Marcus Antonsson has signed for Malmo on a permanent deal. 

So we can scratch him off any potential incomings list (thankfully)

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Well I tagged Rovers, Ryan Grant and Warren Lucy in the tweet. Ryan Grant replied saying he is aware of this and its been passed to the right people. Probably Mowbray and Waggott. Expect a statement tomorrow where Evans says sorry and apologises for his actions

Not really good enough from Evans though is it?

I mean, if I felt the same way, getting caught out and then apologising isn’t going to make me feel any different. I’d just be more careful.

Mowbray is trying to build a squad that has a good connection with the fan base. Evans, clearly isn’t buying into it. 

2 minutes ago, OJRovers said:

Very worrying that we're lining up with 3 at the back in pre season. Same happened last season and it meant we didn't get going until September once the system had been abandoned.

I have no doubts we will be lining up with a back 3 against Ipswich. 

Mowbray wanted us to play that last season and I think injuries forced his hand to switch formation and it worked, so he had to stick with it.

But it was always coming back. 

8 minutes ago, DE. said:

Pretty much. The Croatians put three forward, pushed us onto the back foot and we never really got back into the game. We ended up stuck in a 5-3-2, our attackers vanished, the Croatians suddenly had a lot more time on the ball and should really have put the game to bed before the ninety minutes were up. Extra time was just two very tired teams hoping to grab a goal. Croatia were the ones who nicked it through a momentary lapse of concentration from Stones. That aside it would probably have gone to penalties.

6 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

The teams that started the second half were exactly the same as the team's in the first half. We were dominant in the first half. Then they changed their way of playing  and we didn't deal with it until it was too late.

Ah, you 2 guys (right?) so much football knowledge (genuinely)

Yes, I’ve a had a few beers but the point still stands that your knowledge/insights into the game is always welcome on these boards.

1 hour ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

A former 18 million international defender with lots of prem experience to develop our younger players, yea totally man ? exactly what we need I reckon, few players with higher level experience. He is only 33 need I point out another 33 year old Just went for 88 million. Life in him yet 

Glenn Johnson was never worth £18million, he may have been sold for that much but he was never worth it.

He'll turn 34 in a month and has a nice history with injuries to go with that.

He would be here for one reason and one reason only, a final pay day.

Just now, Mattyblue said:

Kane's 25 in September, he's never played a league game for Chelsea and they've loaned him out to 7 clubs.

That's their 'model' all over. Hoover up loads of talent, put them on long term contracts and loan them out for half their career.

Yep, awful club. Ruins a lot of players careers.

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Todd Kane available on a free from Chelsea. He would be great competition for Nyambe. 

Not sure he ever turned into the player people thought he would after he left here.

He also suffered an ACL injury a couple of season back, always a concern with those types of injuries.

47 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

I don't think it's us in for him, I reckon it's WBA.

I’d say so.

Would he not be a replacement for McClean who’s gone AWOL to force a move away?

1 hour ago, JacknOry said:

Has already said he will have to fight for a place in the team, so yeah, guess he will be on bench first match.

Need to see how he gets on in pre season, hopefully he does well and catches Mogga's eye.

Evans shouldn't be an automatic starter, far from it in fact.

Just now, AAK said:

Nonda has done okay, now at Galatasaray, plays European football regularly etc.

Danny Simpson gone on to win the Premier League.

Jermaine Jones you could say carried on playing a a good level in germany and in a world cup.

Mame Diouf, carried on playing in Premier League, but now in Championship.

Michael Keane,  done regrettably well EDIT Sorry you said Keane

He must be in his 40's by now!

Never.

Ever.

Let ANYONE tell you,

that its “just a game”

10 minutes ago, Biz said:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2018/july/new-deal-for-darragh/

the twitter account taking the piss out of Nixon made my morning;

 

Awesome news

I don’t know much about the lad but it’s good to see Mogga bringing in young players who have a point to prove and will fight for a first team place. A far cry from the overpaid dross, who we’re past it and only came for a final payday.

Also good to see 2 central midfielders coming in, been our weakest area for a long time.

Suarez is an unbelievably frustrating footballer. The lad can really play but is an awful little human being, who blatantly cheats at every opportunity. Shame.

That little girl Uruguay have at left back is pretty feisty though.

Lovely finish from Cavani.

1 hour ago, SkipDonoghue said:

DL has agreed and signed for the next 4 years

That’s my initials. I’ve been keeping it under the radar but I guess this lad has got the scoop.

