2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Tomphil2]

The min Travis was brought back by Eustace and proved his worth to Rovers again is the min he should have had good terms slapped in front of him.

Iv'e heard that a big reason for Eustace's displeasure behind the scenes from pretty early on is because he wanted contracts for his core players and prospects to be discussed but was outright blanked.

In other words he went into bat for his players because they were doing it for him on the pitch, Mowbray and Venus always did similar that's why they loved him.

Players never forget that kind of thing nor do they forget being snubbed in the vain hope they might accept something else offered further down the line.  It's a Suhail, Waggot, Venky tactic that has failed time and time again..... or has it, from their point of view ..

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, den said:

There are thousands feeling like you Bohinen. Most of them just walked away and won’t come back. 
 

Even for me it doesn’t feel like the club I supported for over fifty years. I went from watching Ronnie Clayton running out with the ball under his arm, to the Stewards invading the fans in the Darwen end to tackle the anti Kean protestors. If there was a turning point that was it. I just felt everything had changed. It wasn’t the club I’d grown up with.

It’s only my grandson that keeps me interested. I now think the Chicken Chokers will outlast me unfortunately but I’m pretty sure they won’t outlast him as he’s only 18. I desperately want to keep the love of Blackburn Rovers in my family. His dad only maintains a watching brief via the TV nowadays. I am away on holiday. This was our text conversation after last nights game -

Grandson  - “ That’ll teach me for going to midweek cup games “.

Me -  “ Yeah, anybody play well ? “

Grandson - “ Tavares my MOM,  Cantwell didn’t have a good game but you can still tell he’s a step above the rest “ “ Let’s hope Toth doesn’t get injured cos that Michalski is awful “. “ Travis off to Derby as well “.

Me - “ Mm, Birmingham up next. “

Grandson - “ Ticket already bought “.

Me - “ Good on you Luke, it won’t always be like this ! “

He’s a great kid, off to Uni this year and one of the reasons for the Uni he chose was so he could get over to watch Rovers.

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

45 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

I agree anything less than 3mill we should just keep him

if he sulks etc does an isak then that’s on him 

Pay our price Derby or feck off,your annoying now.

[Waggy76]

When exactly does the transfer window close ?

[MarkBRFC]

Just now, Waggy76 said:

When exactly does the transfer window close ?

Monday September 1st at 7pm.

[Angry_Pirate]

19 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Tiny Taylor ?

Was he ever a "Best XI" guy. We had Short and Berg for most of his time with us, and Chirstian Dailly was the starting CB before Berg came back. Amoruso, Babbel and Zurab came in not long after.

I'd have Tiny in with Damien Johnson, Jonathan Douglas, John Buckley etc as guys who played and were "Bench" options, but can't say I ever think of him as a quote-on-quote "Starter".

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

17 minutes ago, alexanders said:

Think both were bad against WBA, but latter end of season Tronstad was best 

I was watching both Trav and Tron last Saturday closely. On several occasions both players managed to intercept a pass and get half way in front of their immediate opponent. Common football sense says you  then run directly in front of your opponent. That way they either have to let you go or foul you, if you have reasonable pace that is. 
On nearly every occasion they were too slow to run in front and they then had the ball taken off them. This happened several times and I was really surprised at both players lack of pace. Are they being flogging in training ? I know 90% of players will train just as hard as they are made to. Most like an easy life.
 

[Ricceh]

5 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Monday September 1st at 7pm.

Wonder if we have any players left then

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, Angry_Pirate said:

Was he ever a "Best XI" guy. We had Short and Berg for most of his time with us, and Chirstian Dailly was the starting CB before Berg came back. Amoruso, Babbel and Zurab came in not long after.

I'd have Tiny in with Damien Johnson, Jonathan Douglas, John Buckley etc as guys who played and were "Bench" options, but can't say I ever think of him as a quote-on-quote "Starter".

I’m not sure. Didn’t he have a spell at right back ?

[Angry_Pirate]

3 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’m not sure. Didn’t he have a spell at right back ?

God I'll have regressed that memory if he did.

Kenna, Grayson, Curtis, Neill would all be ahead of him in this scenario though? Wikipedia (I know) has him down for 88 appearances in 6 years - with 33 appearances in 2002/2003, so maybe he was more involved than I remember. Maybe he took over from Craig Short as he aged out?

Tiny is 45yrs old. Jesus.

Edited 4 hours ago by Angry_Pirate

[philipl]

13 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Monday September 1st at 7pm.

And we will get that all important striker signed at 23.01

[Emerald Isle Rover]

2 minutes ago, philipl said:

And we will get that all important striker signed at 23.01

I’d even take that for it to fail as it would mean we’re looking 

as of now a striker isn’t on the agenda 

[RoversTilliDie]

5 hours ago, Jimmy612 said:

Where have you read that? LET says right winger. 

The LT online.

[RoversTilliDie]

5 hours ago, RTM08 said:

We need someone comfortably better than those two rather than "competition". I like Yuki as an impact sub but Gueye is awful.

