2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[joey_big_nose]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Why would we play at 3 after yesterday's performance?

Our squad and potential signings suggest Ismael will continue with the 4-2-3-1 formation

I agree that we played great, and will continue with 4231. But looking at the squad we are going to play 343 at some point.

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

I agree that we played great, and will continue with 4231. But looking at the squad we are going to play 343 at some point.

I don't agree there. Squad set up for 4-2-3-1. Ismael has started that way all this season. No problem changing it to back 5 to see a win out. 

Why does it look like we will play 3-4-3? 

 

[roversfan99]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I don't agree there. Squad set up for 4-2-3-1. Ismael has started that way all this season. No problem changing it to back 5 to see a win out. 

Why does it look like we will play 3-4-3? 

 

Doing that last week certainly didnt see out a win!

[Penwortham Blue]

2 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I gather JDT had high standards and worked them hard, thinking they could improve as footballers.

Eustace, having played at this level, knew that they're by-and-large journeymen cloggers so he focused on camp morale and drilling tactics into them.

Sums it up very nicely. In my opinion, both really good managers in different ways, I also happen to think that Ismael is also a good manager and that the stooges and owners may have got lucky a third time.

[sverrehh]

2 hours ago, Theaxe15 said:

Always got the feeling he preferred JDT to Eustace though. One of very few it seems.

JDT unlocked Sammie

Edited 46 minutes ago by sverrehh

[BRFC.]

5 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Sums it up very nicely. In my opinion, both really good managers in different ways, I also happen to think that Ismael is also a good manager and that the stooges and owners may have got lucky a third time.

His record tells me otherwise, West Brom and Watford fans both said he’s a shocking manager

Edited 42 minutes ago by BRFC.

[Penwortham Blue]

1 minute ago, sverrehh said:

JDT unlocked Sammie

And gave Adam W a platform and opportunity to shine. Think he was a great manager, simply didn’t suffer fools and I truly believe he would have had us promoted, if he had been backed by the stooges / owners.

[Penwortham Blue]

2 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

His record tells me otherwise, West Brom and Watford fans both said he’s a shocking manager

Barnsley fans disagree and we will see. He will need to be a bloody good manager to achieve relative success at a club where the ownership seems hell bent on destruction rather than build and decline over aspiration and ambition.

[chaddyrovers]

27 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Doing that last week certainly didnt see out a win!

Going to back 5 wasn't why we lost that game? 

[norwichblue]

27 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Doing that last week certainly didnt see out a win!

JDT used to do this too. Hate it. Sheff Utd away in the FA Cup springs to mind!

[RoversClitheroe]

18 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

And gave Adam W a platform and opportunity to shine. Think he was a great manager, simply didn’t suffer fools and I truly believe he would have had us promoted, if he had been backed by the stooges / owners.

JDT is the best manager we've had in the Venky era.

He just wasn't a yes man and got sold a dream that turned into a nightmare 

[Theyak1986]

We’re being linked with GAIS defender Filip Beckman. Anyone know anything about him? 22 year old centre half

[chaddyrovers]

Wouldn't surprise me if we sign 3 or 4 players in the next 8 days. 

Expect Travis to Derby be confirmed tomorrow, Buckley going to Saudi, Pears to go maybe Derby, Leonard on loan or permanent. I would be against Leonard leaving permanently. Still think he has a future here. Need regular first team football. Derby will need a keeper if their number 1 leaves for Brentford as the rumours suggest. 

 

[chaddyrovers]

2 minutes ago, Theyak1986 said:

We’re being linked with GAIS defender Filip Beckman. Anyone know anything about him? 22 year old centre half

Can't sign him. Would need a ESC slot

[Penwortham Blue]

2 minutes ago, Theyak1986 said:

We’re being linked with GAIS defender Filip Beckman. Anyone know anything about him? 22 year old centre half

6ft 6, I like the sound of that and fits the Ismael mold.

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, Theyak1986 said:

We’re being linked with GAIS defender Filip Beckman. Anyone know anything about him? 22 year old centre half

Not possible in this window due to him needing a ESC spot.

