Good move for Lucas. Trouser £50k per week, relegate West Ham and walk away as a free agent in the summer.

I am so happy about this!!! Welcome home David. Great to see the Notlobbers upset and even better that Bernard Cribbins is distraught. Permit me a 'drog type note but it has all happened as I told you. Note Rovers saying undisclosed fee and BRUM saying £2.2m. Chesh is right- we got him for next to nowt. BIG CLUB probably get the final £2m instalment of the £2.2m when Dunn lifts the World Cup as England Captain... or something equally improbable (OK I exagerate but not by much in all likelihood) Its great to be

Independent and Guardian are both carrying the steve Bruce story from yesterday saying Dunn is joining Bolton for £2.2m but adding nothing to what has already been on here. One thing is for sure- the Bolton intervention will have scuppered any hope of pay for play type deals. The crunch comes down to what sort of permanent contract BFS and Sparky think Dunn is worth. Whoever comes up with the best answer for Dunn's pocket (give or take a few K for sentiment on the Rovers' side), gets him. Brum can try to be arseholes about it but it is one thing playing hardball when you don't want to part company (Rovers with Lucas), quite another when you've agreed to sell and the question is who to? Bruce's comments yesterday look more and more like Rovers are in for Dunn and playing very hard ball.

At this point in a Dunn thread, somebody from Great Harwood comes on and says they've been down the pub with his grand-dad....

IF (repeat IF) Rovers are serious about getting Dunn (and he is serious about coming back), BIG CLUB are going to get screwed on the deal. Bruce has no option but to say what he has to try and up the ante. The fact that there is no other news leaking out is an encouraging sign for Rovers. Having written that, watch him sign for Notlob!!

The Times have reported that Brum accepted an offer of £750K plus another £500K after 20 games from Notlob. This has the ring of authenticity- the £1m + £1m was just BIG CLUB talk. Dunny to arrive at Ewood on an undisclosed deal by Thursday is my best guess.

The LET have just posted a piece saying Rovers are moving to get Dunn. With the very sad news about Stephen Reid, this has become a very pressing issue. If Dunny wants to come to Ewood, Rovers are in a very strong position to get him as Brum have now shown how much they want to sell. Bolton could actually prove to be an effective trojan horse for Hughes but as I said, a lot depends on Dunn forcing the issue of where he is transferred to. Chances are if Rovers sign Dunn, it will be on better terms than the Bolton deal. Dunn passed his medical at Bolton by the way.

Charlton's adult season ticket prices go from £340 (£15 a game) to £580 (£27 a game). The £20 tickets on sale for their home game against Boro are all in the corner blocks- the expensive tickets are sold out. I don't think I am far wrong with my £20 per seat sold yield guestimate. The population numbers I quoted are if anything an underestimate. They are competing with the other London clubs but they have a far bigger and much more afluent population to market to.

I am working on the basis that John Williams was correct that the average ACTUAL yield per seat (after allowing for child, young adult and senior citizen discounts etc) is £13. Charlton's ticketing pricing seemed pretty reasonable last time I went there by London standards but they don't seem to need to discount like Rovers do. A £7 premium would be in line with the difference in average income in that part of London and in Blackburn. Their bussing from Kent is all part of developing their fan base/hinterland as THE Kentish Premiership club. My guess is there is probably the best part of a million within Greater London for whom Charlton is currently the local Premiership club and another million in Kent. Arsenal are expecting to take £2m per home Premiership game in gate money at the Emirates. So EIT is weeing into a head on gale again.

More than quadruple actually.

20,000 x £13 x 19 = £4,940,000 BRFC 25,000 x £20 x 19 = £9,500,000 Charlton (at a guess) 30,000 x £25 x 19 = £14,250,000 Villa (at a guess) 60,000 x £33 x 19 = £38,000,000 Arsenal No Rev, we are not at a disadvantage. Incidentally, I have seen the Rovers' accounts and I can immediately see why there would be no money for transfers this January. The Walker Trust's £6m is plugging the gap between Charlton's gate money and our's. The wage bill last season jumped appreciably. Players on performance related pay performed. Something I recall numerous posts on this MB have been calling for.

signed a NormoVik

Classic example of posting absolute garbage... again.

Oh dear, where have you been the last 1,000 years? signed, a Vik

BBC are reporting that Newcastle and West Ham are challenging Liverpool for Neill's signature. Not exactly Barcelona and AC Milan....

Tris' post is spot on.

Looks like Eddie tracked down the 43 year old from PNG before you and started a threead about him here.

Talking to yourself drog?

sure thing... now tell us which one.

I do have sympathy with everyone who is struggling to make ends meet- there have been times when I've been there. But, Rovers have NEVER pursued a premium pricing policy. Yes they have tried to optimise revenues from games but anyone who has travelled away to games in London knows what premium pricing policies are!!! Far more important is the impact of the apathy of the fans on the Walker Trust. If you have an obligation to provide entertainment to the people of Blackburn and are providing consistently top flight EPL football from a team packed with internationals run by one of the best young managers in the game with regular good cup runs and now European football of a decent standard plus many many tickets at sub £20 (ST averaged and current promotions) AND the gates keep dropping, what would you do? If the people of Blackburn don't want entertaining at Ewood, the Jersey Trustees have no obligation to provide it. Everyone should understand, the pricing response of the club with all the reductions is a Trust reaction to the difficulties in paying what are basically similar prices to the ones an average gate of 26,000 paid just four short years ago but the difference is coming straight out of monies that would have been available for other parts of the club's development.

Well said Aggy- that was my immediate reaction. Particularly in the face of jeers from a tiny minority of Rovers supporters who will only disadvantage their own team by reacting that way.

Drama queens the lot of you.

He is referring to availability of players.

18th will collect 40 points whoever it is.