Thursday deadline.

[G Somerset Rover]

You’d have hoped we were in for him given the roasting he gave a number of our players last season. Perhaps he just fancied Ipswich. Onto Maddison it is then Tony.

[USABlue]

10 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Here is a list of Rovers players agents

https://www.transfermarkt.com/blackburn-rovers/berateruebersicht/verein/164

Simon Conning's company is Crown Football and according to the link above the first team player he represent is Nyambe. 

I'm very sorry to other members who are bored or fed up talking about agents and Conning. Im getting bored of it myself

Is THAT why Nyambe gets so much stick from that person.

[CraigF]

28 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Like Edwards...

Yeah like him ?

should write up an alternative a and b list for Tony!

[AllRoverAsia]

45 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

You must be joking. This can't be serious. Nyambe was fantastic all match. 

AWOL  from trying to stop the cross for the first Ipswich goal

Edited August 4, 2018 by AllRoverAsia

[Angry_Pirate]

I really hope that it isn't too long before we start lining up with this front 6 (assuming Armstong signs and no other 'A' listers do)

-------------- Graham --------------

-- Armstong - Dack - Palmer --

-------- Bennett ---- Travis* --------

The * could be Davenport or Evans, basically not Smallwood, I'm quickly going off the guy. Samuel, Rothwell and I presume new signings can be our bench options.

We can't be having Nuttall and Conway as our 70+ minute options. If that wasn't clear before today, it has to be now.

If Maddison is better than Edwards, why hasnt he been taken yet by someone? Edwards at £700k would have been fantastic for our right wing.

Edited August 4, 2018 by Angry_Pirate

[AdamRochina]

Alex mowatt plays for barsnley? What the hell..i thought he was like the next wonder kid from Leeds..  He's a creative little player on his day 

[Bepeja43]

Wonderful news that we have Armstrong on a perm. I think he's one we can really develop.

[Oldgregg86]

Nyambe was brilliant going forward and defended well. He continues to improve his game but every now and again he does something that makes me poop a little. He's like the outfield raya

Edited August 4, 2018 by Oldgregg86

[chaddyrovers]

Adam Armstrong update by Rich Sharpe

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/16399032.were-pretty-close-rovers-boss-on-adam-armstrong-transfer/

[G Somerset Rover]

Doesn’t look like we’ll be going for any natural width this season then with Arma coming in and Palmer not a natural wide man. Big onus on the full backs to get forward.

[Bepeja43]

Burnley play espanyol in a friendly at turf moor tomorrow.. The Spaniards team includes one Pablo Piatti.. Anyone remember that name..?

[perthblue02]

15 minutes ago, Bepeja43 said:

Burnley play espanyol in a friendly at turf moor tomorrow.. The Spaniards team includes one Pablo Piatti.. Anyone remember that name..?

Linked to us during the early days of Kentaro's reign and 50 million warchest?

Edited August 4, 2018 by perthblue02

[47er]

14 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Speedie and Dickov weren't particularly big either but they had a presence. They could play up front on their own at times because they were physical players who put themselves about. If you marked them for 90 minutes you'd know you'd been in a game. Armstrong hasn't got that level of physicality and I don't think he ever will have. If it's your nature  not to be that way out you can't really be taught it. He relies on stealth and good service. He doesn't wear the centre backs down. I played in every position on the pitch as a player at one time or other and without a doubt the hardest position to play is up front on your own with your back to goal.

The point is you wouldn't play Speedie and Dickov together in the same team. Its certainly true that lack of height doesn't prevent you being an effective forward but someone up there has to be a threat in the air otherwise you rob yourself of a host of goal chances.

[Bepeja43]

2 minutes ago, perthblue02 said:

Linked to us during the early days of Kentaro's reign and 50 million warchest?

 

I thought it was earlier, around the time of Villeneuva.. May be wrong though.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I know that and we didn't play the two together.. We had Newall and Speedie. Heading ability seems not to have the significance it used to have. Modern football I suppose.

[pjt]

3 minutes ago, 47er said:

The point is you wouldn't play Speedie and Dickov together in the same team. Its certainly true that lack of height doesn't prevent you being an effective forward but someone up there has to be a threat in the air otherwise you rob yourself of a host of goal chances.

Speedie was the threat in the air.  He climbed up the opposition centre backs iirc.

 

Edited August 4, 2018 by pjt

[perthblue02]

7 minutes ago, Bepeja43 said:

 

I thought it was earlier, around the time of Villeneuva.. May be wrong though.

Just did a search, it was (I am pretty certain)  a story from our favourite red top funster, mentions six players, of course non of which arrived

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/blackburn-target-tottenhams-robbie-keane-3326352

No doubt if it appeared in his twitter feed would be followed by #unbelievable #unexpecteddelay #bitinpapermaybe

Edited August 4, 2018 by perthblue02

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Just now, pjt said:

Speedie was the threat in the air.  He climbed up the the opposition centre backs iirc.

 

Yeah, he'd a good spring for a short guy, as did Matt Jansen.  He gave opposing centre halves plenty of grief  in more ways than one.  A Robbie Savage with skill.

[47er]

9 hours ago, Neal said:

Just been watching Sunderland v Charlton.

Bauer looks like he could be a capable centre half at this level, good in the air, reminds be a bit of Duffy but not as lanky and annoying. 

 

Stand out player was definitely Aribo (think that's how you spell it)... Too good for league 1.

Bauer looked a hard case which we need.

[47er]

11 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I know that and we didn't play the two together.. We had Newall and Speedie. 

That's my point! 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, 47er said:

Bauer looked a hard case which we need.

Well you can never have too many hard lads. Ask Mark Hughes.

[bob fleming]

Newell.

An absolutely superb player. It was when I saw him play I knew we meant business. Worth every penny.

 

[pjt]

I wouldn't like to guess the modern equivalent signings of speedie and newell.  

[bob fleming]

5 minutes ago, pjt said:

I wouldn't like to guess the modern equivalent signings of speedie and newell.  

I will. Speedie £20m. Newell £25m

[Butty]

4 minutes ago, bob fleming said:

I will. Speedie £20m. Newell £25m

Shearer 100 million easy.