hypochondriac

Best in the league for field tilt - you'll never win that.

Can Chelsea even afford that with FFP?

Would suck and I'd be gutted if we lost him before the summer. Whatever replacement we got in we'd be significantly weaker after janusry than before.

I'd genuinely be surprised if we looked to sell in January. Surely we'd factored in the cost of his wages once he wasn't sold in the summer.

I can't imagine that's going to be an issue for the next six months. If we don't go up we can probably sell him for a similar amount in the summer. I'd be very surprised if we sell him late in the window but stranger things have happened.

Alternatively, the replacement scores less than 6 and we go up anyway with 6 million more in our pocket.

Miovski maybe?

I thought Dyche had already said he's staying.

Yes but we will then have to start leaving players out of the match day squad. I'm not sure that's going to go down well with loaness.

I don't think it's weird to think this seems a little odd. On the face of it we've used up our final loan spot to provide cover for the midfield which is great to have but I'm not sure either the club or fans would say it was our number one priority.

Worth the financial risk in keeping him imo.

I haven't made out that 7 is a small number. It is significantly smaller than 13 points though and all I was saying is that the chance of it occurring is small but much better than it was a few weeks ago. Like you said with such absolute certainty that we wouldn't be getting automatic at the time that was similarly thought to be highly unlikely - probably more so.

It's not gloating I'm just saying it's not completely outlandish at the moment to overhaul a potential 7 point deficit if leicester were to lose next Monday. I accept it's unlikely.

Sounds like he linked up well with Armstrong too.

Worth a read. Certainly changes opinions from the start of the thread to the end. https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34579-joe-rothwell-a-myth-or-a-prospect/page/5/#comments

Worth reading this. Certainly changes opinions from the start of the thread to the end: https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34579-joe-rothwell-a-myth-or-a-prospect/page/5/#comments

Over the course of the season, they have a points total hugely above the average for 4th in the table.

Just had a look on the Blackburn forum. A few of them putting him in their best 11 since 2012 noting his skill and pace. Said he played on the right before moving more central.

Who do you think he will be competing with? Not the type of player I thought we would be getting in so bit of a surprise there.

It's not really about catching Leicester, it's about increasing our chances of promotion by dragging them back into things. If Leeds carry in their unbelievable run then currently it's 3 teams going for one spot. Would be better to be four teams going for two.

Yes that's my stance too. It's a very small chance but that chance increases a fair amount if they lose next week with a few difficult games to come.

The only metric which really matters for determining who is the best. I said the end of September for a reason.

Someone on twitter reporting we are loaning in Joe Rothwell from Bournemouth who appears to be a defensive midfielder. Have to say I have never heard of him.

Well they haven't been better than us since the end of September if we use the only metric that really matters.

I'm glad you agree I thought I was the only one!