Rovers's January transfer needs

[RevidgeBlue]

2 hours ago, DE. said:

Not that Gueye will be any loss, mind. Great personality but a terrible footballer. 

I think he could be serviceable under a different manager.

Has looked terrible this season getting ten minutes here and there but last season he looked a lot better than Gallagher.

That's the lowest of bars mind.

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Given how we play plus Carter's injury problems I think Rovers will go for 2. Bringing O'Riordan from loan being 1. Hopefully another one. Dont expect proven Championship experience signing unless low cost fee. Maybe someone from SPL or Overseas market aged around 25/26

You speak as if the primary focus of recruitment is giving us what we need. They wouldnt have let Hyam go without replacement if it was.

At best, we will sign some sub par crap from a low foreign league.

34 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I think he could be serviceable under a different manager.

Has looked terrible this season getting ten minutes here and there but last season he looked a lot better than Gallagher.

That's the lowest of bars mind.

The problem is, you became so obsessed with Gallagher and your dislike grew so unhealthily strong of him that you have struggled to just judge what is his replacement as just a seperate player.

What about Gueye would be serviceable? Even the stuff youd expect him to be good at, hes not. 

[DE.]

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I think he could be serviceable under a different manager.

Has looked terrible this season getting ten minutes here and there but last season he looked a lot better than Gallagher.

That's the lowest of bars mind.

Hmm, even last season I felt like he was way below the standard required. He can't even shoot properly and he's meant to be a striker. I'd have taken a healthy Leonard over Gueye. 

[chaddyrovers]

34 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You speak as if the primary focus of recruitment is giving us what we need. They wouldnt have let Hyam go without replacement if it was.

Lets see what we do in January. 

bringing back O'Riordan is a sensible move for me. Selling Gueye and bringing in a replacement is a sensible move. Looking for Tronstad's replacement in January is a sensible move. You not agree? 

 

34 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

At best, we will sign some sub par crap from a low foreign league.

What if we sign Mads Andersen from Luton as experience centre back would you approve of that one? 

 

[Comfortably numb]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Lets see what we do in January. 

bringing back O'Riordan is a sensible move for me. Selling Gueye and bringing in a replacement is a sensible move. Looking for Tronstad's replacement in January is a sensible move. You not agree? 

 

What if we sign Mads Andersen from Luton as experience centre back would you approve of that one? 

 

Judging by this, sounds perfect 😄

One to avoid chaddy I think

 

[Comfortably numb]

5 minutes ago, Comfortably numb said:

Judging by this, sounds perfect 😄

One to avoid chaddy I think

 

Dare I say what we need is a Dom Hyam type. Never injured, 7/10 8/10 every week.

Yet some on here still thought he was shit 🤷‍♂️

[RevidgeBlue]

14 minutes ago, Comfortably numb said:

Dare I say what we need is a Dom Hyam type. Never injured, 7/10 8/10 every week.

Yet some on here still thought he was shit 🤷‍♂️

Being available for selection isnt a particularly high bar although it's preferable to always being injured, granted.

Id prefer the Batth of last season to Hyam any time.

Edited 12 hours ago by RevidgeBlue

[KentExile]

14 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Being available for selection isnt a particularly high bar although it's preferable to always being injured, granted.

Id prefer the Batth of last season to Hyam any time.

we will probably end up with the Batth of this season on a short term deal

Edited 12 hours ago by KentExile

[RevidgeBlue]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

What about Gueye would be serviceable? Even the stuff youd expect him to be good at, hes not. 

He looked pretty useful initially before getting himself sent off against Burnley and also looked  fairly good  for a period around"that" West Brom game during which he showed what he is actually capable of.

I can't see any hope for him under Ismael. Seems to be a confidence player. Ismael obviously doesn't rate him and the player knows it. He's been relegated to bit part cameos and is performing accordingly.

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, KentExile said:

we will probably end up with the Batth of this season on a short term deal

Hmmmm.........wouldnt disagree.

What's Mcfadzean up to these days?

[Norbert Rassragr]

A pitch that works would be nice.

 

[RevidgeBlue]

5 minutes ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

A pitch that works would be nice.

 

Along with new owners, CEO, Director of Football, Head Coach and at least half a squad.

Apart from that - it's all good.

[KentExile]

20 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Hmmmm.........wouldnt disagree.

What's Mcfadzean up to these days?

at Chesterfield in League 2, with Fleck & Markanday

Edited 12 hours ago by KentExile

[roversfan99]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Lets see what we do in January. 

bringing back O'Riordan is a sensible move for me. Selling Gueye and bringing in a replacement is a sensible move. Looking for Tronstad's replacement in January is a sensible move. You not agree? 

 

What if we sign Mads Andersen from Luton as experience centre back would you approve of that one? 

 

We need far more than that. A Tronstad replacment 6 months in advance is not as important as other positions. We have no depth at right wing back, or at left wing back. We are 2 strikers short too. But we really need to properly bolster centre back aswell. Plus there are hangers on including Gueye but also De Neve, Henriksson and Tavares amongst others that should be shifted as soon as we can convince a gullible team to take them. None of them are useful in any way.

