Outgoing Loans 25/26

[arbitro]

11 hours ago, KentExile said:

Jake Barrett has signed for Tranmere on loan until January, I assume to play back up

 

Another completely unjustified contract extension. He was never, ever going to be anywhere near good enough and a 23 far too old to be considered a prospect. Incredibly in June he got a two year deal with a year option.

[KentExile]

13 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Another completely unjustified contract extension. He was never, ever going to be anywhere near good enough and a 23 far too old to be considered a prospect. Incredibly in June he got a two year deal with a year option.

Not yet confirmed, but looking like O'Grady-Macken has been loaned to Oldham until January.  

I hope they give him more minutes than they have been giving to Olson

Rovers were advertising for a loans manager during the summer.  I have not seen that the role has been filled, but the loans out with the  exception of O'Riordan appear to be notably worse than last season when Stuart Jones was in charge of that side of things

Edited 13 hours ago by KentExile

[arbitro]

33 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Not yet confirmed, but looking like O'Grady-Macken has been loaned to Oldham until January.  

I hope they give him more minutes than they have been giving to Olson

Rovers were advertising for a loans manager during the summer.  I have not seen that the role has been filled, but the loans out with the  exception of O'Riordan appear to be notably worse than last season when Stuart Jones was in charge of that side of things

I heard last week that O'Grady-Macken was told to find himself a new club. It looks like the loan is a compromise.

[KentExile]

O'Grady-Mackens loan until january has been confirmed

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/september/02/harley-makes-loan-move/

[RoverCanada]

Bit of a shame that, in other circumstances, that would look like a positive loan for O'Grady-Mackens, but rumoured to be more about shipping him out. Strange fall off after earning an FA Cup sub (under Eustace...) only this past January...

Happy O'Riordan's doing well. I've been somewhat vocal that we need to be patient with his pathway, and not to write him off too quickly due to that Cambridge loan.

Too bad that Olson hasn't broken through with Oldham yet, but may just need to bide his time.

Barrett was such an odd signing/re-signing. I'm a (perhaps ironic 🙂) Benson defender and have been curious what they've been trying to build with our relatively big stable of youth GKs (and Barrett's not even that young, which prevented him from being even a 3rd GKer when we hit the senior roster cap last year!), but didn't get anything out of the likes of Stergiakis, Eastham, Hilton, or Fisher (except presumably nominal fees for the latter). I guess we'll see with Michalski, Goddard, Honor, Khan, etc. Heck, maybe Barrett will get a chance and show something at Tranmere (seems to be replacing their previous backup, a 44 yo player-coach!)

Duru with a couple subs so far. I was curious how much gametime he'd actually get given San Diego are in 2nd in the league (impressive for an expansion team!), so that's kind of encouraging. However, another one where it's hard to get too excited given all signs point to that move also being about shipping him out.

edit: forgot to add, a bit disappointing/surprising that Batty didn't get a loan with Ribeiro/Pickering clearly in his way at the moment.

Edited 6 hours ago by RoverCanada

[KentExile]

39 minutes ago, RoverCanada said:

Bit of a shame that, in other circumstances, that would look like a positive loan for O'Grady-Mackens, but rumoured to be more about shipping him out. Strange fall off after earning an FA Cup sub (under Eustace...) only this past January...

Happy O'Riordan's doing well. I've been somewhat vocal that we need to be patient with his pathway, and not to write him off too quickly due to that Cambridge loan.

Too bad that Olson hasn't broken through with Oldham yet, but may just need to bide his time.

Barrett was such an odd signing/re-signing. I'm a (perhaps ironic 🙂) Benson defender and have been curious what they've been trying to build with our relatively big stable of youth GKs (and Barrett's not even that young, which prevented him from being even a 3rd GKer when we hit the senior roster cap last year!), but didn't get anything out of the likes of Stergiakis, Eastham, Hilton, or Fisher (except presumably nominal fees for the latter). I guess we'll see with Michalski, Goddard, Honor, Khan, etc. Heck, maybe Barrett will get a chance and show something at Tranmere (seems to be replacing their previous backup, a 44 yo player-coach!)

Duru with a couple subs so far. I was curious how much gametime he'd actually get given San Diego are in 2nd in the league (impressive for an expansion team!), so that's kind of encouraging. However, another one where it's hard to get too excited given all signs point to that move also being about shipping him out.

Fingers crossed that some of the loans to non league, when then happen, show more care and forethought about who goes where

[KentExile]

Start this evening for

O'Riordan - won 2-1

 

Edited 49 minutes ago by KentExile