[bluebruce]

25 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

And gave Adam W a platform and opportunity to shine. Think he was a great manager, simply didn’t suffer fools and I truly believe he would have had us promoted, if he had been backed by the stooges / owners.

I really liked JDT, but you'd need to have never seen a football to not bring Adam into the squad around that time. If anything, I criticise his handling of Wharton, who should have been playing far more in favour of the fairly abject Tyler Morton.

[DutchRover]

Rösler wouldn't need an ESC, might go back in for him if they offload Hyam.

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Wouldn't surprise me if we sign 3 or 4 players in the next 8 days. 

Expect Travis to Derby be confirmed tomorrow, Buckley going to Saudi, Pears to go maybe Derby, Leonard on loan or permanent. I would be against Leonard leaving permanently. Still think he has a future here. Need regular first team football. Derby will need a keeper if their number 1 leaves for Brentford as the rumours suggest. 

 

About right probably but don't see Pears going to Derby, he was Mowbrays mates son, Eustace was lumped with him and had no alternative to pick (god help us not Wahlsted), can't imagine he wants him again.

Leonard I just don't see making it, and he's not set world alight in any loan spell he's had either.

Edited 14 minutes ago by DutchRover

[J*B]

Earliest we can get another ESC player is January if we convert Kargbo and/or Toth. So we can firmly rule out any ESC player (this window, at least).

[Penwortham Blue]

5 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

I really liked JDT, but you'd need to have never seen a football to not bring Adam into the squad around that time. If anything, I criticise his handling of Wharton, who should have been playing far more in favour of the fairly abject Tyler Morton.

My guess is that there were probably cost and relationship issues with Liverpool that saw Morton getting more minutes than he warranted.

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Rösler wouldn't need an ESC, might go back in for him if they offload Hyam.

About right probably but don't see Pears going to Derby, he was Mowbrays mates son, Eustace was lumped with him and had no alternative to pick (god help us not Wahlsted), can't imagine he wants him again.

Leonard I just don't see making it, and he's not set world alight in any loan spell he's had either.

What loan spells?

[JamieUK]

If they are replacing players that looked out of favour and with no way back, with signings to go into the team then I will give them credit. My expectation/fear is that given Buckley/Duru/Leonard/Pears haven’t been involved then they've not been counted as needing to be replaced.

If they do then the squad quickly looks to have a chance:

Toth, NEW, Young keeper

Alebiosu, Miller, Hyam, Carter, McLoughlin, Wharton, Ribeiro, Pickering

Tronstad, Taveres, Baradji, NEW, Forshaw, Montgomery

NEW WINGER Kargbo, Cantwell, Tyjon, Hedges, De Neve

Ohashi, Gueye, NEW

If Gueye isn't fancied and he is shipped out, 2 strikers coming in that can compete with/are better than Ohashi then happy days.

Of course we're reliant on players hitting the ground running and I still think we lack quality on the left but the squad potentially could be a lot better than expected given all the experienced departures.

Over to you RG...

[Andy]

18 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

JDT is the best manager we've had in the Venky era.

He just wasn't a yes man and got sold a dream that turned into a nightmare 

Hard to disagree with this.

He clearly had high standards and, if you didn't either buy into that and work hard, or didn't have the talent, you were out.

Players like Szmodics and Wharton thrived - both of whom have spoken publicly in positive terms about JDT's influence on their development.

If we'd have backed him and Broughton properly, we wouldn't be pissing around in the Championship still now.

[chaddyrovers]

5 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Rösler wouldn't need an ESC, might go back in for him if they offload Hyam.

I go for championship experience centre back myself

5 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

About right probably but don't see Pears going to Derby, he was Mowbrays mates son, Eustace was lumped with him and had no alternative to pick (god help us not Wahlsted), can't imagine he wants him again.

I can see him going there. Eustace always stuck with him

5 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

Leonard I just don't see making it, and he's not set world alight in any loan spell he's had either.

Leonard hasn't had a loan

[MarkBRFC]

2 minutes ago, JamieUK said:

 

Tronstad, Taveres, Baradji, NEW, Forshaw, Montgomery

Throw Henriksson in this section too.