2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[roversfan99]

I wonder if the 2 or 3 is before any outgoings and Miller is on top of that.

Also, seeing as Miller could potentially fill in at centre back, I wonder if this gives us more scope to fill those "2 or 3" spots purely in attack. As we are badly short there. Assuming Miller joins, I would say right wing, number 10 and striker are all bigger priorities than centre back and central midfield as much as we could do with more there aswell.

Jackson keeps peddling the line that we want "competition" on the right. We dont, we want some really quality, not another Hedges.

[chaddyrovers]

The next priority has to be right sided attacking player now. 

 

[RevidgeBlue]

22 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

well he ain't going to Derby is he like you said. Give it up Mercer. 

We lined up his replacement already and Miller is set to sign over the weekend according to Nixon and Jackson 

Lol. 🙂

Chaddy seemingly proved completely wrong about Brittain not going anywhere but still coming out swinging.

You're like the boxer who gets knocked spark out then when he comes round has to be restrained from getting at his opponent because he doesn't realise the fight is over.

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

The next priority has to be right sided attacking player now. 

 

Love the way you make it sound how losing Brittain was part of the grand masterplan, has made us stronger and we need to move onto RW next!

Yes - having downgraded at RB we need to downgrade from Dolan at RW as well next.

🙂

Edited 22 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[simongarnerisgod]

has it been confirmed that miller is coming here????

[chaddyrovers]

5 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Lol. 🙂

Chaddy seemingly proved completely wrong about Brittain not going anywhere but still coming out swinging.

You're like the boxer who gets knocked spark out then when he comes round has to be restrained from getting at his opponent because he doesn't realise the fight is over.

Well I always he would stay here but looks like he's a goner so but I'm not the saying he was going Derby yet they haven't made a bid since before the Stanley game and still nothing. The same poster said that same week Brittain was set to sign a new contract. 

Fight? Give it a rest Rev

[chaddyrovers]

Just now, simongarnerisgod said:

has it been confirmed that miller is coming here????

Yes. Nixon says its done. Jackson says he will be Brittain's replacement 

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Love the way you make it sound how losing Brittain was part of the grand masterplan, has made us stronger and we need to move onto RW next!

Yes - having downgraded at RB we need to downgrade from Dolan at RW as well next.

🙂

Eh? Suggest you give up whatever you been smoking cos you talking total and utter nonsense 

[Exiled_Rover]

30 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Normally we would get north of £5m for a player like Brittain but with one year left on his contract he's one of the bargains of the summer. 

Will be difficult to replace, and any replacement will be a downgrade. Wonder where our goals and assists will come from...heavy burdens on the shoulders of Ohashi and Gueye this season. Are they good enough to deliver 10+ goals each?

Yes, if they get service.

[Ghost7]

My biggest gripe in losing Brittain isn't seeing him move clubs, it's the club he's moving to and the fact it's totally unnecessary. He is the perfect Rovers Championship player who should be staying with us a long time as we push to actually do something. It shouldn't have been hard to convince him to stay, so the question has to be asked to the board why can't we? He's not good enough to attract Premier League interest, so why the hell are we losing him and why is he so quick to jump ship in what will be a Eustace style sideways and confusing switch to Boro.

On top of that it's the usual missed full revenue because Suhail Pasha is unable to orchestrate contract renewals proactively, or influence the owners to allow for attractive renewals of our better players into the budget. A basic function for an employee of his "level". The circumstances for this departure are horrible again, unacceptable.

We have to get Pasha and Venky's out of this club. As a fan it's my main ambition for the season, it's all I want to see happen at the club now. Their time is up. 

Players want to leave because the club isn't managed properly, managers want to leave because the club isn't managed properly.

When is the entire fan base going to wake up and see? The majority have.

Sell the club and allow owners to come in who will appoint a proper CEO, and reconnect the fans at one of the best clubs in England.

They should be ashamed. Get the club listed for sale!!

