January Transfer Window.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 minutes ago, bazza said:

It was meant to be.😎  To me the Rovers for now are Les Miserables.

I went to see the musical at the Opera House. It was worse than watching Rovers on a bad day. I thought my watch had stopped.

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I went to see the musical at the Opera House. It was worse than watching Rovers on a bad day. I thought my watch had stopped.

I know what you mean!

Did nothing for me either.

[Exiled_Rover]

22 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I know what you mean!

Did nothing for me either.

That makes a lot of sense.

[islander200]

Is Grabban not with a club in Saudi Arabia?

[Mike E]

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I went to see the musical at the Opera House. It was worse than watching Rovers on a bad day. I thought my watch had stopped.

 

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

I know what you mean!

Did nothing for me either.

Uncultured swines 😅

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, islander200 said:

Is Grabban not with a club in Saudi Arabia?

No left them recently 

[Oldgregg86]

8 hours ago, islander200 said:

Is Grabban not with a club in Saudi Arabia?

I hope so, it’s the only place on earth that beard is acceptable 😂

[ben_the_beast]

Grabben would be a very smart move from Rovers. However he turned down a contract extension in the summer with a now Premier League Forest, in favour for what one can assume was a very lucrative offer in Saudi. 

The fact he's only stayed 6 months suggests it's not worked out there for him. I'm not sure the reasons for him leaving. There's a good chance his salary demands could be sky high. If he's available, I'd say bring him in. 6 months or 18 months and he could solve this short term crisis. Providing his head is still in the game and he's not just looking for any final paydays.

[neophox]

How is the appeal going?? Seems to take ages..

[lraC]

31 minutes ago, neophox said:

How is the appeal going?? Seems to take ages..

According to some posts on Twitter, it is being checked and double checked. Certain people are suggesting that's a sign it could be good news, but I am not too sure.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 hours ago, Mike E said:

 

Uncultured swines 😅

Mike, I’d rather knock nails through the back of my hand. A truly great story made into a boring musical.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

28 minutes ago, lraC said:

According to some posts on Twitter, it is being checked and double checked. Certain people are suggesting that's a sign it could be good news, but I am not too sure.

Just giving us the impression they’ve taken the case seriously.

[ben_the_beast]

Could this be our get out of jail free card. If he goes for the kind of money Brentford are looking for then it could net us up to about £8million. 

Even if just some of that was made available to reinvest it could cushion the blow of losing Diaz for free. One thing is for certain. I can't see Brentford being as illogical as we are and refusing to sell an asset when their contract is running down.

[Leonard Venkhater]

On 10/02/2023 at 09:27, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Mike, I’d rather knock nails through the back of my hand. A truly great story made into a boring musical.

Victor Hugo fan club?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Victor Hugo fan club?

It’s a fantastic story. I was gripped by it years ago when the BBC did an adaptation. 

[Leonard Venkhater]

19 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s a fantastic story. I was gripped by it years ago when the BBC did an adaptation. 

Me too...

[DeeCee]

13 hours ago, ben_the_beast said:

Could this be our get out of jail free card. If he goes for the kind of money Brentford are looking for then it could net us up to about £8million. 

Even if just some of that was made available to reinvest it could cushion the blow of losing Diaz for free. One thing is for certain. I can't see Brentford being as illogical as we are and refusing to sell an asset when their contract is running down.

If he runs his contract down and moves at the end of it, we'll get zilch, is that correct?

[Andy]

3 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

If he runs his contract down and moves at the end of it, we'll get zilch, is that correct?

Yes - if he's released / leaves on a free, the clause expires.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, Andy said:

Yes - if he's released / leaves on a free, the clause expires.

Do you think for one minute that a club like Brentford will let that happen ?

[Andy]

21 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Do you think for one minute that a club like Brentford will let that happen ?

You'd like to think not - and for our club's benefit, I'd hope not.

[Exiled_Rover]

On 11/02/2023 at 08:37, ben_the_beast said:

Could this be our get out of jail free card. If he goes for the kind of money Brentford are looking for then it could net us up to about £8million. 

Even if just some of that was made available to reinvest it could cushion the blow of losing Diaz for free. One thing is for certain. I can't see Brentford being as illogical as we are and refusing to sell an asset when their contract is running down.

Best keeper in the world, that lad. Someone should offer £80m for him immediately. 

[Spartakfenni]

Mowbray had him as a scapegoat, and some on here thought he was shit. It will be like Given, when he goes to one of the big city clubs they’ll still not recognise we made a mistake. They’ll say how well we’ve done well to get a cut of the transfer when we could have had all of the transfer.

[bluebruce]

13 minutes ago, Spartakfenni said:

Mowbray had him as a scapegoat, and some on here thought he was shit. It will be like Given, when he goes to one of the big city clubs they’ll still not recognise we made a mistake. They’ll say how well we’ve done well to get a cut of the transfer when we could have had all of the transfer.

Heaven forbid they accept they were wrong to criticise us for saying the fee was far too small.

In fairness though, we would never have got all of the transfer (if the transfer is indeed anything like 40 million in the end) keeping him here, as Championship keepers (especially those developed by Ben Benson) don't sell for anything like that. Without the Premiership spotlight there is a much, much smaller ceiling on the fee. One wonders how much difference a good keeper would have made that season we had to put up with Walton though...I know we finished way, way off the mark so it's hard to see that it would have pushed us up that far, but do better in a few games and the team's form can start to snowball.

[BankEnd Rover]

Would anyone take Daniel Johnson at PNE? Left out of squad for their last game, seems like he’s not seeing eye to eye with the manager. I personally rate him.

Edited February 12, 2023 by BankEnd Rover

[roversfan99]

His performances in the last couple of years have regressed with age and he wouldnt get in our team with Dack so not for me.