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.

Don’t really like Ronaldo as such but he is clearly one of the best players to ever grace the game.

763 Apps

573 Goals

I was going to copy his honours and achievements off Wiki but the list was too long for me to be bothered.

What a hit that was!

Dack-esq ?

De Gea has had an absolute reggie there.

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Mowbray's  not infallible otherwise he wouldn't have signed Caddis, Gladwin, Hart, Harper Etc.

I know he's not very good but what is this guys supposed playing position?

34 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Just remembered that Sam Hart will be back after his loan at Rochdale with another 12 months still to go....

Forgot about this guy, presumably we will try and loan him out again

1 hour ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

How have Nottingham forest managed to just spend 13 million on a midfielder? Are they rolling the dice?

Their owner is  (allegedly) proper dodgey. No doubts he's seen Wolves go up last season and now has got Mendes on board to do the same for Forest.

Seems unlikely that he'll be spending his own cash (although i have no idea of his wealth).

If it works, FFP might as well be officially scrapped as this is just a blatant mockery of it. 

2 hours ago, JHRover said:

New 1 year deal for Conway confirmed

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2018/june/craig-nets-new-contract/

Not too fussed either way about Conway. I do like him as a player but I’m not sure he’s got another championship season in him, we’ll see but hopefully he does!

Mowbray mentioned a few times last season how Conway was a leader and voice in the changing room and rightly or wrongly that’s probably one the main reasons Mogga wanted to keep him.

Dack and Lenihan are the priorities for new contracts.

23 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Is agent Mendes involved in this transfer?

Yep he is according to Skysports:

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BREAKING NEWS

Nottingham Forest have agreed a club record fee in the region of £13m for Benfica midfielder Joao Carvalho, Sky Sports News understands.

The deal, subject to a medical, smashes Forest's transfer record of £6.2m for Britt Assombalonga.

Carvalho’s team-mate Diogo Goncalves is also expected to join Forest on a season-long loan.

Both players are represented by Jorge Mendes, who has worked closely in recent months with Wolves.

Both deals are expected to be completed by this weekend.

21 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Why is anyone worried about Bumley signing someone with a dodgy injury record surely it's to be celebrated it's about time they got some Murphy's and Etuhus foisted upon them !

Sad thing is though their manager will still rinse something resembling effort out of these types.

I'm not worried. It's all about timing, our relegation's and their promotions couldn't have happened at a worse time for us.

It just got me angry at Venkys again.

30 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Seems a bit pointless including Mexico in the bid. They're very different to Canada/US, they've hosted the World Cup on their own before, are a strong footballing nation, culturally and economically very different to the others. Possibly it is just the usual attitude of everything has to be bigger and therefore better than elsewhere.

I can see the attraction of the US and Canada joining forces as they are quite similar and football is still developing there, and they link up in various sports.

Canada and Mexico are going to be very much junior partners in this with the US running it and hosting the vast majority of games including all the latter stages.

Bit of header tennis over "The Wall"?

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BURNLEY PLAN WBA RAID

Burnley have offered West Brom £25m for defender Craig Dawson and striker Jay Rodriguez, according to the Daily Mirror

Probably not true but we are now in a world where The Dingles can spend £25m whilst we are hoping that Venkys give us an overall transfer budget of x10 less than that.

We really couldn't have dropped out of the PL at a worse time.

22 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Spain have sacked their manager, Lopetegui, 1 day before the World Cup begins after he took the Real Madrid job. He never lost a game as Spain manager in 2 years incharge.

 

Mental, who's in charge now?

51 minutes ago, its_rovertime said:

 

 

Surely this is in reference to the TV show 24 in which the main character is named Jack Bauer? Just before people who haven't seen it start to get too excited about an imminent arrival!

 

Fair point.

Touche Ladyboy

Just now, Ladyboys of Bank Top said:

Bauer to Ewood in 24 hours. 

Is this opinion, media link or Ladyboy exclusive?

Happy to see DG sign for another season.

I think his experience brings a lot more to the team than we realise. Playing up front on your own is hard work and he does it well. although it will be a much tougher test this season for him. 

1 hour ago, Vinjay17 said:

It's about knighthoods so it's completely relevant

“Apparently Jack turned down a knighthood as far back as the 70's because Fred wasn't offered one.“

That bit is about knighthoods. The rest is just babble.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/44380883

Sign him up Mogga whilst he is hot on the goal trail

Sky are going for the Villa in administration a real possibility angle: http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11677/11396171/aston-villa-up-for-sale-as-struggling-club-faces-winding-up-order

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A huge investment in players' wages plus more than £70m in transfers in just two seasons leaves the club facing an HMRC winding-up order, with the prospect of administration a real possibility.

2 hours ago, JacknOry said:

When he took over he claimed that Villa would be as big as Real Madrid and winning the Champions League within 5 years. Remind you of anything?

Sounds like the guy does not have as much money as he made out and took a huge gamble on promotion.

if they think they will be getting top dollar for their players like 30 mil for Grealish, they are in for a big surprise their too, clubs know their situation and that they have to sell.

Plenty of "sold for an undisclosed fee" lines to come out of Villa this summer. Followed by tip offs to Sky/Red Top rags of figures double the amount players were actually sold for.

It's a shame that football is going this way, foreign owners buying clubs and promising the world but are only really interested in making cash for themselves by being in the premier league. When their plan fails, they just down tools and walk away leaving the club as a complete wreckage.

Never realised Villa were in such a state.

Could be some miserable seasons on the horizon for them. Nothing we haven’t been through!

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

Possible bid for Edwards from us to Posh

https://www.peterboroughtoday.co.uk/sport/football/posh/latest-news-peterborough-united-accept-a-million-pound-bid-for-a-league-one-player-1-8521672

From the link below

The only other Posh players who would realistically command a seven-figure fee are midfielder Gwion Edwards and possibly centre-back Ryan Tafazolli. The Peterborough Telegraph did field a call from a representative of the Blackburn media regarding Edwards. Edwards, who is entering the last year of his Posh contract, was outstanding in both games against Blackburn last season and the promoted Lancastrians have money to spend as they prepare for life in the Championship.

I dont know how truth it is but just found so thought I post it anyway

I thought he looked against us at Ewood. Got forward well and took players on.

I'd be happy if we signed him (assuming he plays like that all the time!)