Rovers's January transfer needs

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

The news we did not want to hear but fully expected bellows from today's LET:

'Venkys boost will not affect Blackburn Rovers transfer plan'

What plans?..to put fook all into the Club again...

 

[joey_big_nose]

When was the last time that a January transfer has made much of a difference to Rovers? Usually we don't sign them till right at the end of January and then - even if they seem good on paper (Giles, Thomas, Dennis) they never really get up to speed.

Best we have had in recent years is probably Forshaw, Ayari and Chrisene which is hardly a big endorsement....

That said our defensive options are so stretched we could really do with a Chrisene type loan just to have extra bodies. I guess I would go all out to bring in experience to bolster the thin areas of the squad (every position except left back and number 10, but starting urgently with centre back...) and focus on players who can come on 1st January.

Edited 5 hours ago by joey_big_nose

[arbitro]

Some (hopefully) good news on the Baradji injury situation.

 

[MarkBRFC71]

On 02/11/2025 at 07:14, chaddyrovers said:

What do Rovers need in January? 

What positions need strengthening? 

My list:-

Right winger back 

Right footed centre back 

Striker 

A centre back, a centre mid, winger and a striker.  So basically the same as summer.  Which is a damning indictment of the shite we signed then.

They also need to be leaders, with some physicality and fight in them - not more rubber dinghy men.

Edited 3 hours ago by MarkBRFC71

[KentExile]

Senior first team scout, Piotr Sadowski, has left the club this month.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/piotr-sadowski-4184a8a0/?originalSubdomain=uk

He only arrived in February, another who was sold a bag of magic beans?

 

 

[RevidgeBlue]

15 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Senior first team scout, Piotr Sadowski, has left the club this month.

https://www.linkedin.com/in/piotr-sadowski-4184a8a0/?originalSubdomain=uk

He only arrived in February, another who was sold a bag of magic beans?

 

 

Devil's advocate mode on again:

Bearing in mind the crap we signed in the summer is it any great loss?

Or, is it yet another sign that the environment at Ewood and Brockhall is so toxic we can't hold onto significant non playing staff for more than a month or two?

[rigger]

53 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Some (hopefully) good news on the Baradji injury situation.

 

We now know Moussa can jog round static poles. It's progress I suppose.

Edited 2 hours ago by rigger

[neophox]

What about Darragh Lenihan? Is he injured or what? Not in Middlesbrough team, 31 years old.

 

Also seems like JDT is on his way back to a new project at Norwich or Swansea.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

He has had an achilles injury and has been injured a lot, so would fit right in with us again.