G Somerset Rover

Death, taxes and Rovers giving it the biggun and doing bugger all on transfer deadline day.

I admire your faith, pal!

Agree or disagree that we’ve had a good or bad window but you can’t argue that we have a tinpot administration in place to get deals wrapped up. We fail on deadline day every single time. Waggott, Venus, whoever it is - it simply isn’t good enough to challenge other clubs.

I feel like I’ll be 99 and still seeing that message from Sharpe twice a year.

On a side note, is Chaddy banned or something? Deadline day is that lads Christmas and birthday rolled into one.

@alex_crook: Ryan Giles to #Rovers from #Wolves inching closer

Judging by his follower numbers and responses, it looks like he's on the wind up.

Life as a Rovers fan every transfer deadline day: https://media1.giphy.com/media/VBHenUonSCry8/200.gif Edit: can't seem to get the gif to upload properly.

Surely word would be getting out by now if anything is even remotely close. We can’t be that good.

Us and QPR yet to do f*ck all today. Come on Rovers....

I swear I read earlier via Sharpe or similar that Giles was expected to be done sooner rather than later today. And that was first thing this morning! Even that is seeming a bit of an uphill battle to get over the line.

Indeed. There’s being secretive with your deals and then there’s this. On deadline day too. It’s the hope that kills you.

Well, apparently they’re very close to signing Dembele and Moore too. With Phillips and Cantwell likely as well.

Right back it is. From Sharpe: One player who Rovers have looked at is Exeter City right back Josh Key. Key has played 31 times for Exeter this season and 82 times in all having come through the ranks. He is under contract until 2023 and was the subject of £1m bid from Sunderland last summer. The 22-year-old is a player the club have looked at in this window. See if anything more emerges in the next few hours. Right back certainly a position Rovers have strengthened in this window, with the loan arrival of Deyovaisio Zeefuik and James Brown, but still the uncertainty over the long-term future of Ryan Nyambe.

He’s gone to Hull! Lol. First time I’ve seen Unleaded not completely on the button. Granted he said ‘is/was’.

@glen9mullanwho is this Bournemouth player you mentioned? You pulled a Mercer on us here?

It is very interesting. You gotta say, hats off to him for getting his head down and just cracking on. If Rothwell could get 6 x his current wage, could you imagine what Brereton could get from the continent, or similar? As an aside, I know I jested about Joe's other half being upset about the move not happening, but to send her insults and the like is just disgusting.

Yeah seems as though it was Phillips they wanted from Liverpool and not Williams as they have enough cover at RB. Detesting them more with every passing hour like you are by the sounds of it!

They play tomorrow night so imagine he won’t be back in the UK until late Weds at the earliest. He needs to start on Saturday whatever though.

I wouldn’t want him due to his history with that lot, but Hendrick is supposedly off to our promotion rivals Boro. That’s a very decent signing for our level.

Odd that he didn’t have better options than that lot given his pedigree.

I bet his missus is absolutely fuming this morning. LOL. Love it.

This is exactly what I predict. Healy or similar will be rumoured later today, and then it'll just fall away. I was really hoping for one big(ish) deal to try to get us over the line this season. Come on Rovers...best chance in a decade to return to the promised land.

I went to Uni in Bournemouth, so Joe, if you did make it that far and if you're reading this mate, hit me up for some boozer recommendations.

Surely we need a striker in and a CM even if Rothwell stays.