That *was* the January Window

[wilsdenrover]

13 minutes ago, 47er said:

Rory Finneran---its started already! They'll be stealing them out of the crib soon!

https://the72.co.uk/2023/12/13/premier-league-clubs-have-watched-blackburn-rovers-record-breaking-talent-this-season/

[Polky]

1 hour ago, 47er said:

Rory Finneran---its started already! They'll be stealing them out of the crib soon!

https://the72.co.uk/2023/12/13/premier-league-clubs-have-watched-blackburn-rovers-record-breaking-talent-this-season/

Watched the replay of last nights game on RoversTV. 

Commentator said that he’s been offered a deal/scholarship but has yet to sign it.

Hopefully he signs the deal and looks at the like of the Whartons, Travis, JRC, Carter, Garrett and Leonard in the starting eleven and see there is a pathway to the first team.

 

[Darwen Rover 007]

I've heard Cole from Barnsley is someone we have looked at... anyone seen anything of him.

[wilsdenrover]

2 hours ago, Darwen Rover 007 said:

I've heard Cole from Barnsley is someone we have looked at... anyone seen anything of him.

I wonder if  his dad would give him some advice on negotiating with our CEO.

I imagine it would be along the lines of…

’Don’t believe a word that shyster says to you’

Edited December 14, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[arbitro]

21 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I wonder if  his dad would give him some advice on negotiating with our CEO.

I imagine it would be along the lines of…

’Don’t believe a word that shyster says to you’

Or something like 'tell that f****** conman he owes me 60 grand'.

[booth]

5 hours ago, Darwen Rover 007 said:

I've heard Cole from Barnsley is someone we have looked at... anyone seen anything of him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devante_Cole

Doesn't score many goals and 29 in about 5 months.

[Rogerb]

Devante Cole too old for the model.

[neophox]

There's a good player at Aberdeen who's contract is expiring in the summer of 2024. Lopes and is called Duk...would fit our model still quite young and skillful striker.

[wilsdenrover]

2 minutes ago, neophox said:

There's a good player at Aberdeen who's contract is expiring in the summer of 2024. Lopes and is called Duk...would fit our model still quite young and skillful striker.

Expires 2025

[simongarnerisgod]

2 hours ago, neophox said:

There's a good player at Aberdeen who's contract is expiring in the summer of 2024. Lopes and is called Duk...would fit our model still quite young and skillful striker.

he`s good player,very quick,i think benfica own 50% of him so negotiations would be a bit difficult,the other centre forward at aberdeen miovski is the better option,though he would cost quite a bit

[AJW]

Shankland scores a lot of goals for Hearts , 28 years old don’t know his contract status but could be an option

[AJW]

Just now, AJW said:

Shankland scores a lot of goals for Hearts , 28 years old don’t know his contract status but could be an option

Edit .. just seen he’s been linked with a £5m to Rangers … cross ❌ that one off then

[Tugayisgod]

Rovers opening talks with Sigurdsson on a permanent deal 

 

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1209329740?-11198:839

[jim mk2]

6 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Rovers opening talks with Sigurdsson on a permanent deal 

 

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1209329740?-11198:839

The question has to be why. After a promising start Sigurdsson has been ordinary to say the least for the past 6 months. Some of his displays have been downright poor. He doesn’t look Championship standard to me. 

[chaddyrovers]

6 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

The question has to be why. After a promising start Sigurdsson has been ordinary to say the least for the past 6 months. Some of his displays have been downright poor. He doesn’t look Championship standard to me. 

Quality player. No brainer for me to sign  him up and asap

[Lucimo]

Has some quality and his goalscoring record is 1 in 3 I think so not to be sniffed at. He goes missing though and his fitness can be an issue. I'd hope we can sign him up but wouldn't be devastated if he went elsewhere.....until he signs for another championship club of course, and takes them up.🤣

[roversfan99]

His Rovers career so far has been strange. Had missed games through injury and he is quite clumsy at times, his general performance level has not been very high.

But he offers us a goal threat, and that is a valuable thing to bring to the table. On a free, it seems a no brainer.

[Leonard Venkhater]

2 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Rovers opening talks with Sigurdsson on a permanent deal 

 

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1209329740?-11198:839

"Well, we tried..."

[TheRevAshton]

Let's put things into perspective here...

Arnor Sigurdsson is an Icelandic international , who has Champions League experience and scored against Real Madrid - he's only 24, probably nowhere near his peak yet and has huge sell-on potential.

We, Blackburn Rovers, play in the Championship. We hardly have a pot to piss in, and have some of the worst owners in the country.

If manage to sign him permanently, for FREE... that is an unbelievable bit of business.

Edited December 15, 2023 by TheRevAshton

[Mashed Potatoes]

3 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

The question has to be why. After a promising start Sigurdsson has been ordinary to say the least for the past 6 months. Some of his displays have been downright poor. He doesn’t look Championship standard to me. 

How can he have looked ordinary for the past 6 months on December 15 ?

[Tugayisgod]

3 minutes ago, Mashed Potatoes said:

How can he have looked ordinary for the past 6 months on December 15 ?

Jim watched him in Russia apparently 

[neophox]

Antoine Griezmann managing Championship side on FM24 – and already has them in Prem - Daily Star

Seems Rovers may be his favourite team in England.

[Admiral Nelsen]

1 hour ago, TheRevAshton said:

Let's put things into perspective here...

Arnor Sigurdsson is an Icelandic international , who has Champions League experience and scored against Real Madrid - he's only 24, probably nowhere near his peak yet and has huge sell-on potential.

We, Blackburn Rovers, play in the Championship. We hardly have a pot to piss in, and have some of the worst owners in the country.

If manage to sign him permanently, for FREE... that is an unbelievable bit of business.

 

Also worth throwing in his actual performances that he has put in so far, which have in the main been pretty ordinary. 

I'd be pleased if we sign him in fairness, but that's only when taking into account his lack of pre-season and getting to grips with a new league, etc. So far he's shown that he can finish and not that much else, so I wouldn't be calling it unbelievable business at this stage. His ceiling should hopefully be quite a bit higher than he's currently showing. 

[bluebruce]

It's not entirely clear yet whether Siggy would represent brilliant business or risky business, given the inconsistencies in what we've had out of him and his injury issues.

That's why it's the perfect time to negotiate a deal in theory. I think he hasn't been properly fit for most of his time here, and if he had, and had been firing on all cylinders most weeks, we would already be utterly out of the race to sign him, let's face it. Hopefully if we do sign him, he's on the verge of full fitness and about to smash this league once the deal is done.

My only reservation is his stock was considered quite high when we brought him in initially, which seems to be when the 'deal in principle' was arranged. So I wonder how high those wages are, for a club who can't afford many players on high wages. It's unlikely his agent will want to climb down much, if at all, from what was agreed initially. But if we get him on reasonable wages he could turn into an absolute bargain.

[Mattyblue]

Probably would be a bit of risky signing because of wages/injuries… but ‘not Championship quality’, I mean, come on 😁