2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Dreams of 1995]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Cozier Duberry. Kargbo. Dennis. Khadra. Giles. Sigurdsson.

Point being, we havent find it easy to recruit in that position and it wont be so easy as he suggests to sign a winger at Dolan's level.

Not impossible either 

This list is a bit wild

Khadra was better than Dolan but unfortunately he’s gone the Dack route. Two ACLs

Kargbo we have barely seen.

 Giles is a full back and Denis is a centre forward

You did well to try and pad it out but the only person who belongs on the list is Sigurdson. For all intents and purposes he looked better than Dolan - could certainly finish better - but for whatever reason didn’t cut the mustard in other ways. Maybe fitness.

But what a low bar set. It will be interesting to see how Dolan does. I am in the camp of this will be his peak. If he moves above us and sustains it I would be surprised. He may get a decent move here on a free but his overall game is too poor for the top leagues, and he isn’t good enough for a top table championship club either. Derby seems the obvious choice. 

[Paul Mani]

9 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

I do agree I think he’s been badly advised or his own perception might be slightly miscued. However Dolan is a decent championship player and to compare him to hedges is laughable really 

I’m fine with people having their own opinions but when debating or making comparisons at least do it with something tangible to back it up 

We had 200 games to judge him. I’m completely fine with mine. Respect you may not agree. That’s ok.

[roversfan99]

21 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

7 goals and 6 assists in 44 matches from a guy who thinks he’s SOOOOO much better than Rovers and is expecting a move to a ‘lower Premier League club’? Please.

Mate, I saw your assertion about Dolan’s “output” and tried not to emphasise it because quite frankly, it’s embarrassing for you and TD. Dolan is quite simply an Instagam’able Ryan Hedges. A mid championship, average player, and at least Hedges knows it. I’ve seen very little of Kargbo but I’d bet everything I have that if he was gifted 200+ games in the championship, playing for Rovers his “output” would be considerably higher than Dolan’s.

He’s obviously a great lad and I’ve never wanted to be proven wrong more. But my bet is that he’ll eventually sign for Bristol City (yawn) or the like, job about for a year or two and then disappear into League 1.

The end.

 

Its 6 goals and 4 assists more than Hedges so instagram must be a powerful tool.

Hedges isnt an average Championship winger, he offers nothing in attack. Dolan does. He is a decent Championship winger, so if he did end up at Bristol City, on a higher wage, that would seem a reasonable move, not worthy of a yawn nor a prediction of being in League 1 in a couple of seasons. That I suspect is a prediction to loosely justify the forced Nyambe comparison.

You also seem to think that having absolutely zero ambition is a good thing. Why does he think he is "so much better" than us just because he left at the end of his contract, rejecting one he didnt seem to be sufficient (like many of our players do) and in the meantime giving 100% in every game?

[Theaxe15]

16 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Yang Valery signed for preston earlier in thr summer

Don’t think that was him

[roversfan99]

10 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

This list is a bit wild

Khadra was better than Dolan but unfortunately he’s gone the Dack route. Two ACLs

Kargbo we have barely seen.

 Giles is a full back and Denis is a centre forward

You did well to try and pad it out but the only person who belongs on the list is Sigurdson. For all intents and purposes he looked better than Dolan - could certainly finish better - but for whatever reason didn’t cut the mustard in other ways. Maybe fitness.

But what a low bar set. It will be interesting to see how Dolan does. I am in the camp of this will be his peak. If he moves above us and sustains it I would be surprised. He may get a decent move here on a free but his overall game is too poor for the top leagues, and he isn’t good enough for a top table championship club either. Derby seems the obvious choice. 

The point is that we have over a considerable period of time failed to recruit successfully to fill the wide positions. So I dont think it will be this easy task that Paul Mani suggested. Dolan is a loss.

If Dolan goes above us, he may well come up short. Better players than him have, Brereton, Armstrong etc. But it doesnt mean that their move was the wrong one. They were right to try and better themselves, they experienced football at a higher level, and in a worst case scenario, you fall back down to the same level you were at (with more money in your pocket) having experienced somethig better than just an indefinite stay at a club with no ambition of pushing on and not paying players to a competitive level.

