Ben Whiteman

[philsky]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

[DonnyOsmond]

What's this in relation to?

He's just coming back from injury isn't he?

[wilts rover]

Yes. He has come on as a second half sub in the past two matches.

[Colemans Left Hook]

I was a bit surprised today when I looked at the table to see who's turn it was to be top and saw they were top and decided we should all become Preston supporters hoping he signs an extension

Must add a word about Southampton they have suicidal to the extreme in the goals they give away as if allegedly "by design "

[Spud]

Would any sell on not expire with his current contract or do they just run forever?

Could it actually be Preston's year? Mrs is from there & her brother is a fan, they finish bang mud-table every year, never threaten either end, I've always said it must be boring following em.

[Cramby10]

I was a bit surprised today when I looked at the table to see who's turn it was to be top and saw they were top and decided we should all become Preston supporters hoping he signs an extension

Must add a word about Southampton they have suicidal to the extreme in the goals they give away as if allegedly "by design "

I think I read that Russell Martin, the Southampton manager, is a fully paid up member of the process cult. I watched them v Leicester the other day. They insisted on tapping it out from the back and gave away chance after chance. Does it sound familiar? Their fans are up in arms apparently.

[NickDRFC]

I was a bit surprised today when I looked at the table to see who's turn it was to be top and saw they were top and decided we should all become Preston supporters hoping he signs an extension

Must add a word about Southampton they have suicidal to the extreme in the goals they give away as if allegedly "by design "

I think I read that Russell Martin, the Southampton manager, is a fully paid up member of the process cult. I watched them v Leicester the other day. They insisted on tapping it out from the back and gave away chance after chance. Does it sound familiar? Their fans are up in arms apparently.

Southampton have got too much talent to be struggling for long. Either it’ll click under Martin or their owners will quickly lose patience.

At least I hope so, I’ve got them to go up along with Leicester & Ipswich!

Speaking of which, Leicester’s bench last night was insane for the Championship. A player with 150+ PL goals, 2 defenders with a dozen England caps between them, 3 players who they signed for £20m+ and another who they could probably sell for £20m+. If Maresca is any good they’ll walk the league this year.

[TonySoprano]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

[ravenrover]

Put a figure on that comment of next to nothing

[DonnyOsmond]

Would any sell on not expire with his current contract or do they just run forever?

Could it actually be Preston's year? Mrs is from there & her brother is a fan, they finish bang mud-table every year, never threaten either end, I've always said it must be boring following em.

Runs until he leaves Preston.

[Metalmicky]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

He said himself that he could probably have left in several transfer windows before he finally went and he signed a new contract at DRFC to help the club get a good fee for him when he eventually left. The club reaped a good sum for him at the time.... and still have a possible payout to come if he moves on from Preston.

[TonySoprano]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

He said himself that he could probably have left in several transfer windows before he finally went and he signed a new contract at DRFC to help the club get a good fee for him when he eventually left. The club reaped a good sum for him at the time.... and still have a possible payout to come if he moves on from Preston.

Good fee ? We practically gave him away, and what money we got, disappeared into the ether.

[ChrisBx]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

He said himself that he could probably have left in several transfer windows before he finally went and he signed a new contract at DRFC to help the club get a good fee for him when he eventually left. The club reaped a good sum for him at the time.... and still have a possible payout to come if he moves on from Preston.

Good fee ? We practically gave him away, and what money we got, disappeared into the ether.

£1.6m.

[GazLaz]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

He said himself that he could probably have left in several transfer windows before he finally went and he signed a new contract at DRFC to help the club get a good fee for him when he eventually left. The club reaped a good sum for him at the time.... and still have a possible payout to come if he moves on from Preston.

Good fee ? We practically gave him away, and what money we got, disappeared into the ether.

£1.6m.

How did we come up with that valuation? Or did we just let him go at the price someone was willing to pay?

[philsky]

What's this in relation to?

He's just coming back from injury isn't he?

I saw a comment on twitter about him and another player both being (hopefully) tied down on a long term contract and that had me looking at Preston's league position - was suprised tbh.

For me he was the last of a decent bunch to go.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

[wilts rover]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

Same old anti-club b******ks from him - under all his different user names. He wont be happy until we end up like Scunthorpe.

[Colemans Left Hook]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

 i was totally astounded  when we managed to sign him   the sell on clause was 20 or 25%   United simply had a load of midfielders in front of him -- he had previously done the loan stint at 4th division Mansfield

i was also amazed we managed to sign Cameron John 

[ravenrover]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

C'mon fella I'll ask you again, don't be shy put a figure to your comment and tell us where that valuation came from to prove it

[RoversInSpain]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

C'mon fella I'll ask you again, don't be shy put a figure to your comment and tell us where that valuation came from to prove it

Now be precise here, please advise me of the fee we got for him.
Genuine question, because I can’t remember.
I do possibly agree it wasn’t re invested however…. But those were the times I guess.

[TonySoprano]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

C'mon fella I'll ask you again, don't be shy put a figure to your comment and tell us where that valuation came from to prove it

I think it was common knowledge at the time fella.
He was worth 5 mill, and  we gave him away

[TonySoprano]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

Same old anti-club b******ks from him - under all his different user names. He wont be happy until we end up like Scunthorpe.

