2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Forever Blue]

8 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Wonder if this new RB will end up on the Right wing. He played Beck further forward at the first opportunity and it seems De Neve, who has also been a LB, is set to be deployed on the left wing.

Yeah, it seems like VI might want widemen  who can run up and down the line all day and are good at the defensive aspect.
 

I think we’re going to have a very athletic side.

[blue and whites]

Why not buy their best player When you have already bought two of their players.

abdelkahar kadri

[K-Hod]

51 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Yep correct but I’m just showing that because we haven’t heard of these signings etc doesn’t mean we’re automatically doomed - judgement should be made in season

again I refer to last year batth the main one got laughed off this forum and now we’re gutted he’s gone 

If we can't judge or comment on signings when they're made, we might as well shut the forum down.

[BankEnd Rover]

[sharpysharps86]

Can we perhaps sign a player from one of the other relegated sides in Belgium? You know, just for a bit of variety. 🙃

Alebiosu sounds on paper like an even less inspired signing than De Neve, who was at least a starter in that side. Any more players from Belgium this summer and it's going to become the new version of all the Portuguese players that signed in summer 2012.

That being said, if JRC is indeed out the door then this feels like a straight replacement and backup to Brittain (hopefully). Maybe Rovers will use the rest of the supposed JRC money to finally laund Kapuadi, who is the only player we've been linked with that seems like he would actually, genuinely improve the team.

It all seems a bit desperate, doesn't it? Granted we've not seen any of these new players kick a ball yet, but none of them make me think "yeah that'll improve the starting 11". It feels much more like squad fillers ahoy while Rudy spins his wheel of fortune / misery on who we bring in next.

I suppose compared to last summer it's still early days on Rovers recruitment. Wasn't it the last week of pre-season when they signed a bunch of players over the course of a week? I remember Ohashi and Gueye played 45 mins each in a friendly the week before the first game of the season.

Edited July 10 by sharpysharps86

[RoversClitheroe]

2 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Right let's do some research who is it

[alex l]

Absolutely people have the right to make judgement on signings. Similarly, people would do well to remember some signings have completely flipped the initial judgement, or even judgement after 1 season. Szmods, Brittain, Bezza....far from great first seasons. 

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Right let's do some research who is it

Look for the following...

• Under 24
• 0-60 Professional games
• Recently relegated
• Cheap

[Emerald Isle Rover]

22 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

If we can't judge or comment on signings when they're made, we might as well shut the forum down.

That is not what I’m saying at all. I’m pretty much saying he’s been wrong before so what’s to say he can’t/wont be wrong again. This debate raises its head all the time I’d have thought posters would have learnt that maybe just maybe instead of instant doom they look at last season and maybe go ok these aren’t inspiring (because they aren’t) but we shall se show it goes 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Roll the Dice......

[roversfan99]

Do our new Belgian second division feeder club have any Swiss players?

[B16Rover]

Marley Ake

[K-Hod]

4 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

That is not what I’m saying at all. I’m pretty much saying he’s been wrong before so what’s to say he can’t/wont be wrong again. This debate raises its head all the time I’d have thought posters would have learnt that maybe just maybe instead of instant doom they look at last season and maybe go ok these aren’t inspiring (because they aren’t) but we shall se show it goes 

If people reserved judgment until a certain point, they'd never have an opinion on anything.

Who cares if they're wrong? People get things wrong all the time.

It's easy to look back on anything with hindsight. 

[RoversClitheroe]

1 minute ago, B16Rover said:

Marley Ake

Where does the Belgium come from?

[sharpysharps86]

If the supposed 2nd player is from a Swiss club then it'll probably be from Yverdon Sport FC who were relegated last season 😂

[RoversClitheroe]

3 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

If the supposed 2nd player is from a Swiss club then it'll probably be from Yverdon Sport FC who were relegated last season 😂

Then it's:

Mitchy Ntelo

Would be a terrible signing imo

Edited July 10 by RoversClitheroe

[B16Rover]

3 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Where does the Belgium come from?

Presume that's the right back no? 

