2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Trinidad Rover]

1 hour ago, paullarrygher said:

If we go into this season with Goddard and Michalski as back up GKs then we are 100% screwed if Toth picks up an injury.

but, but the pathways!!!!!

[K-Hod]

13 minutes ago, Tom said:

 

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Conservative estimate, that....

[philipl]

In old money it is now 13.37 on transfer deadline day.

Nothing is going to happen is it?

[Jimmy612]

51 minutes ago, roverblue said:

Not heard a single rumour about Pears finding a club all summer but imagine he is one they are trying to push out the door today.

If I had my way would be buying another striker and winger with pedigree today.

Striker and CM for me.  With Morishita, Hedges, Karbo, De Neve and Alebiosu (surely capable of playing higher), think Rovers will probably be satisfied with that. Hendriksen or whatever he's called could also probably do a job there. 

CM we've got Tron, Tav, Mont, Forshaw and Baradji (not a clue when he's even going to be fit).  Even one injury (particularly Tronstad) in there is a frightening thought. Need an experienced tough tackling CM for me. 

[Jimmy612]

22 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Less. Less. More.

😂

[Dolly blue]

Central midfield is currently very weak. If Tronstad were to be injured we would be in dire straits..can you imagine a combo of Tavares and Montgomery…relegation written all over them .

Alan Browne is a tough, experienced, intelligent player …I can only dream . Without him or similar before the close of play today ….were buggered . 

 

 

[paullarrygher]

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

I think I just worked out "the plan"

In the EFL, a club can take out an emergency goalkeeper loan for up to a week, with weekly extensions, if all their senior professional goalkeepers are unavailable due to injury, suspension, or international duty. A professional goalkeeper, by EFL definition, is a non-contract player who has started a senior match five or more times. The club must apply to the league, which considers the cases individually. 

Goddard may throw a spanner in the works due to his games played last season during his loan in Ireland, but as cases are considered individually, I think they will be ok getting this past a panel

 

Essentially cut costs (big surprise) and get an emergency loan in if Toth ends up injured/suspended,  voila, no back up keeper wages to pay for the season

 

I also thought they were thinking along these lines, but it's a serious risk. You're basically reliant on another club in the Prem/Champ/L1 being willing to loan you their 3/4th choice keeper. Even worse if the league says that Goddard's 6 games in Ireland count as senior matches.
 

[Jimmy612]

27 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Expect a forward and centre midfielder in. Don't expect loans in. 

Think Pears contract will be terminate before the deadline. Leonard to Peterborough, Batty on loan, a couple of young players go out on loan. 

Terminate his contract?!? Why would they do that?  He's a 27 year old with at least 80-100 Championship games under his belt. And he's contracted till 2027.  Surely someone would take a punt on him at £500K or so.  His wages won't be astronomical either, will they? 

I did see a rumour the other week that Broughton did get contracts signed, but went a bit bananas with the wage levels. Be interesting to see what Pears is on. 

[chaddyrovers]

25 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

No way are we buying 2 players in the next 10 hours.

Id love to be wrong.

We see

25 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Also, to rip up Pears' contract would just be pouring money down the drain. Have him as number 2.

Sit back and look at the situation objectively. 

Pears hasn't feature in our pre season friendlies, no league and cup games or has even warmed up with the keepers pre game. Does that really say Ismael wants him here or any chance he is going to be number 2 here this season when you sit back and look at all the evidence against Pears here? 

[KentExile]

1 minute ago, Jimmy612 said:

I did see a rumour the other week that Broughton did get contracts signed, but went a bit bananas with the wage levels. Be interesting to see what Pears is on. 

By "bananas", we probably mean that the wage offered were at a similar level to other Championship clubs

[BlackburnEnd75]

Pears as much as id like to see him leave cannot go without an adequate replacement.

At the moment we are weaker than last season in the following areas:

Right back (new lads looks promising but isn't better than brittain at this moment)

Centre back (in the short term)

Left back

Centre mid

Right wing 

Backup keeper (if pears goes)

We are stronger in the following areas:

Backup right back

1st change at Centre mid

Backup striker (gudjohnsen over Gueye)

Potentially left winger (new Japanese fellow)

Potentially depth for the no. 10 (Swedish lad)

I'm not fully sold on our business so far. We need a few of the new lads to be run away successes to consider that we have done anything other than regress massively. 

Still not sorted out tronstad and hyam either.

[RoyWegerlesLeftToe]

13 minutes ago, philipl said:

In old money it is now 13.37 on transfer deadline day.

Nothing is going to happen is it?

I've heard they're just sticking on the fax machine to warm it up / check it still works. I'm not sure we've paid the phone bill recently though... 

[davulsukur]

Unless there has been a deal that's been going on for a bit already, it's unlikely we'll get anyone in today. Worryingly, the club seem happy enough with the squad, despite the gaping holes in centre mid and goal.

