That wasn't an offer it was just a pathetic attempt to unsettle the player and Sheffield should be told in no uncertain terms to do one and not to contact us again as their dirty tactics are not appreciated.
I hope so we need him if we are going to challenge for promotion. Lenihan sat it out too so it may just be a case of trying different defenders. Those two have played a lot in the past few weeks.
Reserved for two centre backs and a striker perhaps? I may be adding two and two and making five but it concerns me that one of Lenihan or Mulgrew (or both) may be looking to be replaced. Neither have been given traditional centre back numbers, unless you ignore the first digit of each, which is sometimes done.
If Twitter is to be believed
Ripley is close to joining Bristol City. There are a lot of Boro fans appear to think very highly of him... Let's hope his Dad still has fond memories of Ewood and that Connor still has a few mates around here!Stuart is his agent, not sure where he lives now.
) and the likes of Tim Flowers and Brad Freidal can be consigned to the dim and distant memory banks for the time being.