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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)

OK. We'll have you independently assessed and if they say you're fit to play, as far as we're concerned you're in breach of contract. If you're not happy with that you can take us to Court. Hope you've got enough money to pay 2 lots of legal fees when you lose.

To which our reply should have been, fair enough, you can go there in summer if you like but if you're not available to play in the meantime you'll be in breach of contract and won't get paid.

Rothwell can't force the issue. He can refuse to sign a new deal but has no say on whether he leaves or not this window. If he goes Rovers CHOSE to let him go.

I like the sound of that.

Not straw clutching but My mate's son has pointed out that Sharpe's twitter feed is saying that the situation from Rovers end on Rothwell is that it is basically unchanged. I.e. no sale without replacents first. Are we saying he's completely wrong?

It certainly will. So far it's + £2.5m? £3.3 m in for Rothwell less 800k for Markanday and Hedges? To say we need a big day tomorrow is the understatement of all time. Around £12.5m to be spent tomorrow then. 🙄

Den, you mentioned Fred Pick before. It was slightly before my time but I'd imagine there's a huge difference. Back then I guess we needed to sell to survive. The difference here is Venky's don't need the relatively nominal fee we'll get for Rothwell. We haven't sold for financial reasons, we've done it because Mowbray has seemingly persuaded the owners he can be clever and wheel and deal to improve the squad. Whether or not that can actually be done remains to be seen. I'm expecting the excuse that everything happened too close to the end of the window to do anything much tomorrow. Hope I'm wrong.

Did they buy Dembele as well? Good window for them. Meanwhile we're scratching around with a loan or two and a couple of cheap punts. Could all change tomorrow of course but based on past performance I'm not hopeful.

Well, yes, apologies for the profanity but that doesn't change my view on it one iota. I'm beyond incandescent. It would be bad enough selling to your main promotion rivals in itself but when your sat 2nd in the table for the first time in a decade and the manager who should be fighting tooth and nail to keep the side together seemingly has talked the owners who didn't want to sell into a sale.............. If a Burnley fan was trying to write a sitcom taking the piss out of Rovers he simply couldn't top that.

We're not. Hence if you bother to read my post properly I said "If the wheels fall off" I.e. If selling Rothwell and attempting to replace him elsewhere turns out to have a clearly detrimental effect. I didn't mean if we play really well until the end of the season and miss out on goal difference etc.

Sorry, think that's absolute rubbish. The proof of the pudding will be in the eating of course but what's £3.3m in the general scheme of things if as a result the wheels fall off at our end and Bournemouth go up? Could work the other way of course but if not it's probably one of the worst if not the worst single decision in the history of the Club. Certainly the most costly at £100m plus parachute payments minimum. A risk we simply didn't need to take.

I'll drive the twat down to the Hawthorns free of charge.. Be too late to salvage the window now probably though unfortunately.

Everything.

Why is is not Mowbray's fault then Len? 1) Rothwell goes nowhere this month without the Club's say so. 2) By his own admission he had to talk the owners into letting him sell Rothwell. Please explain.

So much for Rothwell not being sold before replacements come in then. Mowbray's a lying bustard isn't he.

Yes, rather than sell to Bournemouth. No brainer isn't it?

Calm down Mike, you're acting like a bride jilted at the altar.