2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[pick32]

Think with the hull lad coming in the four centre back options of Wharton, Hyam, Carter and McLoughlin have plenty of Championship experience and are a decent mix. 

[sharpysharps86]

3 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

We will need to replace Brittain's crossing ability, so whoever comes in needs to either be very good technically or extremely quick instead.

Nyambe is neither, and is a downgrade.

Nyambe? Have I missed something? 🤨

[Ghost7]

A centre back with pace and power is still needed. Fairly certain Ismael will want that but it will cost you more than £500k.

[Neal]

7 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Think with the hull lad coming in the four centre back options of Wharton, Hyam, Carter and McLoughlin have plenty of Championship experience and are a decent mix. 

Wharton wasn't good enough before he got injured IMO... Now he's been out for over a season I can't imagine he'll be coming back an improved player. 

[KentExile]

26 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

We're the last Club to be in a position to complain about that!

(Tin hat on)

If Eustace was interested in Brittain I'd accept Nyambe (still only 27) plus £2m cash.

Nyambe was a useful one on one defender.  However offered very little going forwards, and has had recurring injury issues.  3 separate injuries restricted him to just 17 league games last season.

In fact, in the 2 years he has spent at Derby, he has played in only 40 games in all competitions, so he has genuinely missed more games than he has played

[RevidgeBlue]

12 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

We will need to replace Brittain's crossing ability, so whoever comes in needs to either be very good technically or extremely quick instead.

Nyambe is neither, and is a downgrade.

Before he left at least he was a better defender than Brittain. We'd need a good RW but we need one of those anyway with Dolan leaving.

Incidentally I noted a site online estimating Nyambe was on 4k p.w. when he was here. No wonder he was desperate to leave. I'd imagine Dolan was on something similar, maybe adjusted upwards slightly for inflation.

[Hasta]

On the young players, of course the better ones should be in the squad. If you think they are good enough now, or will become good enough over the next season or two with experience, then they should be included.

This is why the re-signing of Forshaw was bizarre unless we are expecting more departures. That does block their pathway, especially if Montgomery is seen as any good. Experience isn't really relevant when Trosntadt has played almost as many senior games and Travis isn't too far behind. They were the experienced pro's.

 

Edited 6 hours ago by Hasta

[MarkBRFC]

21 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Think with the hull lad coming in the four centre back options of Wharton, Hyam, Carter and McLoughlin have plenty of Championship experience and are a decent mix. 

Only concern is that Carter can't stay fit and Wharton will take a lot of time to get match ready again.

Think young Atcheson will be appearing on the bench quite a bit, especially early doors.

[Hasta]

28 minutes ago, pick32 said:

Think with the hull lad coming in the four centre back options of Wharton, Hyam, Carter and McLoughlin have plenty of Championship experience and are a decent mix. 

I don't disagree, but I think it's just a very average quartet at this level (presuming they all keep fit).

What Eustace did well was develop a shape with two midfielders who were well capable of protecting the space in front of the defence. The shape of the team was a contributing factor almost as much as the players. 

In JDT's final season, Wharton, Carter, Hyam were fit and partnered together for the vast majority of the season and conceded the 3rd-most goals in the league (74)

Edited 6 hours ago by Hasta

[Mercer]

A deal has to be done for Brittain with either Middlesbrough or Derby.

Think his heart is no longer with Rovers now and doubtful it will be again.

No doubt sales' proceeds will just finance the 3/4 deals so far with any residual trousered.

[TommyRovers]

Think Mcloughlin is a solid replacement for Batth. Similar players but younger and more mobile.

Still think we need one more center back considering Carter’s become injury prone and Wharton only just returning.

I hope we bring another on, more likely a loan or a foreign import.

[roversfan99]

We could do with an end to this avoidable and frustrating Brittain situation. He is clearly going to go, we need to then get in a replacement before the start of the season.

Makes no sense to him tomorrow, just as I hold no grudge against him for not playing a friendly last week. Competitive game, can understand more, but doesnt benefit either us or him to play him if hes not staying. Give Alebiosu some minutes instead.

