News Round Up

[Glenn]

Every man and his dog seem to have us down for snapping up out of favour Alpay from Villa as soon as the transfer window opens for around 2-3 million. There were several unconfirmed sightings of him at the West Ham game and it no secret that Rovers are looking to strengthen their defence.

It also looks less likely we'll ever see Craig Hignett in a Rovers shirt again as his two month loan spell at Coventry has just been extended to three.

There is still no news on the severity of the hamstring injuries that forced both Damian Duff and Craig Short to be replaced during the West Ham game. With Henning Berg unlikely to be fit enough for the game against Middlesbrough on News Years Day it could leave Rovers with a very young defence.