2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Tugayisgod]

54 minutes ago, USABlue said:

Just wait till Benson coaches his keeping skills out of him.  That should be a top priority but Benson seems untouchable, why?

Maybe because of this ,

Goddard ,

"I’m very grateful to have two great goalie coaches in Ben Benson and Chris Renshaw, and for their continued support and belief in me."

Edited yesterday at 17:07 by Tugayisgod

[roversfan99]

I dont have an opinion on whether he is good or not, but players will always praise them. Means absolutely nothing.

[Tugayisgod]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I dont have an opinion on whether he is good or not, but players will always praise them. Means absolutely nothing.

True, none of us (other than the keepers) know how good or otherwise Benson is. It just gets a bit tiresome when people with no knowledge of his ability as a coach criticise him with no foundation. 

[roversfan99]

And if the keepers are asked publically they will always say how good they are.

[DeeCee]

Maybe he knows the same stuff as DL?

 

[Andy]

2 hours ago, USABlue said:

Just wait till Benson coaches his keeping skills out of him.  That should be a top priority but Benson seems untouchable, why?

Our best GK in recent times (Kaminski) spoke really highly of Benson, during his time here.

Not sure why so many people seem to have such a low opinion of him, to be honest.

[Proudtobeblue&white]

Travis to Wrexham for 3 mill, having a laugh?

[Proudtobeblue&white]

They are destroying the club by a thousand cuts, appalling.

[Mercer]

3 hours ago, USABlue said:

Just wait till Benson coaches his keeping skills out of him.  That should be a top priority but Benson seems untouchable, why?

Same with David Lowe!  Think Eustace saw through Lowe and tried to sideline him with scouting missions.  Eustace leaves and Lowe interim Head Coach!  Think we are one great mess with, IMO, too many in the club who fail to meet the required standard but seemingly untouchable.  Think there has been so much dumbing down across all areas in Rovers that we are not that far off rock bottom.

2 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Maybe because of this ,

Goddard ,

"I’m very grateful to have two great goalie coaches in Ben Benson and Chris Renshaw, and for their continued support and belief in me."

What would you really expect the lad to say when he's been given a new contract!?

Think the view of one of the world's best goalies (Raya) would be more pertinent given one of the reasons for him leaving the club was seemingly to team up with the Spanish goalie coach at Brentford.

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, Andy said:

Our best GK in recent times (Kaminski) spoke really highly of Benson, during his time here.

Not sure why so many people seem to have such a low opinion of him, to be honest.

I find the strength of opinion against him to be strange, but what players say about the staff is meaningless. Obviously they will speak highly of him. 

[BankEnd Rover]

44 minutes ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Travis to Wrexham for 3 mill, having a laugh?

Nixon reporting it as well.

[Exiled_Rover]

51 minutes ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Travis to Wrexham for 3 mill, having a laugh?

You have to chuckle. 

Selling our club captain (who's in the last year of his deal because we can't authorise contract suitable extensions) to a newly promoted team is quite amusing.

About as amusing as losing Eustace to Derby.

Football purgatory. Embrace it.

[roversfan99]

Selling our captain and one of our best players to Wrexham would I think be a new low.

[sammie]

haven’t seen any movement on that player we were in ‘advanced talks’ with but I guarantee we’ll see movement on selling Travis. We’re all over the sales but buying players no. 

[sammie]

our fans are extremely naive to be laughing this one of an all.

[BankEnd Rover]

Just now, sammie said:

our fans are extremely naive to be laughing this one of an all.

Remember when everyone laughed when Eustace was linked with Derby. 

Travis will be sold.

[Blow-in]

Just now, sammie said:

haven’t seen any movement on that player we were in ‘advanced talks’ with but I guarantee we’ll see movement on selling Travis. We’re all over the sales but buying players no. 

I wonder what we will spend the 3 million on:

Electricity.

Going away party for Waggot.

Microsoft Excel training course for Gestede.

loan deal for a 16 year old Liverpool player that will be ready for Championship foolball in 4 years.

More Indian solicitors to see if they can push the court date out even further.

 

[JHRover]

Remember that the real headline here is that Rovers want to sell their captain (and indeed anyone else they can get money for).

If they didn't want to sell them they would have tried to keep them beyond next summer. They haven't tried, so they want them to go.

Who they go to and how much we get are secondary.

[Gamst]

The urgent priority when the season ended was to tie key players down to new contracts. Brittain, Batth, Travis, Tronstad and Dolan. These are the mainstays of the team that got us to the brink of the playoffs last season. Zero contracts signed so far and very little talk of anything imminent. Seeing as players have stated they want to stay, they shouldn’t be hard deals to complete. You have to assume the plan is to sell the players. More asset stripping. 

[Mercer]

18 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Selling our captain and one of our best players to Wrexham would I think be a new low.

I posted about an hour ago that i thought we are not that far off rock bottom - how much evidence does any supporter need!?

Eustace from a top 6 club to a bottom 3 club, Travis maybe to Wrexham and make no mistake there will be more 'headlines'.  Think the writing is on the wall about Brittain and Tronstrad.

With Pasha and Gestede effectively running Rovers, nothing at all would surprise me.  I shudder about their abilities for such roles - totally unsuited IMO.

Wonder what those who have bought season tickets are thinking?  Think pants have well and truly been pulled down.

Edited 21 hours ago by Mercer

[roversfan99]

4 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I posted about an hour ago that i thought we are not that far off rock bottom - how much evidence does any supporter need!?

Eustace from a top 6 club to a bottom 3 club, Travis maybe to Wrexham and make no mistake there will be more 'headlines'.  Think the writing is on the wall about Brittain and Tronstrad.

With Pasha and Gestede effectively running Rovers, nothing at all would surprise me.  I shudder about their abilities for such roles - totally unsuited IMO.

Wonder what those who have bought season tickets are thinking?  Think pants have well and truly been pulled down.

You have also predicted imminent administration for about 10 years in a row to be fair.

[Blow-in]

4 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You have also predicted imminent administration for about 10 years in a row to be fair.

He only needs to be right once.

[Mercer]

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You have also predicted imminent administration for about 10 years in a row to be fair.

If you had any financIal / commercial / insolvency experience then you would recognise, even for a football club, Rovers are something of an exception to the rule.

Forget what I consider is bullshit about the 'benefactor model', there is, IMO, something inherently wrong with our club.  Our owners are not not local folk or lifelong Rovers' fans who have a strong emotional attachment where often the heart rules the head, they are supposedly wise Indian business folk and that being the case, I would have expected them to have cut and run a long time ago.  Is there a reason why they seemingly wont try to sell the club?  If they ever do, my services to carry out due diligence are there for any prospective investor free of charge.

[Polky]

1 hour ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

Travis to Wrexham for 3 mill, having a laugh?

Adam Forshaw to return as the Travis replacement 👀

[simongarnerisgod]

42 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

You have to chuckle. 

Selling our club captain (who's in the last year of his deal because we can't authorise contract suitable extensions) to a newly promoted team is quite amusing.

About as amusing as losing Eustace to Derby.

Football purgatory. Embrace it.

pasha and his muppets are quite capable of relegating us this season,we know the plan,sell anyone of any value,get a pile of loans in, a few free transfers and fill the rest of the squad out with academy players (wether they are ready or not),i can`t see ismael standing for it and im`e expecting him to walk away when he realises he`s been set up big style