Summer transfer window 2021.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/19353781.business-usual-blackburn-rovers-transfer-window/

Is it me or is Sharpe's writing increasingly hard to decipher? 

[Guest]

SC Freiburg are actively looking for a club to take Chima Okoroji away from them. They've reached out to sides across Europe, including teams in the Championship in England. Whilst its unknown if the Rovers & Stoke City links are the works of SC Freiburg/agents, it sounds like he could be available at a significantly knocked down price for any interested party.

He's 24-years old, can fill LB, CB and apparently has even played some games at LM. I haven't seen much of him and I don't know much about his abilities.

Doesn't sound like it'll take more than a few hundred thousand pounds to pick him up however, and his English nationality makes GBE Work Permit rules easy to slide past.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, JoeH said:

SC Freiburg are actively looking for a club to take Chima Okoroji away from them. They've reached out to sides across Europe, including teams in the Championship in England. Whilst its unknown if the Rovers & Stoke City links are the works of SC Freiburg/agents, it sounds like he could be available at a significantly knocked down price for any interested party.

He's 24-years old, can fill LB, CB and apparently has even played some games at LM. I haven't seen much of him and I don't know much about his abilities.

Doesn't sound like it'll take more than a few hundred thousand pounds to pick him up however, and his English nationality makes GBE Work Permit rules easy to slide past.

Would he be first or second choice left back now we’ve got Pickering ?

[rigger]

23 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Would he be first or second choice left back now we’ve got Pickering ?

My first responce would be : Why are SC Freiburg touting him to other clubs ? 

[Guest]

24 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Would he be first or second choice left back now we’ve got Pickering ?

I think he'd backup for LB and LCB if I'm honest. If the fee and wages are low enough then it's certainly a place in the squad that needs filling.

[rigger]

6 minutes ago, JoeH said:

I think he'd backup for LB and LCB if I'm honest. If the fee and wages are low enough then it's certainly a place in the squad that needs filling.

For me I would try to fill that place with someone of quality, who challanges for the first team slot. Not someone who happens to be cheap. And I will add that I haven't a clue who that someone may be. It could even be Okoroji.

[dallydally]

46 minutes ago, rigger said:

My first responce would be : Why are SC Freiburg touting him to other clubs ? 

Can't be much good if he is being touted to all and sundry!

[Guest]

33 minutes ago, dallydally said:

Can't be much good if he is being touted to all and sundry!

Well SC Freigburg are a 1st Division side in Germany. If there was a 24-year old in the Premier League in England who idk, Villa didn't want to keep around, it's safe to say he's probably still Championship quality at least.

[Guest]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

My first responce would be : Why are SC Freiburg touting him to other clubs ? 

They're a Bundesliga side in the 1st German Division, perhaps he isn't quite that quality. 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, JoeH said:

Well SC Freigburg are a 1st Division side in Germany. If there was a 24-year old in the Premier League in England who idk, Villa didn't want to keep around, it's safe to say he's probably still Championship quality at least.

Freiburg are more like Fulham than Villa

[rigger]

1 hour ago, JoeH said:

They're a Bundesliga side in the 1st German Division, perhaps he isn't quite that quality. 

Or maybe he is just, not good.

[Guest]

28 minutes ago, rigger said:

Or maybe he is just, not good.

I don't understand the willingness for him to be poor. Be positive. A player unwanted by a side in the 1st tier in his country is probably good enough to push for a place in a 2nd tier side in another country. 

[rigger]

1 minute ago, JoeH said:

I don't understand the willingness for him to be poor. Be positive. A player unwanted by a side in the 1st tier in his country is probably good enough to push for a place in a 2nd tier side in another country. 

The idea that he might be poor, comes from the fact that his present club is activly trying to get rid of him. I don't care what level you play, that is never a good sign.

[Guest]

10 minutes ago, rigger said:

The idea that he might be poor, comes from the fact that his present club is activly trying to get rid of him. I don't care what level you play, that is never a good sign.

