roversfan99

How do you know that he hasn't been offered contracts? It's not even mid July, he is probably pondering his next move.

We don't want him to boost Charlton, we need them to be as crap as possible. We want as many teams as possible to be worse.

Its not that he doesnt want to renew. He seemingly was about to but because we left it far too late, his head will be turned by a much better offer.

No one should fall for the shite that will peddled about him being about to sign a new deal before we was blown out of the water. This should have been sorted months ago. We may well have got close to an agreement but in the summer with a year to go, always a risk of this. If he was about to sign a new deal, that makes it worse because had we offered it previously he would have signed without this risk.

Wonderful.

I dont see the evidence that he has been sold a fairytale. All he has done so far is declined an old contract from us which is almost certainly nowhere near fair. We are 11 days post contract expiry, I think the month after expiry is also paid. So its not like we can conclude that no one has come in for him, still time to mull over his next very important move

Fees certainly arent "irrelevant." If you have more money, you are more likely to get better quality. Not guaranteed but more likely.

What are you on about? You are so paranoid about making sure that you defend the club that you go off on tangents and create arguments that didnt exist.

They were in the Premier League. But also practically 20 years ago. Reported as a fee of below £500k without add ons, that is a nominal fee for a Championship club. Its not a comment on the player.

At least the sub right back for a nominal fee got done.

We know what happens here. The deal just fizzles away and hes back in Switzerland early next week.

Elliott Jackson reporting that the Baradji deal has stalled.

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25304176.ryan-alebiosu-transfer-verdict-blackburn-rovers-move/ Some opinion from those that have seen him. Common consensus is uncertainty as to whether hes up to standard at this level or worth £500k. (Although as mentioned yesterday, the actual fee is much less up front) The Scottish journalist/expert suggested that he didnt stand out, however the opinions of the 4 or 5 St Mirren fans that I posted yesterday suggested otherwise.

Kapuadi and Al Sahafi would both require ESC slots. Seems uncertain if we have 1 left but certainly not 2.

He reads the game well and anticipates danger well. He is slow but he often positions himself to avoid being exploited.

As an 11 or 7. Modern day football eh. So as a winger. Hopefully he will be given freedom to really exploit transitions with a solid double pivot behind him and help to get our xg up.

I would be very surprised to see Pickering go and I find him to be a steady Championship full back. I think assuming the 4231, De Neve will be behind Kargbo.

If we have so much experience, then why did we need him back in the first place? Just saying "Ismael wanted him" and "championship experience" doesnt make it right. I dont think he is good enough and I dont think he was needed personally. Im guessing from you, there are no question marks at all so far? Not about the individuals necessarily but about the way we have done things. It doesnt have to be a criticism. One of my points, if we go and pay fees on a striker and right winger, then great. If we dont, then I dont get why we have spent on 2 midfielders. So it isnt a criticism yet, just a question. I also dont get why we have so many midfielders. If say Tronstad signs a new deal, we have to sell Travis (or vice versa) and then we can shift Buckley and Garrett, then buying 2 midfielders makes sense.

To be fair, I think without names its unremarkable. The Brittain one would be the scoop to be able to stop living off the Rhodes one he apparently came up with. Getting a bit old that. I really hope its true.

Ohashi, Gueye, Kargbo and Cantwell between them got was it 18 goals between them last season, thats chucking in 2 penalties. I would be massively dissapointed if that group didnt get comfortably more than that between them, that is for sure. I also dont anticipate our defensive record being as strong so they will need to get more and we will need some new additions to also get some.

I addressed that. Just saying Championship experience doesnt nullify that question. Jason Lowe and Corry Evans have that, lets get them back. I literally said, if the only reason we signed him was for Championship experience, surely it would have been wiser to sign an experienced head in a position where we have less depth. Rather than a position where we had plans to sign 2, already have 2 key players there, and also have 3 other players in that position? But again, you are keen dismiss healthy, constructive questions such as the make up of the squad, the balance of the squad, the utilisation of resources etc. If you do merely try and debate these, you are being negative and glass half empty in your eyes. Would more goals in those games not have solved that?

But even then if you think about it, how many attackers in each of the last 5 seasons or whatever have previously had below 10 goals in the prior year, and then havent boomed into prolific goalscorers. Theres hope that the players I mentioned could improve how many goals they got, but it would be a welcome massive shock and exception if they started scoring at that level.

Absolutely dreadful. Going to be hounded out before he kicks a ball.