2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[MarkBRFC]

Some sketchy sources linking us to Bali Mumba and Marc Leonard this afternoon.

On that RoversXtra twitter page for anyone interested.

[simongarnerisgod]

dolan will do better in spain than diaz,thats a certainty,thats not hard to achieve because diaz has done the square root of **** all since his purple patch with us

[Emerald Isle Rover]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

dolan will do better in spain than diaz,thats a certainty,thats not hard to achieve because diaz has done the square root of **** all since his purple patch with us

At least Diaz had a purple patch lol

[rigger]

I hope Dolan does go to the dingles.

[Mercer]

Great opportunity for Dolan to measure just how good he is (in reality rather than in his head!).

Personally, I think he'll come up short with his lack of pace and football intelligence.

Don't blame him one iota for what's happened and the position he found himself in with Rovers.  If he looks after both himself and his money, he's probably gone a long way to setting himself up for life.

Buena suerte y adios !

[Paul Mani]

Brilliant move for TD. He’s obviously a great lad and what an opportunity to be the player he believes he can be and to experience another culture.

After watching him play 100 times at least, no one can convince me that he’s anything other than a mid championship plodder. But as I’ve said before, I’d be delighted to be wrong this time.

Time to step up Ty, no hiding out there, the white hanky’s will be out before Halloween!! 👻

[harryhealless1928]

You are bang on, Mercer! Cannot fault anyone for severe ambition(especially a footballer). 

No one covered the hard yards better than Dolan. The best back-tracking winger we have seen at Ewood since Ripley(IMHO).

Not great going forward,but NEVER went missing which is easy for a wide player. His ambition far outweighs his quality,but that is to his credit he makes the most out of what he has got!

[roversfan99]

2 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Brilliant move for TD. He’s obviously a great lad and what an opportunity to be the player he believes he can be and to experience another culture.

After watching him play 100 times at least, no one can convince me that he’s anything other than a mid championship plodder. But as I’ve said before, I’d be delighted to be wrong this time.

Time to step up Ty, no hiding out there, the white hanky’s will be out before Halloween!! 👻

The power of instagram has got him this move clearly.

The prediction of League 1 in a couple of years, probably unlikely.

[roversfan99]

8 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Great opportunity for Dolan to measure just how good he is (in reality rather than in his head!).

Personally, I think he'll come up short with his lack of pace and football intelligence.

Don't blame him one iota for what's happened and the position he found himself in with Rovers.  If he looks after both himself and his money, he's probably gone a long way to setting himself up for life.

Buena suerte y adios !

Does he have this massive ego that people keeping saying?

Doesnt play like someone who does, cant fault his effort and dedication. Just seems to be a theory that has grown legs.

[Paul Mani]

7 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

The power of instagram has got him this move clearly.

The prediction of League 1 in a couple of years, probably unlikely.

We shall see. 👍🏼

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

At least Diaz had a purple patch lol

diaz is a **** as well,forgot to mention that😁

[Dreams of 1995]

As good a move as Dolan could make. Espanyol are no great shakes, but at least it is a top league. He wouldn't have cut the mustard in the Premier League so La Liga is a good alternative

[Mattyblue]

Lad released from PNE after playing at Clitheroe, grafted his arse off to become a regular in the Championship from 20, now playing in La Liga at 23… still, ‘big head’, ‘League 1’ player, or something .

[K-Hod]

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

Lad released from PNE after playing at Clitheroe, grafted his arse off to become a regular in the Championship from 20, now playing in La Liga at 23… still, ‘big head’, ‘League 1’ player, or something .

I do wish humble pie was on more menus on here. We all get stuff wrong from time to time, I’ll never understand why people just can’t admit when they are wrong.

It’s life, it happens.

[Exiled_Rover]

3 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

I do wish humble pie was on more menus on here. We all get stuff wrong from time to time, I’ll never understand why people just can’t admit when they are wrong.

It’s life, it happens.

Last comment on the subject: let's see how much he plays before people start demanding others eat humble pie.

