2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[roversfan99]

What makes you say that they have withdrawn?

[Emerald Isle Rover]

5 minutes ago, alexanders said:

If Boro have withdrawn from Brittain we might stall the Miller deal? 

Who said boro have withdrawn? They haven’t it’s due to be announced tomorrow 

[M_B]

21 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Feel like the manager, recruitment team and board are all on the same page for the first time in a loooooong time! 

It does feel different,it's the most important factor. 

[M_B]

25 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Ismael doesnt seem happy about the contract situation.

No, but he said it was down to past mistakes, ie not Gestede. 

[roversfan99]

Gestede was here last season when Brittain didnt get offered a new deal.

And hasnt managed to get any contracts over the line.

[islander200]

1 minute ago, M_B said:

It does feel different,it's the most important factor. 

I don't know mate was Steve Kean not aligned with the board?

I get where your coming from  as its disheartening losing good managers due to fallouts with the way the club is being run but the manager and board here being aligned means the manager can have us losing most weeks and relegation  candidates and keep their job no matter the results

Obviously I'm hoping that Ismael will bring in the results but I don't want another person towing the party Line if the players brought in don't show enough quality after a bit of time 

 

 

 

[M_B]

Just now, roversfan99 said:

Gestede was here last season when Brittain didnt get offered a new deal.

And hasnt managed to get any contracts over the line.

It wasn't me who said it, it was Ismael. 

[alexanders]

Only reason I said it was because Hackney didn’t want to go Ipswich. 

[JHRover]

MO of just about every manager, 'head of', CEO over the last 15 years is to blame the shitshow on the previous bloke and make promises/assurances/wishes that it won't happen again. 

It isn't a mistake, it has been deliberate policy and I dare say was the biggest single reason why Eustace threw in the towel and left to join a real club, because they weren't letting him do the job he needed to do.

It isn't an accident, it isn't a mistake, it isn't misfortune or bad luck. It is deliberate, conscious and purposeful with one aim which is to reduce the cash the owners need to put into the club. 

They've got away with it until now, but it will catch up with them eventually. I actually think our surprisingly good season last year will only have emboldened the regime more to think that they can easily manage by getting rid of more 'big' earners and going cheaper again. 

Trouble is I don't think they are as clever or good as they think they are and it will end with the club paying the ultimate price.

[M_B]

4 minutes ago, islander200 said:

I don't know mate was Steve Kean not aligned with the board?

I get where your coming from  as its disheartening losing good managers due to fallouts with the way the club is being run but the manager and board here being aligned means the manager can have us losing most weeks and relegation  candidates and keep their job no matter the results

Obviously I'm hoping that Ismael will bring in the results but I don't want another person towing the party Line if the players brought in don't show enough quality after a bit of time 

 

 

 

That's one way of looking at it, but Ismael doesn't strike me as someone who suffers fools. 

[J*B]

3 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Only reason I said it was because Hackney didn’t want to go Ipswich. 

Going to Porto, according to X. One things for sure, Boro will strengthen regardless if they see an opportunity. Our lot won’t. Yet social media fans will keep telling me we’ve net strengthened this season. I simply cannot see it. 

[islander200]

Just now, M_B said:

No, but he said it was down to past mistakes, ie not Gestede. 

Gestede appeared to think it was perfectly fine to wait until we knew what division we are in 

We couldn't have agreed a wage increase with them if we got promoted?Ultimately it is on the owners but honestly this guy is a real bullshitter or has no understanding of how the club has been run into the fn ground.Plus I'm uncomfortable with the way our recruitment is going ,practically solely based on buying cheap punts from abroad and now being linked with player's with questionable fitness records.Plus Baradji and the swede have predominantly played centre midfield and Taveres and Foreshaw other midfielders it doesn't take a genius to work out that at least Travis and Buckley if they can find a buyer  will be moved on .

We are losing battle hardened experience for players that even if they do turn out to be decent it will take time for them to bed in and with the amount of them gel

[roversfan99]

I took what Ismael said as before he himself came to the club. Not a deflection from Gestede.

Contract extensions have gone out of the window under him.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Only reason I said it was because Hackney didn’t want to go Ipswich. 

Hackney looked deeply average to me whenever I’ve seen him playing for the young England team.

[M_B]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I took what Ismael said as before he himself came to the club. Not a deflection from Gestede.

Contract extensions have gone out of the window under him.

I didn't,it didn't come across like that. 

[oneandycrawford]

52 minutes ago, philipl said:

I was at that replayed game at Cambridge- horrible evening apart from Colin's strike.

To be honest we got battered - deserved to lose.

Going there for a night match was the Div 2 equivalent of when Arsenal had to go to Stoke year-after-year. Luckily we only had to go once!!

[chaddyrovers]

40 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I was basing it on you saying 3 including Miller. Then naming yet another squad with 5 new signings.

As ever, you move the goalposts and start going off on tangents.

I have addressed this point several times FFS. Time to move on RF99. 

[Exiled_Rover]

12 minutes ago, J*B said:

Going to Porto, according to X. One things for sure, Boro will strengthen regardless if they see an opportunity. Our lot won’t. Yet social media fans will keep telling me we’ve net strengthened this season. I simply cannot see it. 

Brave kid. Love that young English players are brave enough to go abroad now.

[islander200]

3 minutes ago, M_B said:

I didn't,it didn't come across like that. 

But gestede was here?Do you think Ismael would agree with Gestede that we couldnt start contract talks because you didn't know what division you would be in?They had 2 years left so of course Ismael must be including Gestede?

[M_B]

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I have addressed this point several times FFS. Time to move on RF99. 

Any chance you could find the Ismael interview after the Stanley game Chaddy please, sounds like a job for you,the one on the terrace. 

[AAK]

19 minutes ago, J*B said:

Going to Porto, according to X. One things for sure, Boro will strengthen regardless if they see an opportunity. Our lot won’t. Yet social media fans will keep telling me we’ve net strengthened this season. I simply cannot see it. 

You can’t see it, because its not happened,  simple.

[Theaxe15]

Anyone know the date of the next postponement of the court case in India? Need something to get excited about…

[Ricceh]

3 minutes ago, Theaxe15 said:

Anyone know the date of the next postponement of the court case in India? Need something to get excited about…

Tuesday 

[Theaxe15]

Just now, Ricceh said:

Tuesday 

Can’t wait to be case 124 of 126

[RevidgeBlue]

2 hours ago, aletheia said:

Am I right in thinking this is the extent of the transfers thus far?

In
Sidney Tavares
Dion de Neve
Ryan Alebiosu
Sean McLoughlin

Out
JRC
Danny Baath
Tyrhys Dolan
Andreas Weimann

So, given the expenditure perhaps exceeding income, as far as anyone can make out, (not taking into account wages saved), we will need to sell to either a) balance the books as they stand b) before we think of bringing anyone else new in. That would lead to the conclusion that there will likely be selling of assets ie one or all of Brittain, Travis, Tronstad.

All guesswork of course.

Im not sure of the exact figures but presumably we'll be substantially in pocket once Brittain is finalised.

What you've written above also presumes that it's not acceptable to ever have a positive net spend on transfers.