayr in midweek and Ayr brought a substitute on called Ethan Walker. He looked familiar so I googled his name and sure enough it was the lad we took from Preston in similar circumstances to Dolan. I saw him play several times for the under 21's and never thought he was good enough for the Championship. It's good to see him playing at a decent level.

Sunderland got their tactics spot on and the old fashioned 4-4-2 worked perfectly as the front two dropped deep when Coventry had the ball rather than pressing high up. Coventry really didn't have an answer and whilst they might point to possession and other stats being well in their favour it showed there are many ways to win football matches not just the possession based style which many managers and coaches obsess over.

Lunacy. Last season an under 18 in the Upper JW outer was £59. The early bird price this season was £99 and the Phase Two price has gone up to £149. How on earth can they justify an almost 200% increase?