Summer Transfer Window

[philipl]

  On 20/10/2020 at 21:18, Sparks Rover said:

Should have got him while he's relatively cheap. Would be the answer to our midfield for the next 5 years...him and trav. Looks like he's a chance to play in the championship with Donny....?

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There is always January

[roversfan99]

  On 21/10/2020 at 06:14, philipl said:

And the reason why not is financial support from Venky's right up to the very edge of FFP

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I think any suggestion that FFP is preventing Venkys from piling in more money is a laughable one to be honest.

[philipl]

  On 21/10/2020 at 09:25, roversfan99 said:

I think any suggestion that FFP is preventing Venkys from piling in more money is a laughable one to be honest.

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Laugh at the hard fact then

[roversfan99]

  On 21/10/2020 at 11:15, philipl said:

Laugh at the hard fact then

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Its not a fact, there couldnt be any evidence that Venkys are sat there willing to pile more money in but cant because of FFP, its your opinion.

Based on Venkys tenure thus far, I would also suggest that it is a fanciful opinion.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Oh Tony...

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/hyperbole-at-its-finest-blackburn-manager-comments-spark-response-from-these-norwich-fans/

[Steptoe87]

  On 16/10/2020 at 16:49, 1864roverite said:

Steptoe you have no idea either. Unless your his agent or a fellow player which you clearly are NOT! His quality in the ball cannot be questioned as when I have seen him play he stands way above others of his age 

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Don’t I ? We will see. ?? 

 

[booth]

  On 21/10/2020 at 16:43, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Oh Tony...

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/hyperbole-at-its-finest-blackburn-manager-comments-spark-response-from-these-norwich-fans/

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If ever there was proof that ol' Tony was winging it a bit.

[JacknOry]

Told ya we needed anothet CB. Ayala has already picked up his inevitable injury. Watch Lenihan or Williams or both get theirs now and we are down to kids at the back.

[joey_big_nose]

  On 22/10/2020 at 05:43, JacknOry said:

Told ya we needed anothet CB. Ayala has already picked up his inevitable injury. Watch Lenihan or Williams or both get theirs now and we are down to kids at the back.

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Yup. Wharton looked really out of his depth yesterday.

Does anyone know if Douglas has got much pace on him? With Ayala and Johnson not being the quickest and the high line we play were going to need a bit of pace there.

[RoverKyle]

  On 22/10/2020 at 09:28, joey_big_nose said:

Yup. Wharton looked really out of his depth yesterday.

Does anyone know if Douglas has got much pace on him? With Ayala and Johnson not being the quickest and the high line we play were going to need a bit of pace there.

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The comments at the time of his signing suggested that Douglas lacked pace. 

[philipl]

Elliott looked class yesterday.

Too often he was making runs which were beyond the ken of Evans and Johnson to pick up.

You could see Watford were scared of him in the way he was never left alone.

[tomphil]

Evans has made a career of not picking out passes like that but playing safety 5 yard ones instead. Now he's getting very sloppy at even that, Johnson has now had  a season and a bit of learning '''''the rovers way' ie probably being told not to pick out these passes but play it safe.

Be criminal if they don't make the use of this lads talents but lets be honest it won't be the first time we've had a so called wonder kid wasted here.

 

 

[Mashed Potatoes]

  On 22/10/2020 at 09:54, tomphil said:

Evans has made a career of not picking out passes like that but playing safety 5 yard ones instead. Now he's getting very sloppy at even that, Johnson has now had  a season and a bit of learning '''''the rovers way' ie probably being told not to pick out these passes but play it safe.

Be criminal if they don't make the use of this lads talents but lets be honest it won't be the first time we've had a so called wonder kid wasted here.

 

 

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Which wonder kid have we wasted ?

[tomphil]

  On 22/10/2020 at 09:57, Mashed Potatoes said:

Which wonder kid have we wasted ?

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We've had several highly rated young lads from top clubs under TMs watch, only one who paid off was Tosin - a defender.

[Mashed Potatoes]

  On 22/10/2020 at 10:00, tomphil said:

We've had several highly rated young lads from top clubs under TMs watch, only one who paid off was Tosin - a defender.

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The others didn't pay off because they weren't "wonder kids" rather than because we wasted them.

[philipl]

  On 22/10/2020 at 10:00, tomphil said:

We've had several highly rated young lads from top clubs under TMs watch, only one who paid off was Tosin - a defender.

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Harrison Reed and who else?

None of the others have left Ewood and shone if you're being honest. 

[tomphil]

  On 22/10/2020 at 10:02, philipl said:

Harrison Reed and who else?

None of the others have left Ewood and shone if you're being honest. 

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Harper, Payne are another two, parent clubs were Prem clubs at the time and world away from where we were.

Our very own BB can surely be filed under that as well.

[tomphil]

  On 22/10/2020 at 10:02, Mashed Potatoes said:

The others didn't pay off because they weren't "wonder kids" rather than because we wasted them.

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing though isn't it.

[LDRover]

  On 22/10/2020 at 05:43, JacknOry said:

Told ya we needed anothet CB. Ayala has already picked up his inevitable injury. Watch Lenihan or Williams or both get theirs now and we are down to kids at the back.

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Worrying that because Wharton looked well out of his depth last night

[Craigman]

I would imagine that Nyambe would go centre back and Rankin Costello at right back

[JacknOry]

  On 22/10/2020 at 13:07, Craigman said:

I would imagine that Nyambe would go centre back and Rankin Costello at right back

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Except he is injury prone too and cannot head the ball.

[ben_the_beast]

  On 22/10/2020 at 11:34, LDRover said:

Worrying that because Wharton looked well out of his depth last night

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Did he? I thought he had very little to do. Played a few simple passes. And that's about it. Nothing to show he is the answer in Ayalas absence but harsh to say he looked out his depth.

[LeftWinger]

  On 22/10/2020 at 13:18, JacknOry said:

Except he is injury prone too and cannot head the ball.

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Aren't they the prime things we look for in a centre half?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 22/10/2020 at 13:18, JacknOry said:

Except he is injury prone too and cannot head the ball.

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He'd be OK alongside somebody like Ayala who's reputed to be a good header of the ball.

[joey_big_nose]

  On 22/10/2020 at 14:12, ben_the_beast said:

Did he? I thought he had very little to do. Played a few simple passes. And that's about it. Nothing to show he is the answer in Ayalas absence but harsh to say he looked out his depth.

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Really? I'm generally a very forgiving judge of youth players but he played a number of horrendous balls out of the back and lacked the pace to recover.

To me it looks like Magliore is a much better better fit for our high line defence.