Transfer Rumours Summer 2024 transfer thread

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Has anyone thought Doc might have been away on holiday and therefore it was done via a teams call or phone call? Yes he may not of liked it to happen that way. But if the lads gone away on holiday and isn't available to do it face to face, then how else should it have been done when a deadline needed to be met?

As someone else has said it can be read lots of different ways but what doesn't surprise me is that as per the usual "jump to the worst possible explanation" is the default by some.
It was a lot lot worse on here when the Allan’s did similar
 
Has anyone thought Doc might have been away on holiday and therefore it was done via a teams call or phone call? Yes he may not of liked it to happen that way. But if the lads gone away on holiday and isn't available to do it face to face, then how else should it have been done when a deadline needed to be met?

As someone else has said it can be read lots of different ways but what doesn't surprise me is that as per the usual "jump to the worst possible explanation" is the default by some.

He will have been told ages ago and he’s not stupid, he’ll have known anyway given that he barely played at all this season.

He’ll have told his agent to find him a club months ago.
 
He will have been told ages ago and he’s not stupid, he’ll have known anyway given that he barely played at all this season.

He’ll have told his agent to find him a club months ago.

He knew full he was going and you're right, his agent knows exactly who's interested and it's a fair few in England and north of the boarder
 
He will have been told ages ago and he’s not stupid, he’ll have known anyway given that he barely played at all this season.

He’ll have told his agent to find him a club months ago.

Wonder what prompts players to tweet that then, since it's Huddlestone and now Doc. Traore, Connolly, Sharp, etc. haven't tweeted similar? Connolly seemed to know. I wonder if Doc had been told it was 'unlikely' but nothing definite, or wires were crossed at some stage.
 
Wonder what prompts players to tweet that then, since it's Huddlestone and now Doc. Traore, Connolly, Sharp, etc. haven't tweeted similar? Connolly seemed to know. I wonder if Doc had been told it was 'unlikely' but nothing definite, or wires were crossed at some stage.

He was needlessly ambiguous, but that's social media these days; people, even subconsciously, want interaction and attention on there, so what better way to generate discussion than to not clarify your meaning and leave it to the audience to decide?
 
He was needlessly ambiguous, but that's social media these days; people, even subconsciously, want interaction and attention on there, so what better way to generate discussion than to not clarify your meaning and leave it to the audience to decide?

And then delete your tweet so not many see it? Something doesn't stack up with it but it's done now.
 
He was needlessly ambiguous, but that's social media these days; people, even subconsciously, want interaction and attention on there, so what better way to generate discussion than to not clarify your meaning and leave it to the audience to decide?

I don't think he was ambiguous at all, he knew exactly what he was saying. Whether it was a tweet out of emotion and anger is probably fairly likely
 
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He was needlessly ambiguous, but that's social media these days; people, even subconsciously, want interaction and attention on there, so what better way to generate discussion than to not clarify your meaning and leave it to the audience to decide?

I say again I saw his body language at the walk around, he knew he was going then. We don't know the full story, better at one of the next East/West/North/south stand fans meetings someone asks the question.
 
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Doc knew we were trying to get rid of him last summer before his injury.
And what has he done on the pitch this season to warrant a contract extension?
Maybe Doc was given false hope following Liam's sacking that everyone would get their opportunity to be assessed by the new coach, but letting him go was the right decision for the club.
 
Maybe Doc was given false hope following Liam's sacking that everyone would get their opportunity to be assessed by the new coach, but letting him go was the right decision for the club.

The manger wasn't ever going to see him play before the retained list had to be announced, so there was never any possibility of this happening.
 
Doc knew we were trying to get rid of him last summer before his injury.
And what has he done on the pitch this season to warrant a contract extension?
Maybe Doc was given false hope following Liam's sacking that everyone would get their opportunity to be assessed by the new coach, but letting him go was the right decision for the club.
Fair to say it's probably the right decision for the Player too.He's the type of lad who thrives on fitness and playing Football...He wasn't/isn't likely to get that with us.

Good luck to him,he's a decent lad and will hopefully move on to somewhere where his assets on the pitch can be used to there full capacity.
 
He isn't happy how the club/Rosenior handled his situation this year. Birmingham made an offer for him last summer and he had a good chance at first team football but the Rosie wouldn't let him go. In January, Blackburn had an offer accepted for him with Rosie's blessing, he agreed terms, packed his bags and at the very last minute, Rosie pulled the plug because he felt he was a bit short on midfielders. I think when you get that far into a move pretty much guaranteeing first team football and a longer contract and it gets taken from you, you would feel annoyed, especially when you don't even play for the club you're at.
 
He isn't happy how the club/Rosenior handled his situation this year. Birmingham made an offer for him last summer and he had a good chance at first team football but the Rosie wouldn't let him go. In January, Blackburn had an offer accepted for him with Rosie's blessing, he agreed terms, packed his bags and at the very last minute, Rosie pulled the plug because he felt he was a bit short on midfielders. I think when you get that far into a move pretty much guaranteeing first team football and a longer contract and it gets taken from you, you would feel annoyed, especially when you don't even play for the club you're at.

Interesting. Wonder if he’ll sign for Blackburn on a free now then or if they’ll move on to other targets.
 
He isn't happy how the club/Rosenior handled his situation this year. Birmingham made an offer for him last summer and he had a good chance at first team football but the Rosie wouldn't let him go. In January, Blackburn had an offer accepted for him with Rosie's blessing, he agreed terms, packed his bags and at the very last minute, Rosie pulled the plug because he felt he was a bit short on midfielders. I think when you get that far into a move pretty much guaranteeing first team football and a longer contract and it gets taken from you, you would feel annoyed, especially when you don't even play for the club you're at.

Birmingham made an offer for him last summer, despite him having a significant knee injury that meant he wasn't available until October?
 
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