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[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, neophox said:

Talking about good keepers...Lukas Jensen who was on the books of Burnley now at Lincoln doing well for them. 1 year left on his contract only 25 years old.

Whilst it might work out (any player can), I really wouldn't be in favour of signing a 25 year old keeper with only League One experience when we are equipped with two keepers of similar age who aren't good enough despite playing higher than that. Right now I want a keeper with Championship or equivalent experience who is a steady pair of hands. Likely to need to be someone of age about 28 upwards.

[Exiled_Rover]

5 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

They didn't boo Adam Blacklaw, John Connelly Johnny Price or Marshall Burke...

I don't know who any of those people are. 

[Mattyblue]

I’m afraid the days of ‘I watched a game one week at Ewood, the following at Turf’ have long gone.

NO1 with their seeming encyclopaedic knowledge of players will boo someone if they even drove past Burnley once on the M65.

[Mercer]

7 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

They didn't boo Adam Blacklaw, John Connelly Johnny Price or Marshall Burke...

and rightly so.  All those players were relative successes for Rovers in their respective eras.

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't know who any of those people are. 

All four had played for Burnley at one stage - think I'm right in saying only Adam Blacklaw was signed direct from Burnley with the other three arriving at Rovers from United, Stockport and Leeds.

 

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

I’m afraid the days of ‘I watched a game one week at Ewood, the following at Turf’ have long gone.

NO1 with their seeming encyclopaedic knowledge of players will boo someone if they even drove past Burnley once on the M65.

Hmmm!!!

I couldn't give a flying feck who we ever sign from Burnley, or ex Burnley, whether it be manager, coach, scout or player.  The acid test, and only test, should be do they improve Rovers and if the answer is yes, what's the feckin issue!?  Time some folk grew up.

 

Edited May 27 by Mercer

[Mattyblue]

Made me laugh that one high profile poster wouldn’t even have a certain manager here because a top professional head coach from, err, Kettering is a ‘Dingle bastard’.

Edited May 27 by Mattyblue

[lraC]

4 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Whilst it might work out (any player can), I really wouldn't be in favour of signing a 25 year old keeper with only League One experience when we are equipped with two keepers of similar age who aren't good enough despite playing higher than that. Right now I want a keeper with Championship or equivalent experience who is a steady pair of hands. Likely to need to be someone of age about 28 upwards.

For those who remember Jim Arnold and where we signed him from, it would certainly be fine if this fella was as good. 

[ABBEY]

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

Made me laugh that one high profile poster wouldn’t even have a certain manager here because a top professional head coach from, err, Kettering is a ‘Dingle bastard’.

I wouldn't want that dingle bastard here either

[Mattyblue]

Why?

[lraC]

4 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't know who any of those people are. 

You missed a treat with little Jonny Price. 

[lraC]

Wasn’t Marshall Burke with us first and signed for them, when he was passed his best?

[EgyptianPete]

5 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't know who any of those people are. 

Then you should!!!! very good ex Rovers.😎

[Rogerb]

3 hours ago, lraC said:

For those who remember Jim Arnold and where we signed him from, it would certainly be fine if this fella was as good. 

Jim Arnold was 29 when he joined from Stafford Rangers. Saw a lad playing for Boston United called Gregory who was way too good for national League north. He is known to Eustace who had him on loan from Shrewsbury when Eustace was at Kidderminster.

[martonrover]

5 hours ago, Mercer said:

I couldn't give a flying feck who we ever sign from Burnley, or ex Burnley, whether it be manager, coach, scout or player.  The acid test, and only test, should be do they improve Rovers and if the answer is yes, what's the feckin issue!?  Time some folk grew up.

 

Agreed.

The only issue I had with Coyle is that he was a serial failure who had one jammy season in his career.

[Hasta]

Who was the last player we signed who had previously played a decent number of games for Burnley? (Say 20+)

 I’m probably missing someone obvious but can’t think of any. I can think of quite a few going  the other way.

[bluebruce]

21 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

Makes no difference either way here.

I'd still rather get a good fee than a crap one. At least I wouldn't feel the club in question had our pants down. It's bad enough Venkys have our pants down without it turning into a gangbang.

[lraC]

2 hours ago, Rogerb said:

Jim Arnold was 29 when he joined from Stafford Rangers. Saw a lad playing for Boston United called Gregory who was way too good for national League north. He is known to Eustace who had him on loan from Shrewsbury when Eustace was at Kidderminster.

That’s right. He was a real find for us. He broke records for clean sheets 2 seasons in a row. Great keeper.

[Gav]

9 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

I’m afraid the days of ‘I watched a game one week at Ewood, the following at Turf’ have long gone.

NO1 with their seeming encyclopaedic knowledge of players will boo someone if they even drove past Burnley once on the M65.

Quite right to.

We don't have much of an identity left after 14yrs of these swines, but hating those bastards down M65 is still going strong and long may it continue. 

Edited May 27 by Gav

[Mattyblue]

If you say so, booing a bloke relentlessly for 90 minutes because he played down the road on loan for about 5 games a decade ago is all a bit small time to me… just like they always used to be.

[tomphil]

Personally i enjoyed the stick given out to Trippier in the Newcastle game and it put him right off his game as well which added to the entertainment.

Ewood often isn't very intimidating these days so every little helps although i certainly wouldn't sniff at signing a player like him but any tinpot dingles that have flopped elsewhere no thanks.

[Exiled_Rover]

11 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

If you say so, booing a bloke relentlessly for 90 minutes because he played down the road on loan for about 5 games a decade ago is all a bit small time to me… just like they always used to be.

I've lost count of the number of times I've turned to the fans around me, completely oblivious about the history of the mediocre clogger  the Blackburn End is booing relentlessly, and remarked "I assume he played for Burnley at some point, then?"

Edited May 27 by Exiled_Rover

[Mattyblue]

Likes of Trippier, yeah go for it. Some of the others it’s all a bit lame.

Edited May 27 by Mattyblue

[bluebruce]

14 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Personally i enjoyed the stick given out to Trippier in the Newcastle game and it put him right off his game as well which added to the entertainment.

Booing opposition players often has the opposite effect though. Depends on their personality, something our fans are not qualified to assess.

[bluebruce]

13 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I've lost count of the number of times I've turned to the fans around me, completely oblivious about the history of the mediocre clogger  the Blackburn End is booing relentlessly, and remarked "I assume he played for Burnley at some point, then?"

The funny thing is, the clogger in question is probably generally oblivious to why they're being booed too.

[Paul Mellelieu]

I like a good boo.  

[Gav]

2 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I like a good boo.  

I draw the line when it’s our own players….