There was great crowing about Brereton-Diaz when he signed for that Spanish team - they couldn't ship him out quick enough once they saw him in training. 

[Devon Rover]

Well, I hope Dolan does brilliantly over there and looks back fondly on his time at Rovers as being fundamental in his development. 

He probably needed to move on to push his career on as his development had probably stalled/was stalling. Was he ever a top class player for us? No, certainly not for any extended period. But have we been a top team packed with quality to bring out the very best in each player, over that same period? Of course not. 

Despite some of the things he did on the pitch that frustrated the hell out of me, he has consistently been, for several years, a grafter and someone who seemed to give his all for this club, including keeping himself fit, injury free, and willing to try things (whatever the outcome). I'd thank him for that if I saw him at Ewood some day in the future. 

My eight-year-old son is really upset by his departure as Tyrhys was his hero. Partly because of the energy he showed on the pitch whenever we went to watch Rovers, but also because he was so patient and kind with young Rovers fans, like my boy, when he met them.

So I'll choose to remember the good parts, of which there were many more with Dolan than with the majority of those who have "represented" the blue and white halves over the last decade or so. I'm encouraging my son to do the same. And to wish Dolan well with his move, which he has earned with his efforts and his perseverance.

[RoversTilliDie]

2 hours ago, rovers11 said:

Absolutely! He's a limited player who would have struggled in the Premier League but I think he could do OK over in Spain, particularly against the lesser teams.

I don't blame anyone for wanting to leave Rovers tbh. If we're brutally honest, it's been turned into an average, poorly run championship club with no ambition other than to develop young players. The wages are on the lower side too for a team in this division. 

The only way out of it is promotion.

[RoversTilliDie]

4 hours ago, bluebruce said:

I don't want to keep him for a season then sell him in a pre arranged deal (I think that's what you're suggesting). Odds are he makes a lot of mistakes this season as he develops and all we would do is develop them for him for no extra money.

I think he's class in the making, we'd have a better chance of a top 6 finish, if we could keep him for a season.

[RoversTilliDie]

49 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

diaz is a **** as well,forgot to mention that😁

Bet you weren't saying that, when Diaz was sticking them in the net for Rovers.

[roverandout]

Imagine if Dolan is a huge success at espanyol and he gets a move to real madrid or Barcelona in 2 years. I think we'll be looking back at it gutted.  Who'd have thought Steven nzonzi would play for France 

[RoversTilliDie]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

At least Diaz had a purple patch lol

I wouldn't mind Diaz back at Ewood, he would improve our forward line.

Edited 15 hours ago by RoversTilliDie

[K-Hod]

28 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Last comment on the subject: let's see how much he plays before people start demanding others eat humble pie.

There was great crowing about Brereton-Diaz when he signed for that Spanish team - they couldn't ship him out quick enough once they saw him in training. 

Right, but that’s in the future- right now, he’s playing in the top division in Spain, not a league 1 plodder or bottom end championship player at best.

No need to worry about being wrong sometimes, it happens.

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Does he have this massive ego that people keeping saying?

Doesnt play like someone who does, cant fault his effort and dedication. Just seems to be a theory that has grown legs.

Just the latest narrative created to suit across social media to cover the disappointment of yet another asset bailing for nowt.

People forget the original contract talks with Broughton actually stalled because he had no agent at the time.  All that was true and he wanted to sort a new one obviously before contract talks.

No doubt it's a straight toss up between the new ones coming in and saying this kid has been playing for peanuts so we want a good rise and security or as is highly likely things just got shelved and never picked up again until it was too late.

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

I hope Dolan does go to the dingles.

Stand in the corner, face the wall and remain silent for 48hrs.

 

[roversfan99]

I dont think many if any have said that he will take La Liga by storm. Thats a different argument.

People suggested that he had made a mistake led by his and his agents ego because he didnt instantly sign for someone. Hes landed in La Liga before the end of July. Even had he signed for another Championship club on a more reasonable wage, that would have justified his decision. But this certainly does.

Either way, its our loss. We need a right winger in now otherwise its just the Hedges without instagram.