Andersen would be good company for Carter in the physio room.

23 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

He looked pretty useful initially before getting himself sent off against Burnley and also looked  fairly good  for a period around"that" West Brom game during which he showed what he is actually capable of.

I can't see any hope for him under Ismael. Seems to be a confidence player. Ismael obviously doesn't rate him and the player knows it. He's been relegated to bit part cameos and is performing accordingly.

I dont think the issue is confidence. The issue is a total lack of ability and effort. That West Brom game is very much a one off. Hes not good at anything.

[RevidgeBlue]

25 minutes ago, KentExile said:

at Chesterfield in League 2, with Fleck & Markanday

Yeah I know, I was being facetious because he's about 108 now.

I wouldnt be surprised by someone cheap of that ilk as a short term stop gap though.

[chaddyrovers]

17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

We need far more than that. A Tronstad replacment 6 months in advance is not as important as other positions. We have no depth at right wing back, or at left wing back. We are 2 strikers short too. But we really need to properly bolster centre back aswell.

3 or 4 signings in January is what we need. Not what you are after which is around double that. 

Mentioned the right wing back position first on here as January addition 

17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Plus there are hangers on including Gueye but also De Neve, Henriksson and Tavares amongst others that should be shifted as soon as we can convince a gullible team to take them. None of them are useful in any way.

You arent going to get rid of new signings after 6 months. Time to judge is the summer and whether to keep or sell not now. 

17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Andersen would be good company for Carter in the physio room.

Knows Ismael from Barnsley days. Could be low cost signing if he can stay fit. 

[roversfan99]

27 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

3 or 4 signings in January is what we need. Not what you are after which is around double that. 

Mentioned the right wing back position first on here as January addition 

You arent going to get rid of new signings after 6 months. Time to judge is the summer and whether to keep or sell not now. 

Knows Ismael from Barnsley days. Could be low cost signing if he can stay fit. 

Obviously what I think we need is not what we will get it. It never is.

But the change of formation, gaps in summer recruitment and a number of Gestede signings being incapable of even to contribute as squad players means that the squad needs a lot of work doing to it. Its little surprise we arent far from the bottom 3 and once the squad is tested further it will likely get worse.

[chaddyrovers]

9 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Obviously what I think we need is not what we will get it. It never is.

Yet again, you are talking about 7 or 8 signings in January. Is that really ideal? No. You want to add 3 or 4 new players. 

9 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

But the change of formation, gaps in summer recruitment and a number of Gestede signings being incapable of even to contribute as squad players means that the squad needs a lot of work doing to it. Its little surprise we arent far from the bottom 3 and once the squad is tested further it will likely get worse.

Gestede signings? Do we know this has a fact then? Should work out and some wont. Ismael push for some and im sure other people did

[roversfan99]

30 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Yet again, you are talking about 7 or 8 signings in January. Is that really ideal? No. You want to add 3 or 4 new players. 

Gestede signings? Do we know this has a fact then? Should work out and some wont. Ismael push for some and im sure other people did

Im not saying specific to January. I am saying thats how much work needs doing, as a minimum. Its obviously not ideal that the squad is so imbalanced and has so many poor players. Hence why we are so much lower in the table.

Obviously some will work out and some wont, the issue is that so many not only havent worked out but they are so bad. 

[chaddyrovers]

49 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Im not saying specific to January. I am saying thats how much work needs doing, as a minimum. Its obviously not ideal that the squad is so imbalanced and has so many poor players. Hence why we are so much lower in the table.

Obviously some will work out and some wont, the issue is that so many not only havent worked out but they are so bad. 

So why mention if not for January window given the thread title

The squad was set for different formation and it wouldn't surprise me if we return to it at some point..

When you signed so many non championship experience you expect to be lower tho a number of signings have been good-decent signings. Some haven't. 

Don't agree on your last point

[Exiled_Rover]

On 05/12/2025 at 17:50, SuperBrfc said:

I wouldn't mind us signing Gardner-Hickman on a cheap deal. He has been better than I expected him to be. A decent player in the middle who works well alongside Tronstad. I'm probably in the minority on this, but I like the player and think he is more effective than Travis.

Apparently he's on £20k a week.

[Upside Down]

11 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

Another released Nixon story saying we will spend money the morning after we're the absolute laughing stock of country.

Who would have thought that?

That's what he gets paid to do.

[SuperBrfc]

30 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Apparently he's on £20k a week.

Surprising, if true. Then again, this lot can find the money when it suits. 20k a week for Fleck supposedly. 20k a week for Dennis.

We can sign proper players on that money. They choose not to. A project wish of a biscuit and orange juice seller who knows nothing about football. He wants to develop players though. Yeah. Sure.

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 hour ago, SuperBrfc said:

Surprising, if true. Then again, this lot can find the money when it suits. 20k a week for Fleck supposedly. 20k a week for Dennis.

We can sign proper players on that money. They choose not to. A project wish of a biscuit and orange juice seller who knows nothing about football. He wants to develop players though. Yeah. Sure.

 Dennis ( and Fleck)smelled of agents to me...