Ben Whiteman

[andyst79]

I think if there was a team on par with Preston in for him realistically we'd have got  £2.5 - £3m with add ons. However there wasn't and it appears there was a gentleman's agreement in place between Ben & the club's hierarchy, so the fee was what it was.
Also the transfer was coming off the back of the COVID pandemic which was a testing time for the majority of clubs.

[Chris Black come back]

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

Whiteman is a very good player, but almost all of those are senior group International players, including some who have played for England in the World Cup. He’s not in that category.

[ravenrover]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

[Draytonian III]

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



So all those players left league one teams for £5million ?

[Draytonian III]

I hope you’ve got proof of these transactions because there’s people on here who will check the dates, leagues and fees

[DonnyBazR0ver]

I think if there was a team on par with Preston in for him realistically we'd have got  £2.5 - £3m with add ons. However there wasn't and it appears there was a gentleman's agreement in place between Ben & the club's hierarchy, so the fee was what it was.
Also the transfer was coming off the back of the COVID pandemic which was a testing time for the majority of clubs.

What we have to take into account is what's negotiated when we were successful in extending his contract in the first place. If you try to put too many restrictions in his new contract, including a silly release value, he and his agent just simply wouldn't sign the extension and he could have walked away for nothing.

Then of course, once Preston table a bid which meets the minimum valuation (as said above with no other competing club) you have to get a balance with the fee and the sell on clause plus any other add ons.

Ben openly talked about the move after he left which Mr Soprano conveniently ignores.

[TonySoprano]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

Christ, Google it !

[TonySoprano]

I hope you’ve got proof of these transactions because there’s people on here who will check the dates, leagues and fees

Let's wait and see then

[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

Whiteman is a very good player, but almost all of those are senior group International players, including some who have played for England in the World Cup. He’s not in that category.

Not at the time of their transfers.
Their clubs negotiated a reasonable fee.
Other clubs unfortunately know we are push overs

[vaya]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

Christ, Google it !

Why don't you Google it?

[silent majority]

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

Whiteman is a very good player, but almost all of those are senior group International players, including some who have played for England in the World Cup. He’s not in that category.

Not at the time of their transfers.
Their clubs negotiated a reasonable fee.
Other clubs unfortunately know we are push overs

No doubt you can support that allegation as well!

[ravenrover]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

Christ, Google it !

I'd rather you tell me as you obviously know, or don't....

[Draytonian III]

Tony or whoever you this week you’re moving the goalposts, Ben Whiteman has improved as a player and now he might be a £5 million player, but not then.
Why don’t you go with the positives not spend hours of your time slagging OUR club off, I bet it really gauled you when Ben Close scored the second

[Iberian Red]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

Christ, Google it !

Don't give me a chlliy,cold response.
Where did you read the common knowledge Ben was worth £5 million. ?
 

[sedwardsdrfc]

If he was so obviously worth so much more why were only Preston willing to pay it? Plenty of clubs in championship with the money so if it was such a bargain you’d have expected a few more bids.

[BillyStubbsTears]

More to the point, if it's common knowledge, why would we need to search for it?

[ravenrover]

Again how much did we actually get for Ben, just to give your comments some credibility

Christ, Google it !

I'd rather you tell me as you obviously know, or don't....

Well silence is golden as they say, we have to assume you were talking bo!!ocks.
Speaking of which does your pseudonym have anything to do with the fact that they haven't dropped yet otherwise you could be TonyTenor or Bass

[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 "

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.

I didn't realise until after Southampton's win today they were unbeaten in 21 league games  they obviously have "put their finger on how to fanny about at the back "   then I thought about the chances of Preston winning the play offs  (in my dreams) ... i thought maybe 66/1

but you can get 250/1 with betvictor  so the chance of us getting any cash of the "whiteman piggy bank" seems to be zero as he is a free agent and he seems to have Sheffield United tattooed on him .......  now who was that United Manager who took pity on us and constructed the transfer so we could afford him. Chris Wilder !!

But Wilder stays I could see them loaning us a couple next season.

[dickos1]

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

For starters Diaz has never played in league one.
Huddersfield were in the championship when they sold Rhodes, madine has only gone for a fee once and that was when he left championship Bolton. Mawson left championship Barnsley to sign for Swansea.

So as per usual what you’ve written as fact is just made up nonsense

[Draytonian III]

That’s not fair, showing him yet again, if that keeps happening he’ll come back under another name

[Mustapha-Dump]

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.

I didn't realise until after Southampton's win today they were unbeaten in 21 league games  they obviously have "put their finger on how to fanny about at the back "   then I thought about the chances of Preston winning the play offs  (in my dreams) ... i thought maybe 66/1

but you can get 250/1 with betvictor  so the chance of us getting any cash of the "whiteman piggy bank" seems to be zero as he is a free agent and he seems to have Sheffield United tattooed on him .......  now who was that United Manager who took pity on us and constructed the transfer so we could afford him. Chris Wilder !!

But Wilder stays I could see them loaning us a couple next season.

He’s not a free agent he signed a new deal at Preston very recently, the sell on fee still stands, what we negotiated I have no idea.

[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

For starters Diaz has never played in league one.
Huddersfield were in the championship when they sold Rhodes, madine has only gone for a fee once and that was when he left championship Bolton. Mawson left championship Barnsley to sign for Swansea.

So as per usual what you’ve written as fact is just made up nonsense

I'll give you Diaz, seems transfer market might have been incorrect at the time.

But your wrong on Rhodes and mawson, they both left in pre season after their clubs got promoted from league 1.
Gary madine, grey area, seems swfc paid more that a million for him from Carlisle.

So out of your nit picking, only 1 player out of my list might have been incorrect. So my point is still 100% valid, and you as usual make yourself look a fool.

[donnybez]

Blimy theres been more technicalities in this argument than in a House of Commons debate.

[PDX_Rover]

What Rob Ghosh fails to take into account are the clubs these players were sold to. Preston aren’t an especially rich club I’d imagine?

[Draytonian III]

I see Mr Soprano has serviced again, so everyone on here best take note because his word is gospel, like it has been under his other user names, allegedly.

[NickDRFC]

I see Mr Soprano has serviced again, so everyone on here best take note because his word is gospel, like it has been under his other user names, allegedly.

Give it a rest, you banging on about him having multiple aliases is getting as boring as he is.

[drfchound]

Out of interest though, what other user names is he supposed to have had.
Can anyone step forward and tell us.

[Colin C No.3]

Out of interest though, what other user names is he supposed to have had.
Can anyone step forward and tell us.

BST & Bentley Bullet, to name but two.

[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 "

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.

I didn't realise until after Southampton's win today they were unbeaten in 21 league games  they obviously have "put their finger on how to fanny about at the back "   then I thought about the chances of Preston winning the play offs  (in my dreams) ... i thought maybe 66/1

but you can get 250/1 with betvictor  so the chance of us getting any cash of the "whiteman piggy bank" seems to be zero as he is a free agent and he seems to have Sheffield United tattooed on him .......  now who was that United Manager who took pity on us and constructed the transfer so we could afford him. Chris Wilder !!

But Wilder stays I could see them loaning us a couple next season.

He’s not a free agent he signed a new deal at Preston very recently, the sell on fee still stands, what we negotiated I have no idea.

I found that out at 2 am this morning - now that's what I call a result -( as he clutches at straws)-- seems he signed on the 26th Jan   I didn't notice anythything on here though about it

[drfchound]

Ben scored for Preston today.