2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Theaxe15]

2 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

I'd still sign him. Cracking player for the long term. CB who can cover LB in the interim. 

He’s not a CB is he??

[bluebruce]

4 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

I'd still sign him. Cracking player for the long term. CB who can cover LB in the interim. 

Sounds even less like he could be Brittain's replacement then. The article is talking bollocks methinks.

[TommyRovers]

Refuse to believe that’s true.

Can’t see Brittain entertaining Derby and doesn’t seem to be too upset on the recent training footage in Spain.

[philipl]

If we are to lose Brittain then at least it is good there is an auction, hopefully..

Dolan going outside English football could lose us as much as 2m in compensation. 

Come on Cov and Bris, you know you have too few step overs in your teams...

[bluebruce]

3 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

For 20 games 

Yes, the games he was available for. I feel like you either didn't properly read or misunderstood the previous post you were replying to.

[Neal]

Hopefully not true. The people at Rovers need to have some fucking business sense. Derby are essentially trying buy our league position. Fuck them off. Sell to Boro instead. 

[MarkBRFC]

8 minutes ago, rovers11 said:

I'd still sign him. Cracking player for the long term. CB who can cover LB in the interim. 

He's a right winger or wing back.

Never played at CB or either full back position.

Plus he's out for 3 months.

This is why I'm doubting the credibility of the whole story.

[Neal]

3 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

Refuse to believe that’s true.

Can’t see Brittain entertaining Derby and doesn’t seem to be too upset on the recent training footage in Spain.

With all due respect... 

 

He'll entertain whoever is willing to pay him the most and let's not pretend that's not how footballers operate. 

[lraC]

35 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Really, really going off both Derby and Eustace 

At this rate, it is going to be Rovers V Rovers Reserves for the anniversary fixture.

Hope they come in for our owners next. Free transfer of they do, so long as they take Pasha as part of the package.

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, lraC said:

At this rate, it is going to be Rovers V Rovers Reserves for the anniversary fixture.

Hope they come in for our owners next. Free transfer of they do, so long as they take Pasha as part of the package.

Yep and the reserves will be at home.

[norwichblue]

Derby are really getting on my bloody nerves.

I had a lot of respect for Eustace, and can’t blame him for leaving the circus, but now he feels like a vindictive ex-wife rinsing us for everything we’re worth in divorce proceedings.

Edited July 22 by norwichblue

[Emerald Isle Rover]

8 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Yes, the games he was available for. I feel like you either didn't properly read or misunderstood the previous post you were replying to.

That he was our best left back in decades 

strongly disagree but we’ve moved on from that now 

[rickard]

1 hour ago, roverandout said:

Shearer was probably the second best striker in Europe in the 90s behind Ronaldo.  Despite 2 career threatening injuries r9 was on another planet.  If it wasn't for those injuries he would probably have been the best ever

I wonder what Shearer would sell for today. Not that we'd see any of that money anyway, but still it'd be interesting to see.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Just now, norwichblue said:

Derby are really getting on my bloody nerves.

I had a lot of respect for Eustace, and can’t blame him for leaving the circus, but now he feels like a vindictive ex-wife rinsing us for everything we’re worth.

Why wouldn’t he though?

batth excellent last year (age a factor could blow up this year who knows)

weimann see above

brittain comfortably top 5 right backs in the league 

If I was a Derby fan I’d be asking more of the scouting department and the future 

batth / weimann / beck all likely to move on next year and they already have an aging team

striker signed from America already injured and likely to miss first 5/6 games of the season 

I just hope there is a bidding war and we milk every last penny out of whoever gets him as it’s clear someone is going to match venkys valuation 

[Exiled_Rover]

15 minutes ago, TommyRovers said:

Refuse to believe that’s true.

Can’t see Brittain entertaining Derby and doesn’t seem to be too upset on the recent training footage in Spain.

Why? He's clearly not being a dick about the whole thing, but if Derby offer him twice what he's on now (or even a £5k a week improvement) of course he'll entertain them. 

[JHRover]

Don't waste your time or energy moaning about Derby or Eustace.

Spend it moaning about the people who have allowed this situation to develop.

This is professional sport. Eustace and Derby are merely taking advantage of our strife.

[bluebruce]

13 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

That he was our best left back in decades 

strongly disagree but we’ve moved on from that now 

I was right then, you didn't read my post you were replying to.

Edited July 22 by bluebruce

[Tomphil2]

6 minutes ago, rickard said:

I wonder what Shearer would sell for today. Not that we'd see any of that money anyway, but still it'd be interesting to see.

Shearer would be seeing his contract out and leaving for nothing after being lowballed 18 months previous.

Then he'd be branded as shite anyway, no pace, too many elbows.

[Exiled_Rover]

30 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

Derby are spending a good amount of cash.

However....in their shoes, would we be happy as fans? The players they are signing didnt manage to get Rovers into the playoffs last year and lets not forget Eustace hadn't won a game with them in 11. The football was bleak.

Obviously, I'd rather we kept (some) of them and we were spending. 

Perhaps Eustace is still rather bitter.....

I'd be confident he was going to keep us in the division and probably nibble around the Playoffs for a bit.

The signings are uninspired though. I thought the football was good under Eustace - cut his cloth accordingly. 

[Browjd]

Who's the new Spanish coach in Spain vid? 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

8 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Don't waste your time or energy moaning about Derby or Eustace.

Spend it moaning about the people who have allowed this situation to develop.

This is professional sport. Eustace and Derby are merely taking advantage of our strife.

HEAR! HEAR!!...direct all your angst against the feck wits running our Club through the floor.

[Exiled_Rover]

38 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

The eye test. He played very well, consistently.

He's a really, really good Championship LB. He could probably make the step up into the bottom third of the PL.

However, sadly he's a bit of a crock.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

10 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

I was right then, you didn't read my post you were replying to.

I did you said there was no defining way to prove who was the best etc and you were merely taking it on game to game basis and you said beck was miles clear Going by the eye test 

Which is your opinion I just disagree I think there has to be more defined metrics to warrant ‘best’ of anything 

[47er]

2 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

Seeing as there have no rumours recently, thought I'd start one.

Just read about Le Havre's financial problems and wonder if this guy is worth a cheeky punt as alternative to Baradji 

 

 

There's high fees, reasonable fees, low fees and Rovers fees---in that order!

[Exiled_Rover]

30 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

He's a right winger or wing back.

Never played at CB or either full back position.

Plus he's out for 3 months.

This is why I'm doubting the credibility of the whole story.

And they bought him for £3m last January and won't be short of cash themselves.