Adam Wharton

[KentExile]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Throw in ledley King and woodgate.  We had some incredible depth at centreback 

Was a shame for both of those that their bodies seemed to be made out of something no sterner than soggy Weetabix (as was Jones)

[roverandout]

14 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Was a shame for both of those that their bodies seemed to be made out of something no sterner than soggy Weetabix (as was Jones)

Many people said king was the best of the lot when he was fit. Woodgate had the worst real madrid debut in history lol. An own goal and a red card

[jim mk2]

14 hours ago, roverandout said:

I'd say Michael Carrick was the last English player that Wharton can be compared to

Carrick was a top class player. Pinged beautiful passes all over the pitch, longer range than Wharton. Could have won far more England caps, but for the obsession with Gerrard and Lampard.

Some Rovers fans should take their blue and white tinted glasses off.  Wharton is very good but has a long way to go before he gets near the standard of Carrick.

[47er]

On 01/03/2025 at 02:07, Exiled_Rover said:

Don't make me hate him.

!! LOL

[roverandout]

10 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Carrick was a top class player. Pinged beautiful passes all over the pitch, longer range than Wharton. Could have won far more England caps, but for the obsession with Gerrard and Lampard.

Some Rovers fans should take their blue and white tinted glasses off.  Wharton is very good but has a long way to go before he gets near the standard of Carrick.

Agree jim. Carrick was a unique player in terms of English midfielders. We seem to ignore these kind of players with England.  Hoddle was another criminally underused 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, roverandout said:

Many people said king was the best of the lot when he was fit. Woodgate had the worst real madrid debut in history lol. An own goal and a red card

King was a really top class player. What he would have been like with two good knees ! 

I remember listening to Dean Saunders speaking. Somebody asked him who was the best player he ever played with. He said Paul McGrath right away. He said his knees were that bad he could hardly train at all but come Saturday he was ready for anything.

Edited March 2 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[DeeCee]

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

King was a really top class player. What he would have been like with two good knees ! 

I remember listening to Dean Saunders speaking. Somebody asked him who was the best player he ever played with. He said Paul McGrath right away. He said his knees were that bad he could hardly train at all but come Saturday he was ready for anything.

I went to "An evening with DS" last year, he said exactly the same.

[Eddie]

8 hours ago, KentExile said:

 

Wharton now is superior to Carrick in his prime by some distance.

This is an insane statement.

He may well end up being superior to him, but this is an absolutely insane statement. 

[ben_the_beast]

Real Madrid keeping tabs on Wharton

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, ben_the_beast said:

Real Madrid keeping tabs on Wharton

He’s not really that good is he? So we’re told. Madrid think he’s worth a look.

Edited March 3 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[A Northern Horde...]

Do they sell SteakPuddin in Madrid?

[Tom]

13 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

He’s not really that good is he? So we’re told. Madrid think he’s worth a look.

Well maybe he’ll link up with Adam Henley there….

[roverandout]

He'd be absolute class at real. He'd walk into most top teams

[roverandout]

On 27/02/2025 at 14:24, Exiled_Rover said:

I think he's a really, really good player, but he's a firefighter (and an excellent one) who should sit in midfield. For some reason everyone is convinced that he's a world class box-to-box midfielder and he just doesn't have it in his locker - as the above clip highlights. 

£100m for him was insane too.

No player is worth 100 million.  I would have said rice was probably worth 70 million tops but he's progressed into a far more complete midfielder since joining arsenal 

[den]

He’d have left Rovers at some point - but at the first opportunity, to the only buyer, at such a low fee, when he was happy to stay.

what a bunch of tossers. None of them should be in football. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

12 months after we gave him away for £18 Million they’re talking about a £70 Million deal in the summer. Why aren’t the chicken chokers firing whoever agreed to that deal ?

Edited March 4 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Waggy76]

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

12 months after we gave him away for £18 Million they’re talking about a £70 Million deal in the summer. Why aren’t the chicken chokers firing whoever agreed to that deal ?

You are right Tyrone but they probably have no idea, who Adam Wharton is! 

[bluebruce]

On 04/03/2025 at 13:27, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

12 months after we gave him away for £18 Million they’re talking about a £70 Million deal in the summer. Why aren’t the chicken chokers firing whoever agreed to that deal ?

Probably because it was them.

[chaddyrovers]

On 04/03/2025 at 13:27, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

12 months after we gave him away for £18 Million they’re talking about a £70 Million deal in the summer. Why aren’t the chicken chokers firing whoever agreed to that deal ?

so you really think we were going to get £70 million pounds for him? no chance in hell

He is worth that much down to his PL performances 

[TheRevAshton]

32 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Probably because it was them.

Balaji: Good news, I just got off the phone to Suhail - he said another team ummm, FC Crystals, want to buy someone called Andy Wharton from us. Listen to this; he's only 20, from the Academy... and they're offering £18m!

Madame Desai: £18m?! Wow seems a lot for a player, he must be good yes?

Balaji: Hahaha no! I just searched him on Googles, and guess what? He doesn't even score loads of goals... he's rubbish!

Madame Desai: He doesn't even score loads of goals? Ha, yes very rubbish. Quick accept the money - go tell Suhail!

Balaji: Already told him. Suhail says we don't have to send money from my party fund to the Club now... get Akon on the phone, i'm throwing another!

Madame Desai: Another party? You just had one this weekend! Whatever... 

*Venkatesh walks in eating a pakora*

Balaji: Hey Venkatesh, you hear that about Alex Wharton? £18m to Crystals?

Venkatesh: No, is this about the uh Football Team we own.. Blackburns?

Balaji: Yes about the Blackburns..

Venkatesh: Oh okay! Wow £18m, does he score loads of goals?

Balaji: *smirking* no... he's rubbish hahahaha!

Venkatesh: Nice hahaha, Venky's 1 Crystals 0.

[Wheelton Blue]

38 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

so you really think we were going to get £70 million pounds for him? no chance in hell

He is worth that much down to his PL performances 

No one is saying that we should have got £70 million for him.

Rather, the point being made is that we should have got a heck of a lot more than the measly sum that we did get.

[lraC]

18 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

No one is saying that we should have got £70 million for him.

Rather, the point being made is that we should have got a heck of a lot more than the measly sum that we did get.

I don't know if this is correct, but someone on here, said we have a 15% sell on clause. Accepting the fact that we were desperate to sell him, given the problems with funding us, then surely a bigger sell on clause should haven been agreed.

I think most fans expected him to kick on at Palace, so even the dim wits running the show, could see that and maybe 25- 40% would at least make it look like someone did at least a decent job. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

44 minutes ago, Wheelton Blue said:

No one is saying that we should have got £70 million for him.

Rather, the point being made is that we should have got a heck of a lot more than the measly sum that we did get.

We sold him for the absolute mimimum. 

[G Somerset Rover]

40 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

We sold him for the absolute mimimum. 

And by all accounts at the time he didn’t even want to go!

[chaddyrovers]

21 hours ago, Wheelton Blue said:

No one is saying that we should have got £70 million for him.

Rather, the point being made is that we should have got a heck of a lot more than the measly sum that we did get.

Maybe we should maybe not. 

only Palace was interested and signed him, We will get another 5-10 mil with the sell on clause 

Rovers need the money from his sale to fund the club losses that season and this one