[paullarrygher]

21 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Yang Valery signed for preston earlier in thr summer

That's Pol Valentin at Preston. Valery still at Wednesday for time being.

[Paul Mani]

26 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

Dolans output is embarrassing for me and him?  You’re a strange chap. Genuinely never read so much shite.

TD being an ‘instagrammable Ryan Hedges’ is also possibly the worst take of anything ever written on this site. It’s up there with Venkys never refuse to sign a cheque.

Groundbreaking stuff!

Awwww….you ok hun? 😩🤣

[FE123]

Looks like Yousef Salech on the move from Cardiff as well, fits the mould but would imagine they want a sizeable fee for him.

[Forever Blue]

10 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Awwww….you ok hun? 😩🤣

I’m great knowing you’re incapable of a coherent argument. 

[M_B]

Been saying it for ages, anyone who comes out with the "Dolan and Hedges" tripe mustn't actually watch them playing. 

[Damien]

1 hour ago, WacoRover said:

The last great Championship winger on the club, Craig Conway. Not even close.

Conway led the EFL in assists, in consecutive seasons. Still one of my favorite Rovers.  

Lives in Buckshaw 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, Paul Mani said:

7 goals and 6 assists in 44 matches from a guy who thinks he’s SOOOOO much better than Rovers

Which other widemen have we had in recent years with a return better than that?

" Instagrammable Ryan Hedges"?  Last season Dolan equalled Hedges output in the 4 years Hedges has been at the Club. But Im sure you know that already.

Edited 5 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[Mike E]

18 minutes ago, Damien said:

Lives in Buckshaw 

If Rovers had anything about them, they’d have a space for him at Ewood to be a barber for fans.

[RoversClitheroe]

Hedges is terrible 

[Mercer]

22 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Hedges is terrible 

I struggle to see what he offers.

Has provided just one memorable moment for me and that was his goal against Watford.  Conversely, recall him missing an absolute sitter (at Preston???) that cost us points and a play-off place (missed out on goal difference).

Read somewhere that in three and a half seasons for Rovers, he has netted just 7 league goals and roughly the same number of assists.  That is both shocking and embarrassing for an experienced senior offensive player.  Makes Dolan seem prolific (achieved similar numbers last season alone).  If Hedges is the answer then I fail to understand the feckin question! 

[davulsukur]

Great signing, for Derby

[G Somerset Rover]

7 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Great signing, for Derby

That’s another kick in the nuts to go along with Batth. Two fantastic signings for Derby and Eustace.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

5 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

That’s another kick in the nuts to go along with Batth. Two fantastic signings for Derby and Eustace.

Hardly a kick in the nuts to us - good signing though if he can stay fit 

[Mercer]

12 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

That’s another kick in the nuts to go along with Batth. Two fantastic signings for Derby and Eustace.

Absolutely.

Derby showing purpose and intent with their transfer business and right behind their Head Coach.  If only......!!!!!!

[simongarnerisgod]

beck was never going to come back here,eustace not half delving into his blackburn connections,would`nt surprise me if he tries to get travis and sonny before the deadline

[Emerald Isle Rover]

7 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Absolutely.

Derby showing purpose and intent with their transfer business and right behind their Head Coach.  If only......!!!!!!

Yea real purpose they are showing signing two mid 30 year olds and loaning a left back

3 players not likely to be there next season

paid significant money for a striker who is very unproven and not that I buy into ‘fan’ takes there’s a lot of Americans laughing at the signing 

if this was us last year you would be on here skating all of the above 

show more balance 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

19 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Hardly a kick in the nuts to us - good signing though if he can stay fit 

Best left back we’ve had for decades.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

6 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Best left back we’ve had for decades.

Not sure if this is serious or not and if it is ok have what your smoking 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

12 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Not sure if this is serious or not and if it is ok have what your smoking 

Name me a better one in the last 20 years. I’m getting a bit lost in time there but only Stephen Warnock comes to mind to me.

Edited 3 hours ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Tom]

Did we see it as a sign of intent from our owners when we signed Batth and Beck or does it only count when someone else does?

Said it before but in Weimann, Batth, Beck and links to Sanderson and Dolan I’d be slightly concerned the manager is playing it safe with what he knows