2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[KentExile]

13 minutes ago, Cherry Blue said:

Did Miller start for Australia? Long way back then to Watford.

Yep

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Edited 6 hours ago by KentExile

[G Somerset Rover]

I must admit I skipped a fair bit but Val is definitely on board the gravy train.

As for the questions, jeez. I knew they’d be tame but f*ck me.

Edited 6 hours ago by G Somerset Rover

[BRFC.]

“We had a call with an exciting player but we had no connection he was not engaging he wasn’t the one for us” yeah spare us the b*llsh*t Rudy 

[DutchRover]

30 minutes in Rudy admits that they lowballed Hyam/Trav etc to try and lower their wages to the new arbitrary wage cap...

Wonder why they didn't sign on for a 30% paycut...

[BRFC.]

Rudy is insufferable, he cannot stop smirking.. extremely unprofessional 

[RoyWegerlesLeftToe]

https://streamin.me/v/htwi75l7

The new boys goal. Sorry if links aren't allow. 

[Exiled_Rover]

I'll tell you what, it's news to me that Blackburn is in the back of beyond.

Everyone wants to leave so they can be closer to their family. 

[alexanders]

And 

 

 

[Exiled_Rover]

33 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

Turned on this pod, Rudy can’t stop smirking and he’s also not covered his arms.. 🧐

Is he flashing his ankles again? 

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7 minutes ago, alexanders said:

And 

 

 

Good reactions and awareness tbf

[neophox]

Gudjohnsen scores against France 😁⚽ Mbappe has equalized through a penalty kick before half time... incredible 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

32 minutes ago, BRFC. said:

Rudy is insufferable, he cannot stop smirking.. extremely unprofessional 

Cant bring myself to watch it...only so much bullshit.

[Eternal Optimist]

Not really sure what people were expecting them to say. No company will discuss how much we pay/offer players it’s just not a done thing

No evidence we low balled anyone, confirmed there’s a wage cap in place which is understandable in the current climate but I agree if players say they want a move then they are not committed so sell for a fee so not to risk losing on a free. I see nothing wrong with that at all! Is Travis worth let’s say 20 grand a week, 100% not. 

Thought it was quite brave of Rudy to mention the bullying but we are non the wiser, is it true, is it a disgruntled former employee just out to cause trouble, maybe someone from the ‘non action group’ causing issues either way it doesn’t help the image for the club but people will continue to speculate.

Wasn’t a dreadful interview. Good insight into transfers and why sometimes they take time as some folk on here must play Football Manager where you can get transfer done in a day.

not bad but not great! Time to concentrate on the football itself 

[BRFC.]

3 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

Not really sure what people were expecting them to say. No company will discuss how much we pay/offer players it’s just not a done thing

No evidence we low balled anyone, confirmed there’s a wage cap in place which is understandable in the current climate but I agree if players say they want a move then they are not committed so sell for a fee so not to risk losing on a free. I see nothing wrong with that at all! Is Travis worth let’s say 20 grand a week, 100% not. 

Thought it was quite brave of Rudy to mention the bullying but we are non the wiser, is it true, is it a disgruntled former employee just out to cause trouble, maybe someone from the ‘non action group’ causing issues either way it doesn’t help the image for the club but people will continue to speculate.

Wasn’t a dreadful interview. Good insight into transfers and why sometimes they take time as some folk on here must play Football Manager where you can get transfer done in a day.

not bad but not great! Time to concentrate on the football itself 

He’s cleared it so fans credit him for honesty, guys a c*nt

[Miller11]

1 hour ago, danger19_80 said:

Oh god, here we go

They really do think we are stupid.

A completely transparent unsubtle propaganda piece that will appease a good chunk of the social media masses, but you don’t have to scratch very deep to see much of what the more observant fans were thinking was bang on the money.

Wage bill cut, wage structure problematic, all about “sustainability”.

