davulsukur

Good to see us moving for a striker. Don't know anything about him, his goal scoring record (purely looking at numbers) looks a tad underwhelming but hopefully he has more about him than Gallagher.

27 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Not sure why having a game on Tuesday affects things. If Broughton and his team are in charge of recruitment they can stay in Lancashire to complete deals and JDT and team go to Birmingham for the match.

Hope this won't be the latest excuse for a failed transfer window.

Yeah, I don't know why either. Surely the discussions about what players we are going to try and sign happened ages ago. JDT will have had his input and now it's up to GB and his team to deliver.

The game shouldn't impact it too much.

*From our point of view at least

25 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

Hasn't O brien already agreed to join WBA?  It's a bit pointless going after him, no way to compete with WBA

A quick Google search suggests he is close to joining WBA according to multiple news sites.

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Rovers want Lewis O'brien from Forest

WBA and Boro also keen

https://the72.co.uk/2023/01/29/blackburn-middlesbrough-west-brom-all-keen-on-nottingham-forest-summer-signing/

Even if it's true, with Boro and WBA keen, it's unlikely we'll be signing him.

Just now, callumrovers said:

That was dog awful. Who was picking him up?

Hey, leave dogs out of it.

Dog's are the good guys.

FFS

2 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

You have to wonder if JRC's long term future might be in central midfield rather than back up right back as he seems to have many of the qualities that we need in there.

What is his natural position? An attacker?

Good lord...

Dacky to the rescue!

Passing around at the back has cost us, again. 

We don't recover in games, so we're done after just 3mins.

Abysmal 

5 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

I’m not sticking up for Waggott, I don’t think a good CEO. You only have to look across the board at us commercially etc and you can see his limitations.

But he can’t be sacked for the reasons mentioned here because he wanted to sell Lenihan, Nyambe, Rothwell and Brereton before their contracts ran out. He told me so in a chat I had with him at Ewood. Something or someone must’ve blocked him because he was adamant they’d be sold if the wouldn’t sign.

Pretty sure he went public with the same line as well?

22 minutes ago, ItsRoverZ said:

With Diaz confirmed, I really don't know if we carry on playing him? He's not going to give 100% his head is now firmly in Spain, such a shame we don't have a replacement or adequate cover 

It's the worst situation for us, again, just like Rothwell last season.

He'll be "the model professional" in training so he'll probably get played most weeks but his mind will be focusing on Spain. He's off form as it is and probably stay that way for the rest of the season. 

He's one of our better players though, so, guessing we need to keep playing him. 

Also, who could replace him and actually be any good?

17 minutes ago, J*B said:

Announced:

 

In all the time I've followed Fabrizio on twitter, I don't think I've ever seen him get anything wrong. 

Also, how have we gone from Colby Bishop to lling Junior? Only at Rovers!

Would be an unreal loan signing.

8 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Parachute payments are magical. How did we manage to fuck ours up

Absolutely criminal what we did with ours.

A complete and total fuck up.

Dyche expected to be appointed Everton manager today.

38 minutes ago, Butty said:

Good old Nixon 😂

He'll claim it was "Ferguson no (Nearly Overtheline) to Forest Green"

So he was correct! 😎

26 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

He's on £30k a week according to t'internet. 

Nearly joined West Brom in the summer, they just didn't get the paperwork through in time. Assume this means he's willing to drop his salary for first team football? (No idea what West Brom pay)

9 minutes ago, Mellor Rover said:

Sensible signing for me, we needed a pacey winger who can cross, and we've got one of the best (statistically) in the division. 

We've been crying out for some pace in this squad, great to see that we've (on paper at least) added that.

Sorba could prove to be a good signing if JDT can get the best out of him but if it's a loan without an option to buy, it's mental that we'd take a relegation threatened championship teams player and put him back in form, then send him back in the summer. 

3 hours ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

Everton now turning to Allardyce according to reports. But if your "strategy" is Frank or Bielsa or Allardyce then what it really says is that you don't have a strategy at all.

I mean, if they really want to get the fans even more on their backs, getting Allardyce in would do it. They really didn't like him there. 

 Not sure if it was the same hierarchy when he was there before but they've already sacked him once.

He obviously loves the challenge of a relegation battle but he might think twice about going back.

5 minutes ago, TurkishDelight said:

Iam still pretty sure Jo Inge Berget is signing on a free transfer.  

This a hunch or based on something you've heard?

In the least surprising news ever, Lampard has been sacked.

13 hours ago, matt83 said:

Probably. He could even rock up at rovers. People would convince themselves that he’s got premier league experience, a championship play off under his belt and will have contacts at chelski for loans. Mowbray had his journey that failed. Jdt and his project will no doubt fail. I can’t wait for 2025 and fat Frank’s 4 year stratagem. 

Not sure I could handle being called "Frank Lampards Blackburn Rovers" tbh

1 hour ago, Miller11 said:

Most players back themselves to break into the team where they are going to. Even if they don’t, I think I’d be happy being paid a million pounds a year to sit in the bench rather than playing regularly for 300k when I’ve no emotional attachment to either team.

This is the point that seems to get missed a lot. Not only will they back themselves but the club wanting to sign them in the first place would give them enough initial belief that they would be a success.

Better paid and far more likely to have a crack at the prem, it's a no brainer on his part.

1 minute ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Coventry join Sunderland, Blackburn and Wigan in Leeds player pursuit | Football League World

Leeds want a club that will pay a big chunk of his wages and give him lots of playing time. 

I thought he played in Markanday/Hedges position? 

If he's any good, he'll play every game for us, regardless of where he plays, our lot are too inconsistent/shite.