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£5m?

Cleary is such an opportunity for the recruitment team and Rovers as a whole. Stump up the cash - you absolutely have it!

Troyes are top of the Ligue 2 table. Haven't seen Boura play but hope it's true that we're chasing an attacking left back.

Sometimes the goalposts move, especially when someone puts on a good performance like Cleary did last night. We also don't know the details of the negotiations. Seems like a lot of people on here will side with whoever suits their agenda best. £5m is a lot for a player, and I highly doubt Gestede would've been present at a recent Barnsley game if he hadn't been encouraged somewhat either by Clearys agent or Barnsley themselves. Who on here thinks he's worth £5m?

Ismael Boura an attacking left back from Troyes being targeted apparently

That be Abbey. Remember him well from the 80’s travelling days, a passionate Rovers man who could take no more.

I don't deny that Mercer's information that contact might have been made, or that there are interested parties out there. The thing I just don't see happening is venkys letting go of this club, ever.

Isn't it purposely kept in poor condition so you can't hear the stadium announcer's mistakes?

Because if we're successful they have to sell the club

I am sure I read a report saying Rudy was sat at a recent game with their director of football/owner. So if he didn't know the price it just shows he is even more amateur than I thought.

I wanted them both out and I wouldn't shed any tears if Ismael was to leave My point is imo the removal of Ismael solves very little whilst it's Gestede and Pasha choosing the next manager and while we are in the midst if their project Also imo it's totally pointless using Ismaels complicity as a stick to beat him with as any manager appointed Will be complicit. They are not going to appoint a demanding head coach like JDT or Eustace it will be another yes man with Owen and Gestede being in charge of signings and having a say in our tactics and formation

I wonder if we filled this vacancy… https://irecruit.efl.com/popups/displayfile.aspx?StoredFilePathID=AQmvdpkZgAYNZ7wWGf93AQ

But to the original point where the scout was praised and then shot down that’s not the scouts job to find another clubs valuation

Exactly so a scouts job is to find players within ‘market value’ the rest is on the clubs

Missing the point completely - that’s not a scouts job thatl be up to someone above the scout to call and enquire

report from last night https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2026/january/12/report--rovers-under-21s-0-3-nottingham-forest-under-21s/

Exactly this which makes them think that as they sold Leonard (who is the same age, & has scored more in the same division as Cleary) for peanuts, that they can therefore pick up Cleary for peanuts It couldn't be that they have severely misjudged the market could it?

We’re all forgetting the one factor that makes Rovers think they are the ones to defy business/football logic - the arrogance of Gestede and Pasha. They’ll believe they’ve unearthed a gem and can swipe him from ‘lowly’ Barnsley for peanuts. Not realising that the lad os being watched by virtually every championship club and Barnsley are well aware of his market value and value to them. Like any well run club have him tied to a sensible contract. Leaving the ball very much in their court with all the negotiating power

Also, there is nothing stopping Rovers from actually asking the clubs what they are looking for for X player. Obviously, there is always wriggle room, but only if you are in the same ballpark The exception to this may be financially stricken clubs such as Sheff Wed, who may ideally want £x for a player, but lower their expectations when a bill that they cannot pay becomes due. Which is exactly how we got Hyam from Coventry

happened earlier in the season too Todays fixture is the Central League, which whilst it is an U21/reserve team fixture, Rovers tend to be happy to play the U18s in these, as they did against Blackpool (also ibn the central league) when the 21s had played Boro the previous day in a similar situation earlier in the season, Looks like the same will happen again when 26th Jan they play Birmingham in PL2, then Preston on the 27th in the Central League at the end of this month We did go with an U21 side in our other central league fixture this season (which was in a free week)

We have fixtures two days in a row? How is that even allowed?

Like everything else Venky FC, I'll believe it when I see it actually happen.

I’m not THAT bothered about the tannoy, I’d rather you told Venkys to fuck off.

Exactly. There has been plenty of time before the window opened for us to get in touch with clubs of prospective players and see if there is a realistic chance of signing them. Whether it's the scouts or other personnel, the point remains the same - we have wasted time on this one. Honestly, it just reeks of the usual 'we tried' policy of bidding for players we know we can't afford so that we look like we have ambition. Then spending a paltry amount. We see this every January and most summers, it's hardly our first rodeo.

The likes of transfermarkt etc are not a remotely reliable show of value, if that's what you mean. A look through our own squad will show that.