[simongarnerisgod]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Yes. Nixon says its done. Jackson says he will be Brittain's replacement 

well he`s not short on physical presence,though a completely different player to brittain,he is`nt going to rampage down the flank

[G Somerset Rover]

Bit concerning this lad is injured ‘for weeks’ as is Tavares. We know how long they take to get up to speed down at Brockhall.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

well he`s not short on physical presence,though a completely different player to brittain,he is`nt going to rampage down the flank

We've got Hedges for that 😂

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

We've got Hedges for that 😂

the words rampaging and hedges are about as far apart as you can get😄

[BigHoz]

Personally think brittain is one of the best RBs in the league, and therefore in my opinion we’ve downgraded. Fear for the right hand side, if this miller isn’t very attacking and with hedges further up, it looks pretty bleak, hopefully some of the brittain money and whatever else we have lying around gets us a good Rw, pace, bit of tricky wouldn’t go a miss. Not just a happy we’ve signed a RW. I want a starting 11 RW with hedges dropping to the bench. Bored of losing our better players now, always replacing with inferior players, it’s never a case of let’s upgrade, build on the better players we have. Rinse and repeat every year. That’s why we’ve been stagnant for the last 15years. 

[JHRover]

7 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

My biggest gripe in losing Brittain isn't seeing him move clubs, it's the club he's moving to and the fact it's totally unnecessary. He is the perfect Rovers Championship player who should be staying with us a long time as we push to actually do something. It shouldn't have been hard to convince him to stay, so the question has to be asked to the board why can't we? He's not good enough to attract Premier League interest, so why the hell are we losing him and why is he so quick to jump ship in what will be a Eustace style sideways and confusing switch to Boro.

On top of that it's the usual missed full revenue because Suhail Pasha is unable to orchestrate contract renewals proactively, or influence the owners to allow for attractive renewals of our better players into the budget. A basic function for an employee of his "level". The circumstances for this departure are horrible again, unacceptable.

We have to get Pasha and Venky's out of this club. As a fan it's my main ambition for the season, it's all I want to see happen at the club now. Their time is up. 

Players want to leave because the club isn't managed properly, managers want to leave because the club isn't managed properly.

When is the entire fan base going to wake up and see? The majority have.

Sell the club and allow owners to come in who will appoint a proper CEO, and reconnect the fans at one of the best clubs in England.

They should be ashamed. Get the club listed for sale!!

Excellent post. Unfortunately for some all it takes is some transfer tittle tattle and all is well with the world.

We haven't even tried to retain Brittain - no doubt the narrative will be getting rewritten in the coming days

"We did our best to persuade him to stay"

"It's a good deal to get cash for someone out of contract next year and didn't want to be here"

"The new bloke is better"

"We can't compete with Middlesbrough"

All nonsense and lies. We haven't tried to keep him. At best we have made some limited efforts since April but I sincerely doubt that given we haven't even replaced the CEO and hadn't even sorted pre-season out until a week ago. 

Nor have we made any effort to keep the other players - we want rid of all of them for precisely the reason we are seeing now - it is a quick and easy way to get a cheaper player in and a few million into the coffers. Make no mistake they've been beavering away hoping a bidding war developed between rivals for Brittain, have decided to finalise this one and now will be turning their attentions to Travis and Tronstad.

They are disgusting and a disgrace and should be nowhere near this club or any other professional football club.

[Ricceh]

14 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Bit concerning this lad is injured ‘for weeks’ as is Tavares. We know how long they take to get up to speed down at Brockhall.

Is he? I read it as it meaning a couple of weeks since July 19th, which is essentially now.

[simongarnerisgod]

5 minutes ago, BigHoz said:

it’s never a case of let’s upgrade, build on the better players we have. Rinse and repeat every year. That’s why we’ve been

you can`t stand still in football,sooner or later our policy of selling/releasing our better players and replacing them with ones not as good will relegate us,everyone in the division is strenghtening,apart for sheff wed and hull,so we`de better be careful imo

[roverandout]

2 hours ago, USABlue said:

And in 2 or 3 seasons?

