2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[roversfan99]

25 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I dont because we've replaced the Coventrio with Pasha/Gestede and Ismael. Like replacing cholera with typhoid.

We did reasonably well under JDT and JE though despite the regime wouldnt you say?

 

To be honest, in 3 of the last 4 seasons, we have had seasons whereby 3 different managers have done excellent jobs to get us league finishes well above what resources we had at our disposal.

The first, we sold Armstrong and reinvested nothing. The second, we spent a whole £4m and then had a disastrous January. And the third, we sold Szmodics, spent a small amount then had another terrible January and then fucked Eustace about before his inferior replacement oversaw a damaging run of constant losses.

All 3 seasons had similar patterns of brilliant starts and the wheels coming off. The source of which goes back to India, Venkys are the common denominator, this sort of shit has gone on for 15 years.

I am sure youd put the source down to Mowbray, Broughton and then either the court case or Waggott.

[NeilInBristol]

1 minute ago, BRFC. said:

Slightly off topic but I don’t understand at all why they bought the club and lied to fans and are £200M deep and just happy to cut costs and sit in mediocrity forever and rot. What’s the point? Just sell it as fans (maybe it’s just me) becoming incredibly bored of the constant fooling fans and what we’ve become. 

Agree entirely

although, are they fooling the fans? I feel like they have just forgotten they own us - they’ve not made any statements or any comments or anything of late?

[alexanders]

Is Leonard gone?

[BRFC.]

2 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Agree entirely

although, are they fooling the fans? I feel like they have just forgotten they own us - they’ve not made any statements or any comments or anything of late?

They put out an AI generated one! 

 

[NeilInBristol]

7 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

They put out an AI generated one! 

 

Oh no way! Missed that somehow!

so makes no sense why they still hold onto us - let us go !!

[Tugayisgod]

Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what position Morishita will play ( as he will obviously be a starter) in the side ?

I would guess wide right in place of Kargbo who will become an impact sub.

Wide left I still think Hedges will get the shout, he has played better there in the last couple of games and certainly wasn't the.worst player on Saturday by a long way.

 

[Elrovers]

Deadline day around the corner now. Doesn’t look like we’re going to sign anyone. Heard Jordan Rhodes was at ewood might as well sign him 

[superniko]

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

I make it euros 9.87 v 9.73.

Christ, imagine them giving €10m to JDT or Eustace over the last few windows when we’ve pulled in £35m+ (Wharton, Szmodics, Raya resale, Gallagher etc).

We’re led by absolute morons 

[B16Rover]

1 minute ago, Elrovers said:

Deadline day around the corner now. Doesn’t look like we’re going to sign anyone. Heard Jordan Rhodes was at ewood might as well sign him 

I've said a few times, given our chance creation Vs chance creation id have spent the Telalovic money on a pay as you play deal for Rhodes and Grabban - give them each 45 mins a half.  £10k goal bonus 

[NeilInBristol]

6 minutes ago, superniko said:

Christ, imagine them giving €10m to JDT or Eustace over the last few windows when we’ve pulled in £35m+ (Wharton, Szmodics, Raya resale, Gallagher etc).

We’re led by absolute morons 

Weird that they did not give jdt or JE £10m but they did give VI £10m

does not make sense

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

 

[Upside Down]

3 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Weird that they did not give jdt or JE £10m but they did give VI £10m

does not make sense

Not really, give JDT or JE £10 million and they'd take us up. That absolutely can not be allowed to happen at venky fc as has been proven by their repeated sabotages of our seasons when we're in a position to do so. 

[Exiled_Rover]

21 minutes ago, Elrovers said:

Deadline day around the corner now. Doesn’t look like we’re going to sign anyone. Heard Jordan Rhodes was at ewood might as well sign him 

90% of our signings we didn't know about until someone reported they were in for a medical.

You might be right that Gudjohnsen is the last, but you can't say with certainty. 

[Exiled_Rover]

25 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Anybody want to hazard a guess as to what position Morishita will play ( as he will obviously be a starter) in the side ?

I would guess wide right in place of Kargbo who will become an impact sub.

Wide left I still think Hedges will get the shout, he has played better there in the last couple of games and certainly wasn't the.worst player on Saturday by a long way.

 

Which is why ideally we'd bring another winger in, but we won't.

We can't be happy with Hedges starting games. Kargbo is better suited to being an impact sub and, as he's clearly carrying an injury right now, it benefits him to limit his minutes anyway.

[RevidgeBlue]

21 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Weird that they did not give jdt or JE £10m but they did give VI £10m

does not make sense

Don't know how often it needs repeating and loath as I am to defend VI, they haven't really given him anything. 

He's had to generate his own transfer funding. It's a nil net spend on transfer fees and presumably big savings on wages.

This wasn't the case of one marquee player leaving for a huge sum as in the past,  including departing loanees we've lost at least a dozen first X1 players or squad members most of whom needed replacing numbers wise otherwise we'd have been struggling to put a side out.

Edited 5 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[Exiled_Rover]

17 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

 

I'd rather buy Cadamarteri and have him around the squad this year. He'll get a lot of minutes if he's any good.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I'd rather buy Cadamarteri and have him around the squad this year. He'll get a lot of minutes if he's any good.

Agreed. It would be absolutely nonsensical to buy someone and loan them straight back out again. We need players now.

[roversfan99]

Yep, we arent in a position to spend a reasonable fee on players to be immediately loaned out.

I really hope (but doubt) that we are trying to shift Gueye however possible. And someone like Cadamarteri might be good to push Ohashi and Gudjohnsen.

But we need a central midfielder, goalkeeper and winger more urgently than a striker.

[DutchRover]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Agreed. It would be absolutely nonsensical to buy someone and loan them straight back out again. We need players now.

He'd be behind Ohashi, Gudjohnson and Gueye for us (in theory), for his development he needs regular gametime.

[RevidgeBlue]

7 minutes ago, DutchRover said:

He'd be behind Ohashi, Gudjohnson and Gueye for us (in theory), for his development he needs regular gametime.

But if he's good enough for Wednesday in the Championship he must surely be good enough for us?

And as others have said - we aren't Man City or Chelsea, we havent the luxury of buying players to loan them out, we need quality now.

[KentExile]

6 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

But if he's good enough for Wednesday in the Championship he must surely be good enough for us?

And as others have said - we aren't Man City or Chelsea, we havent the luxury of buying players to loan them out, we need quality now.

He is not good enough for the Championship now (in my opinion) * 

He is getting games at Wednesday due to their issues and them having lost half their squad without being able to replace them, not because he is currently a Championship standard player

* He is only 20, not 21 until the season is over, & does have the potential to be a decent Championship player in the future

Edited 5 hours ago by KentExile

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, KentExile said:

He is not good enough for the Championship now (in my opinion) * 

He is getting games at Wednesday due to their issues and them having lost half their squad without being able to replace them, not because he is currently a Championship standard player

* He is only 20 & does have the potential to be a decent Championship player in the future

Ok fair enough.

Id still rather any available funding was put towards someone who can contribute now.

[BRFC4EVA]

I'm generally against filling up the squad with epl loan cast offs (I still get cold sweats thinking about Mola), but I'm supprised we haven't gone after 1 or 2 loans. A pacey winger or even a keeper so that Pears can be sold?

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, BRFC. said:

Will still be magically £20M wage bill in the accounts tho 

Probably, the payroll includes more than players! 

The less the players are on, more of the cake for others possibly? 

[Tomphil2]

Remember when we gave Sheff U 1 million for a lad named Slew with the intention to loan him back but i think he ended up somewhere else but on a very good Rovers contract.

Hmmm....