I guessed on this guy by the way based on relegated Swiss.  Although the same club has a central mid called Baradji that Celtic were after 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

4 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

If people reserved judgment until a certain point, they'd never have an opinion on anything.

Who cares if they're wrong? People get things wrong all the time.

It's easy to look back on anything with hindsight. 

I have opinions you do and all others do but when your option has been proven to be way off the mark would you continue to go with that same opinion each time (I wouldn’t)

 

[JHRover]

It seems clear that Gestede has well and truly got his feet under the table with the signings we are making. 

There will have to be more than a few fingers and toes crossed that he knows what he is doing here because on paper it is worrying. Granted he is, like everyone else around this club, working with his hands tied behind his back financially, but it is a high risk strategy.

We've seen a similar sort of thing before with the Shebby and Portuguese influx. And thanks to someone last night pointing it out it does concern me that we've now signed two this summer from Vincent Tan's Belgian club who signed Gestede for Cardiff. I don't believe in such coincidences. 

[Paul Mani]

1 hour ago, DutchRover said:

So where are we at squad wise now? I do agree that we might be trying to transition to 3-4-3 based on the signings. I'd guess:

Toth

Hyam, New CB?, Pickering?

Brittain, Tron, Trav, Hedges

Cantwell, Ohashi, Kargbo

 

Backups:

Pears

Carter, Wharton, Ribeiro

Alebiosu, Tavares, Forshaw , De Neve

Tyjon, Gueye, Leonard

 

We definitely need strengthening in the forward areas as backup for Cantwell/Kargbo, we can't go into a season relying on Tyjon and Leonard.

Likewise, CB is a little weak until we sign someone, I also don't quite trust idea of Riberio/Pickering at CB.

I’d say more…

                  Toth

      Carter.   Hyam  New CB

Brittain  Trav.  Sonny.     Ribeiro

        Kargbo.     Cantwell

                Ohashi

Cover:

GK - Pears

CB - Wharton, Pickering, New, 

Wingback - Alebiosu, Duru, De Neve, Hedges

CM - Tavares / Loan? Or New

Forwards - Gueye, Tyjon, Leonard, new #10, new wide forward.

Plus the academy options.

[Forever Blue]

Where’s the Swiss player stuff coming from?

[Tim Southampton Rover]

Just a guess - Kwadwo Duah - Born London, plays for Switzerland national team, currently with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Good goalscoring record according to our friend wiki.

Edit:

Signed in 07/19/2023 for 3.5m and contract expires next year. I'm guessing his market value is probably around £1-1.5m based on contract length. 

Edited July 10 by Tim Southampton Rover

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, Paul Mani said:

I’d say more…

                  Toth

      Carter.   Hyam  New CB

Brittain  Trav.  Sonny.     Ribeiro

        Kargbo.     Cantwell

                Ohashi

Cover:

GK - Pears

CB - Wharton, Pickering, New, 

Wingback - Alebiosu, Duru, De Neve, Hedges

CM - Tavares / Loan? Or New

Forwards - Gueye, Tyjon, Leonard, new #10, new wide forward.

Plus the academy options.

Its been reported that we only want one centre back.

Im not sure why people are presuming that we are going to change to a back 3/5.

[Paul Mani]

Just now, roversfan99 said:

Its been reported that we only want one centre back.

Im not sure why people are presuming that we are going to change to a back 3/5.

We wanted one when we thought Batth was staying. I’m not sure if we will sign two cb’s but based on the profile of high energy, forward thinking fullbacks we’re signing, they look more like wing backs. Which leads us to think we might end up with three CB’s.

Barnsley were 343 in that brilliant season they had with VI weren’t they?

[Forever Blue]

6 minutes ago, Tim Southampton Rover said:

Just a guess - Kwadwo Duah - Born London, plays for Switzerland national team, currently with Bulgarian club Ludogorets Razgrad. Good goalscoring record according to our friend wiki.

Edit:

Signed in 07/19/2023 for 3.5m and contract expires next year. I'm guessing his market value is probably around £1-1.5m based on contract length. 

Why are we guessing Swiss players? Has there been a link?