2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[lraC]

14 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

There is no loyalty in football. However, to be fair to Dolan, he can only sign a deal with the club if they offer him agreeable terms. Can you see Suhail and Waggott offering him a good enough deal to stay at the club? I can't.

Based on some of the stuff Elliott Bennett came out with on a podcast recently in regards to his departure from the club, and then Connor Mahoney on the Blackburn End podcast talking about why he didn't stay at Rovers, then I'd hazard a guess that they are trying to be cheap about any new deal for Dolan, and the player probably knows he can get better terms elsewhere as well.

 

In a lot of ways, that links to the wage bill, constantly being over £20m.

I can’t get my head around it being that high, when we seem to be offering low ball wages and bringing in playeerz from abroad, or lower down the league from us. Surely something doesn’t add up.

[chaddyrovers]

53 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

They're being investigated for fraud for a reason. 

nothing to do with Rovers tho

[roversfan99]

Indirectly, it has something to do with Rovers.

[lraC]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23850894.blackburn-rovers-entangled-venkys-indian-government-row/

[simongarnerisgod]

thats from 2023,nothing changed since then.though with a bit of gods will,the indian govt will catch up with them and bang em all in pune prison cell

Edited Sunday at 18:25 by simongarnerisgod

[lraC]

6 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

thats from 2023,nothing changed since then.though with a bit of gods will,the indian govt will catch up with them and bang em all in pune prison cell

You would hope so. With it being nothing to do with Rovers though, every will turn out just fine. 🙏

[chaddyrovers]

The Indian case isn't against Rovers. Is that correct?.

Does it indirectly affect us? Yes.

2 different points.

[lraC]

26 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

The Indian case isn't against Rovers. Is that correct?.

Does it indirectly affect us? Yes.

2 different points.

Your post says nothing to do with Rovers, hence the problem, it’s not against Rovers, but given that it seems to be having an impact on them funding us, it does have a lot to do with Rovers.

Your first paragraph is correct though, it isn’t against Rovers.

Edited Sunday at 19:15 by lraC

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, sharpysharps86 said:

There is no loyalty in football. However, to be fair to Dolan, he can only sign a deal with the club if they offer him agreeable terms. Can you see Suhail and Waggott offering him a good enough deal to stay at the club? I can't.

Based on some of the stuff Elliott Bennett came out with on a podcast recently in regards to his departure from the club, and then Connor Mahoney on the Blackburn End podcast talking about why he didn't stay at Rovers, then I'd hazard a guess that they are trying to be cheap about any new deal for Dolan, and the player probably knows he can get better terms elsewhere as well.

 

He'll turn out to be another one who they could've tied down on reasonable terms that might have given him a big pay hike but in the grand scheme of things wouldn't be much more than an average Championship contract.

It'll come out way down the line after he's gone because he was low balled and his agent scoured around and found he could earn double figures sat on the bench at Stoke or somewhere.

Straight out of the Lenihen playbook this one but no doubt Waggot will tell the gullible he was offered a bumper deal at the last min but his head was in the departure lounge.

[Upside Down]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

nothing to do with Rovers tho

I'm sorry but this has to be the dumbest post I have ever seen on this message board.

Jesus wept.

[chaddyrovers]

33 minutes ago, lraC said:

 

Your first paragraph is correct though, it isn’t against Rovers.

which was my overall point 

[Exiled_Rover]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

nothing to do with Rovers tho

You are correct.

Why would someone accused of fraud every commit fraud at another one of their companies? It's inconceivable. 

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, Tomphil2 said:

He'll turn out to be another one who they could've tied down on reasonable terms that might have given him a big pay hike but in the grand scheme of things wouldn't be much more than an average Championship contract.

It'll come out way down the line after he's gone because he was low balled and his agent scoured around and found he could earn double figures sat on the bench at Stoke or somewhere.

Straight out of the Lenihen playbook this one but no doubt Waggot will tell the gullible he was offered a bumper deal at the last min but his head was in the departure lounge.

As much as I hate the owners and their stooges, we haven't missed Lenihan one bit. 

[simongarnerisgod]

12 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As much as I hate the owners and their stooges, we haven't missed Lenihan one bit. 

i was`nt his biggest fan either,he was poor at reading the game and prone to jumping into tackles,the one we messed up on was nyambe,we really should`nt have let him go

[roversfan99]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i was`nt his biggest fan either,he was poor at reading the game and prone to jumping into tackles,the one we messed up on was nyambe,we really should`nt have let him go

Really? The one weve missed the least. Massively overrated and upgraded.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

the one we messed up on was nyambe,we really should`nt have let him go

No way Josey. Never a big fan of his and we signed Brittain who is better all round right back than Nyambe ever will be

[sammie]

3 hours ago, lraC said:

Well said.

How the hell is the wage bill still that high?

probably includes waggott and pasha 

[simongarnerisgod]

i thought nyambe was a cracking player,you were never going past him and he could play centre back very well,brittain is definately better going forwards but defensively he is`nt the best

[roversfan99]

Could he play centre back very well? Seldom if ever did.

Brittain has really improved defensively this season. 

[47er]

I expect we will lose all of Travis, Dolan and  Brittain---all instrumental in our good moments this season.

The reason---to get them off the wage bill. Nothing to do with what League we'll be in. Good servants to the Club cuts no ice with Venkys. No sense of loyalty whatsoever.

Their replacements---I shudder to think.

[Fraserkirky]

Lenihan thought he was better than he was, way too rash and couldn’t pass to save his life. Nyambe was a bit younger and athletic, and should have been retained. Amari Bell too went on too play a lot of games for Luton including a chink in the PL. We have previous here

Dolan will be away and that’s fine, can be replaced with a big faster player on the right. Done well recently but far too many 4/10s throughout the season. 

[roversfan99]

Bell was crap. Still is based on Saturday. At one stage he let a soft pass roll under his foot and back to us. I looked to see their team pre match and their fans werent keen on him playing.

[Tomphil2]

10 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

As much as I hate the owners and their stooges, we haven't missed Lenihan one bit. 

Disagree 

Whilst i wouldn't have been chucking silly money at him he's another who could have been tied down earlier for a more sensible offer, people have heard that from his own mouth.

For an academy grad who cost nowt he was a rugged enough defender who might have commanded a modest fee at some point.

I don't think anyone we've had since has been much better tbh.

[davulsukur]

16 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Bell was crap. Still is based on Saturday. At one stage he let a soft pass roll under his foot and back to us. I looked to see their team pre match and their fans werent keen on him playing.

I had a quick glance at their full time comments on twitter and a few in there saying Bell is poor. Didn't seem to be the most popular of players.

[ageoftherover]

We've replaced our backline fine enough. Kaminski, BBD and Szmodics on the other hand...