11 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

As mentioned - when Sam G gets injured, what's the back-up plan?

Dolan

13 minutes ago, Iceman said:

He can lead the line, so too Breo. Hell, Nyambe can lead the line up front as well. At the end of the day, is can they put the ball in the back of the net consistently, to compensate for the loss of those Arma goals. We have seen thus far, that the answer is no. 

I don't think Breo suits playing the lone forward role tbh. So far this season the answer is yes, but looking back a couple of seasons we all know the answer. I would love for Sam to go through a purple patch, but I don't think the anticipation and finishing technique is there for him to become a great goalscorer over time.

I don't mind Sam Gallagher leading the line at this point, but I'm unsure whether we have enough good finishers to stay competitive. I think we have a mid-table manager managing a mid-table squad, so that's where my expectations lie. There used to be a video on the Rovers website with finishing challenge. Can't find it now, but it sums up Sams abilities inside the box.

Not too fuzzed about Rhys Healey not joining, if that story is correct. Either someone more proven or someone who can develop into the next Arma for me.

Wasting time and money on signing too many players in the same positions. Khadra and Poveda will probably come with guaranteed playing time as part of their package (to negotiate the price down), agree?

Scraping the bottom of the barrel by now in our striker search. 

https://twitter.com/AndyBayes/status/1432813773438472192?s=20

7 minutes ago, JoeH said:

People looking at his record and moaning. But he's been playing Premier League & La Liga football. He's got individuality. Strong, pacey, would be great on the counter with Brereton.

Downside is no central forward, but that's hardly Oli's fault.

We're in need of a striker to contribute with some goals. I'm not convinced our current squad (+ Burke) have enough goals in them.

This video sums up Burke pretty well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTtnV8vWDZA

1 minute ago, Lucimo said:

OK trying to be positive. His goals to games at forest and Celtic ain't the worst but he's had some pretty poor spells abroad. Sheffield utd was in the Premier league which is different gravy. Maybe he could be worth a punt. I certainly won't write him off if he signs. Tbh I would rather give chances to Gallagher and Diaz upfront and he could be back up 

Have you seen him play?

1 minute ago, DeeCee said:

At least it's not permanent! He's gash.

He'll probably be the only loan signing with a view...

No wonder we're signing anyone proper if we're wasting time on the likes of Burke. Keanish signing, he probably reminds him a little of a young Kevin Gallacher.

I'd take Akinfenwa over Burke. He'll emulate Breos first season if he signs.

1 minute ago, JacknOry said:

I think TM has a mission to try and create a striker out of a winger and vice versa. 

Thierry Henry was a winger when Wenger signed him. And there ends any comparison.

5 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Sharpe reckoned the wage he is on at Southampton would have come within what we pay our players.He is out of contract in the summer and is only 20 so he must have signed his last deal at 17 or 18 can't imagine he would be on mega money

Just trying to make sense of it all. He'll probably sign for someone before the deadline.

Tommy Doyle to Hamburger SV on loan.

Can't believe Obafemi hasn't been announced by club x yet. If he ends up staying at Soton then he must be on some gigantic wages there. Anything else doesn't make sense to me.

What's Freddy Adu up to these days?

20 minutes ago, Madon said:

Has he ever broke a transfer story before anybody else? Always seems to be the Pete O'Rourke guy on Twitter that breaks our transfers and Rich and Jaquob pick it up immediately after from what I've seen. 

They never post anything that can jeopardise their relationship with the club. Always names a player we were chasing or just when we're about to sign him. If the club wants to cast some bait, then they'll let them name them too, like Obafemi. O'Rourke is freelance I believe, so he doesn't have the same ties to the club.

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Would WBA striker Zohore be an option for us. Know the championship

Good player, but never really fulfilled his promise. I have a feeling Mowbray wants someone quicker, rather than another target man. Gallagher can fill that role.

27 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

If they were it would be done and dusted clearly it hasn’t so clearly they are not! Pretty simple if you ask me 

Only if he doesn't sign we'll know it's totally separate.

19 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

The two are NOT linked in any way shape or form other then we sold Armstrong  to Southampton and we are possibly interested in one of their players

If you say so...

Obafemi's contract runs out next summer, so maybe he's asking for too much wages, or this is part of a clever deal to get the Armstrong price down.

Just now, Theaxe15 said:

To be fair we are being linked with a left back today... And it's been stated several times it's something they're at sorting.

The transfer window has been pretty tragic in general but I think at this point you might as well hold back the fury till after 11pm tomorrow as none of us really know what business we're going to do between now and then. Might end up with a front 3 of Obafemi, Healey and Toni.......

We should have had a replacement deal lined up as soon as Armstrong left. I'm fairly confident Obafemi wasn't on our shortlist before Southampton won the contest for Arma. 

9 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

And of course, we are short of owning many players, with that situation looking likely to worsen next summer as it's hard to see us keeping all the out of contract assets. We can rest assured there won't be a budget next summer unless we sell again, the Armstrong money will just vanish into the legendary black hole.

Worrying times. While it's positive that some of our academy players will get the nod, we also need to expand our scouting and bring in players with resale potential. Not many players worth north of £1m in our squad come next summer.