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?