[G Somerset Rover]

6 minutes ago, Dolly blue said:

Central midfield is currently very weak. If Tronstad were to be injured we would be in dire straits..can you imagine a combo of Tavares and Montgomery…relegation written all over them .

Alan Browne is a tough, experienced, intelligent player …I can only dream . Without him or similar before the close of play today ….were buggered . 

100% agreed. Tronstad will be having to do the job of two men over the coming weeks unless an experienced Championship reinforcement comes in. As a result he is guaranteed to break down. A decent CM with pedigree of this league is surely a must but the penny pinchers won't see it like that.

[Nic81]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We see

Sit back and look at the situation objectively. 

Pears hasn't feature in our pre season friendlies, no league and cup games or has even warmed up with the keepers pre game. Does that really say Ismael wants him here or any chance he is going to be number 2 here this season when you sit back and look at all the evidence against Pears here? 

How come you are so confident on getting two in? 

[TimmyJimmy]

It's a great plan from Rudy. No really it is.

Sell the guys we all know weren't good enough and buy new guys who we haven't yet learned aren't good enough.

Sprinkle with lucky dips from the Academy tombola and tell everyone it's really exciting and we're being backed by the owners for this mega transformation whilst out of sight behind the curtain the incoming transfer fees magically disappear.

Splash a few marketing words about, inflate expectations using a bit of hyperbole here and there and we're good to go for another season.

What could go wrong? We're so lucky to have this board and ownership. No really.

[BigHoz]

Pretty crazy what’s gone on really, we had a team/manager that finished 7th. It could have been such a simple window of offering decent contracts, signing a decent striker and a winger and majority of fans would have been happy. Why do we never build? although it’s a little unknown yet I’d say we’ve had the worst window in the league no including sheff Wednesday, all things considered with who we’ve lost etc the lack of “let’s add” to what we had, the promoted teams have really strengthened, we’re weaker than all the relegated team regardless who they’ve lost, can certainly see why eustace left, derby want to move forward. 

[Roverthechimp]

Pears to stay is about the biggest headline in my prediction

Has he played at all for U23 or U21? Wonder if there may be an insurance case going on? (Also suspect that he is on more money than he should be…)

 

[Leonard Venkhater]

3 minutes ago, Roverthechimp said:

Pears to stay is about the biggest headline in my prediction

Has he played at all for U23 or U21? Wonder if there may be an insurance case going on? (Also suspect that he is on more money than he should be…)

 

Headline or..hairline?

[roverblue]

As we only seem to buy foreign randoms from distant lands unless they are already in the building we likely won't be signing anyone today.

[roversfan99]

13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We see

Sit back and look at the situation objectively. 

Pears hasn't feature in our pre season friendlies, no league and cup games or has even warmed up with the keepers pre game. Does that really say Ismael wants him here or any chance he is going to be number 2 here this season when you sit back and look at all the evidence against Pears here? 

First interaction of deadline day.

I never said that Pears will be number 2. I dont think he will.

I think he SHOULD. Opinions dont have to match what actually happens. We dont just have to parrot what the manager says and does.

[MarkBRFC]

11 minutes ago, Nic81 said:

How come you are so confident on getting two in? 

Because Nixon says we still want some in.

When we do don't get them, it will be "well we don't need anyone else anyway".

[roversfan99]

1 minute ago, roverblue said:

As we only seem to buy foreign randoms from distant lands unless they are already in the building we likely won't be signing anyone today.

Agreed. Today is probably the day where loans make most sense. A couple coming in to add some extra quality and depth. Especially people like Browne who arent in the plans of the club that they are at but they would bring experience and an upgrade on what we have.

The attitude we have towards them is counterproductive. We seemingly would rather go into the season short.

And im sure the "project" will change next summer as it always does and we will bring in 5.

[bluebruce]

28 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

Striker and CM for me.  With Morishita, Hedges, Karbo, De Neve and Alebiosu (surely capable of playing higher), think Rovers will probably be satisfied with that. Hendriksen or whatever he's called could also probably do a job there. 

CM we've got Tron, Tav, Mont, Forshaw and Baradji (not a clue when he's even going to be fit).  Even one injury (particularly Tronstad) in there is a frightening thought. Need an experienced tough tackling CM for me. 

Hmmm...you name 4 wingers for 2 positions, then wedge in a RB and a CAM, and say that's enough. Then name 5 CMs for 2 positions and say that's a frightening thought.

I don't imagine the discrepancy is quality in depth, as a lot of those wingers don't seem up to it either.

[TheKitGuy]

I'd imagine Pears' dodgy transplant has meant clubs won't be looking at him, unsure when he will be able to play etc.. besides who in the championship needs a starting GK with 4 games already played