The January 2026 Transfer Window

[RTM08]

24 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Didn't someone say he played the full 90mins, in a champions league game just 3 weeks ago?

I guess he didn't run around like a headless chicken enough for Val's data to give him the green light.

[Torgeir]

38 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

From the looks of it we still need a striker. The new lad would appear to be more of a right sided wide forward.

Glimt play 4-3-3, so you're correct but he can probably play as a second striker in a 3-5-2 as well. I think if we stick to the say formation and Henriksson is the other alternative, then Jørgensen has to start tomorrow night.

[yellowsubmarine]

4 hours ago, ... said:

19th Jan only 2 signings.

Dont worry we will be "attacking" the transfer window.

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28 minutes ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Dont worry we will be "attacking" the transfer window.

Attacking 🙈

[B16Rover]

1 hour ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Dont worry we will be "attacking" the transfer window.

Is the guy who coaches our finishing the same guy who sets our transfer strategy 

[miqaayil]

22 hours ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

3 at the back never works for us, many managers have tried it in the past, it may be effective for the odd game here and there just to change things up a bit when necessary... But we're a traditional 4 at the back club simple as that, we've gone so far backwards tactically since ismael took charge its ridiculous and he's clearly to lost up his own arse to revert back to a simple back four

 

Easily the Worst manager since Coyle. 

nope ...he's up there with kean and coyle....will be worst by end season 

[DutchRover]

Desperate form and horrific injury crisis, relegation looming, and Rudy's "exciting plan" is two signings, one of whom is a loan we have to play even if he is crap.

Jorgenson seems a decent prospect (by our standards at least), he made more runs in the channel in his 30 minutes against Ipswich than the rest of the team combined over the season (only a slight exaggeration sadly) and has some pace which is good. Might be more a wide-forward than a central striker but could mesh well with Ohashi (similar) and Gudjohnson central.

Cashin had a horrible debut, no question, and while he may be talented and just need nurturing, the signing is unbelievably stupid. We are forced to play him ahead of Pratt who is younger, faster, taller, and on the basis of season so far a better CB, and most important actually our player. The signing is actively detrimental, thanks Rudy.

I said at the start of the window we didn't need a CB, for all our lack of goals our defence has been ok, and Carter is about to be back giving us McLoughlan, Miller, Carter, Pratt, Atcheson, Litherland which is not ideal but manageable. A replacement for Hyam, who we should never have sold, was only CB I would have been interested in, and Cashin is the exact opposite of that; short and slow, not tall and injury proof.

Offloading Gueye was good, but why do we still have Ribeiro and Pickering who Ismael refuses to play? Why not offload them and bring in an actual Wing-Back while Hedges is crippled, and before he leaves on a free when he gets better (shades of Weimann?), because De Neve is the worst positional player I have ever seen in both attack and defense. I said in the match thread god only knows why Kortrijk kept him and loaned out Alebiosu.

CM remains an issue as well, Tronstad has checked out and we refuse to resign him, again god knows why (oh wait yeah our ridiculous self-imposed wage cap; thanks our Billionaire owners), TGH and Forshaw are not good enough and neither should have been signed. Baradji has talent but missed half the season and looks better further forward than CM proper. Henriksson has been another awful Gestede signing, a shame that one as he seemed a decent prospect when we signed him in summer.

 

Then again, I keep forgetting we support a club run for Suhail's bonus not success on the field...

[B16Rover]

If we are so obliged to play Henriksson and De Neve etc, it's frustrating that we continue to not play to their '1 trick'.  

I'm not saying build a team around them, but De Neve's 1 outlet is to out pace a man and put a cross in yet.  Henriksson is pressing players etc.  Seeing as we intended to start the season with a 4 at the back, you'd think sitting deeper and hoping we play in the break with pace (including new lad) and battle for the ball (Ohashi and Henriksson) would suit more.  The more adept footballers like Tronstad, Cantwell and Baradji could work to that where as currently we're asking limited footballers to adapt to them and it's killing us 

[Tomphil2]

13 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

If we are so obliged to play Henriksson and De Neve etc, it's frustrating that we continue to not play to their '1 trick'.  

I'm not saying build a team around them, but De Neve's 1 outlet is to out pace a man and put a cross in yet.  Henriksson is pressing players etc.  Seeing as we intended to start the season with a 4 at the back, you'd think sitting deeper and hoping we play in the break with pace (including new lad) and battle for the ball (Ohashi and Henriksson) would suit more.  The more adept footballers like Tronstad, Cantwell and Baradji could work to that where as currently we're asking limited footballers to adapt to them and it's killing us 

Agreed, some of the best away performances came form playing that way with more of a press and then counter type style whilst trying to keep possession for periods as well.

This all out relentless press that hes switched too just isn't working for a number of reasons.

