The January 2026 Transfer Window

[davulsukur]

51 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

The games versus Sheff W, Oxford and WBA are absolutely must win now. I only fancy us beating Sheff W at the moment and we’re going into that one with players still out or regaining full fitness. 

Afolayan will come on for his debut after 60 mins in Tuesday, no matter what the score is. Hope he can hit the ground running.

 

We won't beat Sheff Wed.

A draw at best and we'll have to come from behind to get it.

Venky's have plenty more humiliation for Rovers fans on the horizon and giving Sheff Wed their 2nd win of the season will be next.

[RoversClitheroe]

I don't rate Pickering at all.

But the fact it's seen as a terrible decision just shows how shit his squad is.

[Comfortably numb]

11 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

I don't rate Pickering at all.

But the fact it's seen as a terrible decision just shows how shit his squad is.

The fact that he is still the best lb at the club over Dr Neve, Ribeiro and Cashin days it all

I don't think they sell and I think he starts on Tuesday along with Carter

Edited 3 hours ago by Comfortably numb

[Inferi]

 https://www.getfootballnewsgermany.com/2025/st-pauli-prepare-to-shop-disaffected-bible-quoting-english-striker-oladapo-afolayan/

Not saying it would be a bad signing in isolation but it seems his club is desperate to get rid and his contract is expiring at the end of the season. Should be a cheap and easy deal to get over the line so why wait until the end of the transfer window?

 

[M_B]

7 minutes ago, Comfortably numb said:

The fact that he is still the best lb at the club over Dr Neve, Ribeiro and Cashin days it all

I don't think they sell and I think he starts on Tuesday along with Carter

He'd always start for me over Ribeiro, but Cashin has done enough over the last couple of games to keep his place. 

Backed up by the lack of comments about Cashin "having to play".  

Edited 2 hours ago by M_B

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

38 minutes ago, M_B said:

He'd always start for me over Ribeiro, but Cashin has done enough over the last couple of games to keep his place. 

Backed up by the lack of comments about Cashin "having to play".  

I don’t think Cashin did anything wrong yesterday. Not much came down his wing until we went behind and we had to chase the game.

[B16Rover]

Two well worked assists leading the line by himself from Sam Nombe again yesterday. 

Rotherham are up against it, he's played this level, knows where the goal is.  Also comes with a great chant.

[Ruaney]

15 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Two well worked assists leading the line by himself from Sam Nombe again yesterday. 

Rotherham are up against it, he's played this level, knows where the goal is.  Also comes with a great chant.

Makes too much sense so won’t happen.

Same with the Motherwell lad, unfortunately 

[Wegerleswiggle]

Why Motherwell's Maswanhise is Scotland's hottest property - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/c5y4667j2zgo

 

No chance he's coming here

[CAPT KAYOS]

Although not a Foward .. what about the young lad at Sunderland  Rigg on loan - not getting any airtime in the Prem?

Edited 16 minutes ago by CAPT KAYOS

[sharpysharps86]

14 hours ago, KentExile said:

I keep seeing people crying out for a goalscoring striker

To me, our main issue is we are not currently creating much for our strikers to miss anyway

in a 4-2-3-1, none of our wingers are actually wingers

in a 3-5-2, we only have Alebiosu who is an actual wing back

If either one of those issues were sorted out, we would be able to score enough goals to keep us up (not a goal fest, but enough).  Gudjohnsen when fit scored 7 in 11 so we have a goalscoring striker anyway

This is a very valid point. The lack of chances created is horrendous. Gudjohnsen we know can put chances away, but he is a poacher, a Jordan Rhodes type forward. If you're not creating chances then it doesn't matter who is playing up front. Equally, Gudjohnsen has had his good goalscoring run when playing alongside another forward, so having him as a lone striker is not ideal.

The players brought in have created more problems than solutions in that there is no clearly correct system to play.