[Eternal Optimist]

1 minute ago, BRFC. said:

He’s cleared it so fans credit him for honesty, guys a c*nt

Don’t think anyone is giving him ‘credit’ as such just actually didn’t expect him to mention the covering of arms topic. Did you really expect him to say “yes I tell people how to dress” 

I repeat I really don’t know what people expect from these interviews 🤦🏻‍♂️

[ben_the_beast]

Toth winning his first competitive cap for Hungary tonight. From memory of what others have mentioned that should go a fair way towards him no longer taking up one of our ESC slots.

[London blue]

10 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

Not really sure what people were expecting them to say. No company will discuss how much we pay/offer players it’s just not a done thing

Then don't offer out questions from the fans. 

If their agenda was to peddle their propaganda, I'd rather they just did that, rather than feign wanting to be open and honest.

[wilsdenrover]

13 minutes ago, ben_the_beast said:

Toth winning his first competitive cap for Hungary tonight. From memory of what others have mentioned that should go a fair way towards him no longer taking up one of our ESC slots.

Him playing for Hungary will make no difference for now given their current ranking.

Doesn’t matter though as, so long as he remains first choice, he’ll have enough points  (% of minutes played for us + quality of league we play in) to convert in January.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

27 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

Not really sure what people were expecting them to say. No company will discuss how much we pay/offer players it’s just not a done thing

No evidence we low balled anyone, confirmed there’s a wage cap in place which is understandable in the current climate but I agree if players say they want a move then they are not committed so sell for a fee so not to risk losing on a free. I see nothing wrong with that at all! Is Travis worth let’s say 20 grand a week, 100% not. 

Thought it was quite brave of Rudy to mention the bullying but we are non the wiser, is it true, is it a disgruntled former employee just out to cause trouble, maybe someone from the ‘non action group’ causing issues either way it doesn’t help the image for the club but people will continue to speculate.

Wasn’t a dreadful interview. Good insight into transfers and why sometimes they take time as some folk on here must play Football Manager where you can get transfer done in a day.

not bad but not great! Time to concentrate on the football itself 

The fact the whole thing was staged so they couldn’t get challenged that’s the issue

they knew the backlash and took the easy way out

[Eternal Optimist]

2 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

The fact the whole thing was staged so they couldn’t get challenged that’s the issue

they knew the backlash and took the easy way out

It’s staged every year do the fans on here expect any different 🤷🏻‍♂️

Rudy opened himself up at the end for questions at anytime so why not have someone who will properly challenge him try and arrange a meeting? Instead of just complaining about it on forums? 

[London blue]

6 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

It’s staged every year do the fans on here expect any different 🤷🏻‍♂️

Rudy opened himself up at the end for questions at anytime so why not have someone who will properly challenge him try and arrange a meeting? Instead of just complaining about it on forums? 

What are you defending here, exactly?

You say we shouldn't expect any different. No-one does. That doesn't excuse the farce of an interview from criticism. Just because it's what we expected to happen doesn't mean we should deem it acceptable.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

7 minutes ago, Eternal Optimist said:

It’s staged every year do the fans on here expect any different 🤷🏻‍♂️

Rudy opened himself up at the end for questions at anytime so why not have someone who will properly challenge him try and arrange a meeting? Instead of just complaining about it on forums? 

Most other years certainly when Gregg and his team failed it was rovers media person who directed the interview and asked questions back and forth

this today was pre empted nonsense. Put a post up asking for questions to be put forward and unsurprisingly the pg questions asked answered and unchallenged 

as for arranging a netting how could any random fan do that? Speak sense 

[RoyWegerlesLeftToe]

He's scored again. 2 goals away in France. Get the going up juice.

Var disallowed it. Relegations back on...

https://streamin.me/v/366a389e

Disallowed goal here.  

Edited 4 hours ago by RoyWegerlesLeftToe

[BankEnd Rover]

Goal disallowed sadly