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 Tuesday at 07:16 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 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 two). 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 5 hours ago by RoverCanada

[KentExile]

On 02/09/2025 at 14:54, 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.

Edit - Already posted elsewhere, but Jordan Rhodes is now our loans manager.  Hopefully he can deliver this

Edited yesterday at 04:58 by KentExile

[KentExile]

Start this evening for

O'Riordan - won 2-1

 

Edited Tuesday at 19:53 by KentExile

[KentExile]

James Edmondson has joined Macclesfield (6th tier) on loan until the end of January

 

Edited 17 hours ago by KentExile

[bluebruce]

4 hours ago, KentExile said:

James Edmondson has joined Macclesfield (6th tier) on loan until the end of January

 

Feels like he should be on a 5th tier loan now really...

[KentExile]

6 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Feels like he should be on a 5th tier loan now really...

He was in the 7th tier during his loan last season, which was only a couple of months (personally thought it should have been extended till the seasons end).  He has just signed for half a season with a team likely to be right at the top of the 6th tier until the next transfer window.  Should be a nice stepping stone for his development n my opinion.

I said at the end of last season that I would like to see him go back to macclesfield on loan, and whilst I did wonder if Robbie Savage (who waxed lyrical about Edmondson during his loan last season) may have taken him to Forrest Green in the National League, maybe the very top of the National league may be a step too far at this minute.

Entirely possible that a good loan in surroundings he knows from last season means a reunion with Savage, or maybe even that he skips level 5 altogether and spends the second half of the season in the EFL

Edited 6 hours ago by KentExile

[arbitro]

11 hours ago, KentExile said:

James Edmondson has joined Macclesfield (6th tier) on loan until the end of January

 

I think it's a good move for him. I regularly watch NLN football and it's a good standard. In fact I saw Macclesfield at Southport a few weeks ago in a really good, competitive game played at a good tempo. 

Oh and also watching the game was one James Edmondson.

Macclesfield are still part time so I guess Edmondson will still be training at Brockhall.

 

[Old Codger]

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/05/dorking-fan-54-goalkeeper-injury-crisis

Should we offer Pears to this lot, for the weekend? 😉

 

[KentExile]

35 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/sep/05/dorking-fan-54-goalkeeper-injury-crisis

Should we offer Pears to this lot, for the weekend? 😉

 

We should get Pears back on the bench so that an injury to Toth doesn't leave us relying on either an untried teenager, or a 21 year old who was relegated with 2 seperate teams last season

[Tomphil2]

If they've suspended Pears without pay for getting barnet surgery without consent then they'll be happy saving a fortune and having this kid on the bench as long as they can.

 

[MarkBRFC]

1 minute ago, Tomphil2 said:

If they've suspended Pears without pay for getting barnet surgery without consent then they'll be happy saving a fortune and having this kid on the bench as long as they can.

 

Doesn't really make sense though, if that was the case then surely he wouldn't have gone to Spain with them.

Unless it came afterwards of course which is more daft in itself.

[Tomphil2]

25 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Doesn't really make sense though, if that was the case then surely he wouldn't have gone to Spain with them.

Unless it came afterwards of course which is more daft in itself.

God knows what's going on with him but they haven't got rid of him yet don't appear to have any intention of using him.

So paying him thousands per week doesn't fit in with everything else that's going on.

[KentExile]

This weekends games all kick off at 3pm Saturday

 

O'Riordan - score/update - live on Sky Sports +

Olson & O'Grady-Macken - score/update - live on Sky Sports +

Barrett - score/update - live on Sky Sports +

Edmondson - score/update