The January 2026 Transfer Window

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, M_B said:

Plenty seemed to reply, can't be only in my head. 

They all said the same thing, that it was an obvious choice & that there was no dilemma

 

7 hours ago, M_B said:

We can, but players running/being allowed to run their contracts down is also a fact of football life.

I wish he'd sign but if both parties are at loggerheads, would you sell or keep ? 

 

7 hours ago, KentExile said:

Given his importance to the team and likely fee, Tronstad worth far more in the team for the next 6 months.

Same applies to Hedges, even his biggest detractors can surely see he is a far better option at wing back than De Neve

In Tyjons case, as he has no value to our first team, sell

 

But these things should be sorted well before the last 6 months of a players contract.  With at least 2 years left (in the case of players who are in their mid 20s or younger), discussions should be started (at reasonable wage levels, not at the ridiculous self imposed limits we currently operate under), and if it is obvious that no deal can be made, then they can be made available for transfer before short contracts decimates their value

 

7 hours ago, Hasta said:

In a relegation fight you’d keep him clearly. 

 

7 hours ago, Crimpshrine said:

No dilemma at all. Keep him.

If we sell, we are massively increasing our chances of relegation. Any income from selling him now would almost certainly not be sensibly reinvested in the team.

 

[M_B]

4 minutes ago, KentExile said:

They all said the same thing, that it was an obvious choice & that there was no dilemma

 

 

 

 

 

So if one person thinks we should sell him, does it then become a dilemma ? 

[KentExile]

23 minutes ago, M_B said:

So if one person thinks we should sell him, does it then become a dilemma ? 

No, that would make that one person mentally deficient, someone who should be treated akin to a flat earther

Unfortunately I have probably just described both Rudy & Pasha

Edited 3 hours ago by KentExile

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

Players like Hedges/Mcloughlin/Ohashi/Morishita/Ribeiro/Miller/Pears/Baradji are players that, at a well run club, would be competing for a place on the bench.  At best starting the odd game in a crisis.  

Players like Henrikson, Gueye, DeNeve, Forshaw, Tavares, Kargbo wouldn't have been brought  in at all. 

Our squad has been so downgraded that the former are  the first names on the team sheet.  That there is nothing any better in the squad to replace them is a damning indictment of where we are at.  

Edited 1 hour ago by Wing Wizard Windy Miller

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, alcd said:

All this assumes anyone might be interested in taking on Gueye (they weren't in the summer). 

There were pretty persistent rumours that a Middle Eastern club wanted Gueye.

[Upside Down]

9 hours ago, M_B said:

It's the age old dilemma. Well, not that old, only in recent years has the player held the power. 

Nothing wrong with players holding the power on their own career. 

It's up to the club to make sure they retain their services by offering them something that is desirable.

[neophox]

O Riordan was back on tuesday at Rovers and will definitely go straight in to the team for the Charlton game.

[47er]

10 hours ago, M_B said:

We can, but players running/being allowed to run their contracts down is also a fact of football life.

I wish he'd sign but if both parties are at loggerheads, would you sell or keep ? 

But it seems to happen more often here. Another fact of football life.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, neophox said:

O Riordan was back on tuesday at Rovers and will definitely go straight in to the team for the Charlton game.

no need for another centre back val ,getting o`riordan back is like having a new player🙂

[Gamst]

2 hours ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Players like Hedges/Mcloughlin/Ohashi/Morishita/Ribeiro/Miller/Pears/Baradji are players that, at a well run club, would be competing for a place on the bench.  At best starting the odd game in a crisis.  

Players like Henrikson, Gueye, DeNeve, Forshaw, Tavares, Kargbo wouldn't have been brought  in at all. 

Our squad has been so downgraded that the former are  the first names on the team sheet.  That there is nothing any better in the squad to replace them is a damning indictment of where we are at.  

Hedges is a great barometer for how rapidly the squad has deteriorated. He has gone from being a much maligned squad player to a key cog in the dysfunctional machine. 

[KentExile]

12 minutes ago, Gamst said:

Hedges is a great barometer for how rapidly the squad has deteriorated. He has gone from being a much maligned squad player to a key cog in the dysfunctional machine. 

and they still cant get him to sign a new contract despite being in talks for over a year now

I am sue it is just him being greedy of course, and that there is no pattern to be concerned about

Edited 43 minutes ago by KentExile

[davulsukur]

It's going to have to be some January window to stop us getting relegated.

I don't hold much hope, unfortunately.

[FE123]

Have a pal who is a Stoke fan, he reckons Jamie Donley is on his way to Rovers. Just been recalled by Spurs, they aren’t happy with his game time this season.

[KentExile]

3 minutes ago, FE123 said:

Have a pal who is a Stoke fan, he reckons Jamie Donley is on his way to Rovers. Just been recalled by Spurs, they aren’t happy with his game time this season.

could see that, did well at Orient last season

Edited 26 minutes ago by KentExile