Summer Transfer Window

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, JacknOry said:

I think us, Forest and Cardiff have been the biggest movers in the transfer window. When you look through Forests squad its just wow. Cardiff, not so much but they have brought in some good players but i dont think they were the right club for Wilson (probably the only one willing to stump up for him).

Bristol City, Birmingham, ourselves, Cardiff and maybe QPR have had good windows for me. Sheffield Wednesday decent too, and Watford have done well to keep so many of their best players.

Derby and Huddersfield have had particularly strange windows. Not sure on Forest, plenty of quality but also plenty of holding midfielders and far too many bodies. That being said, their last 2 of Knockaert and Hughton are very impressive.

Preston a strange one. Very quiet but plenty of players with only a year on their contract.

[JacknOry]

2 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Surely we won't be offering Downing a deal now 

I like him but seriously, where the hell would he fit now? I imagine if we didnt get Elliott or a similar loan, we would have taken him back.

[Mellor Rover]

5 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

I myself am very excited by the window.

Very worried by only the one centre back signing.

Not long til January... ?

[yankfan]

2 hours ago, rovers11 said:

Harvey will play. No way Liverpool would have let him come here without some kind of verbal promise that Harvey will get game time, especially as they had no intention of letting him go until TM put up a strong case. Him and Dolan will compete for the right attacking spot. 

The signings today probably spell the end for Davenport and Chapman. 

 

Maybe Evans too?

[DE.]

BBC have obviously done their homework as usual... 

[Gavlar Somerset Rover!]

18 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Summary of other clubs:

Cardiff got Dillon Phillips

Millwall bagged Zohore on loan

Forest loaned Knockheart

Cardiff loaned Harry Wilson (odd fit in my book)

Swansea loaned Palmer (odd same division loan for someone Bristol spent quite a bit on)

Those are the bigger ones, have I missed any?

 

Forest got Grosicki too. Hopefully neither play against us tomorrow.

[Paul Mani]

4 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

I read somewhere that they essentially offered us Elliot or Wilson. Guessing finances dictated who we went for, but as you say, great to have that relationship!

I’ve read on from the Liverpool journos and Sharpe that Liverpool never planned to let him go until we submitted a detailed plan for Elliott...that’s top class!!

[JacknOry]

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Bristol City, Birmingham, ourselves, Cardiff and maybe QPR have had good windows for me. Sheffield Wednesday decent too, and Watford have done well to keep so many of their best players.

Derby and Huddersfield have had particularly strange windows. Not sure on Forest, plenty of quality but also plenty of holding midfielders and far too many bodies. That being said, their last 2 of Knockaert and Hughton are very impressive.

Preston a strange one. Very quiet but plenty of players with only a year on their contract.

Forest have signed Knockeart and already have the likes of Lolley, Lyle Taylor, Grabban, Freeman, Ameobi and Guerrero fighting for their advanced positions. On paper their squad is crazy and with a good manager, which they now have, they should be challenging.

 

[yankfan]

52 minutes ago, HowieFive0 said:

More important  ..how has Harvey got past Mowbray with a hairstyle like that ...? Questions need to be asked and answered ...

He saw an image thought it was a photo of Gallagher playing out wide.  He thought maybe if we play Harvey out there everyone will think it's the lad I spent $7 million quid on

[JacknOry]

2 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Forest got Grosicki too. Hopefully neither play against us tomorrow.

did they? it been confirmed? well feck me, add another to those i listed above.

Edited October 16, 2020 by JacknOry

[Gavlar Somerset Rover!]

2 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

did they? it been confirmed? well feck me, add another to those i listed above.

Not confirmed, but going to be. Guess that means he can’t play tomorrow at least.

[m1st]

24 minutes ago, tonygreenbank said:

I know I’m a positive person but today’s deals have totally blown me away! I could never have envisaged such personnel arriving and even getting Mulgrew to sign for Fleetwood!