Oh come on... I could go off and find hundreds of examples of clubs wanting rid of players who'd be the best we have at the club should they be on our books.

[tomphil]

3 hours ago, rigger said:

For me I would try to fill that place with someone of quality, who challanges for the first team slot. Not someone who happens to be cheap. And I will add that I haven't a clue who that someone may be. It could even be Okoroji.

We aren't in that market though unless it's someone injury prone who no one else will take a punt on.

Cast offs is most definitely where we'll have to be and even then we won't/can't pay what some want.

I wonder when those accounts are getting filed ?......

[Tom]

15 hours ago, AndyW said:

Hi Tom.

The takeaway was that when John Buckley has played Blackburn Rovers have scored more than they concede. I never should've posted the entire screenshot really, it's just confused the point.

I would, however, be interested to know if you have read the recruitment document. Would be interesting to hear a professional opinion on that.

Honestly thought it was a superb piece of analysis and I think the recruitment side is hugely helped by data and analytics and least to start to identify players to supplement visual scouting

I wonder if even more so than ever scouting based on data becomes very tailored to the manager though as they may be identified due to specific metrics to suit a desired style of play.

Of course that’s always been the case that certain players don’t fit in with new managers but I wonder if it’s even more likely this way 

 

[rigger]

26 minutes ago, tomphil said:

We aren't in that market though unless it's someone injury prone who no one else will take a punt on.

Cast offs is most definitely where we'll have to be and even then we won't/can't pay what some want.

I wonder when those accounts are getting filed ?......

I totally agree. Hence in my comment I said : Try to fill the place

[Ruaney]

Not logged on for a while but good to see we've made our first signing early for once.

What position does this lad, Data play?

[rigger]

33 minutes ago, JoeH said:

Oh come on... I could go off and find hundreds of examples of clubs wanting rid of players who'd be the best we have at the club should they be on our books.

Would that be hundreds of clubs actively trying to get rid of a player, or just releasing them/not renewing their contracts ?

[rigger]

2 minutes ago, Ruaney said:

Not logged on for a while but good to see we've made our first signing early for once.

What position does this lad, Data play?

Not sure, but he is very good at it (on paper).

[JBiz]

8 minutes ago, Ruaney said:

Not logged on for a while but good to see we've made our first signing early for once.

What position does this lad, Data play?

He’s overlapping with La Forge 

[Ulrich]

50 minutes ago, JBiz said:

He’s overlapping with La Forge 

Awesome we've signed a blind man and a robot!  Premier league here we come!

Can Androids play pro football???

[JBiz]

6 minutes ago, Ulrich said:

Awesome we've signed a blind man and a robot!  Premier league here we come!

Can Androids play pro football???

Got a box to box klingon through the academy so should be reet.

[tomphil]

1 hour ago, Ruaney said:

Not logged on for a while but good to see we've made our first signing early for once.

What position does this lad, Data play?

Al across the screen.

[RevidgeBlue]

On 06/06/2021 at 17:00, AndyW said:

Apologies to all, this is my fault for plonking a table down without explaining it's meaning.

It's not my table, it's direct from fbref which uses Statsbomb data. The argument was around whether we won with Buckley in the team. All that table is showing is that we have a positive goal difference in the time that he has played. 

Whilst JB has been on the pitch we have scored 15 and conceded 10 in 2020/21. But, as the table shows, the vast majority of our players have a net positive (because we had a positive goal difference across the season). JBs ratio is 10th best in the squad. 

That table DOESN'T SHOW how good players are. It doesn't show Armstrong is poor for the team whilst JRC is brilliant.

Sometimes people do infer that, but I can't have it. As has been said before, football is a chaotic, low-margin game with 22 players on the pitch. To suggest that the presence of one player makes a telling difference is (for the most part) debatable. Even a player as influential as Dack or Travis. This was one of the problems with Mowbray's arguments last year about them making coming back and making a huge difference.

So basically then ....... by your own admission........ the table is virtually meaningless!