2025 Summer Transfer Thread. 😂

[Tomphil2]

Come on the loan manager role must be relatively straight forwards for any experienced ex player.

He's just out keeping tabs on our loans and touching base with their counterpart or head coach etc then calling other clubs seeing who might be available for future loan.

Then he'll pass the info on.

Piece of piss surely.

[B16Rover]

2 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Come on the loan manager role must be relatively straight forwards for any experienced ex player.

He's just out keeping tabs on our loans and touching base with their counterpart or head coach etc then calling other clubs seeing who might be available for future loan.

Then he'll pass the info on.

Piece of piss surely.

He also spent a quarter of his career on loan, so presumably understands the process from the players point of view. 

I think if we had a good faith leadership team it'd feel more genuine.  But we don't so it doesn't. 

[Tomphil2]

18 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

He also spent a quarter of his career on loan, so presumably understands the process from the players point of view. 

I think if we had a good faith leadership team it'd feel more genuine.  But we don't so it doesn't. 

Agree although i think we've got to look at it like this if it wasn't him 'the agency' would serve up one of their clients probably with zero affinity or connection to Rovers and charge a fortune for it.

Remember John Jensen being shoved in as Kean's number 2, that kind of thing.

Rhodes always came across as a grounded sensible lad and at least has some feeling for the club so i presume he's here to try and do a good job not just have a gravy train ride.

He'll not be short of money.

[bluebruce]

58 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Charlie Adam was loans manager at Burnley for a good while.

I'd be very surprised if Rhodes hasn't done several badges already, the PFA offer fully funded B license courses to all senior players, most are able to undertake the practicals, etc at their own clubs. All scholars complete C license as part of their EFL/PL education package.

But the role doesn't involve coaching, so I'm not sure why coaching badges would help. Those sound like reasons for him to be a striker coach, and I really wouldn't mind him passing on his knowledge of how to move in a penalty box and how to strike a ball to our goal-shy front line.

But loan manager seems a job more about negotiation, keeping an eye on players out on loan and perhaps an understanding of who is ready for loan and what level they should go to. Those seem more like scouting skills (apart from negotiation) and beyond having been a footballer I don't see what qualifies him for this.

[Lancaster Rover]

They tend to not have anything to do with negotiations, they are the go between when the loan is active. They go and watch the players, deal with the analysts from host club, liaise with physio's and medical staff on physical development and work with the coaching staff. 

[Exiled_Rover]

48 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

They tend to not have anything to do with negotiations, they are the go between when the loan is active. They go and watch the players, deal with the analysts from host club, liaise with physio's and medical staff on physical development and work with the coaching staff. 

He better hope we don't loan anyone south of Birmingham. This lot wouldn't pay his M6 Toll expenses. 

[Lancaster Rover]

27 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He better hope we don't loan anyone south of Birmingham. This lot wouldn't pay his M6 Toll expenses. 

most clubs will loan players within a 50 mile radius then they can still have the player train with them 1 day a week, not sure if it applies at Rovers but a lot of the other local clubs operated that way for a long time.

Although saying that we've sent a few players to the SPL in recent times, but I think the ones who went up were going at a point in their youth careers when it looked as if they were off. Thinking of Vale and the left back we sent to Motherwell

Edited 1 hour ago by Lancaster Rover

[RoverDom]

55 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

He better hope we don't loan anyone south of Birmingham. This lot wouldn't pay his M6 Toll expenses. 

You can't take the company push bike on the M6

[davulsukur]