4 minutes ago, tomphil said:

One out, one in on similar slightly lower wages is how they roll now.

Fixed it for you 😉 

11 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

We need a very experience keeper. There is 3 or 4 options out there we should be going for

33 minutes ago, JHRover said:

We'd have had to offer him more money than his current deal at Notts and more than Millwall were able to offer.

I doubt we are capable of either these days.

Rovers may be able to stretch to paying more in wages than Notts County (the fee would still likely be an unsurmountable hurdle though), but it appears that at present they would struggle to compete for wages with many Championship clubs.

From the Championship, It is now only Rovers, Swansea and Cardiff who are yet to sign anyone for the first team squad.  Although special mention to Hull for trying to sell everyone (including their only summer signing) and start again from scratch

7 hours ago, BRFC4EVA said:

This may have been discussed previously, but Langstaff was signed by Millwall today. For 700k plus add ons. Surely have been worth a punt?!

If a club has a "little bit" of money, well worth a punt.  If a club does not have funds, or is unable to spend/send funds (at this stage I do not care which it is) then it may as well be £700M rather than £700K

Just now, RoversClitheroe said:

McFadz shouldn't be needed in a side looking to secure a mid table finish.

What about a side that is hoping to cling onto remaining in this division for dear life?

10 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We are talking to clubs and agents but as always the market is slow cos of Euro and people at clubs are away. Is there any player who has signed for another championship you wish we had sign so far this summer? Its a simple question, please can you answer this

Jerry Yates wouldn't be my first choice, but he would have improved the squad 

22 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Considering most our signings will in all probability be loans, then the euros will affect us as clubs won't loan out as early due to senior players returning late to their clubs 

Most decent loans from Prem teams are not sorted until the last couple of weeks of the window anyway.  So don't think the Euros impact us at all in honesty, it is just another reason for our top brass to hide behind the lack of transfer activity

The only players Prem teams are happy to loan out earlier in the window tend to be the Clarkson's etc who are so far away from ready for their parent club, that they are unlikely to make an impact at Rovers.

It seems fairly evident that there are not the funds to complete permanent deals at this stage, and evidence points towards crossing our fingers and toes for 20th August court hearing

Injuries etc

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/07/absentees-explained/

Apparently Leonard has had a setback in his recovery, will be out for a "few weeks", Gilsenan, Sigurdsson & Hedges sound like they will be back this week, 

5 minutes ago, Mercer said:

We are doomed, well and truly.

34 minutes ago, neophox said:

Anyone knows where in Austria Rovers are going?

Tyrol region

10 minutes ago, rigger said:

I think the point was that it is behind closed doors, so not much good for a whip-round.

Which is why I proposed the Macclesfield game on the same day

38 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I would have taken a punt on him last season. 

I think we need a striker who has played at Championship and proven on this level.

I would be amazed if Rovers spend the amount of money that it would take to get someone of that description through the door.

The closest Rovers have come to a proven at this level signing in recent years was Hyam.  Szmodics and Brittain had just been relegated when Rovers signed them, so hardly proven at this level,  Tronstad had never played at this level 

Even if you look at our better loan signings in recent years, they were not proven at this level before signing for us.  Players like Tosin, Van Hecke, Elliott etc turned out to be very good at this level, but they were far from proven when Rovers signed them, and to expect "proven" players through the door is setting yourself up for disappointment.

5 minutes ago, Atko's Engine said:

That's behind closed doors at Tranmere on Tuesday, so good luck with that!! 🤞

Saturday according to Rovers site, not Tuesday

Macclesfield have announced a game v Rovers, but think that will be our U21s

Langstaff from Notts County apparently signing for Millwall for less than £750K.

If we had any finances at all, that is a punt I would have liked to see

21 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I'd rather him be number 1 over Pears.

 

Hilton was behind both Pears and Leo in the pecking order, for a reason

2 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

I'll do it for that.

I'd do it for half that.  But I am 5 foot 6 and in my 40s

21 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Not a chance of Krul coming here.

Will want at least what he's on at Luton, perhaps a 2 year contract and an assurance he comes in as our number one otherwise why move.

Just won't happen.

There is a possibility he would accept slightly less per week, in exchange for a longer contract/more security.

But even then you would expect other teams with more liquid finances to be interested.  So he is unlikely to be arriving here

1 minute ago, rigger said:

Well from the amount of U21s with the first team, I would think the U18s made up the bulk of the U21s team.

That's what I am thinking, and why I was interested in knowing who played

2 minutes ago, unleaded said:

Mullarky-Matthews & Hot shot Trialist Jack Hastings were on target as Rovers under 21s lost 3-2 in the last minute … Hastings has scored over 36 goals this season & played for an hour … 

Hastings is the guy on trial from Larne isn't he?

Any idea what side the U21s put out?  I've not seen any mention of it apart from the goal scorers

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

We want a new keeper signing so Hilton will be our 3rd choice at best

I want a private jet but finances do not allow it

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Sticker books, pieces of paper, what will the social media team be working on for this summer? Players being fished out of the reject bin a la Raggy Dolls?

If we do sign anyone, I hope they play hook a duck to do the reveal.  The club is run like a circus carnival as it is, so may as well embrace it

At this stage, I would settle for silly reveals of a few contract renewals, let alone new signings

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

Yeah, Krul isn't happening.

Will drag on for a while before we "move onto other targets".

The Everton lad on trial will be our back up keeper next season.

The Everton lad wasn't even on the pitch ahead of Joe Hilton

Joe Hilton will be our back up this season

Don't worry, Southgate with bring Gallagher on soon and it will all be ok lol

Not sure how he cant see that he team is crying out for Wharton to properly control that midfield

Eze, Palmer and Watkins needed too

4 minutes ago, Polky said:

Hopefully we can get our money back on Telalovic.

 

All £3.26 of it!

5 minutes ago, DE. said:

Not sure why the narrative on the BBC that we're massively improved. Five shots and none on target, wow. Amazing. 

Switzerland have been more disappointing than we have been impressive. Think Italy made them look a lot better than they are. This is a team that drew 1-1 with Scotland, after all. 

They have massively improved... From abject to just shy of mediocre