Crooks to Boro apparently. 11:01 - Jul 19 with 8240 views | abracaDOBRA_ | Per FLW | | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:02 - Jul 19 with 4322 views | WD19 | They need bodies. Warne is a budgie. So very possible. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:08 - Jul 19 with 4191 views | ElderGrizzly |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:09 - Jul 19 with 4140 views | chicoazul | Shame but really he is far too good for us at the moment. Boro will be pushing for the Prem this year. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:16 - Jul 19 with 4009 views | Oldsmoker | Yaaay! A football thread. Nice one. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:18 - Jul 19 with 3959 views | Wallingford_Boy | But everyone on here said the Championship interest was nonsense! HeHe. But yeah, once our bids were rejected and we never went back and others became interested, think it was game over and we looked elsewhere. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:18 - Jul 19 with 3949 views | Mediocre_Quick | Don't think FLW have got a single bit of transfer news right this window, so I'd take this with a pinch of salt, but I've also said this before and comments have aged terribly! | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:20 - Jul 19 with 3885 views | SomethingBlue | Wouldn't be a surprise, they seem one of few non-parachute clubs who can spend properly and Warne has been desperate for this particular move not to happen. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:22 - Jul 19 with 3818 views | abracaDOBRA_ |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:18 - Jul 19 by Mediocre_Quick | Don't think FLW have got a single bit of transfer news right this window, so I'd take this with a pinch of salt, but I've also said this before and comments have aged terribly! |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:24 - Jul 19 with 3767 views | SWGF | Weakens a rival. Just doesn't make us even stronger into the bargain. Was always a long shot, to my mind (see Sonny Bradley). | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:30 - Jul 19 with 3653 views | chenners17 | The exact same will happen with Celina. No way will he drop to L1. He is arguably better than crooks albeit in a different position | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:33 - Jul 19 with 3593 views | ElderGrizzly |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:24 - Jul 19 by SWGF | Weakens a rival. Just doesn't make us even stronger into the bargain. Was always a long shot, to my mind (see Sonny Bradley). |
Agree. A player who did well in a relegated team is going to want to stay in the Championship if he had the option. Boro can give him that and probably pay him more too. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:36 - Jul 19 with 3526 views | Metal_Hacker | Slightly gutted but really not surprised - really thought it was a pipe dream to be fair Difference being with the disappointment under the new regime we can perhaps expect an announcement of a similar quality player out of the blue , unlike under Evans if we'd missed our intended target he'd revert back to the "has been / bargain basement" department | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:38 - Jul 19 with 3501 views | chenners17 |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:33 - Jul 19 by ElderGrizzly | Agree. A player who did well in a relegated team is going to want to stay in the Championship if he had the option. Boro can give him that and probably pay him more too. |
Just a shame as EADT and Phil were both optimistic of crooks signing Just hope we get our other main targets in the positions we need desperately | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:40 - Jul 19 with 3470 views | BasingstokeBlue | Bummer. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:41 - Jul 19 with 3463 views | ElderGrizzly |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:38 - Jul 19 by chenners17 | Just a shame as EADT and Phil were both optimistic of crooks signing Just hope we get our other main targets in the positions we need desperately |
I assume if there were no other options outside of L1, we were certainly the favourites. Once Colin came in with a good offer, we can't compete. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:44 - Jul 19 with 3409 views | StokieBlue | Given this it's good that we got Fraser in. I am sure they will just move on to the next targets, we seem to have a list of choices for each position. Disappointing but not unexpected. SB | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:45 - Jul 19 with 3383 views | TRUE_BLUE123 | I assume we knew about this when we got Scott Fraser in. Would’ve loved Matt Crooks here. But the fact we went in with two bids for him and really chased the signing to me is encouraging. Being a league one club is the thing that makes these signings tough. Now let’s focus on the wingers and defenders. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:52 - Jul 19 with 3300 views | BondiBlue |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:44 - Jul 19 by StokieBlue | Given this it's good that we got Fraser in. I am sure they will just move on to the next targets, we seem to have a list of choices for each position. Disappointing but not unexpected. SB |
I thought russell martin's comment that we 'had all pre-season to make an offer but waited until two weeks after training started' basically meant we put the bid in for fraser once we knew crooks wasn't going to happen. Making two big money signings who play in the same position is madness. Excellent plan B. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 12:16 - Jul 19 with 3040 views | pointofblue |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:52 - Jul 19 by BondiBlue | I thought russell martin's comment that we 'had all pre-season to make an offer but waited until two weeks after training started' basically meant we put the bid in for fraser once we knew crooks wasn't going to happen. Making two big money signings who play in the same position is madness. Excellent plan B. |
Agreed - Ashton said we had our eye on four players in each position and Fraser was simply another target if Crooks didn’t pay off. Still in a very good position in central midfield though another signing would be useful in that position to give us a bit of depth. | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 12:20 - Jul 19 with 2997 views | Romeo4 | Will be a shame as Crooks would be a beast at this level. Truth be told I was finding it increasingly difficult to believe that he would end up back in L1. Like another poster points out, this will make Rotherham weaker. We have Fraser in the attacking midfield role so will give him a clearer path to excel. A pity but we move on. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 12:35 - Jul 19 with 2864 views | BryanPlug |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:18 - Jul 19 by Wallingford_Boy | But everyone on here said the Championship interest was nonsense! HeHe. But yeah, once our bids were rejected and we never went back and others became interested, think it was game over and we looked elsewhere. |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 13:01 - Jul 19 with 2676 views | chrismakin |
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Klug, clearly the experts at ITFC didn't agree that he was worth £1mill, or that we'd prefer to spend less | |
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Crooks to Boro apparently. on 13:04 - Jul 19 with 2650 views | lazyblue |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:38 - Jul 19 by chenners17 | Just a shame as EADT and Phil were both optimistic of crooks signing Just hope we get our other main targets in the positions we need desperately |
That’s the second time they have both been pretty sure a deal would be done when it hasn’t, no wonder Ashton wants everything to be kept quiet. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 13:05 - Jul 19 with 2643 views | PhilTWTD |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:38 - Jul 19 by chenners17 | Just a shame as EADT and Phil were both optimistic of crooks signing Just hope we get our other main targets in the positions we need desperately |
The noises at the club were that they were confident. Having outbattled the likes of Millwall, Coventry and Hull for other players, Middlesbrough were perhaps too big for us to compete with while at this level. | | | |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 13:06 - Jul 19 with 2617 views | N2_Blue |
Crooks to Boro apparently. on 11:18 - Jul 19 by Wallingford_Boy | But everyone on here said the Championship interest was nonsense! HeHe. But yeah, once our bids were rejected and we never went back and others became interested, think it was game over and we looked elsewhere. |
I said all day long he would go to the Championship and no one seemed to take any notice. Never was going to happen. Shame though | |
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