Ross Stewart

[The Kraken]

11 minutes ago, Convict Colony said:

saw a vid the other day of larin doing training in Canada to try and retain some sharpness while he is off.

I think it won't take him long compared to last time to start games 

Fairly standard these days that players maintain fitness throughout summer. Back in the day it was properly on the beach, players turning up for pre season overweight and unfit. Year round fitness is monitored much more now.

[Turkish]

20 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

Fairly standard these days that players maintain fitness throughout summer. Back in the day it was properly on the beach, players turning up for pre season overweight and unfit. Year round fitness is monitored much more now.

Yep back in the 80s they’d often come back a stone overweight and preseason would be getting the weight off. Now they have summer training plans which are tapered to keep fitness levels but also support recovery. That, however, is very different to the intensity of preseason which is designed to build levels and sharpness back up again and why it’s so important players get a decent preseason or else they’re playing catch up. Makes MLGs laughable comment about being at the World Cup effectively being a preseason show his lack of understanding of real life away from computer games 

[Lard]

He’s having a medical at Blackburn. 
hope they are more diligent than our med staff. 
Or not,depending on your view. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Matthew Le God]

7 minutes ago, Lard said:

He’s having a medical at Blackburn. 
hope they are more diligent than our med staff. 
Or not,depending on your view. 🤷🏻‍♂️

He is not. Blackburn fans pretending to be journalists on X

[disconnect]

3 minutes ago, Lard said:

He’s having a medical at Blackburn. 
hope they are more diligent than our med staff. 
Or not,depending on your view. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Interesting if true. Would be one of their best players (for the third of the season he plays). Sounds like his agent has potentially dropped one here though as doubt he'll get anywhere near his salary with them than here. 

[AlexLaw76]

1 hour ago, disconnect said:

Interesting if true. Would be one of their best players (for the third of the season he plays). Sounds like his agent has potentially dropped one here though as doubt he'll get anywhere near his salary with them than here. 

The overall contract might be better at Blackburn, though

[hypochondriac]

2 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

The overall contract might be better at Blackburn, though

I could think of no reason why any player would join Blackburn at the moment over Southampton. Would be a genuinely astonishing move which is why I think it is bollocks. 

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, disconnect said:

Interesting if true. Would be one of their best players (for the third of the season he plays). Sounds like his agent has potentially dropped one here though as doubt he'll get anywhere near his salary with them than here. 

 

32 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

The overall contract might be better at Blackburn, though

 

29 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I could think of no reason why any player would join Blackburn at the moment over Southampton. Would be a genuinely astonishing move which is why I think it is bollocks. 

There is no Blackburn link. It was a Blackburn fan on X changing his username to a journalist and pretending there was a link.

[Pengi]

 

30 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

I could think of no reason why any player would join Blackburn at the moment over Southampton. Would be a genuinely astonishing move which is why I think it is bollocks. 

Because he prefers the North?

[hypochondriac]

8 minutes ago, Pengi said:

 

Because he prefers the North?

Then you'd go to any number of other northern clubs with better prospects.

[VectisSaint]

10 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

 

 

There is no Blackburn link. It was a Blackburn fan on X changing his username to a journalist and pretending there was a link.

You're probably right, but seems a bit random for a Blackburn fan to be touting Stewart. No smoke without fire and all that.

[St Louis]

7 minutes ago, hypochondriac said:

Then you'd go to any number of other northern clubs with better prospects.

They'd have to want to sign you.

I have absolutely no idea if the Blackburn rumour is true, but I doubt he has too many options (due to his injuries and salary expectations) so maybe they are the best 'northern' option avaialble to him, if thats what he's looking for.

[Willo of Whiteley]

5 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

You're probably right, but seems a bit random for a Blackburn fan to be touting Stewart. No smoke without fire and all that.

I never went that level, but I did used to post the odd thing on a football rumours website (purely because it was funny) and for a while within a day or two those “rumours” would surface on either 606 or this forum. 

😂

 

[hypochondriac]

6 minutes ago, Willo of Whiteley said:

I never went that level, but I did used to post the odd thing on a football rumours website (purely because it was funny) and for a while within a day or two those “rumours” would surface on either 606 or this forum. 

😂

 

I was going to say he's never heard about the legend of Jan Koller!

[Matthew Le God]

36 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

You're probably right, but seems a bit random for a Blackburn fan to be touting Stewart. No smoke without fire and all that.

Probably? No, a Blackburn fan changed his X name to the name of a national journalist and posted it. It is nonsense. No probably about it. 

[revolution saint]

Good signing for Blackburn, shame we missed out on him.

[Sparkkyy]

Wish we were Blackburn

[tttdcs]

Well done Blackburn, smart signing

[VectisSaint]

18 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Probably? No, a Blackburn fan changed his X name to the name of a national journalist and posted it. It is nonsense. No probably about it. 

Do you ever think, 'but why.would someone do such a random thing'?  Probably not. 🙄

[hypochondriac]

Mods can you put signed for Blackburn in the title?

[Matthew Le God]

1 minute ago, VectisSaint said:

Do you ever think, 'but why.would someone do such a random thing'?  Probably not. 🙄

Because they think it is funny to change their X identity to pose as a journalist and trick people.

 

[DT]

1 minute ago, Matthew Le God said:

Because they think it is funny to change their X identity to pose as a journalist and trick people.

 

Seems to quite like changing his identity...

[Sparkkyy]

3 hours ago, Lard said:

He’s having a medical at Blackburn. 
hope they are more diligent than our med staff. 
Or not,depending on your view. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Lard was ITK after all.

