Rovers's January transfer needs

[J*B]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Adam Owen being praised for his data led approach. Presume the data guided them to De Neve, Tavares, Henriksson etc?

I can see why a data driven approach would show De Neve, Tavares and Henriksson as potentially good signings. They all (currently) fail the eye test though. 

[MarkBRFC]

Seen a loose link to Ryan Hardie on X by some journalist.

[KentExile]

26 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Seen a loose link to Ryan Hardie on X by some journalist.

Football League world have him going to us or Hull

Hull it is then

[ABRAM ROVER]

Alebiosu and Gudjohsnon both look like good finds as for the rest....seems like we might be getting more low value 'unearthing gems' model from Belgium/Swiss 2nd division judging by Rudy Gestede comments on LinkedIn looking at spend and approach from FC Midtjylland

[davulsukur]

2 hours ago, KentExile said:

I cant speak Polish, so the youtube interview is useless to me, but former senior scout, Piotr Sadowski has apparently said that the data driven approach etc is Adam Owens domain

 

 

Also, Marcel Regula may be a name to keep an eye out for.  Sounds like we were having a look at him during the summer, and we do like to revisit old targets

According to Sadowski, the Championship side’s plan was to sign the player and send him on loan elsewhere. He hasn’t explained why Blackburn Rovers weren’t able to get the deal for Regula over the line.

 

“I can say that he was the apple of my eye. I really regret that this player didn’t end up there, but at the time, he would have been a so-called ‘project’,” Sadowski explained.

“He wouldn’t have earned the necessary points to receive a work permit in England and the ability to play immediately.

“Furthermore, Blackburn Rovers didn’t have the option of giving him a ‘wild card’ at the time; a slot that would allow him to play immediately. The idea was to acquire the player and loan him out. He would have developed in a stronger league than the Ekstraklasa and at some point, would have joined Blackburn.”

 

 

 

 

"Truly top level"

De Neve - Not Championship standard

Taveres - Not Championship standard, one of the worst Centre mids we've had for sometime

Henriksson - Not Championship standard

Lewis Miller - Ok but probably the worst passer of a ball i've ever seen

Gudjohnsen - Right place, right time (great knack for a striker), all round game is abysmal

Baradji - Unknown really but doesn't look anything particularly special from his game time so far

Morishita - Good footballer, shows flashes, really struggles with the physicality of the Championship

Alebiosu - Good

McLoughlin - Average

TGH - Poor mans Trav, average at best

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[roversfan99]

38 minutes ago, J*B said:

I can see why a data driven approach would show De Neve, Tavares and Henriksson as potentially good signings. They all (currently) fail the eye test though. 

If they did show that, then it shows how data can be misleading or at least misinterpreted.

What would they stand out at?

[rovers11]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Seen a loose link to Ryan Hardie on X by some journalist.

Good player, expensive, championship experience. In other words, absolutely no way he's coming here. Does not fit the model of buying cheap from abroad and hoping to sell on for a profit. 

[chaddyrovers]

Hardie is the type of striker we need in January. 

7 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Adam Owen being praised for his data led approach. Presume the data guided them to De Neve, Tavares, Henriksson etc?

Do you know what data led to Rovers signings? 

6 hours ago, davulsukur said:

 

Lewis Miller - Ok but probably the worst passer of a ball i've ever seen

Gudjohnsen - Right place, right time (great knack for a striker), all round game is abysmal

Baradji - Unknown really but doesn't look anything particularly special from his game time so far

Morishita - Good footballer, shows flashes, really struggles with the physicality of the Championship

Alebiosu - Good

McLoughlin - Average

Why not allow Baradji a few starts before a proper judgement. 

McLoughlin has been solid experience signing. 

Morishita is a good footballer who is adapt but his quality there. 

Is Gudjohnsen all round game that bad? His hold play is quite good but he tend to stay central whilst Ohashi runs the channels 

[TugaysMarlboro]

Alebiosu the pick of the bunch.

I'm classing Gudjohnsen as good purely because without him, we'd probably be sitting 23rd.

McLoughlin is ok at best, he seemed steadier in the few games alongside Wharton and Carter but is prone to a mistake, positive he can stay fit.

Miller brave, but sloppy, has a tendency to put his teammates in danger. I will say he puts in a shift for the travelling he does for international duty and is always available.

TGH I can think of a couple of nice diagonal balls he's played, but on the whole nothing special, I'd class as a downgrade on Trav.

Tavares well, the less said the better. If it ever was as expensive as mooted then a terrible mistake based off performances so far.

Morisihita @davulsukur summed it up.

Baradji I'll probably judge at the end of January by which point I'm hoping he's played plenty of games. So far, I've seen him jog around.

Henriksson anytime he's been in the starting lineup, I've backed him to be the first sent off.

De Neve, Ah, Dion. Not his fault, as he says, of course he's going to take the opportunity to quadruple his wage. But he makes mistakes seen at Sunday league level. Consistently ball watching and has single handedly cost us goals.

[B16Rover]

[RTM08]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Is Gudjohnsen all round game that bad? His hold play is quite good but he tend to stay central whilst Ohashi runs the channels 

First 30 mins yesterday were the first times I saw him actually affect a game further than 5 yards out, but as the game went on he vanished again before popping up for the goal.

I said it yesterday but our issue is we've got all the attributes of a top striker spread across two players - Yuki's work rate and boundless energy and Andri's ability to lose his man and finish (generally, he's missed some sitters too). If they could teach each other they would be deadly.

[RevidgeBlue]

8 hours ago, davulsukur said:

"Truly top level"

De Neve - Not Championship standard

Taveres - Not Championship standard, one of the worst Centre mids we've had for sometime

Henriksson - Not Championship standard

Lewis Miller - Ok but probably the worst passer of a ball i've ever seen

Gudjohnsen - Right place, right time (great knack for a striker), all round game is abysmal

Baradji - Unknown really but doesn't look anything particularly special from his game time so far

Morishita - Good footballer, shows flashes, really struggles with the physicality of the Championship

Alebiosu - Good

McLoughlin - Average

TGH - Poor mans Trav, average at best

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I'd agree almost wholeheartedly with that.

Personally Id add Miller to the list of players who are "Not Championship standard" and upgrade Alebiosu slightly to "very good".

A pretty dismal return out of ten players. What's Owen's "data" written in - braille?