2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Bbrovers2288]

Every day now is a bad news day for us. Brittain is probably my favourite player so gutted he is going but I really think gestede has the potential to be Steve kean level of dislike by time he has finished feathering his own nest and signings these gamble players for us. It’s just not going to end well 

[Old Codger]

3 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

 

It's like when David Hargreaves came on trial from Accy Stanley all those years ago,  all over again.

Hard to be anything other than underwhelmed.

Nothing against the lad, but come on, giving trials to lads from the testosterone league?? 

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Every day now is a bad news day for us. Brittain is probably my favourite player so gutted he is going but I really think gestede has the potential to be Steve kean level of dislike by time he has finished feathering his own nest and signings these gamble players for us. It’s just not going to end well 

Gestede is not the issue...As much as he has lied on tape, he is literally told what to say , he is just a puppet to the real issue which is that scumbag Pasha.

 

 

 

 

 

[islander200]

Just now, BankEnd Rover said:

Gestede is not the issue...As much as he has lied on tape, he is literally told what to say , he is just a puppet to the real issue which is that scumbag Pasha.

 

 

 

 

 

The real issue is the owners 

[JBiz]

1 hour ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

The club shouldn't be relying on transfer fees to cover wages.  

What should it be relying on;

1. Turnover? People won’t come till we change owners or are promoted

2. the owners investment? We want rid of the owners…

Answers on a postcard,

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

5 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

It's like when David Hargreaves came on trial from Accy Stanley all those years ago,  all over again.

Hard to be anything other than underwhelmed.

Nothing against the lad, but come on, giving trials to lads from the testosterone league?? 

Not a good day for anyone playing in a trial game. The heat was terrific.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Every day now is a bad news day for us. Brittain is probably my favourite player so gutted he is going but I really think gestede has the potential to be Steve kean level of dislike by time he has finished feathering his own nest and signings these gamble players for us. It’s just not going to end well 

The season ticket should come with a government health warning.

[BankEnd Rover]

1 minute ago, islander200 said:

The real issue is the owners 

Owners arnt in the game...they never have been, they send funds when they need too and that's it. Pasha has been running the show for years, he is the decision maker, he is the head worker, he is the live and real issue. 

[Bbrovers2288]

Yes the owners are and always have been the issue but gestede knows this and knows what kind of crazy they are yet is happy to come in and make these left field signings knowing what it takes to do well in this league. He is milking a wounded cow that used to be kind to him. Really disliking how he is going about things 

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

34 minutes ago, imy9 said:

He didn’t, he said he wasn’t going to rush into getting another RB because he had bought a new signing. 

"We've got already the right back.  We made the transfer. There is no rush.  We are in a good position." 

I'd be pretty confident, given our lack of spending and pathway bollocks, that Montgomery and the new lad will be the right back options  (with Carter as emergency) come the end of the window. 

[BankEnd Rover]

It's impossible to judge Gestede under this regime, everything he's said in his interview has been constructed by someone else.

He's a sitting duck, like Broughton, although this maybe an unpopular opinion I think Gestede would do okay with a healthy budget. He clearly has contacts and I like the structure of this years signing...It's unfortunate his last one may fall through as he looked the standout. 
 

Edited Saturday at 22:05 by BankEnd Rover

[Tomphil2]

36 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

The Championship is loco, you could say that about any manager and be right more often than not. 

You know exactly what i mean when referring to this club.

He's a Head Coach not a manager and they get sacked regularly except here they don't do they. They leave after engineering their own exits.

You cannot say that about anyone.

[RevidgeBlue]

26 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

It's like when David Hargreaves came on trial from Accy Stanley all those years ago,  all over again.

Hard to be anything other than underwhelmed.

Nothing against the lad, but come on, giving trials to lads from the testosterone league?? 

I actually thought that was a spoof atticle when I first read it.

Loughborough University Student? Like something out of VIZ.

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

25 minutes ago, JBiz said:

What should it be relying on;

1. Turnover? People won’t come till we change owners or are promoted

2. the owners investment? We want rid of the owners…

Answers on a postcard,

It should be relying on a competent board running the club properly.  

As the owners haven't managed to appoint said board and as they seemingly won't sell, then it is reliant on them. 100 percent they should cover wages - they are their employees

The fact they are now choosing running to run it on a shoe string,  doesn't justify a chunk of the highlighted £60 odd million not being reinvested and just being used to cover wages. 

Every road comes back to Venkys just being bad owners.  

 

Edited Saturday at 22:15 by Wing Wizard Windy Miller

[roversfan99]

It is worrying how we came into the window with our attack lacking in goals but our defence being solid, and now that is being pulled apart too.

