Quote Originally Posted by champs95 View Post
Your story has more holes in it than Swiss cheese. You keep changing like the wind.
He is probably annoyed at finding himself way down the pecking order due to signing people like Grabban. He clearly does have a lot to learn. But your manager has opted to go with expensive signings. So he won't play. We are offering him a chance to do that. In a young, decent side. And we have loads and loads of money. We just aren't stupid enough to spend it all in one go. We see this lad as the future. With a potential big sell on clause. If he comes and does what we expect of him. But crucially, here he gets a chance. At your place he won't. It's really as simple as that.
To be fair Tricky, he does have a point. What he says isn't wrong and you too have been right is some aspects.
But I'm afraid you started off second-guessing the situation between player and manager. No doubt you have better sources than me, but in these things, the truth is usually somewhere in between what's being let on in the press and various inside sources.

Brereton has little chance atm, unless Grabban hits a dry spell and Murphy fails to seize the chance. Then also we have to consider Soudani, if he prefers to play more from the wing than an out and striker. Only if all these happens, Brereton will get a sniff or on the rare occasions he comes on as a sub and changes the game. Or in reserves, scores hattricks ever so often.

Rovers are offering a way out - he'll almost certainly get more game time and will start as the main striker or in a pair. At Forest, he's the small fish in a big pond, at Blackburn*, he gets to be a big fish in a small pond. Which would you take? And don't forget, it's the same division, against the same opponents as Forest. He has a better chance of scoring and making a big money move if he goes to Blackburn. They are unlikely to be in relegation scrap, so he won't be under too much pressure either. Perhaps though the supply line might be better at Forest, but in the end it's up to him to hit the back of the net irrespective of supply lines.

* The big fish, pond I'm alluding to isn't about the size of either club. I think maybe Blackburn might be a slightly bigger club than ourselves or of the same size either way. Rather I'm alluding to the pool of strikers at both clubs. He's definitely the smaller fish in the striking pool at Forest