The January 2026 Transfer Window

[davulsukur]

The 25 man squad will be announced today, according to Andy Bayes. So we'll see who doesn't make the cut

[arbitro]

4 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

The 25 man squad will be announced today, according to Andy Bayes. So we'll see who doesn't make the cut

More interesting for me is who is making the decision.

[KentExile]

9 minutes ago, arbitro said:

More interesting for me is who is making the decision.

Unless its 3 of Hedges, Pratt, Garrett & Kargbo missing out, all of which could be plausibly be attributed to injury/fitness, we should be able to tell who has made the decision based on who is missing

Edited 2 hours ago by KentExile

[Elrovers]

Hedges and I think Pratt have missed out.

[alexanders]

The first 3 are missing out: Hedges, Pratt and Garrett. 
 

Kargbo is named 

Aynsley Pears
2 Ryan Alebiosu
3 Harry Pickering
4 Yuri Ribeiro
5 Taylor Gardner-Hickman
6 Sondre Tronstad
7 Augustus Kargbo
8 Sidnei Tavares
10 Todd Cantwell
11 Andri Guðjohnsen
12 Lewis Miller
14 Dion De Neve
15 Sean McLoughlin
16 Scott Wharton
17 Hayden Carter
18 Axel Henriksson
20 Eiran Cashin
21 Oladapo Afolayan
22 Balázs Tóth
23 Yuki Ohashi
24 Moussa Baradji
25 Ryoya Morishita
26 Connor O’Riordan
28 Adam Forshaw
29 Mathias Jørgensen

 

[MarkBRFC]

Harsh on Pratt I feel.

Wonder if they can sort him out a national league loan for the rest of the season so he can carry on playing men's football?

[Tricky]

1 minute ago, MarkBRFC said:

Harsh on Pratt I feel.

Wonder if they can sort him out a national league loan for the rest of the season so he can carry on playing men's football?

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It's understood Rovers will look to find a National League loan for Pratt, who can still play below the EFL. That will have also factored into their thinking and they hope his development can continue with regular games.

 

[Penwortham Blue]

2 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Harsh on Pratt I feel.

Wonder if they can sort him out a national league loan for the rest of the season so he can carry on playing men's football?

It is as he did very well but we now have a lot of CH’s and assume that, unlike Pratt, both Atcheson and Litherland can play without taking a spot.

[roverblue]

Pratt was good enough for the championship IMO the national league is well below his level.

[rovers11]

I don't think Pratt is that highly rated at the club and this shows it. 

Strange as he did well when asked upon. 

[K-Hod]

Pratt>McLoughlin

[Exiled_Rover]

22 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Harsh on Pratt I feel.

Wonder if they can sort him out a national league loan for the rest of the season so he can carry on playing men's football?

Harsh, but they've badly mismanaged the squad and he's probably out for 2 months with an injury so it's an easy decision for them to make. 

[KentExile]

15 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Pratt>McLoughlin

He is

But, he is also injured, which seems to have been missed/overlooked by many

Had his jaw & cheekbone fractured in an U21 game a week or so ago, possibly out for up to 8 weeks following surgery

National League for a month or so at the end of the season may be below his level, but will allow him to get a few minutes in and get back up to speed rather than having him playing U21 games

 

Edited 1 hour ago by KentExile

[davulsukur]

Harsh on Pratt.

As @KentExile says, he's probably out for a while, which will have played a factor in that decision.

Don't get me wrong, it seems harsh he's left out and wastrels like De Neve and Taveres have kept a place.

[DeeCee]

3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Harsh on Pratt.

As @KentExile says, he's probably out for a while, which will have played a factor in that decision.

Don't get me wrong, it seems harsh he's left out and wastrels like De Neve and Taveres have kept a place.

No way were the significant investments being left out, would make the recruitment team look bad. (As if they didn't already).

[bluebruce]

25 minutes ago, roverblue said:

Pratt was good enough for the championship IMO the national league is well below his level.

Certainly. But he isn't registered due to his injury, so what do we do when he is fit? It's a tricky one but the highest level he can go to is National League and that's probably better for him at this point than more u21 football. Only non-league clubs can take loans now our window is closed.

9 minutes ago, KentExile said:

He is

But, he is also injured, which seems to have been missed/overlooked by many

Had his jaw & cheekbone fractured in an U21 game a week or so ago, possibly out for up to 8 weeks following surgery

A game he should never have been playing (as I know you know).

[davulsukur]

59 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

No way were the significant investments being left out, would make the recruitment team look bad. (As if they didn't already).

Yeah. A lot of calls for Henriksson to be left out on here but as he's been signed on a long contract, no one was leaving him out and looking like an idiot.