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Blackburn have signed an ex Saint.

[Sparkkyy]

18 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Because they think it is funny to change their X identity to pose as a journalist and trick people.

 

Why would someone change their name to impersonate someone else Matthew Le God? Do you think it’s funny too? 

[Suhari]

56 minutes ago, JohnnyShearer2.0 said:

Blackburn have signed an ex Saint.

Good for them. Should we send them Flowers?

[Matthew Le God]

51 minutes ago, Sparkkyy said:

1) Why would someone change their name to impersonate someone else Matthew Le God?

2) Do you think it’s funny too? 

1) Because they think it is a funny thing to do

2) No

 

 

[RedArmy]

Ross Stewart having his medical right now

 

Good signing for Blackburn. 

Edited 5 hours ago by RedArmy

[sfc4prem]

Do Blackburn have a really wealthy owner or am I misremembering? Or is it still the Venky's laughing stock?

[spyinthesky]

13 minutes ago, sfc4prem said:

Do Blackburn have a really wealthy owner or am I misremembering? Or is it still the Venky's laughing stock?

Definitely Venkys.

Absolutely hated by the Rovers fans.

[Cuddles]

Well if they're offering the money, why not?

[skintsaint]

Looks a done deal according to that journo on X.

[VectisSaint]

4 hours ago, Matthew Le God said:

Because they think it is funny to change their X identity to pose as a journalist and trick people.

 

Do you honestly think people do such random things just to be funny? Maybe it's because they were actually in the know.and didn't want to expose their identity. Sorry but it was too random not to have some semblance of truth about it. Maybe try thinking a bit more before dismissing stuff as people having a laugh. 

Still, at least that one now has been put to bed and we can move on.

[Lighthouse]

8 minutes ago, VectisSaint said:

Do you honestly think people do such random things just to be funny? Maybe it's because they were actually in the know.and didn't want to expose their identity. Sorry but it was too random not to have some semblance of truth about it. Maybe try thinking a bit more before dismissing stuff as people having a laugh. 

Still, at least that one now has been put to bed and we can move on.

VectisSaint slapped Keith Chegwin with a haddock covered in marmalade.

[Gloucester Saint]

2 hours ago, Cuddles said:

Well if they're offering the money, why not?

Also reunites him with Tony Mowbray.

[Football Special]

Just seen this on x, any truth in it? 

 

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, Football Special said:

Just seen this on x, any truth in it? 

 

Can't be, he's gone to Blackburn. One of their journalists announced it earlier.

[LiberalCommunist]

This thread is clearly on drugs. 

[Turkish]

Disappointed to hear this, hoped we’d be able to get him back. Another epic failure of our transfer team to add to this growing list, good luck at Blackburn Ross

[Challenger]

2 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Disappointed to hear this, hoped we’d be able to get him back. Another epic failure of our transfer team to add to this growing list, good luck at Blackburn Ross

Relax, Downs will seamlessly slot in to replace him.

[Stripey McStripe Shirt]

49 minutes ago, Weston Super Saint said:

Can't be, he's gone to Blackburn. One of their journalists announced it earlier.

It was definitely true when it was posted.

[CB Fry]

We've had our pants pulled down here, lads

[Weston Super Saint]

11 minutes ago, CB Fry said:

We've had our pants pulled down here, lads

Again. Fucking seaside B&B.

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, VectisSaint said:

Do you honestly think people do such random things just to be funny? Maybe it's because they were actually in the know.and didn't want to expose their identity. Sorry but it was too random not to have some semblance of truth about it. Maybe try thinking a bit more before dismissing stuff as people having a laugh. 

Still, at least that one now has been put to bed and we can move on.

Absolute and complete nonsense, he changed the first part of his handle to that of a national journalist and used that journalists profile picture to trick people into thinking he was someone else. He clearly fooled some people, but his identity was not hidden as you could still see the second part of his handle and read all his other tweets. 

[Matthew Le God]

1 hour ago, Lighthouse said:

VectisSaint slapped Keith Chegwin with a haddock covered in marmalade.

Must be true, someone using Fabrizio Romano's X photo said it on X. @VectisSaint

[Weston Super Saint]

3 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Absolute and complete nonsense, he changed the first part of his handle to that of a national journalist and used that journalists profile picture to trick people into thinking he was someone else. He clearly fooled some people, but his identity was not hidden as you could still see the second part of his handle and read all his other tweets. 

It's the hope that kills.

[Turkish]

4 minutes ago, Matthew Le God said:

Absolute and complete nonsense, he changed the first part of his handle to that of a national journalist and used that journalists profile picture to trick people into thinking he was someone else. He clearly fooled some people, but his identity was not hidden as you could still see the second part of his handle and read all his other tweets. 

Obviously got a new job. Stop being jealous no one shares your tweets 

[RedArmy]

1 hour ago, Football Special said:

Just seen this on x, any truth in it? 

 

Just some weird saints fan that changed his name to trick people. 

[Weston Super Saint]

1 minute ago, RedArmy said:

Just some weird saints fan that changed his name to trick people. 

MLG?

[RedArmy]

Now that Ross Stewart is a Blackburn player, as confirmed on x, it got me thinking about others players that have played for both clubs. 
 

James Beattie

Sam Gallagher

Egil Ostenstad 

Mark Hughes 

Kevin Davies 

Ben Brereton Diaz 

Stuart Ripley 

Graham Le Saux 

Adam Armstrong 

Tim Flowers 

Ross Stewart (when he makes his debut) 

 

Any more?