2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[JHRover]

5 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Are we sure Travis is on his way out, I know Ismael hinted that is was possible but seems to be suicidal squad management to sell him now. Without Travis and Tronstad combo it could have been much worse yesterday. Travis is also a fighter and academy lad with a good connection to many fans.
 

That would all be relevant if the people making decisions were interested in anything other than getting their hands on transfer money and cutting the wage bill

But there are no considerations beyond this so things like damage to the team, morale, upsetting fans, potentially ruining the season, all irrelevant.

 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

47 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Exactly. It's was nasty cut to the head

Baradji is Travis replacement 

Pointless if he's not going to be fit.  Think that one has sailed. 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

4 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Pointless if he's not going to be fit.  Think that one has sailed. 

It is pointless but it certainly hasn’t sailed it’s been their number 1 target all summer 

[Christopher]

12 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Based on what I have seen today I reckon this could work better for us...

                           Toth

         Miller.      Hyam.    McCloughlin 

Alebiouso.  Travis.   Tronstad.    De Neve

       Cantwell.    Ohashi.    Kargbo

 

Early days but Millar looks ideal for a RCB in a back three.

3 - 4 - 3 Seems the only way to play Miller & Alebiosu, One problem it means no cover for Alebiosu.

Think they'll settle into a 4 3 3 

 

Tóth

Miller Hyam McLaughlin Ribeiro 

Tavares

(Henriksson or Hedges) (Cantwell or Forshaw)

New Ohashi Kargbo 

 

 

 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

7 minutes ago, Christopher said:

3 - 4 - 3 Seems the only way to play Miller & Alebiosu, One problem it means no cover for Alebiosu.

Think they'll settle into a 4 3 3 

 

Tóth

Miller Hyam McLaughlin Ribeiro 

Tavares

(Henriksson or Hedges) (Cantwell or Forshaw)

New Ohashi Kargbo 

 

 

 

I stopped after forshaw

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Just now, Emerald Isle Rover said:

It is pointless but it certainly hasn’t sailed it’s been their number 1 target all summer 

For all the talk of Baradji and a deal on the table for a while, they suddenly pulled out another midfielder in Axel for that last esc slot.  

Ismael  clearly wants more than one signing and I'd wager he'd prefer them up top. 

We've lost Weimann/Dolan/Dennis/Woodrow/ACD who were all attacking options - whilst the last 3 didn't work out, they were still options.  Now we have zero options. 

Reading between the lines, Trav will go.  Tronstadt will stay until next year.  Add Tavares, Axel, Montgommery and Forshaw and that is 5 for 2 slots.  3 unproven but we have options. 

I think whatever small portion of the Travis money is available will go on front players - probably loans. I'd be very surprised if it goes on Baradji. 

 

 

[KentExile]

18 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Reading between the lines, Trav will go.  Tronstadt will stay until next year.  Add Tavares, Axel, Montgommery and Forshaw and that is 5 for 2 slots.  3 unproven but we have options. 

I think whatever small portion of the Travis money is available will go on front players - probably loans. I'd be very surprised if it goes on Baradji. 

 

 

In the 4-2-3-1, Axel doesn't play in the midfield 2, who tend to sit, he plays further forwards

Whilst he does look like he could do a job in the 2,, that's not where he has played in the past, and his game does seem suited to pressing from the front, which is what Ismael apparently wants, so I cannot see him being moved deeper

Given the cost cutting, it would not surprise me if Rovers were actively trying to move on Cantwell as well as Travis, and if that happens we may well see something closer to a 4-3-3 with Axel & possibly Baradji flanking Tronstad who will hold more, and a reserve midfield of Forshaw, flanked by Montgomery & Tavares

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[Emerald Isle Rover]

4 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

For all the talk of Baradji and a deal on the table for a while, they suddenly pulled out another midfielder in Axel for that last esc slot.  

Ismael  clearly wants more than one signing and I'd wager he'd prefer them up top. 

We've lost Weimann/Dolan/Dennis/Woodrow/ACD who were all attacking options - whilst the last 3 didn't work out, they were still options.  Now we have zero options. 

Reading between the lines, Trav will go.  Tronstadt will stay until next year.  Add Tavares, Axel, Montgommery and Forshaw and that is 5 for 2 slots.  3 unproven but we have options. 

I think whatever small portion of the Travis money is available will go on front players - probably loans. I'd be very surprised if it goes on Baradji. 

 

 

Henriksson as seen yesterday will be playing/competing for the 10 role

travis goes - baradji will be in he’s been their number 1 target 

agreed we should want more up top but going by his interview itl b a right winger only and any outgoings replaced 

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Baradji is Travis replacement 

 

1 hour ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Who we can’t sign until we offload/pay up Mafoumbi

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

Apparently Baradji & Mafoumbi have the same agent, so it should be easy enough a deal to do , some money owed could be slid over from one to the other, especially if Baradji is as desperate to come as has been written

Mafoumbi - I think Dave Whelan's words on the Raos' purchase of Rovers are similarly applicable to this lad's signing  "doesn't sound right, and it doesn't look right".  Myles Anderson Mk 2!?

Travis - there's so much noise around his departure it seems inevitable.  Not a world beater but feck me, Rovers are a far different proposition when Travis plays.  Again, his replacement will be a virtually unknown, unproven and relatively cheap foreign import who may well not even be fit to play for weeks with his foot injury!

Tronstad - another worry, doesn't look the same player as last season and at 30, are those legs going or already gone?