Wharton could have another season on the sidelines 

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Moving the goal posts again Mercer, your info was wrong. Derby haven't even made another bid since over 3 weeks ago. 

Supposedly Boro is his preferred destination from most of the reports out if a bid is accept 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

well he ain't going to Derby is he like you said. Give it up Mercer. 

 

The facts are Chaddy:

• You said Brittain was going nowhere
• My information wasn't wrong, in fact it was spot on!  I was told he would leave the club by the end of the week and at the time I posted (Monday), Derby were leading the way.  You say "Derby haven't even made another bid since over 3 weeks ago" - you are deluding yourself - why do you think I was told as of Monday morning 'Derby were leading the way'!?!?  I think it's clear Brittain wants away and my understanding is Rovers wanted to 'lance the boil' sooner rather than later.
• I never said he was going to Derby - show me a post where I said that !?!?
• Armed with the Hackney money Middlesbrough upped the stakes and whilst it's now looking Brittain is going there, it aint over until the fat lady sings
• As far Brittain preferring Middlesbrough - what do you really expect him to indicate when it looks like Middlesbrough have landed a knockout blow?  Brittain is hardly likely to say 'I'll sign for you but Derby was my preferred destination'

Trouble is Chaddy, I think you are extremely gullible, you fail to read and understand other posts and you churn out erroneous stuff just to fit your own agenda.

Edited 21 hours ago by Mercer

[47er]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Apparently Miller has a devastating long throw on him.

And Gueye has a fair-sized head!

[Jimmy612]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

we won 3 nil at home to Portsmouth Report: Rovers 3-0 Portsmouth | rovers.co.uk

You’re right, it was defeat away at Portsmouth during that dreadful run. Makes no difference really, it was the death knell of our season. 

[Ricky]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

why asked me then? utter pointless asking me that question. 

Who knows when it was film. Rovers could have had training this morning and then fly to Holland later in the day. I don't know.  

So you’ve gone from ‘Well he was training with rovers today’ to ‘I don’t know’… that’s some turn around after posting something as fact to actually admitting you don’t have a clue.

Unusually (as I usually argue with him) I’ve got to back Mercer up a bit. He didn’t say Brittain was off to Derby, he said on Monday that derby were leading the way, quite a different statement.

You’ve had a bit of a shocker all round Chaddy lad. 

[chaddyrovers]

53 minutes ago, Mercer said:

 

The facts are Chaddy:

• You said Brittain was going nowhere
• My information wasn't wrong, in fact it was spot on!  I was told he would leave the club by the end of the week and at the time I posted (Monday), Derby were leading the way.  You say "Derby haven't even made another bid since over 3 weeks ago" - you are deluding yourself - why do you think I was told as of Monday morning 'Derby were leading the way'!?!?  I think it's clear Brittain wants away and my understanding is Rovers wanted to 'lance the boil' sooner rather than later.
• I never said he was going to Derby - show me a post where I said that !?!?
• Armed with the Hackney money Middlesbrough upped the stakes and whilst it's now looking Brittain is going there, it aint over until the fat lady sings
• As far Brittain preferring Middlesbrough - what do you really expect him to indicate when it looks like Middlesbrough have landed a knockout blow?  Brittain is hardly likely to say 'I'll sign for you but Derby was my preferred destination'

Trouble is Chaddy, I think you are extremely gullible, you fail to read and understand other posts and you churn out erroneous stuff just to fit your own agenda.

Mercer, just accept he isnt going to Derby like you said they were leading the race. They haven't put another bid in. Boro did. Why is the Derby's bid? Nowhere in sight. Derby's bid was lowering than Boro. 

It was only the week before the Stanley game he was signing a new contract here. 

More stories than Roald Dahl Mercer 

[chaddyrovers]

55 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

You’re right, it was defeat away at Portsmouth during that dreadful run. Makes no difference really, it was the death knell of our season. 

Eustace's record before he left was 2 wins from 11 games.