Brittain is such a big and avoidable loss, I wonder if Montgomery is considered a right back now or its again just a case of filling in. Ismael called right back "not a priority" post match when suggesting that Brittain is moving and us having signed someone the other day, but I really hope he meant an urgent priority. We need a first choice.

Centre back is a huge issue too. Hyam is a good player at this level but Batth leaves a huge hole. Carter has fallen away and is made of glass (coming off again today) and Wharton is a huge question mark.

I feel like in attack, Ohashi isn't a top Championship striker but he is a decent one, Gueye less so, but the big concern is how few goals are around that, especially with Dolan and Weimann gone. We badly need a right winger and a more central one who can get us some goals. Hedges will do well to get 2, De Neve has no history of scoring, Kargbo is a huge question mark and Cantwell got 1 from open play. 

Another issue is it seems like Gestede in particular doesn't appreciate the importance of experience.

So much work to do, we need a centre back, right back and right winger all to come in our first 11 before even considering 2 potential midfielders. We also need a right winger, number 10 and another striker. I wonder how many corners they will try and cut.

[JHRover]

33 minutes ago, JBiz said:

What should it be relying on;

1. Turnover? People won’t come till we change owners or are promoted

2. the owners investment? We want rid of the owners…

Answers on a postcard,

Turnover. £40 million+ received in the last 3 years. Outstrips any ticket sales or shirt sales rivals have collected.

[Tomphil2]

33 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Every day now is a bad news day for us. Brittain is probably my favourite player so gutted he is going but I really think gestede has the potential to be Steve kean level of dislike by time he has finished feathering his own nest and signings these gamble players for us. It’s just not going to end well 

Flagged this up a while ago we clearly have another parachuted into situ who'll do and say anything to protect his gravy train and his bosses.

Real question is have we got another one installed into position on behalf of someone else with the remit of turning over the entire squad to a lower budget one to grow and sell ?

It's another that just doesn't add up at all he appears out of nowhere as a work experience guy then in no time is made head of heads. Then we here of a power struggle behind the scenes then everything thats gone on in the short time hes been here. 

He gives Keanesqe arrogant fan baiting interviews, tells lies and spin, sneers at the questions then tells a 150 year old football institution it should be grateful just to have a team on the pitch. Says exciting summer is ahead whilst letting all the best players from last season leave etc/

He's only been here 5 mins and he's clearly a t##t.

 

 

[Forever Blue]

30 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Owners arnt in the game...they never have been, they send funds when they need too and that's it. Pasha has been running the show for years, he is the decision maker, he is the head worker, he is the live and real issue. 

Without Venkys there wouldn’t be a Pasha. 

[JBiz]

7 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

It should be relying on a competent board running the club properly.  

As the owners haven't managed to appoint said board and as they seemingly won't sell, then it is reliant on them. 100 percent they should cover wages - they are their employees

The fact they are now choosing running to run it on a shoe string,  doesn't justify a chunk of the highlighted £60 odd million not being reinvested and just being used to cover wages. 

Every road comes back to Venkys just being bad owners.  

 

they’ve never hired the best for the job, re board etc - we all agree on this. 
 

The point / question was simple? Are we hoping for more investment from the owners? Is this what we want? The people we lament day by day, the cause of all the issues?

We want them to invest?

It’s not that simple in my world. I will agree till the cows come home how much they’ve fucked us up, but I cannot sit here expectant of cash or investment from absent owners. 

[JBiz]

2 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Turnover. £40 million+ received in the last 3 years. Outstrips any ticket sales or shirt sales rivals have collected.

Wages 60+ million in the last three years, outstrips all revenue including player sales

[JBiz]

@roversfan99 have you ever made a post that didn’t include “it’s worrying”?

[roversfan99]

Just now, JBiz said:

@roversfan99 have you ever made a post that didn’t include “it’s worrying”?

You really are fixated on how negative I am supposedly being today aren't you.

Even in posts that don't pass judgement on the club whatsoever.

Anything to add in terms of the post I made? Or just being on negativity patrol?

[JHRover]

4 minutes ago, JBiz said:

Wages 60+ million in the last three years, outstrips all revenue including player sales

Name me another non parachute Championship club where wages don't outstrip revenue 

[JBiz]

1 minute ago, JHRover said:

Name me another non parachute Championship club where wages don't outstrip revenue 

Different argument all together - the examples I could give you all have owners that invest.

There’s a difference between being a club plant, and acknowledging that a future without a billionaire means a different reality (especially comparing parachute clubs)

[Exiled_Rover]

8 minutes ago, JBiz said:

Wages 60+ million in the last three years, outstrips all revenue including player sales

£60m despite absolutely slashing the playing squad since Mowbray left. 

A flat £20m a year come what may. Not shady at all.