5 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Potential to be a very good player but as a rule, I never go back. Never the same second time around!

Him not being the same second time around would be a good thing

I think the fact that this one came somewhat out of the blue today shows there might well be plenty going on behind the scenes, to put a positive spin on it.

19 minutes ago, Realistic Rover said:

Jason!?!, surely not, Are you an ITK? @neophox

Doesn’t strike me as being ITK. Just blurts stuff out

3 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

four or five quality additions on their way,can`t say anything else,im`e bound to silence

Bit late for April fools

1 minute ago, BankEnd Rover said:

If Nyambe goes Wigan this week & we still don’t make a signing then this message board will literally blow up.

If we had players already in then I wouldn’t bat a eye lid. We all know Nyambe is easily replaceable.

 

At a normal club? Probably. At this club? Turns out even Bradley Johnson isn’t easily replaceable 

Phillips went to school in and is from Manchester, I find it strange he wasn’t snapped up by a Manchester club earlier given the reputation he seems to have in the game 

1 hour ago, 1864roverite said:

Utter shite it means he isn’t giving anything away 

Or nothings happening as he’s said the same the last 3 times he’s been asked and lo and behold, we’ve signed no one 

5 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

We seriously need to back the bloke. Unlike Mowbray, IMO, he’ll have some pride, so will be off like a shot if we’ve sold him down the river.

Concerning ain’t it 

JDTs comments suggests he knows as much about what’s happening with transfers as we do. Ie. Bugger all

Sure I just read something earlier today saying Ampadu was going on Chelsea’s pre season tour to be given a chance of breaking into their first team. Won’t be happening any time soon, if at all.

4 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

TBH if we go into the season starting six or seven academy players it reeks of incompetence from a management perspective but will be quite exciting for the fans.

Also - without really having reviewed any data my feeling is it's not usually teams with a bunch of kids playing who get relegated. Its usually teams full of jaded journeymen.

That's my copium anyway 

If excitement is getting pasted every weekend 

16 minutes ago, rigger said:

Calm down.

I’m perfectly calm. He’s the one kicking off about “215 pages”

34 minutes ago, OldEwoodBlue said:

So about to hit 215 pages.

Not one link

Not one rumour

NOT ONE SIGNING

Same time again tomorrow

Stop banging on about the pages. It is not a unit of time. Yes the wait for a signing is annoying and baffling but comparing how long it is taking to the amount of pages on a thread on a forum on the internet which is entirely at the mercy of how much people can waffle on about the subject is NOT a reason to be irate.

9 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Not a very encouraging interview from JDT in the LT. He only "thinks" players will be coming in now seemingly.

Meanwhile confirming that recruitment is basically out of his hands and in the hands of Broughton - who imo has done absolutely nothing thus far to justify another fancy title and body being added to the wage bill.

How do you know he hasn’t done anything? Just because no one has signed doesn’t mean he’s been sat there twiddling his thumbs. Wasn’t it him who got the manager in essentially?

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

Here's Shane Long's stats.

There's no doubt he runs a lot and is probably a nice lad, but in terms of scoring goals, he's always been absolutely horrific.

Most defenders score more.

We'd not just be scraping the barrel if we'd signed him, we might as well re-sign Simon Garner and play him up top instead - £10 bet on him scoring more over the season than Long.

Quick, sign him up!!

7 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Sharpe confirming we don’t normally pay loan fees

 

Glad we pushed the boundaries for Poveda

9 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

You could argue all proven players that would do a job.

Shane Long guarantees you 15+ goals. 

Can't say the same for any of our players.

Don't think you could say it about BREO either who scored nothing second half of the season 

Has Long ever scored 15+ goals in a season? He’s a worker but little else.

1 minute ago, RoversClitheroe said:

But we are yet to sign Davies?! He's not even ours, and might never be.

These are signings that Reading will make today.

True. And they’re trash. If we had already made signings and then signed some of those most people would suggest it was a waste

9 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Reading who looked like relegation candidates being unable to sign anyone making moves, what is going on with our club.

They're signing Shane Long today - 80k wage at Southampton to 5k at Reading.

Jeff Hendrick on loan.

Hutchinson about to sign.

Fulton from Swansea.

Meanwhile we're doing F all.

To say Davies would be a bad signing and then rattle off those has beens and never has beens is a bit rich

7 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

If he signs a contract extension I agree, but there's no chance he's gonna do that.

£20m will massively help us on the FFP side of things, and I like to imagine at least some of that will be made available to reinvest in the squad.

The money is of way more value to us than keeping him whilst he runs down his contract, plus he could revert back to plain old Brereton anytime.

Take their money and run.

Completely agree. I was more being facetious at the fact we don’t seem to be able to make signings in general.

We’re probably best off not selling BBD at this rate. £20million doesn't matter if you’re incapable of buying any players with it

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

I think he would listen to Jon Dahl Tomasson given his football experiences

It seems like others haven’t so far

5 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Bennett? And before him Mulgrew.

But what about before that…..

43 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Understand he was shown around Brockhall before the squad left for Portugal.

Are we now unable to compete with Derby?

Literally just making things up for the hell of it now

8 minutes ago, Aqualung said:

It wouldn't surprise me if we sign the Swedish chef from the muppet show. 

That would surprise me a little bit