I’ m sure every club wants to strengthen during the window but I can’t think of another club in our league who has done as well as us.

Time for a little bet on the top 6 at least.

Surely you can top Mercer's £150 @ 13-2? And from memory, that's for promotion. Think really big; and who knows, you might be able to buy the club from our owners!??

[EwoodGlory]

13 minutes ago, yankfan said:

Maybe Evans too?

Thought he would have  been of to stoke today 

[Paul Mellelieu]

51 minutes ago, 4000Holes said:

Very different season to come.  Mowbray gets what he wants (more or less) Venkys put another 18 million into the club presumably to keep us afloat over Covid but also to cover salaries for our new players.

For the first time, Mowbray now needs to deliver.

He delivered by getting us promoted and moving the club into mid table safety.

[JacknOry]

Dack was probably half-joking when he said he might have to go on loan to get back in this side. Bit less of a joke now which is a good thing. Of course he still should but its great to have so much depth.

[only2garners]

1 hour ago, islander200 said:

Yes but other players like Dolan , Buckley , Elliot etc won't have to be registered leaving space for Chapman

Not that it matters overall but Elliot has to be registered as he’s a loan player.

[RoversClitheroe]

5 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Dack was probably half-joking when he said he might have to go on loan to get back in this side. Bit less of a joke now which is a good thing. Of course he still should but its great to have so much depth.

Are you feeling okay? Dack is still by far our best player! 

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Excellent window.

In true Rovers style we'll lose tomorrow?

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Are you feeling okay? Dack is still by far our best player! 

Read my last sentence.

I am just saying that our strength in depth has meant that even our best players will be squirming a bit more. 

[4000Holes]

6 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

He delivered by getting us promoted and moving the club into mid table safety.

He did deliver but let’s be honest promotion from league 1 was the simple bit for a club of our stature.  We where up against the likes of Shrewsbury for heavens sake.  He did get us into mid table safety but some of his decisions have been abysmal when playing players out of position, how many right sided players did he play on the left?  
I believe now we have a squad, at least on paper that can compete, so having got his recruitment sorted, he needs to deliver, otherwise he will be on his bike and quite rightly.

[JacknOry]

3 minutes ago, only2garners said:

Not that it matters overall but Elliot has to be registered as he’s a loan player.

We did this all earlier. We have quite a few under 21s such as Dolan, the Nick the Greek, Buckley etc that don't have to register...so should fit all in.

[RoverKyle]

14 minutes ago, m1st said:

Surely you can top Mercer's £150 @ 13-2? And from memory, that's for promotion. Think really big; and who knows, you might be able to buy the club from our owners!??

I've just lumped on us to finish top 6 at 9/4. It's been a brilliant window but I'm not sure I trust us to get promoted ?

[JacknOry]

1 minute ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Excellent window.

In true Rovers style we'll lose tomorrow?

No Holtby or Rothwell apparently.

[RoversClitheroe]

4 minutes ago, 4000Holes said:

He did deliver but let’s be honest promotion from league 1 was the simple bit for a club of our stature.  We where up against the likes of Shrewsbury for heavens sake.  He did get us into mid table safety but some of his decisions have been abysmal when playing players out of position, how many right sided players did he play on the left?  
I believe now we have a squad, at least on paper that can compete, so having got his recruitment sorted, he needs to deliver, otherwise he will be on his bike and quite rightly.

He didn't deliver though, he had 15 games for us not to get relegated and we did.

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

4 minutes ago, 4000Holes said:

He did deliver but let’s be honest promotion from league 1 was the simple bit for a club of our stature.  We where up against the likes of Shrewsbury for heavens sake.  He did get us into mid table safety but some of his decisions have been abysmal when playing players out of position, how many right sided players did he play on the left?  
I believe now we have a squad, at least on paper that can compete, so having got his recruitment sorted, he needs to deliver, otherwise he will be on his bike and quite rightly.

Yes, a club of our stature should breeze through League 1. Btw, when do we play Sunderland this year?