Absolute nonsense, I want the best for the club, and if I think the clubs had their pants pulled down, I'll say.

[TonySoprano]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

Proves how naive you are to believe the the Waffle, piffle and flannel we get fed regarding the transfer business.

Have you actually forgot just how appallingly bad our transfer business has been recently?

Marquis, will grigg, sunderland, kwame Thomas, rakish Bingham, alfie may, max watters, Lee tomlin, Adam Clayton, Kyle Knoyle,

Just a few names in a loooooong and sorry list to jog your memory.

[DearneValleyRover]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

He said himself that he could probably have left in several transfer windows before he finally went and he signed a new contract at DRFC to help the club get a good fee for him when he eventually left. The club reaped a good sum for him at the time.... and still have a possible payout to come if he moves on from Preston.

Good fee ? We practically gave him away, and what money we got, disappeared into the ether.

£1.6m.

How did we come up with that valuation? Or did we just let him go at the price someone was willing to pay?

Gaz, he signed a contract extension with us to ensure we got a fee on the understanding that if a club came in for him we wouldn’t stand in his way. Unfortunately Preston were the only Club that did and he wanted to go there. We couldn’t turn round and say you can’t go it’s not enough as an agreement was in place. There were add ons which if Preston get promoted we will get some but unless he’s sold in January we will miss out on that.
Easy to have a go at the club but to be fair the players have the power and to also be fair Ben did right with the club.

[DonnyBazR0ver]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

Proves how naive you are to believe the the Waffle, piffle and flannel we get fed regarding the transfer business.

Have you actually forgot just how appallingly bad our transfer business has been recently?

Marquis, will grigg, sunderland, kwame Thomas, rakish Bingham, alfie may, max watters, Lee tomlin, Adam Clayton, Kyle Knoyle,

Just a few names in a loooooong and sorry list to jog your memory.

I don't shoot from the hip with no evidence to back up a claim.

No point trying to move to goal posts about transfer business in general. I don't need my memory jogging. Your the one making wild accusations as if they were fact. The information is out there. Do your research.

Btw. Preston weren't the only ones making a play for Whiteman. Barnsley had a couple of bids rejected as they fell short of the valuation. Only Preston met that requirement.

[ravenrover]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

C'mon fella I'll ask you again, don't be shy put a figure to your comment and tell us where that valuation came from to prove it

I think it was common knowledge at the time fella.
He was worth 5 mill, and  we gave him away

Common knowledge? I don't think so
You're the one spouting off about giving him away
Put an actual correct figure on it and quote your source
As for not re investing it in the team.......

[silent majority]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

Pathetic naive comment. Proves you haven't listened or understood anything about Whiteman, the club, his transfer and how business is done.

Proves how naive you are to believe the the Waffle, piffle and flannel we get fed regarding the transfer business.

Have you actually forgot just how appallingly bad our transfer business has been recently?

Marquis, will grigg, sunderland, kwame Thomas, rakish Bingham, alfie may, max watters, Lee tomlin, Adam Clayton, Kyle Knoyle,

Just a few names in a loooooong and sorry list to jog your memory.

I don't shoot from the hip with no evidence to back up a claim.

No point trying to move to goal posts about transfer business in general. I don't need my memory jogging. Your the one making wild accusations as if they were fact. The information is out there. Do your research.

Btw. Preston weren't the only ones making a play for Whiteman. Barnsley had a couple of bids rejected as they fell short of the valuation. Only Preston met that requirement.

Spot on as usual Baz. DRFC had a couple of derisory bids from Barnsley as they knew he wanted away but he wasn’t keen and the bids were an attempt to get him on the cheap.

But when Preston came in that changed everything, Ben was extremely keen to go and made it well known to us that he’d played his last game for us.

£5m? Not sure what planet that was on, but not this one.

[ravenrover]

The lad’s kicked on.

Premier League next stop.

Always gave 100%.

You reap what you sow.

And Rovers let him go for next to nothing and didn't reinvest the money, and we've been rick bottom of the efl for most of this season.

You reap what you sow,

C'mon fella I'll ask you again, don't be shy put a figure to your comment and tell us where that valuation came from to prove it

I think it was common knowledge at the time fella.
He was worth 5 mill, and  we gave him away

Common knowledge? I don't think so
You're the one spouting off about giving him away
Put an actual correct figure on it and quote your source
As for not re investing it in the team.......

Come on Tony, sing to me

[Draytonian III]

£5 million, name me a player who has been transferred from a league one for £5 million

[TonySoprano]

Oh there's been a few.

Alex oxlade chamberlain
Jordan Rhodes
Fabian Delph
Ben brereton Diaz
Yanic wildshut
Britt assombalonga
Gary madine
James Justin
Dele alli
Alfie mawson
Ivan Tony

To name a few .

We gave whiteman away, just bemusing reading the comments from a tiny microcosm of rovers happy clappy fans on here.

Ask most rovers fans, and they'll say just how bad our transfer business has been. Including Ben whiteman