Summer Transfer Window

[rigger]

1 hour ago, 47er said:

Surely that could be coached by someone else is what I mean.

So for someone else to coach a player, you sell the player, or change the coach. Which would you choose for us .

[LeftWinger]

5 minutes ago, J*B said:

https://www.whoscored.com/Players/107996/Show/Florian-Hartherz

This guy. 

That lists his weaknesses as 'Tackling'. Ideal for a full back.

He'll fit right in ?

[Swanson]

20 minutes ago, J*B said:

I’ve been told they want a German left back called Harthez and Conor Ripley (son of Stuart) from PNE. May or may not be true. 

Wasn't Ripley at Middlesbrough when TM was mananger there ?

[Scotland1]

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Edited July 24, 2020 by Scotland1

[Dreams of 1995]

Just now, Scotland1 said:

I'll miss Danny Graham. I have enjoyed having him as a Rovers player and he has given us a good return in the twilight of his career.

If he wants to stick around and teach Brereton how to hold a ball up and develop link up play it would be much appreciated. Him and Bradley Dack had a terrific partnership. 

[Tom]

So Downing may stay on yet 

Correct decisions IMO, love Danny but now is the time 

[tomphil]

37 minutes ago, Admiral Nelsen said:

Funnily enough, I think Bowyer's time is a perfect microcosm of the benefits and drawbacks of playing with out and out wingers.

Our best spell by far was when we had King and Conway on both wings, with Rhodes and Gestede up front. We looked so dangerous that way and both strikers scored a bag-full of goals, but I'm not sure we ever really controlled a game, even with the likes of Cairney in the middle. I think with hindsight you can make a good argument that Bowyer sticking to his system of something which looked like two wingers (apart from when Cairney was cutting in) as a part of 442 was one of the main reasons why we didn't get the most out of that squad, even if it meant the front two were prolific. 

Mowbray has played a good counter attacking game here at times but GB liked to sit deep tap it about and try and draw some space out of the opposition then hit it there.  Very similar to what we seem to be doing now.

Difference there was the wide men often on their wrong sides looked to cut inside into that space and shoot or feed Rhodes. Brief spells we got proper wing play when Conway was hitting Rudy early but mostly it was the other stuff.  Probably tailored to create space for Rhodes to buzz around and it worked to a decent degree.

The reason we didn't get in the play offs was that old chestnut at the other end, he couldn't assemble a good keeper or settled back line either. Apart from him being even more cautious than Mowbray he had more players likely to pull something out the bag but the lack of building from the back cost us.  Some decent individual defenders there but that's how they played they never formed a unit.

[Admiral Nelsen]

We were linked with Graham for some time before we actually got him. I suspected he was going to be a big downgrade on Rhodes who would wouldn't nearly be worth the wages we were supposedly shelling out for him. Couldn't have been more wrong, made a massive contribution in his time here, unlucky not to have been given the opportunity to contribute even more.

Comfortably Lambert's best decision in his time here. For the right team, he could still be a shrewd signing for this level. 

[Sparks Rover]

10 minutes ago, Scotland1 said:

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And Bennett????

[LDRover]

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

If he still has the same one, it’s a new build in Whalley just after that mini roundabout.

(My mate is a neighbour).

Redrow's on the right as you drive to Barrow?

Done plenty tyre kicking there.

[RoversClitheroe]

17 minutes ago, Scotland1 said:

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The club tweeted #rovers legend. Not too sure about that.

[Ewood Ace]

The right decision to let them go, personally I wouldn't be trying to keep Downing either.

[RoversClitheroe]

Just now, Ewood Ace said:

The right decision to let them go, personally I wouldn't be trying to keep Downing either.

Neither. Everyone really rated him, but I found he slowed down play a lot.

[Craigman]

Bennett

 

He signed a new 2 and a half year deal a year and a half ago, so have 1 year remaining on current contract.

Edited July 24, 2020 by Craigman

[Mattyblue]

‘Club legend’, prime example of how the club has diminished.

I’ve always been a big fan of DG, proper craftsman of a centre forward. But CLUB LEGEND? Nah, I’ll stick with Shearer, with Garner, with Crompton, Clayton, Douglas, Tugay, Friedel etc

Edited July 24, 2020 by Mattyblue

[Tom]

Think Smallwood will end up at Blackpool

[RoversClitheroe]

2 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

‘Club legend’, prime example of how the club has diminished.

I’ve always been a big fan of DG, proper craftsman of a centre forward. But CLUB LEGEND? Nah, I’ll stick with Shearer, with Garner, with Crompton, Clayton, Douglas, Tugay, Friedel etc

Agreed. 

Fantastic servant for the club though.

[Dreams of 1995]

Matty that's more of a sign of how social media influences the views of others than the state of our club. They have tweeted that because it is more likely to be retweeted, liked and commented on than a simple thanks for your services.

Danny Graham will never be spoken about in the same bracket as the players you have mentioned by the people that count - the fans.

He has done everything asked of him in a Rovers shirt and he's not a player I would ever bad mouth, but I'm certainly not going to call him a club legend and I doubt he'd disagree with that himself!

Edited July 24, 2020 by Dreams of 1995

[RoversClitheroe]

I'd be happy with Conor Ripley. 

What are people's thoughts? 

[J*B]

Legend may be a touch far, but the reality is he’s been one of our top players for 4.5 years now and has made vital contributions throughout. Can’t quite work out where he will be going next, which L1 clubs are based in the North East?

[Mattyblue]

4 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Matty that's more of a sign of how social media influences the views of others than the state of our club. They have tweeted that because it is more likely to be retweeted, liked and commented on than a simple thanks for your services.

 

But then they are diminishing the club by calling a solid pro, who’s done a good job in the lower leagues for us (been a favourite of mine since day 1), but still a fairly insignificant figure in the grand scheme of things a ‘club legend’ we are Blackburn Rovers, not Reading. 

That’s poor PR for me, but WTF do I know ?‍♂️

Edited July 24, 2020 by Mattyblue

[islander200]

Good luck Danny,good servant to the club.

Id give Downing another year but id be looking to move Johnson on , thought he was going to be a good signing but been poor majority of games this season and looked like his heart wasn't in it 

[Scotland1]

15 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Neither. Everyone really rated him, but I found he slowed down play a lot.

This ? 

[Scotland1]

24 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

And Bennett????

Another year to go

[LDRover]

Agreed on Downing. He has undoubted quality but on the rare occasions we look decent is when we move the ball quickly through midfield and Downing always seems to take that extra touch.