He trips over his own feet, and couldn't hit a barn door from 5 yds. He shouldn't be considered for the 1st team, unless every striker gets injured. I heard last week, Harry Leonard was in the under 21s, he'd be a better option than Gueye.

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29 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s only my grandson that keeps me interested. I now think the Chicken Chokers will outlast me unfortunately but I’m pretty sure they won’t outlast him as he’s only 18. I desperately want to keep the love of Blackburn Rovers in my family. His dad only maintains a watching brief via the TV nowadays. I am away on holiday. This was our text conversation after last nights game -

Grandson  - “ That’ll teach me for going to midweek cup games “.

Me -  “ Yeah, anybody play well ? “

Grandson - “ Tavares my MOM,  Cantwell didn’t have a good game but you can still tell he’s a step above the rest “ “ Let’s hope Toth doesn’t get injured cos that Michalski is awful “. “ Travis off to Derby as well “.

Me - “ Mm, Birmingham up next. “

Grandson - “ Ticket already bought “.

Me - “ Good on you Luke, it won’t always be like this ! “

He’s a great kid, off to Uni this year and one of the reasons for the Uni he chose was so he could get over to watch Rovers.

 

As little a token it is right now,

Owners come and go

But Rovers fans live on forever.

[RoversTilliDie]

5 hours ago, KentExile said:

It says "they aim to bolster the attack", it means "right winger "(as per Ismael at the weekend,

stiker is not mentioned 😞 

Well probably be playing Bradford again next season in league 1, unless somebody finds his scoring boots.

[RevidgeBlue]

20 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I’m not sure. Didn’t he have a spell at right back ?

He played RB in the Worthington Cup Final didn't he?

He was OK there but much better at CB.

[bluebruce]

3 hours ago, Neal said:

I'd personally put Alebiosu as a firm positive. Big, strong & quick. Managed to put in a cross from nowhere yesterday with 2 players around him, Hedges has never done that. I think he'll be a very useful player and has all the attributes to be more than that. 

Agreed, that cross was impressive. Maybe partly luck but he seemed to be in a blind alley and somehow lobbed it into a dangerous spot. His overall game did seem a bit less impressive than on his debut though, but he's not one I'm worried about as it stands.

[RevidgeBlue]

36 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It’s only my grandson that keeps me interested. I now think the Chicken Chokers will outlast me unfortunately but I’m pretty sure they won’t outlast him as he’s only 18. I desperately want to keep the love of Blackburn Rovers in my family. His dad only maintains a watching brief via the TV nowadays. I am away on holiday. This was our text conversation after last nights game -

Grandson  - “ That’ll teach me for going to midweek cup games “.

Me -  “ Yeah, anybody play well ? “

Grandson - “ Tavares my MOM,  Cantwell didn’t have a good game but you can still tell he’s a step above the rest “ “ Let’s hope Toth doesn’t get injured cos that Michalski is awful “. “ Travis off to Derby as well “.

Me - “ Mm, Birmingham up next. “

Grandson - “ Ticket already bought “.

Me - “ Good on you Luke, it won’t always be like this ! “

He’s a great kid, off to Uni this year and one of the reasons for the Uni he chose was so he could get over to watch Rovers.

 

What a lovely post.

As hopeless as the situation seems, we have to keep fighting for their benefit.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

12 minutes ago, RoversTilliDie said:

He trips over his own feet, and couldn't hit a barn door from 5 yds. He shouldn't be considered for the 1st team, unless every striker gets injured. I heard last week, Harry Leonard was in the under 21s, he'd be a better option than Gueye.

Gueye has already did more for rovers than Leonard ever has 

the kid can’t stay fit 

[BRFC.]

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

Rover is believed to be interested in linking up with his old manager, John Eustace.

But did it mention Rover felt his working conditions had got worse, that the club had asked him to work for nothing and that Pasha/Gestede refused to pay his bus fare home? 

 

Not the first time Rudy has refused to do something 

[Torgeir]

2 hours ago, rigger said:

 

because to me your earlier posts, made it sound like you where supportive of the situation.

No, I wasn’t. I was just stating that there will be academy players in the matchday squad every fixture this season. 

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Monday September 1st at 7pm.

Thank you 

[Ghost7]

Our squad needed adding to last season. What position have we actually added to in this squad and not simply replaced outgoing players?

It's another pathetic, underfunded transfer window from whoever's in charge.

How is there only talk of needing one more incoming. It's terrifying stuff and shows a lack of ambition around the place.

Is there a domestic player Rovers are willing to pay a reasonable fee for?

In the mould of Brittain to Boro or Travis to Derby?

What the hell is happening to the club.

Suhail Pasha and Venky's have got to go!

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Monday September 1st at 7pm.

Have they given a reason for the change from 11p.m. to 7p.m.?

At least Suhail has a ready made excuse for various transfers falling through this time for the next FF Meeting.

"As far as we were aware" the deadline was still 11p.m.!