Yesterday showed the importance of Championship experience when signing new players - McLaughin was steady without being spectacular but having two centre backs  who are so slow is a huge worry.

Needless to say - when a team is ripped apart and replacements brought in, it takes time to gel - when the bulk of those replacements are from overseas and unproven with little pedigree, it is even more highly problematical. 

Lose against Brum and we will already be in crisis and come the end of September, may well find ourselves already adrift at the bottom of the table.  The warning signs are already there.

 

[B16Rover]

In the words of Jay Z - uh, everything's for sale - the only if about your favourite player leaving is the if some other club is interested.  

[roverandout]

Donnarumma available at 26 million can venkys push the boat out just this once?

[KentExile]

Just now, roverandout said:

Donnarumma available at 26 million can venkys push the boat out just this once?

I am sure that they are right on that

[Tomphil2]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

So we're now so desperate to sell our home grown long standing captain that we are going to have to pay up 2 years of Mafoumbi's contract to get rid of him so that we can open up a slot to allow us to spend more money signing another foreign lad to replace the captain, who may well not be good enough anyway.

What a joke of a club.

I'm not going to forget the fact that a little over 12 months ago Gestede was doing work experience shadowing Waggott, apparently with a view to a future career as a CEO, and now he's responsible for all recruitment to the club. They've thrown our fate into the hands of a novice. 

 

 

Who seems hell bent on dispatching every English player in order to fill out the squad with imports.

Not wise, the Championship is very British in terms of aggression and stupid fixture congestion. Not sure how a lot of these lads will hold up on freezing piss wet November nights when things aren't going well.

It tends to be your Travis types who pull you through that.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

17 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Henriksson as seen yesterday will be playing/competing for the 10 role

travis goes - baradji will be in he’s been their number 1 target 

agreed we should want more up top but going by his interview itl b a right winger only and any outgoings replaced 

I wouldn't read to much into that.  Any outgoing replaced doesn't necessarily mean like for like.  He's more likely inferring we have the budget for one more signing, then it's one out, one in. 

[alexanders]

I can easily see Henriksson playing instead of Hedges if Cantwell was fit. 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

8 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

I wouldn't read to much into that.  Any outgoing replaced doesn't necessarily mean like for like.  He's more likely inferring we have the budget for one more signing, then it's one out, one in. 

We shall see

[alcd]

7 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

I wouldn't read to much into that.  Any outgoing replaced doesn't necessarily mean like for like.  He's more likely inferring we have the budget for one more signing, then it's one out, one in. 

The replacements for outgoing players will be loans from PL U21 squads, cobbled together in the final days of the window. We all know from experience, those players have absolutely no impact other than filling a place on the squad list.

[alcd]

2 minutes ago, alexanders said:

I can easily see Henriksson playing instead of Hedges if Cantwell was fit. 

Henriksson touched the ball 13 times in 60 minutes. He was lucky not to get 2 yellows. To say he was off the pace is an understatement. 

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4 minutes ago, alcd said:

Henriksson touched the ball 13 times in 60 minutes. He was lucky not to get 2 yellows. To say he was off the pace is an understatement. 

I wasn't overly impressed tbh either. I thought he was rather clumsy but as others have said its game one. Away from home and Axel has been thrown into the squad at last minute so there's a one game grace for him in my book

[John]

Transfer window potentially turning into disastrous with the Travis departure - what happened to VI’s comments (only a few weeks ago) on keeping the squad together / continuity!? 

[BankEnd Rover]

6 minutes ago, ... said:

I wasn't overly impressed tbh either. I thought he was rather clumsy but as others have said its game one. Away from home and Axel has been thrown into the squad at last minute so there's a one game grace for him in my book

Think he'll take a few games to get used to this league. Like many have said, he looked miles off pace, championship football will be a huge difference to what he's used to. 

Fair play to him getting stuck in though, I think he'll come good - Give him a month.

Edited 1 hour ago by BankEnd Rover

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Henriksson shouldn’t have started barely trained with the team poor selection from val 

[Ricky]

Axel had one training session before being thrown into the starting line up. I’m not reading too much into his debut. I’m one of the few who thought Alibeouso (sp?) did ok. Beat his man and delivered a couple of decent crosses. One early in the first half went right across the box with nobody there to take advantage of it. 

Travis is going to go and I think that’s pretty obvious now. He will be a big loss in the centre of the park. Not sure he’s going to be easy to replace. I do wonder if Axel may be his replacement in there. 

[SpaceBarSlam]

 

 

Really interesting insights from Andy and Kevin here about the impact losing Travis would have on and off the pitch, also touching on the wider issue of us not getting new deals done for experienced players. They sound worried about the season. Justifiably so.

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Axel had one training session before being thrown into the starting line up. I’m not reading too much into his debut. I’m one of the few who thought Alibeouso (sp?) did ok. Beat his man and delivered a couple of decent crosses. One early in the first half went right across the box with nobody there to take advantage of it. 

Travis is going to go and I think that’s pretty obvious now. He will be a big loss in the centre of the park. Not sure he’s going to be easy to replace. I do wonder if Axel may be his replacement in there. 

Alebiosu did well and scratching my head as why others thought he was poor. Looked threatening going forward and looked solid enough at the back. 
 

People have to remember he's got zero support going forward with Ryan fuckin Hedges. 
 

We look fine at RB with Miller and Alebiosu...It's the right wing  we need to be worried about.