Get back to using the ball and playing a bit of football with the help of a better suited system with players doing what they can manage. It's becoming as daft as JDT's relentless total football from your own penalty area.

But whilst it isn't as wide open at the back it is creating nothing whatsoever up top.

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5 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Agreed, some of the best away performances came form playing that way with more of a press and then counter type style whilst trying to keep possession for periods as well.

This all out relentless press that hes switched too just isn't working for a number of reasons.

Get back to using the ball and playing a bit of football with the help of a better suited system with players doing what they can manage. It's becoming as daft as JDT's relentless total football from your own penalty area.

But whilst it isn't as wide open at the back it is creating nothing whatsoever up top.

They've been swapped and changed about that much Itheir styles are all merging and we're getting this hotchpotch system were people haven't got a scooby what system/style they are meant to be playing

Edited 4 hours ago by ...

[Polky]

Rosenborg look to be signing Wahlstedt from AGF for €500k. Making a loss on the €1m they paid Rovers.

[norwichblue]

19 minutes ago, Polky said:

Rosenborg look to be signing Wahlstedt from AGF for €500k. Making a loss on the €1m they paid Rovers.

Can’t believe we got a million for him. Absolutely woeful.

[Hasta]

4 minutes ago, norwichblue said:

Can’t believe we got a million for him. Absolutely woeful.

Toth is a league above Pears, who was a league above Wahlstedt.

[RevidgeBlue]

32 minutes ago, Polky said:

Rosenborg look to be signing Wahlstedt from AGF for €500k. Making a loss on the €1m they paid Rovers.

Rare picture of him apparently making a save there.

Must be AI.

[Ossydave]

6 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Didn't someone say he played the full 90mins, in a champions league game just 3 weeks ago?

He hasn't played 90 minutes in any champions league games. Most he's played is 69 mins against Sturm Graz but that was in August....he got 20 odd minutes against Dortmund early December. Played 70 odd minutes in a friendly last week days before he signed though.

[bigbrandjohn]

Watching James Hill and Van Hecke shaking hands. Remembering happier times when we were a proving ground for exceptional talent. 

Cashin isn’t going to replace Van Hecke and Dunk. He shouldn’t have replaced Pratt. 

An 18 year old scores an overhead kick for Brighton. 
If you are good enough you are old enough. 

[Mercer]

13 minutes ago, bigbrandjohn said:

An 18 year old scores an overhead kick for Brighton. 
If you are good enough you are old enough. 

Understand Rovers would like to snare (on loan) a forward from a leading PL club (already made 1st team debut).  He's only young but an amazing talent who would get the fans out of their seats.  The lad's in a different league to anything we have (including Tyjon) and it would be a real coup IF we managed to get him (if PL club let him out on loan there will be others also in for him).

[roversfan99]

Will a name be forthcoming for this supposed target?

[Mercer]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

Will a name be forthcoming for this supposed target?

No it wont for obvious reasons.

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43 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Understand Rovers would like to snare (on loan) a forward from a leading PL club (already made 1st team debut).  He's only young but an amazing talent who would get the fans out of their seats.  The lad's in a different league to anything we have (including Tyjon) and it would be a real coup IF we managed to get him (if PL club let him out on loan there will be others also in for him).

Please be true we need another Smzmodics to pull us out the shit

[roversfan99]

35 minutes ago, Mercer said:

No it wont for obvious reasons.

I can understand not revealing the "source" but not the player. 

Saying that we want an unnamed loanee but he might also stay or go elsewhere is a pretty easy stab in the dark to make.

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7 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I can understand not revealing the "source" but not the player. 

Saying that we want an unnamed loanee but he might also stay or go elsewhere is a pretty easy stab in the dark to make.

It's best not to reveal any names as it could come from an internal source presumably. 

[roversfan99]

But without even a name, its totally worthless "information" surely.

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

I can understand not revealing the "source" but not the player. 

Saying that we want an unnamed loanee but he might also stay or go elsewhere is a pretty easy stab in the dark to make.

Surely, you understand the sensitivities around naming players and that then spreading around social media and alerting other potential suitors.  How many players have Rovers signed over last 18 months and name only known when deal done with posters on here then commenting 'that's how to do your business'!!!  I named Daniel Oyegoke earlier in the window - difference being good possibility only Rovers might be interested in him and therefore much smaller risk in him being snared by some other club.

It's certainly not a stab in the dark!!! 

50 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

But without even a name, its totally worthless "information" surely.

Are you for real!?

Pretty sure Rovers' fans on this MB would be very interested to know that an exciting young forward talent with a leading PL club is on Rovers' radar.  This lad would be a real coup.

You are always at me and trying to diss me.  Just put me on ignore if you think I post rubbish.

Edited 15 minutes ago by Mercer

[XLM]

I think the point is that there isn't any value to telling people that we may or may not sign a guy. Who cares? We haven't learnt anything. I could have told you that.