2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[RevidgeBlue]

8 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

In fairness injuries can just be bad luck. I lift a lot of weight, 5 or 6 times a week, heavy weights. I pulled a muscle wiping my arse last year 🤣

My sympathies.

As a lay person I still maintain that if he didn't have any underlying problem when he came, everyone was screened for potential issues before the start of pre season and they're warming up properly, no-one should be breaking down as early as day 2 or 3. I assume they're not being flogged to death at that point or shouldn't be.

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Ah well, we tried. Time to get some premier league kid on loan instead

No it isn't. You're thinking of the last week of the window.

[bluebruce]

7 hours ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

More likely to happen early in pre season after being off for weeks

Unfortunately it just happens 

Especially if you're pushing yourself to impress your new boss and teammates.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

52 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

My sympathies.

As a lay person I still maintain that if he didn't have any underlying problem when he came, everyone was screened for potential issues before the start of pre season and they're warming up properly, no-one should be breaking down as early as day 2 or 3. I assume they're not being flogged to death at that point or shouldn't be.

Aerobic testing normally happens in the early days so they have something to compare to mid pre season and then again I’d assume right at the start of the season 

its just unlucky 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Just now, bluebruce said:

Especially if you're pushing yourself to impress your new boss and teammates.

100% a combination of that along with not having done too much over the summer etc it’s just unfortunate…not great for us mind you but don’t think there’s a big conspiracy behind it 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

In fairness injuries can just be bad luck. I lift a lot of weight, 5 or 6 times a week, heavy weights. I pulled a muscle wiping my arse last year 🤣

Do you have a warm up regime for wiping your arse ? 

[Ricceh]

21 minutes ago, rigger said:

Do you have a warm up regime for wiping your arse ? 

Definitely his push day

[chaddyrovers]

6 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yes but if we know the selling Club are after double what we're offering for players, then we've little or no chance of succeeding we're just tyre kicking.

do we actually know that? 

He has only 12 months left on contract now so their asking price is reducing based on that

5 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

'Blackburn try to sign centre half' what a headline 😂

This lads not so recently scored against Chelsea and Real Betis, in what world do we offer him better terms than others? 

Who are the others? 

Nicko seem to think this has a good chance of happening and he fits the bill for the type of centre back we want. 

Another money signing possible and they seem to be backing Ismael with some money. 

3 hours ago, Polky said:

Millwall breaking their transfer record (£5m) for Joshua Coburn from Boro.

I doubt we’ll spend that much on a striker again.

why would you been spending that much on Coborn? 

[Waggy76]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

My sympathies.

As a lay person I still maintain that if he didn't have any underlying problem when he came, everyone was screened for potential issues before the start of pre season and they're warming up properly, no-one should be breaking down as early as day 2 or 3. I assume they're not being flogged to death at that point or shouldn't be.

I think it is lazy scouting, watched by video ,brew in one hand and a spud pie in the other. How many games did he complete last season? How many similar injuries over his career? 

Another if he is any good, why as he ended up here? 

Agents at play if you ask me... 

Edited 17 hours ago by Waggy76

[B16Rover]

34 minutes ago, Ricceh said:

Definitely his push day

Depending how much fibre he eats, it might be a full body 

Push 

Pull

Legs

[Forever Blue]

8 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Depending how much fibre he eats, it might be a full body 

Push 

Pull

Legs

I hope he’s keeping a log

[Forever Blue]

 

[B16Rover]

4 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

 

Like looking at a new Peugeot because you're not impressed with your French electrics in your Renault 

[Torgeir]

6 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

'Blackburn try to sign centre half' what a headline 😂

This lads not so recently scored against Chelsea and Real Betis, in what world do we offer him better terms than others? 

Clean sheets > goals 

 

For a central defender.

[simongarnerisgod]

like to know where he saw us playing,seeing as the lads were on holiday

[BankEnd Rover]

21 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Clean sheets > goals 

 

For a central defender.

Thanks for the reminder.

My point is he will have other suitors, ones which will appeal more to our pack of skittles...Unless Suhail has been locked in a room. 

 

[Mercer]

8 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yes but if we know the selling Club are after double what we're offering for players, then we've little or no chance of succeeding we're just tyre kicking.

Nailed it.

All for the likes of Chaddy.

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

do we actually know that? 

He has only 12 months left on contract now so their asking price is reducing based on that

Who are the others? 

Nicko seem to think this has a good chance of happening and he fits the bill for the type of centre back we want. 

Another money signing possible and they seem to be backing Ismael with some money. 

 

So by that token with Brittain, Travis, Tronstad and Hyam all with just 12 months left on their contract you would expect Rovers to accept derisory offers? 

The lad is going to have a number of clubs chasing him - Wolves, Union Berlin and Strasbourg are just 3 I've seen mentioned.

He might fit the bill but I think it's almost zero chance of happening.

Sadly Chaddy, like many other Rovers' fans, you swallow hook, line and sinker the, IMO, bullsh1t flowing from Ewood.  "Another money signing possible and they seem to be backing Ismael with some money" - it's crap and tiddly winks!!!  Our market is not Sagnan, Nade or Kapuadi but cheap, cheerful and unproven signings like De Neve and Tavares with low up front fees and inflated add-ons that most likely will never happen.  Wake up and smell the coffee as I think the likes of you are being conned big time.

Edited 15 hours ago by Mercer

[USABlue]

On 25/06/2025 at 16:02, chaddyrovers said:

We see

 

 

 

Huh?

[USABlue]

On 25/06/2025 at 16:07, roversfan99 said:

As above.

Everyone didnt chip in to fill the void, we scored 7 fewer goals. 

We did better as a team but our attack was worse.

It almost always seems like when we have a goal machine we don't do so great, Shesrer and Garner aside.  Likes of Armstrong, Rhodes, Gestede.

[roversfan99]

35 minutes ago, USABlue said:

It almost always seems like when we have a goal machine we don't do so great, Shesrer and Garner aside.  Likes of Armstrong, Rhodes, Gestede.

We also did well when we had McCarthy, Bellamy, Jansen etc banging in the goals.

We havent done particularly well in the last 15 years regardless of who we have had. In fact, some of our highest finishes in that time did include a main goalscorer or 2. 

[doctorryan]

6 hours ago, Ossydave said:

In fairness injuries can just be bad luck. I lift a lot of weight, 5 or 6 times a week, heavy weights. I pulled a muscle wiping my arse last year 🤣

From now on your Delta Tau Chi name is......."Loo Roll".

[Upside Down]

12 hours ago, Polky said:

Millwall breaking their transfer record (£5m) for Joshua Coburn from Boro.

I doubt we’ll spend that much on a striker again.

I doubt we'll spend that much at all 

[USABlue]

6 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

We also did well when we had McCarthy, Bellamy, Jansen etc banging in the goals.

We havent done particularly well in the last 15 years regardless of who we have had. In fact, some of our highest finishes in that time did include a main goalscorer or 2. 

I had forgot all about those. oh the memories, Santa Cruz too.  I loved us under Hughes.  No one liked playing us.

Edited 6 hours ago by USABlue

[Torgeir]

10 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Thanks for the reminder.

My point is he will have other suitors, ones which will appeal more to our pack of skittles...Unless Suhail has been locked in a room. 

 

Sure but not because he scored a couple of goals. Money talks...

 

All our deals are cheap or free, there's a snag in the contract or something else that makes us attempt to get a good value player for less than his worth, it seems. 

[Neal]

Poku going to QPR for 900k... 

 

Whilst we're scouring Europe for weird unproven players... Christ.