Why wouldn't Rothwell play?

Still only 29.

Don't think it's that unusual. Man Ure wanted £12m from Newcastle as a loan fee for Lingard if they stayed up.

Why not? I thought we did extremely well out of him at the time. Is it "Rothwell syndrome"? 🙂

Phil Jones or Bradley Johnson though?

OK. I was only asking as it might have a knock on effect for our business.

Sorry, have we sold Lenihan and I missed it?

So they're all mouth and no action then?

I don't think we need a centre half per se but I think he'd be a great option in midfield and could cover in defence if needed.

Based on the past performance of our recruitment department it is hard not to be that cynical isn't it? What is it they say when you're buying an investment "Past performance is no guarantee of future success" or something? Let's hope the same principle applies in reverse here!

Yes please. Crunch a fee people in Central midfield.

And? Club say no - end of story. Never needed to be made public. Not from our end anyway.

Who have they ACTUALLY signed? Genuine question as I've no idea!

He did not say Rothwell did not want to be considered. He said he made the decision to leave Rothwell at home himself as he didn't want to be sat there worrying if Rothwell’s head was in the right place. Completely out of order from Mowbray for me, should have stayed in house. He turned a storm in a teacup into a major issue. All that said, old news now, hopefully that's the end of it and we can move forward with Rothwell, Nyambe, Lenihan, AND 3 or4 quality additions to the squad which are badly needed.

Personally I think Maja would have been a bit too much of a gamble. If he broke down again we'd have had it. If he plays for the rest of the season unhindered would be a different story but then again he'd be more expensive at that point I suppose.

Good spot.

Ray Wilkins has been spotted at the Wilpshire Hotel.

The bids been in for a while. Didn't think there was any chance of it being accepted. Still can't see it.

Oh no what a shame. I remember him being diagnosed, had forgotten about that.

Errrrmmmm................

🤣 To be fair my motto this window be it with Nyambe, Rothwell or Lenihan has been "if it ain't broke don't fix it" I'd also apply that to the manager while he's doing well. Don't change what's (temporarily) working! I couldn't get my head round the fact he seemed to be trying to encourage the owners to sell a key player to a promotion rival though.

Ooh good shout great player.

And J*B told everyone it "was done" when it wasn't anything of the sort causing everyone to have a meltdown and a lot of people to have a right go at the player and/or Club. Completely out of order. Mowbray also completely out of order for leaking a story which should have stayed firmly in house. Welcome back Joe and well done Venky's. ( We could do with a number of other players in this afternoon though if that's ok).

Agree on both counts. We've had several players in and out of Brockhall last week apparently one of which allegedly from abroad and TM has been on about being close to signing a foreign player for a week or more. That said like you however I would never underestimate the capacity of our recruitment department to fail to get deals over the line. Why leave it until the last day?. It's madness. Like you I predict a day of disappointment and our promotion hopes receding into the distance. Might go to bed until 11p.m. and hope to wake to find Rothwell, Lenihan and Nyambe still Rovers players and the three or four solid signings we need on top of that to give us a chance.

Who cares? Everyone knows you aren't injured and are just trying it on. You won't get any sympathy there mate. On a serious note it can't just be that easy to swing the lead as every player would do it and simply never bother playing! And this would look particularly blatant in Rothwell's case as he's after a move. (For the avoidance of doubt I don't believe JR would ever behave like that (for the sake of his own career) or has refused to play at any point, from TM's interview it looks like it was his decision to withdraw Rothwell from the fray)