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[Mattyblue]

7 minutes ago, KentExile said:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/29/duo-to-miss-start-of-the-season/

Gilsenan and Leonard out for 7-8 weeks

‘The most important thing was that we came through the two games without any injuries.

You can see the squad’s quite thin, so if any of our senior players do come off the pitch it is a worry.’

What a place to be in when the season kicks off a week on Friday 

Edited July 29 by Mattyblue

[jim mk2]

Should we start the relegation thread now? 

[Gav]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

John Eustace has not closed the door on John Fleck returning to Blackburn Rovers

oh FFS, close the door!

This just goes to show what we've been reduced to as a club.

Our only options are injury prone journeymen and the hope in this case Fleck can get fit.....

Venkys out, nothing else matters.

Edited July 29 by Gav

[tomphil]

Sell good players and established ones and replace with squad fillers and bodies for the sake of it and we are here again on a one way ticket to a dog fight by May.

[tomphil]

28 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Siggy with another "groin strain" too.

That will be him out for a while, he just doesn't fancy it IMO.

Under normal circumstances he'd be one i'd have had through the door soon as he's a waste of space and probably has his eye on being fit for international commitments.

Evans mk2

[TheWeasel]

17 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Sell good players and established ones and replace with squad fillers and bodies for the sake of it and we are here again on a one way ticket to a dog fight by May.

I think we'll be finished well before May as it stands. Very worrying.

[davulsukur]

49 minutes ago, KentExile said:

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/29/duo-to-miss-start-of-the-season/

Gilsenan and Leonard out for 7-8 weeks

Nightmare for these 2. Seems like their careers will be blighted with injury. Not good, as it could very well see them tumble down the leagues.

[Rover8T4]

Our team is made of glass......

[KentExile]

5 minutes ago, Rover8T4 said:

Our team is made of glass......

We cant afford anything any less fragile 😉 

[Forever Blue]

8 minutes ago, Rover8T4 said:

Our team is made of glass......

Try to be more sensitive. Those lads are in a lot of pane. 

[47er]

41 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Nightmare for these 2. Seems like their careers will be blighted with injury. Not good, as it could very well see them tumble down the leagues.

So we're keeping them?

[davulsukur]

1 minute ago, 47er said:

So we're keeping them?

They should be good players for next seasons League One campaign (if they can stay fit) 👍

[roverandout]

39 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Try to be more sensitive. Those lads are in a lot of pane. 

Some of them would have been in the frame to start

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

1 hour ago, davulsukur said:

Nightmare for these 2. Seems like their careers will be blighted with injury. Not good, as it could very well see them ROVERS tumble down the leagues.

 

Edited July 29 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[G Somerset Rover]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Siggy with another "groin strain" too.

That will be him out for a while, he just doesn't fancy it IMO.

"Siggy could well be our Szmodics / BBD this season" is a line I've seen/heard a couple of times.

Tough to score 20+ from the treatment table!

Edited July 29 by G Somerset Rover

[Mattyblue]

No chance even if he was available most weeks as he just doesn’t have Sammie’s drive and attitude.

[riverholmes]

1 hour ago, Rover8T4 said:

Our team is made of glass......

Especially worrying how many serious injuries the youth players have gone through. A number left in the summer having barely played for over 12 months, eg. Sam Barnes. I’ve not heard anything of Isaac Whitehall this pre-season.

[G Somerset Rover]

Word continues to spread concerning the shambles that is Blackburn Rovers:

https://www.betvictor.com/blog/gab-suttons-championship-24-25-season-preview/

[KentExile]

3 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

Especially worrying how many serious injuries the youth players have gone through. A number left in the summer having barely played for over 12 months, eg. Sam Barnes. I’ve not heard anything of Isaac Whitehall this pre-season.

Pretty sure that Barnes hasn't played any of pre-season for Barrow, and will apparently miss the first month or so of the season.  Whitehall did sign a new contract, but not heard anything about him since.

[KentExile]

6 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Word continues to spread concerning the shambles that is Blackburn Rovers:

https://www.betvictor.com/blog/gab-suttons-championship-24-25-season-preview/

I do wonder about the football knowledge of anyone who has predicted Sunderland to  finish first this season.  Dingles in 9th also seems like the ravings of a mad man

Edited July 29 by KentExile

[Forever Blue]

7 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Word continues to spread concerning the shambles that is Blackburn Rovers:

https://www.betvictor.com/blog/gab-suttons-championship-24-25-season-preview/

He lost me at ‘strong shot-stopper Aynsley Pears’

[RoverDom]

1 hour ago, Rover8T4 said:

Our team is made of glass......

Apart from Sam Gallaghers boots which have lead in them. 

[Forever Blue]

Nixon saying Stoke want £2.5m for Baker, which is £1m more than we want for Gally . I’m guessing the swap deal is off. 

Edited July 29 by Forever Blue

[davulsukur]

20 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Word continues to spread concerning the shambles that is Blackburn Rovers:

https://www.betvictor.com/blog/gab-suttons-championship-24-25-season-preview/

Being tipped to finish below a Wayne Rooney managed Plymouth Argyle is a pretty damning outlook for Rovers.

[KentExile]

8 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Nixon saying Stoke want £2.5m for Baker, which is £1m more than we want for Gally . I’m guessing the swap deal is off. 

Are they trying to get their own back on Rovers for us flogging them Ennis?

But Baker should not be a priority and swapping one of our few remaining forwards for another midfielder would be madness

Edited July 29 by KentExile