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I wonder if a few names will be leaked this evening/tomorrow morning that may put the hacks off the scent and let Williams get on with making the right decision.

A decision which could be quite amazing for the club short term, and if it works the long term aspirations of our club.

When Jack left this world he left another JW in charge of his beloved club, and he hasn't done a bad job turning us in to a fairly successful modern day football club.

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Sven wanted to make Mancini his first signing for Rovers and bring him from Italy with him.

Jack Walker said no.

It was the beginning of the end of Sven taking the job...

What it is to be old and still have your memory. :D

Very interesting........I always thought Mancini turned us down.

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Very interesting........I always thought Mancini turned us down.

No, for some reason I remember this well.

Sven put Mancini forward as his first prospective signing, but Jack said no. Eriksson was a bit put out - he never gets angry - and eventually used it as one of the reasons why he pulled out of joining. He didn't like 'interference.'

I believe Jack's reason for being against Mancini was his age. He thought he was too old. Mancini was 32 at the time.

Sven and Mancini are very close. He signed his boy for Man City.

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http://www.goal.com/en/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=725814

If this is true we should rule Laudrap out now, I especially don't like this.

"Among the clauses that were rejected by Panathinaikos, the most irksome proved to be his request to be allowed to leave at any time if a Spanish club made an approach for him."

Whats his obsession with Spain anyway?

I think that might be some 'black' publicity put out by the Greeks when he turned them down.

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Finally heard the John Williams interview on Sky...WHERE did he deny the Shearer story?

Sky are a journalistic disgrace. The man - obviously 'door-stepped' by someone with a camera - gave them a courteous and non-commital answer.

But some sneider decides to have a go at the papers and 'deny' that they will speak to Shearer.

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Hmm I noticed that myself, I saw the headlines on the skysports website this morning and from it you would believe that Rovers were denying any interest in Shearer and basically rubbishing this mornings stories. Then got home at dinner to see the fella on sky introducing the piece by saying JW is distancing himself from Shearer, only to actually watch the interview and see that he said something along the lines of you know me better than to start commenting on individuals especially when I am on my way to the meeting now to disscuss potential candidates! Skysports eh :wacko:

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I'm suprised you hate Sky so much especially when I've heard them compliment you personally twice this week

Well they praised you for having good connections at Rovers.

I don't like the way they take stories and pump them out and then lift newspaper stories and try to knock them down.

You just had to listen to the interview to hear John Williams had said nothing about Shearer either way.

Heard something about a compliment - not that I usually get them. Mind you, I always did like that Paul McCarthy ;)

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Didn't he go to B and Q in the end? I think they wanted to launch a new line in wardrobes.

Funny thing about this was his name appeared on the bookies sheets for first goalscorer on the Saturday game, so was it a case of another Roy Keane scenario.

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Finally heard the John Williams interview on Sky...WHERE did he deny the Shearer story?

Where on here, did anyone say that Sky did say he was ruled out, or that Sky said that JW wouldn't be flying out?

Think you got the wrong end of the stick Nicko.

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Where on here, did anyone say that Sky did say he was ruled out, or that Sky said that JW wouldn't be flying out?

Think you got the wrong end of the stick Nicko.

Sky themselves said it on their hourly headlines

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Where on here, did anyone say that Sky did say he was ruled out, or that Sky said that JW wouldn't be flying out?

Think you got the wrong end of the stick Nicko.

Sky did one of their silly yellow trailers on it...and then put it on their website.

Still, if it puts people off the trail, so be it.

Doesn't stop them being amateurs.

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Heard something about a compliment - not that I usually get them. Mind you, I always did like that Paul McCarthy ;)

You actually got two, one for your story on Hughes on Chelsea the day after he signed for City and another one today for the Shearer story.

The funny thing is I have friends who take what they say on Sky as Gospel and slate me for listening to "some guy on a forum" but now they know who you are and realize that you write half their stories for them.

I reckon I could set up a rival, just hire a Studio, 10 or so Uni drop outs to scour newsnow and tribalfootball al day and get ex-Blue Peter presenters just report them as fact and "exclusives"

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I reckon I could set up a rival, just hire a Studio, 10 or so Uni drop outs to scour newsnow and tribalfootball al day and get ex-Blue Peter presenters just report them as fact and "exclusives"

Well it's worked for them...

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Nicko, going by the players getting linked with the likes of Spurs, Villa, City etc who do you think will be the best of rest next season?

Also whats happening at Newcastle? Is Ashley going to splash the cash or are they really strapped for cash?

No new contract for Owen, Barton either facing the sack or wage reduction, Emre, Carr and now Ameobi all out the door with question marks over the future of the likes of Smith, Duff, Milner and Rozenhal...

Are they expected to make many movements in the transfer window?

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Will you still be unable to understand it when a packed and excited Blackburn are singing "There's only one Alan Shearer" at the first game of the season with the feel good factor as high as its been since the mid 90's ?

Oh the sheer joy and exuberance of it all!! Alan Shearer back at Rovers; wonderful stuff. The joyous mood of the crowd will lift the players and we will win our first 3 or 4 matches and could even actually find ourselves top of the EPL come end of August.

Then reality sets in...............it's where we finish in May 2009 that is the only thing that matters. Think about it!!!

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