If carlsberg did transfer threads.....This would be it!

[clapton is god]

ESPN and Burnden Aces have QPR lodging a £1mil bid for Tim Ream....

[boltonboris]

Lot to expect of a 20 year old that! He's going to have to get used to a lot more attention than he's been used to up to now other than that Reading game. No doubt the talent is there, mind. And some.

Honestly think Clough has the magic touch me.. Ghosts in and gets into some great positions and also capable of a bit of magic.. I'd back him and Madine for 10 each if they play 30 games plus

Not many granted, but a whole lot better than we usually get from our strikers

[Bijou Bob]

Re assessing my thoughts after losing out on Alf, I may have had this wrong. I thought Alf might be the difference between a crack at promotion and obscurity. I think that now probably applies to a decent centre back.

[Little Green Man]

Not many granted, but a whole lot better than we usually get from our strikers

In the three seasons since we dropped to the second tier the top goalscorer is Chris Eagles with a grand total of 13. N'gog is second on the list with 11.

[Prufrock]

Lot to expect of a 20 year old that! He's going to have to get used to a lot more attention than he's been used to up to now other than that Reading game. No doubt the talent is there, mind. And some.

Honestly think Clough has the magic touch me.. Ghosts in and gets into some great positions and also capable of a bit of magic.. I'd back him and Madine for 10 each if they play 30 games plus

Not many granted, but a whole lot better than we usually get from our strikers

Yep, he looks the real deal. So much belief for a 20 year-old too. We saw Reading stick three on him and kick him to bits last year though, he's going to have to get used to a lot of that. No doubt he will, but could take time.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

15 isn't a great tally in this league. I'd back Clough to get at least that this season and Madine to get at least 12.

that's big talk!! when was the last time we had two strikers that prolific!!

Last time we went up... and the three second-tier seasons before that. Here's our top two (or more where joint) scorers in all competitions; for the second-tier campaigns I've added the league-only score in brackets.

2014/15 Le Fondre 8 (8), CDavies 7 (6)
2013/14 Beckford 9 (7), Moritz/Juke 7 (7)
2012/13 Eagles 12 (12), Ngog/Sordell 8 (8/4)
2011/12 Klasnic 9, KDavies 8
2010/11 Elmander 12, KDavies 10
2009/10 KDavies 9, Klasnic/Taylor 8
2008/09 KDavies 12, Taylor 10
2007/08 Anelka 11, Diouf 6
2006/07 Anelka 12, KDavies 9
2005/06 Stelios 12, Nolan 11
2004/05 KDavies/Diouf/Pedersen 9
2003/04 Nolan 13, KDavies/Djorkaeff/Pedersen 10
2002/03 Djorkaeff/Okocha/Pedersen 7
2001/02 Ricketts 15, Nolan 8
2000/01 Ricketts 24 (21), Holdsworth 15 (11)
1999/00 Eidur 21 (14), Deano 15 (14)
1998/99 Bob Taylor 18 (17), Gunnlaugsson 14 (13)
1997/98 Blake 14, AThompson 10
1996/97 McGinlay 30 (24), Blake 25 (20)

[Little Green Man]

ESPN and Burnden Aces have QPR lodging a £1mil bid for Tim Ream....

BN have it that we rejected their offer.

Shame. De-Ream and things can only get better.

[Dave Sutton's barnet]

ESPN and Burnden Aces have QPR lodging a £1mil bid for Tim Ream....

BN have it that we rejected their offer.

"Reportedly rejected", that weaselly adverb adding an arm's-length distance from the BN itself.

Ream has two years left on his contract and made more BWFC appearances than anyone else last season, so that's an(other) insultingly low offer.

[thebish]

I think we have one Pru. If we can keep him fit. I'd put money on at least 21 between Clough and Madine. Granted, it's a long time since we had anyone that prolific and it's the other end where we're going to have issues.

that's a bit of a drop from your at least 15 PLUS 12 = at least 27!!

[Prufrock]

Insultingly low it may have been, but I'd have snatched their hands off for it, the useless bastard .

[BWFC_Insane]

BN guy saying no confirmation yet that a bid has even been made....

But timing is wrong on this. I'm no Ream fan but he covers two positions and we need him playing Saturday. Few weeks ago and I'd have driven him there for £2M...but we can't really sell now unless they offer something daft. Or unless we just need the money more than anything else.

[thebish]

BN guy saying no confirmation yet that a bid has even been made....

But timing is wrong on this. I'm no Ream fan but he covers two positions and we need him playing Saturday. Few weeks ago and I'd have driven him there for £2M...

to be fair if I was offered £2million - I would drive any of our players anywhere!

[TonyDomingos]

BN guy saying no confirmation yet that a bid has even been made....

But timing is wrong on this. I'm no Ream fan but he covers two positions and we need him playing Saturday. Few weeks ago and I'd have driven him there for £2M...but we can't really sell now unless they offer something daft. Or unless we just need the money more than anything else.

I think Bruce has already offered to drive to QPR.

[Jugs]

BN guy saying no confirmation yet that a bid has even been made....

But timing is wrong on this. I'm no Ream fan but he covers two positions and we need him playing Saturday. Few weeks ago and I'd have driven him there for £2M...but we can't really sell now unless they offer something daft. Or unless we just need the money more than anything else.

Agreed.

I'm not a big fan of Ream, but if we flog him we really are down to the bare bones, especially for Saturday.

[Bijou Bob]

I think we have one Pru. If we can keep him fit. I'd put money on at least 21 between Clough and Madine. Granted, it's a long time since we had anyone that prolific and it's the other end where we're going to have issues.

that's a bit of a drop from your at least 15 PLUS 12 = at least 27!!

Ah, the pedant returns! The two figures aren't mutually exclusive are they? I reckon at least 21, pushed for a bet I'd go for 27. The thing with Clough is that he's worth several penalties and will create room for Madine and our midfielders by drawing defenders wherever he makes runs.

On another note, Bob Taylor scored 18?!! Blimey, I'd forgotten it was that many!

[Jugs]

Bob Taylor was great.

[jaffka]

Bob Taylor was great.

He wasn't great, he was super

[Bruce Rioja]

BN guy saying no confirmation yet that a bid has even been made....

But timing is wrong on this. I'm no Ream fan but he covers two positions and we need him playing Saturday. Few weeks ago and I'd have driven him there for £2M...but we can't really sell now unless they offer something daft. Or unless we just need the money more than anything else.

I think Bruce has already offered to drive to QPR.

Aye. Does Ream's Mrs make fantastic cakes and biscuits? His seat in the car could depend on this.

[Bijou Bob]

So at what point do we sell Timmy? Now the bidding has opened snd his agent has whispered in his shell like that he could double his money, how long before another bid comes on and at what point do we get Bruce to instruct those Albanian blokes to valet his car for 3 quid prior to the journey south?

[StaffsTrotter]

So at what point do we sell Timmy? Now the bidding has opened snd his agent has whispered in his shell like that he could double his money, how long before another bid comes on and at what point do we get Bruce to instruct those Albanian blokes to valet his car for 3 quid prior to the journey south?

don't get too excited, sounds like konchesky is joining qpr - presumably as LB - at least we don't have these prolonged transfer sagas.