32 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

I can still follow him, I just can't @ him. I think anyway, he banned me years ago. I'd say 2011. It was Kean related. I haven't checked recently. I can see his tweets anyway 

Why would you want to? ?

20 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Bolton about to sign Jack Rodwell apparently. That guys career has taken a serious detour. The curse of young players going to big clubs too early in their careers 

That must be some wage drop he’s taking.

Brilliant to see Germany out. 

credit to korea as well for getting a result like that when it made no difference to them. 

23 hours ago, Vinjay17 said:

It was a Premier League club and some fans seemed to think playing for England was the height of achievement. "Dunny for England" was playing for Rovers not good enough for some? Rovers were a Premier League club (and pretty damn established even taking the 2 year absence into account) you wouldn't have heard Liverpool fans chanting "Fowler for England" despite his limited number of appearances. People chanted it with Sutton of course but I guess any fanbase would have done the same after that whole England B/Hoddle fallout. Sutton regretted it but how could you justify picking Les Ferdinand ahead of him in 97-98 season? Maybe in 96-97 while Ferdinand was banging in goals at Newcastle but in 1998 it was the other way round. Didn't people question Hoddle picking Ferdinand because he happened to be at Spurs? Darren Anderton as well who initially in WC 98 was selected ahead of Beckham.

Also it's more than fair to question Dunn accepting a callup from Eriksson. If he's the great local icon he claims to be then he should have refused or at the very least criticised Eriksson's behaviour towards the club (and Jack in particular) in 1997 and leading Jansen to believe he would be in 02 squad. I guess exaggerating his "hatred" of Burnley (played for their youth didn't he because he hates them so much?) was more important than speaking up for Jack though. He even had to spin that into a story about turning them down for Rovers in the end as if that was a tough decision ?. People can say what they like about me impacted by years of mental/psychological abuse which never gets taken into account. That's not an exaggeration because I was right about the Walker family influencing the trustees + their neglect in general.

 In 1997 had I been an aspiring youth player (that's a VERY hypothetical scenario lol because my footballing "ability" is beyond non existent) there's no way in hell I would have represented United (something else I had to "justify" more and more after Jack died when nobody had any issue with my contempt for them before that) at any level even under 12s. Don't call me a liar. Admittedly I've seen some City/Liverpool fans say they would let their kids play for United youth and would have done the same themselves. I can't understand that logic at all. Hypothetically or otherwise if United express an interest in a young player other clubs would as well. Even if United made the first approach all you would have to do is send letters to every other top club (and even some average clubs) in the country saying "United want me can you take a look instead"? I even saw one story about a kid crying (think it was a City fan who's parents were also City fans) because United scouts had spotted them and they forced their kid to go and attend one of their youth sessions. Why didn't they just call up City or anyone else and tell them? Maybe it's a bit extreme to call that child abuse but never denied my contempt for United approaches psychotic levels at times. 

In all likelihood I wouldn't have represented Burnley either because even then their boring name alone would have sent me to sleep and been detrimental to any enthusiasm. No wonder they haven't had more takeover interest though FUP lessens any appeal too. No doubt FUP and their paranoia over relegation caused the family to pressure the trustees more and more. Ultimately to the point their "extensive research" led them to sell to people who didn't even know what relegation was. I guess because of my pro takeover stance it's somehow hypocritical of me to have expected them to at least do some actual research and conduct an intensive questioning process. If not for me at least for the vast majority.

Said I wasn't going to "justify" myself again and then I write responses like this. Anyone who says I can't help myself and rant too much you're probably right. 

I think you just need to stop following football altogether.

You can't possibly gain any enjoyment out of it.

3 hours ago, JayDee said:

'if the numbers are right' is a phrase often used by Nixon so it's hardly surprising its been adopted by Chaddy. He obviously thinks it makes him sound like a journo or ITK. Not sure I'd want to use someone as clueless as Nixon as a benchmark mind. 

It also gives Nixon the opportunity to link any player to any club and comes with a get out of jail free card every time.

”Bolton were interested in Rhodes but the numbers weren’t right”

Just like Bolton would be interested in signing Ronaldo if the numbers were right.

Just now, Bigdoggsteel said:

Ya, a good bit. Great signing. 

You haven't seen much? 

What kind of midfielder is he? I know very little, other than highly rated (which it said in the article ?)

There are some terrible goal keepers about.

51 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I went on the BBC Rovers web page to look for our full fixture list to be met by headlines ..... Lampard, Lambard........

It will be a very long Lampard season.

https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers

I'm not too sure it will be.