The January 2026 Transfer Window

[JBiz]

2 hours ago, Miller11 said:

Anyone still laughing at Eustace, waving snakes, or questioning his decision?

Derby will certainly make playoffs and probably go up.

Key word here is laughing.

Knew why they did what they did, but I’m a rovers fan. Was a similar feeling with JDT and JE, “Just do your best”.

Difference with Eustace, he’s old fashioned. I personally couldn’t stand the JDT “keeper gets most of the ball” setup, but both go down in a category of putting themselves first. 
 

Cant blame them from the outset. But I’m not fucking sat on the outset! 🤣

[Trinidad Rover]

That window relegates us.

[RoversClitheroe]

36 minutes ago, Trinidad Rover said:

That window relegates us.

Yep agreed.

Any strikers currently free transfers?!

[Kjell]

We did not sign a single player of proven Championship quality, when our squad is bloody screaming out for it. Rudy Gestede is taking us down.

[Tim Southampton Rover]

It will be a bit awkward for Venkys when quite a few of the Derby Rovers team, that wasn't considered good enough for Championship football, makes it into the Premier League 😂

Eustace + staff
Batth
Sanderson
Travis
Weimann
Brereton Diaz
Szmodics
Nyambe

We've now seen that a bit of extra money, ambition, and trust does go a long way.

It's even more awkward that deep down we probably like their players a lot more than our own! 🤣

[bluebruce]

17 minutes ago, Tim Southampton Rover said:

It will be a bit awkward for Venkys when quite a few of the Derby Rovers team, that wasn't considered good enough for Championship football, makes it into the Premier League 😂

Eustace + staff
Batth
Sanderson
Travis
Weimann
Brereton Diaz
Szmodics
Nyambe

We've now seen that a bit of extra money, ambition, and trust does go a long way.

It's even more awkward that deep down we probably like their players a lot more than our own! 🤣

The only one of those you could argue wasn't considered good enough for Championship football is Nyambe.

Actually now I think on it, we tried to keep him too. Maybe not very hard but still. And Brereton we literally turned down millions for. Szmodics we sold to a Premiership club.

Edited 1 hour ago by bluebruce

[roversfan99]

Nyambe is at Reading. 

[KentExile]

9 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Id say money is just part of it. Even more important is we have owners who know nothing about football and no interest. As a result we've ended up with absolute chancers top to bottom and run out of luck.

Motivated interested owners with the same money available would do a lot better by making decisions based on some understanding of the game and reacting quickly and sensibly when things go wrong....

Don't disagree with any of that, Venkys have been completely disinterested for years

But I was referring specifically to the steepened rate of decline over the past 2 years.  I don't think they are any less disinterested than they have been, they have just now completely turned the taps off too, so we cant even get lucky and employ a Manager/Head Coach/Director of Football/CEO/etc who is even vaguely competent

[TimmyJimmy]

Another predictably awful window. The only thing to change at Ewood these days are the excuses.