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One good performance v West Ham and his price could have doubled! Totally agree Tyke.
Quote from: PDX_Rover on January 12, 2021, 08:02:29 pmSay, for example, Whiteman’s agent engineered the move, and Rovers rejected the initial bids, perhaps said agent advised his client that withdrawing his services might force a move, and he did that last weekend... That casts Whiteman in a different light, and not a very good one. Bit of a tw@t really.He has refused to play. Simple. Darren Moore picks him regardless of offers. You are right t**t
Say, for example, Whiteman’s agent engineered the move, and Rovers rejected the initial bids, perhaps said agent advised his client that withdrawing his services might force a move, and he did that last weekend... That casts Whiteman in a different light, and not a very good one. Bit of a tw@t really.
P.S. I don’t see Preston as a step up to be honest. Meh.
Well its a bugga is this , I know the lad wanted to play in the championship but for the sake of seeing this season out he may well have achieved that by remaining at Rovers .I could have understood this a little more if he'd gone to one of the bigger championship clubs , Forest , Derby or Birmingham even .Preston whilst established in the championship aren't a big club by any means , we averaged more than they did last season whilst they chased the play offs and we were bottom of the league .I maybe wrong here but I don't entirely buy the nearer to his roots soundbite , as I say I could be wrong but personally I'm not convinced by that , Preston and Doncaster isn't the other side of the world from each other .Personally I think and again in my opinion he'd have been better placed to wait until the season ended , see which league Rovers were in and also to see if a bigger club came in for him .
Quote from: MachoMadness on January 12, 2021, 07:37:13 pmI'd be happy with a loan of the calibre of Smith or Sims, but I'd really like us to sign the next Ben Whiteman permanently (yes I know Ben started out on loan, you know what I mean). We do need to start building up our own, we haven't done that since DF was here really.Ravenhill?
I'd be happy with a loan of the calibre of Smith or Sims, but I'd really like us to sign the next Ben Whiteman permanently (yes I know Ben started out on loan, you know what I mean). We do need to start building up our own, we haven't done that since DF was here really.
Quote from: PDX_Rover on January 12, 2021, 08:04:03 pmP.S. I don’t see Preston as a step up to be honest. Meh.Sorry I'm not singling you out per se but some people need to give their heads a wobble re Preston's standing. They're an absolute ideal move for Ben. Looking at the teams above them where else would he go? Norwich/Swansea/Brentford/Reading/Watford? Integral though he is for us I don't see him as a regular starter for them,
Filo that is being very optimistic lol, I can’t see how we can just bring a Loan player in who would you leave out?
Wouldn't mind signing a proper hardman that leaves the rest of them to play ball.
The club couldn’t be in a worse place financially to negotiate a permanent signing with no supporters in the ground add that to the L1 wage caps it will be hard to persuade a decent player to take the plunge. I would expect DM to keep his power dry until he knows what division were playing in and how much he has to spend .
There's a couple of things to consider for those who think DM will feel let down by this.Since DM arrived at the club I'm sure he's attended many regular meetings where recruitment has been on the agenda. Given Ben has been subject to transfer gossip for 18 months or more, it's inconceivable that DM wasn't fully prepared for this eventuality. Indeed eversince it was perceived that McCann would poach Ben for Hull from day one. A number of bids have been received and rejected since then therefore DM will have been aware of his value.It should not surprise us if DM has already put the back up plan into action after months of pre planning, keeping tabs on his targets.Footnote. A year ago, some of the same naysayers were saying we'd let him go for a million being a soft touch, yet here we are possibly making double that and also pushing for promotion. How does that possibly happen if the board doesn't have a clue how to run a football club?