2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[bluebruce]

24 minutes ago, TimmyJimmy said:

You and Wilsden clearly have a better handle on the process. My weakness is a permanent overload of emotional intelligence rather than the garden variety type (tongue in cheek) of process intelligence. Just seems harsh on a young lad whose hopes and dreams of making it as a pro end with being wheeled out for a ritual humiliation. Ignore me, I'm just a softy.

It's not that I don't see your point, I just think it could as easily viewed as a plus for the lad as for us. And maybe he gets lucky and it lands at his feet in the 6 yard box for a chance to make his name. Ideally you do it in a game where we are winning convincingly and you can afford to give him 5 or 10 minutes to make his mark, but since this needs doing ASAP and the next game is Brum...probably not! I think Tyjon's debut was only about 30 seconds and it will have been a proud moment for him anyway. Admittedly his wasn't to clear an administrative problem.

What I know about the process btw, I probably learnt about 70-80% of it from talking to Wilsden.

Edited August 11 by bluebruce

[bluebruce]

5 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

How old do players have to be to count as youth players in the ESC/GBE context? Don't tell me they made that fuzzy too 😂 I'm assuming it's the same as squad registration with players under 21.

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

How old do players have to be to count as youth players in the ESC/GBE context? Don't tell me they made that fuzzy too 😂 I'm assuming it's the same as squad registration with players under 21.

No, they’ve made that nice and simple 😁:

[bluebruce]

16 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

No, they’ve made that nice and simple 😁:

I wonder what came over them 😂

[B16Rover]

Pululu's chairman actively shopping him about and hasn't received a formal offer yet

 

£2 million solves all our woes 

[KentExile]

6 hours ago, bluebruce said:

I wonder what came over them 😂

The wording looks like its been lifted straight from the "who counts as being an U21 player" from the 25 man squad rules for each season

Edit - just noticed you said that earlier

Edited August 12 by KentExile

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

59 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Pululu's chairman actively shopping him about and hasn't received a formal offer yet

 

£2 million solves all our woes 

Really like the look of that lad.  He'll need an ESC slot though I assume,  so dead in the water. 

[KentExile]

57 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Really like the look of that lad.  He'll need an ESC slot though I assume,  so dead in the water. 

Just imagine if Rovers had brought in close to £50M in transfer fees in recent years, giving them wriggle room with FFP/PSR, so could buy him now, loan him back to his current club until January & then bring him in once Toth/Henriksson/Kargbo had qualified for a GBE

But I must have dreamt that first part 😉 

* assuming they don't already have plans for Mafoumbis esc slot

Edited August 12 by KentExile

[Torgeir]

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Pululu's chairman actively shopping him about and hasn't received a formal offer yet

 

£2 million solves all our woes 

Been mentioned several times in this thread, but yet to see that he's been linked to us.

 

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Pululu's chairman actively shopping him about and hasn't received a formal offer yet

 

£2 million solves all our woes 

Another one that would need a ESC.

[RoyWegerlesLeftToe]

59 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Just imagine if Rovers had brought in close to £50M in transfer fees in recent years, giving them wriggle room with FFP/PSR, so could buy him now, loan him back to his current club until January & then bring him in once Toth/Henriksson/Kargbo had qualified for a GBE

But I must have dreamt that first part 😉 

* assuming they already have plans for Mafoumbis esc slot

I had a similar dream except we were allowed to pay in chickens. 

[B16Rover]

22 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Another one that would need a ESC.

 

1 hour ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Really like the look of that lad.  He'll need an ESC slot though I assume,  so dead in the water. 

GBE calculator shows him as exceptions, is that just for Scottish teams 

[davulsukur]

Missed most of the day Sunday & yesterday, what did I miss? Trav gone yet? 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

54 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Missed most of the day Sunday & yesterday, what did I miss? Trav gone yet? 

Travis not gone but seems very likely to get done this week

Koji Miyoshi played the second half for Bochum meaning he lost points for ESC slot meaning

mafoumbi needs sold or as some have found needs to make his debut for rovers in a league game to give him enough points so he doesn’t require a slot 

bar that nothing really new a tentative link to John yeboah but not a credible source 

[Neal]

Bit of ashame we didn't get Miyoshi in for Birmingham. Would've been destined to score. 

[BankEnd Rover]

3 minutes ago, Neal said:

Bit of ashame we didn't get Miyoshi in for Birmingham. Would've been destined to score. 

Yep, we've another exciting game of watching Hedges bomb up and down the wing. I hope their full backs are ready. 
 

 

 

 

[Neal]

6 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Yep, we've another exciting game of watching Hedges bomb up and down the wing. I hope their full backs are ready. 
 

 

 

 

Play miller RB and push Alebiosu up. 

[Mercer]

9 minutes ago, Neal said:

Play miller RB and push Alebiosu up. 

Much better option than playing Hedges.

Reported Brum have sold their allocation.

Think we'll be lucky to avoid defeat especially if Travis has gone (Derby desperate for midfield reinforcements).

[Emerald Isle Rover]

3 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Much better option than playing Hedges.

Reported Brum have sold their allocation.

Think we'll be lucky to avoid defeat especially if Travis has gone (Derby desperate for midfield reinforcements).

That’s the weird thing according to their fans they aren’t for a cm they are desperate need of wingers and a right back

this one seems a Eustace push 

[Mercer]

7 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

That’s the weird thing according to their fans they aren’t for a cm they are desperate need of wingers and a right back

this one seems a Eustace push 

Think they have problems in midfield according to this report:

But the numbers told the story - Stoke completed 381 passes to Derby's 125, controlling the game through an industrious midfield.

Stoke midfielders Lewis Baker, Bae Junho and Ben Pearson dictated play with composure and bite, while Derby's central trio couldn't match their control.

Kenzo Goudmijn was peripheral with just 20 touches in 68 minutes, Liam Thompson was busy but ineffective and captain Ebou Adams showed energy but lacked influence. Carlton Morris's fine finish came from Derby's only truly cohesive move.

David Ozoh's introduction after 68 minutes injected some presence as he won key tackles, came away from duels with the ball, and showed why, if he stays fit, he could be a pivotal figure.

This wasn't a poor performance, but it was a revealing one. In the Championship, matches are often decided in midfield, and Derby lack proven operators in that area when injuries hit.

 

[London blue]

20 touched in 70 mins from a midfielder is abysmal. I'd be going for Trav, too.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Travis isn’t that ball controlling midfielder which is their fans concern and I tend to agree 

either or he’s off anyway 

[Torgeir]

Eustace ball, I don't miss his style of play.

[London blue]

21 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Travis isn’t that ball controlling midfielder which is their fans concern and I tend to agree 

either or he’s off anyway 

Sure but sounds like they need the midfield bolstering in some way. Eustace will be pushing hard for Travis.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

4 minutes ago, London blue said:

Sure but sounds like they need the midfield bolstering in some way. Eustace will be pushing hard for Travis.

Don’t really know tbh just going off quite a lot of what their fans are saying which is if they have ‘x’ amount left of their budget they needs wingers and right back

but I do think Eustace will be pushing hard yes they seem to have a lot of injuries and re-occurring injuries to some