Transfer Window - COMPLETE. Where’s Gregg?

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

  On 27/08/2022 at 19:08, Exiled_Rover said:

They're not being asked to constantly boss a midfield - we're 6 games in and this is Wharton's first appearance. Garrett has yet to play in the league. They're rightly being drip-fed in. 

We genuinely have much bigger problems than the 5 (6 if you include Edun, but realistically he should be sold) CMs we have on the books. 

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The fact we've had to use them (and 19 yr old Morton) at all in the first 6 games shows how weak we are in that area! 

I think we have issues all over the squad, midfield is just one of them. 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 27/08/2022 at 21:21, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

The fact we've had to use them (and 19 yr old Morton) at all in the first 6 games shows how weak we are in that area! 

I think we have issues all over the squad, midfield is just one of them. 

 

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Kids can come into the team and look good initially because they are playing on pure adrenalin. When that wears off as it will eventually they can start to struggle. We can’t rely on teenagers being able to perform to a high standard twice a week. Pro football  isn’t like that.

[booth]

  On 27/08/2022 at 21:32, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Kids can come into the team and look good initially because they are playing on pure adrenalin. When that wears off as it will eventually they can start to struggle. We can’t rely on teenagers being able to perform to a high standard twice a week. Pro football  isn’t like that.

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Wharton is a different class though. I saw a few people say he was a special talent and I see what they mean.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 27/08/2022 at 21:36, booth said:

Wharton is a different class though. I saw a few people say he was a special talent and I see what they mean.

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Elliot was/is a special talent but even he couldn’t turn it on twice a week.

[unleaded]

No point having good central defenders when your full backs are Pickering & JRC …. 
 

Greg Broughton should go for Fredrik Bjørkan on loan instead of Caulker now that we have an overload of central defenders coming back plus the excellent Don Hyam …..

Norwich are no longer in the running for the Norwegian star …..

[roversfan99]

I think Brittain and Pickering don't overly concern me if they could play every minute but we are an injury away from having to use 2 very poor back ups as we saw today on the right. There are too many areas whereby an injury would cause a major issue, when Travis was down again it would have been such a blow with all of our other central midfielders being young and lightweight.

[Butty]

  On 27/08/2022 at 22:20, roversfan99 said:

I think Brittain and Pickering don't overly concern me if they could play every minute but we are an injury away from having to use 2 very poor back ups as we saw today on the right. There are too many areas whereby an injury would cause a major issue, when Travis was down again it would have been such a blow with all of our other central midfielders being young and lightweight.

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Brittain is fine, we need a new left back desperately. 

[booth]

  On 27/08/2022 at 21:40, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Elliot was/is a special talent but even he couldn’t turn it on twice a week.

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Not many players do to be fair.

[Exiled_Rover]

  On 27/08/2022 at 21:32, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Kids can come into the team and look good initially because they are playing on pure adrenalin. When that wears off as it will eventually they can start to struggle. We can’t rely on teenagers being able to perform to a high standard twice a week. Pro football  isn’t like that.

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We're not asking them to perform at a high standard twice a week.

[Miller11]

  On 27/08/2022 at 20:52, Angry_Pirate said:

I do feel sorry for JRC. 

Yes, he is slower than climate change, but he's clearly trying to do his best for the team by playing where asked, but it is to his detriment. He's also had a few injury shockers which can't have helped physically or psychologically.

He needs to (re) decide what his favoured position is, and ask to go to L1 to play there for the remainder of the season. 

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Completely agree. Might seem trivial, but imagine being a left winger and seeing the fullback you are up against wearing the number 11 shirt. You’d fancy your chances before the whistle blew.

Ruining his career persisting with him at right back.

[roversfan99]

  On 27/08/2022 at 23:09, Miller11 said:

Completely agree. Might seem trivial, but imagine being a left winger and seeing the fullback you are up against wearing the number 11 shirt. You’d fancy your chances before the whistle blew.

Ruining his career persisting with him at right back.

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Does he have any redeeming features that would make him useful out wide? I just think he isnt very good in general.

[47er]

  On 27/08/2022 at 13:10, RoverDom said:

Blimey your glass is half empty isn't it? 

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Just saying you can't make much of the table on so few results!

Edited August 27, 2022 by 47er

[47er]

  On 27/08/2022 at 12:55, Spankus Munky said:

 However we are 4th even with the last 2 results...

Anyway, we didn't have Hyam then either! But hey I guess only you can jump to conclusions early 🤪

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Remember we were 2nd in January!

Edited August 27, 2022 by 47er

[pick32]

People forget how bad Bell was, Pickering is a massive upgrade. Bell was a failed winger who couldn’t tackle.

[alex l]

  On 27/08/2022 at 20:54, AJW said:

When was the last time we signed , not loaned , signed a player that was an upgrade on what we had ? Not a replacement for a player who left 

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Slightly cheating but Kaminski, given our keepers at that time were from the u23s

[Ossydave]

  On 28/08/2022 at 06:22, pick32 said:

People forget how bad Bell was, Pickering is a massive upgrade. Bell was a failed winger who couldn’t tackle.

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It's the BRFCS way, make out current players are shitter than they are and absolute cranks that have left were decent.

[matt83]

It’s been a sorry story at left back. Bell was atrocious, Douglas was also atrocious albeit a marginal improvement, Pickering is atrocious and a very marginal improvement on Douglas. 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

  On 27/08/2022 at 20:56, Finlay McKenna said:

Pickering 

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Only signed when Bell was into the last 6 months of his contract - he stayed at Crewe and joined as Bell left..

[glen9mullan]

Sharpe reporting Bastien Yanez a potential target

[Ossydave]

  On 28/08/2022 at 07:15, glen9mullan said:

Sharpe reporting Bastien Yanez a potential target

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Then says he's unlikely to get a work permit anyway 🤣 Its as though we're trying to keep Chilean interest just in case Ben leaves.

[Swanson]

Looks like Bjørkan will be going to Feyenoord, loan with an option to buy.

[Ossydave]

  On 28/08/2022 at 07:26, Gav said:

Football doesn't close down on weekends and bank holidays Ossy, plenty of clubs are training today, buying players, doing deals, as should we be doing.

But then again you could right, apathy reigns supreme at Ewood these days, maybe everyone's taking the weekend off, 3 loses on the bounce, we need a bit of time off to take stock.......

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We had a game yesterday, our medical team attend games, they don't have the equipment to conduct a medical pitch side. It'll be sorted next few days FFS.

[Nuttall is lost]

Waiting for BBD to be sold at 10.30pm on Transfer Deadline day and nobody comes in to replace him.  Then relegation battle looms and nobody will come in January except an absolute dud.

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[unleaded]

  On 28/08/2022 at 07:30, Swanson said:

Looks like Bjørkan will be going to Feyenoord, loan with an option to buy.

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Dam Broughton probably still in bed !! If you snooze you loose …..hopefully he will get round to the left back problem in the next window …. 

[glen9mullan]

Nixon saying we are in front again in Van Hecke race

 

https://the72.co.uk/2022/08/28/blackburn-rovers-edging-ahead-of-sunderland-in-race-to-sign-22-year-old/