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Drog

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All hail our new 'investors'..... the Indian IRS!:innocent:
 

Vinjay

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Just seen hendrys lad has been released. I wonder if Colin will speak against the slummers now . He told me he couldn't speak out because his lad was at rovers ...over to you big manWon't hold my breath.
Think he acknowledged what a mess the club is in recently. I hoped his son was the only reason he worked with Kean though maybe that's wishful thinking.

Lowe surprises me but I guess his cost and the fact that he'll have other offers will have seen that he is included in that list. One name that has not been mentioned is Scott Wharton. He's out of contract next summer (2018) so now would be the time to either extend that or sell him. Anyone know how he's gone on at Cambridge?
He wasn't included because its regarding the players out of contract next month.

The shysters injected it in last month so Mowbray can start splashing ;)

Aye Yoda, your cheques in the post
Someone on BRFCS asked if they think the 6 million is for new signings. Doubt it been expecting 30 million myself. :rolleyes:
 

Alan

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Here we go:

http://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/blackburn-rovers-3719100.aspx

Jason Lowe, Adam Henley, Hope Akpan, Danny Guthrie, Gordon Greer, Wes Brown, Joshua Askew and Ramirez Howarth have not been offered further terms and, upon the expiration of their contracts on June 30th, are free to consider their options.
I'm sorry to see Danny Guthrie go and I would have thought that Jason Lowe would have attracted a fee if offered a new contract but none of the others concern me. There's a fair bit of recruitment necessary in the close season if we are to have any sort of team next season. Who is going to be the hate figure now that Lowe is going?
 

Vinjay

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Hard to tell. There's nobody else on the field who's been a symbol of mediocrity for 7 years. Not here anyway.
 
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steve w

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I heard a rumour (from a pretty good source) that Lowe was offered a contract but was stalling because he wanted to see how the future/Mowbrey staying was going to pan out

The cynical side of me thinks maybe they offered him peanuts in the hope of getting a fee for him so he turned it down. (just my guess)
 

tomphil

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If there are no takers for Lowe on the type of money he's used to I wouldn't rule out a late summer re-sign.
 

Alan

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We can't afford him and without trying to knock him he just isn't worth what he would want to stay.
 

Drog

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Who is going to be the hate figure now that Lowe is going?
There will have to be one Al, there always is. A particular trait of BRFC supporters that I don't find very appealing. Weird how a model pro copped it with so many fat and unfit deadlegs in the squad don't you think?
 

khmerblue

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You have the mantle all close season Drog.Has to be home grown so it will be a choice of around half a dozen next year.
 

Steve Moss

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AllRoverAsia

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I don't know the rule details but Adam Henley joined Rovers as a young kid and is still only 22.

Why was he never loaned out to L1 or L2 to toughen him up and instead successive managers let him sit around doing nothing and become a sicknote. He owes Rovers no thanks for youth career development. Mind you he was paid well to do nowt and given an obscenely long contract. A strange case that even the much admired youth coach Gary Bowyer failed to help.
 

Alan

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Doesn't the club have to offer them a new contract to qualify for a fee?
 

Majiball

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The issue with Henley is like Lowe in that we cannot offer them a contract on equeal or better terms as they would sign straight away. If we do not do this we have to take compensation on the chin. Henley was on at least 15k and I have heard higher reports so given relegation and our finances what can we do?

PS had a good chuckle at the camp rumours yesterday as he's under contract till 2018 and knows all about rovers.
 

tomphil

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I don't know the rule details but Adam Henley joined Rovers as a young kid and is still only 22.

Why was he never loaned out to L1 or L2 to toughen him up and instead successive managers let him sit around doing nothing and become a sicknote. He owes Rovers no thanks for youth career development. Mind you he was paid well to do nowt and given an obscenely long contract. A strange case that even the much admired youth coach Gary Bowyer failed to help.
Coco and friends whacked him on a nice long contract surprise surprise so they probably wanted him here earning his full whack to get their percentages.
 

Alan

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Apparently we are signing a Scottish youngster from Motherwell's academy called Kyle Connell. Does anybody know anything about him including age and position? He has been described as a "wonder kid".
 
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