Brittain will be a huge loss and depressingly to a team that we are supposedly fighting with, and another who finished below us.

[Gamst]

Living near Hull I have seen McLaughlin many times and have friends and family who support Hull City. He is a popular player and generally regarded as being a solid pro. Unspectacular but reliable. I think he’s a good sort and has the championship experience our other signings lack. He’s always looked a bit short of pace when I’ve seen him, but that didn’t seem to hold Danny Batth back last season. Sensible signing I feel. Scored a lovely own goal for us last season too! 

[islander200]

1 hour ago, Hasta said:

 

In JDT's final season, Wharton, Carter, Hyam were fit and partnered together for the vast majority of the season and conceded the 3rd-most goals in the league (74)

Yeah but in fairness jdt had one of the full backs pushed on playing like they had a free role, they had the worst goalkeeper I'd seen in Whalstedt behind them and players like Markanday and Garrett starting a number of games yet riding the bench in League One and 2 the following season 

In JDTs first season we took a few hammerings but in the main the defence was solid

[Emerald Isle Rover]

28 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

We could do with an end to this avoidable and frustrating Brittain situation. He is clearly going to go, we need to then get in a replacement before the start of the season.

Makes no sense to him tomorrow, just as I hold no grudge against him for not playing a friendly last week. Competitive game, can understand more, but doesnt benefit either us or him to play him if hes not staying. Give Alebiosu some minutes instead.

Brittain will be a huge loss and depressingly to a team that we are supposedly fighting with, and another who finished below us.

Wouldn’t say clearly going to go he will only go when we get a fair fee for him so until then he should be available as normal 

[bluebruce]

7 hours ago, M_B said:

They weren't ours to lose, they were out of contract. 

Not because we released them. Because we wanted to keep them but failed to give a decent contract offer. We lost them to Derby.

[Tomphil2]

42 minutes ago, Gamst said:

Living near Hull I have seen McLaughlin many times and have friends and family who support Hull City. He is a popular player and generally regarded as being a solid pro. Unspectacular but reliable. I think he’s a good sort and has the championship experience our other signings lack. He’s always looked a bit short of pace when I’ve seen him, but that didn’t seem to hold Danny Batth back last season. Sensible signing I feel. Scored a lovely own goal for us last season too! 

We need the Championship version of Andy Todd - without the dark side obviously - so this guy sounds just the ticket.

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

They didn't want to stay here. 

 

What point are you making? That's not a good thing. Nor does it impact what I was saying in my post at all.

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

A deal has to be done for Brittain with either Middlesbrough or Derby.

Think his heart is no longer with Rovers now and doubtful it will be again.

No doubt sales' proceeds will just finance the 3/4 deals so far with any residual trousered.

They'll be over the moon covering all this windows outgoings with that one sale but at least it fits the trading model at last.

[bluebruce]

50 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

We could do with an end to this avoidable and frustrating Brittain situation. He is clearly going to go, we need to then get in a replacement before the start of the season.

Makes no sense to him tomorrow, just as I hold no grudge against him for not playing a friendly last week. Competitive game, can understand more, but doesnt benefit either us or him to play him if hes not staying. Give Alebiosu some minutes instead.

Brittain will be a huge loss and depressingly to a team that we are supposedly fighting with, and another who finished below us.

The point of playing him tomorrow is that if nobody makes an adequate bid, we will have to keep him and get him fit. It also signals to prospective buyers that we are willing to keep him if they don't pay enough, which helps get a proper price.

[Exiled_Rover]

So any more on that Harry Pickering link, or was it bogus?

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

So any more on that Harry Pickering link, or was it bogus?

It was completely bogus.

[Mercer]

11 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

The point of playing him tomorrow is that if nobody makes an adequate bid, we will have to keep him and get him fit. It also signals to prospective buyers that we are willing to keep him if they don't pay enough, which helps get a proper price.

and if he gets injured..........?????

[Emerald Isle Rover]

36 minutes ago, Mercer said:

and if he gets injured..........?????

Then he gets injured 

what if he got injured during training? 

[rigger]

3 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Nyambe? Have I missed something? 🤨

He is at Derby