4 hours ago, philipl said:

If you are outside the UK, subscribe to Rovers TV and get the dulcet tones of Neil Yardley, his sidekick and guest expert comment from whichever Rovers player is

injured

or suspended 

and can be trusted not to F and blind

I do, but the problem is that they cant show every match. They wont show us against WBA por ejemplo

Just rewatched the Stockport County and Girona games.

Some players below standard; Brittain and Bucko especially.

Some emerging talents who will give good competition in the squad. We know that JDT loves competition and isn't afraid of sending a senior down to U21s if he doesn't give his all or performs. 

Based on the preseason and our squad (availability) I would see us line up like this:
Pears 

JRC - Carter - Hyam - Pickering

Tronstad - A Wharton - Smodicz

Markanday - Leonard - Dolan 

* Garrett can come in if we need a more tackling midfielder, I also think he has improved his passing skills a lot during last season and this summer and will be able to fill Travis' shoes if he goes. 

* If we need to change up things I would move JRC to RW, sub off Markanday or Dolan (depends on WBA and if we want to play with inverted wings or not) and bring on Brittain. I thought Brittain was very sluggish in possession against Stockport.  

* Give Ennis the last 30 mins (he looked promising coming on against Girona)

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/i-think-hes-gone-coventry-city-fan-pundit-issues-gustavo-hamer-transfer-verdict/
will be interesting to see Cov without Hamer and Gyokeres. 

Wow. Leicester. What a team in this League. 

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Pressure from the front 4 - they don't like it up 'em. 

Neither will most Championship teams. 

Dolan our weakest link at the moment.

1 minute ago, Bethnal said:

Tronstad seems very neat and tidy in his play.

Upgrade from Morton. I really like the look of Markanday too. We are winning the ball high up the pitch, but we are very vulnerable on counter attacks. 

Cant find a Chanel which broadcasts the game 

20 hours ago, Polky said:

Best of luck for tomorrow, hope it goes well.

I’m being dragged round Middlebrook shopping with the Wife on Saturday, I know where I would rather be 😂

Give her the card and invite her best friend. It’s probably more fun for both of you 

Are Stockport and Girona on RoversTV? 

Philips didnt Play today or yesterday? 

3 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Need to get some of the shit out of the door now. I'm thinking JRC, Butterworth and possibly Edun.

Also, can anyone tell me the point of signing Markanday? If Vale is getting a game before you it's a bloody poor do.

I guess its a bit like Dack. Easing him in. He had a pretty horrific injury only 8 months ago. 

And I never like to talk about our players this way

2 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Sorry but checing in here and initially seeingvstrong rumours of Dembele but then moments later seeing weve just signed another young loan player with very little first team experience has left me feeling fairly meh!! 

 

I think ive been very positive lately in general but if we end this window with mainly just another batch of loan players it strongly suggests to me that very little has changed on the player requirement side of the club. 

 

Please prove me wrong Broughton 🙏🙏

Loans with option to buy. Only upsides basically. 

1 minute ago, Jimmy612 said:

Yeh, sorry I was talking about first I saw Mola's name - Sharpe seemingly had a sniff of it before he was holding the shirt above his head.  That's what gives me hope that Dembele is a possibility. 

Bournemouth media all over it now. Seems to be because the Besiktas deal fell through. Scott Parker stated that he wasn't playing in Carabao Cup because he was probably leaving Mouth. 

Just now, Jimmy612 said:

Sharpe has said 'not aware of anything' regards Dembele.... but how much did he know about Mola?  First I saw his name was about 20mins ago from Joe H.    

Actually first you saw about Dembeles name was a link posted by me from football insider. 

Football insider have been very accurate and early with transfer stories this transfer window. 

Gregg Broughton: “A versatile defender, who can play centrally in a two or a three, on the left in a four or a five, and also in midfield, Clinton gives us great options to suit Jon’s desire for tactical flexibility."

Just now, JoeH said:

Announcement in 10

Mins? 

2 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

We've just seen our 18 year old and Liverpool's 19 year old play with slippers on in a dominant performance - and technically the 2 starters (although I wonder how long that will last for!) were on the bench or playing RB... yep people are still pining after some midfield destroyer.

Beggars belief, really. 

Isn't it all about being able to match the opposition. Sometimes we need a midfield destroyer from the start or during the game. 

2 minutes ago, JoeH said:

Clinton Mola.

This is the European target they were talking about.

Defender AND defensive midfielder. 

Now we talking! 

5 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Phil coming home? ❤️ 

Just now, CambridgeRover said:

Another cb??

makes sense and a clear proof that we are thinking 5 at the back. If we get a left-footed CB we have much more flexibility to go more direct and can spread the ball from left to right and right to left in a higher tempo. We can change from playing short in midfield and going long and be very unpredictable. 

Might be that we have enquired about Dembele and are preparing some targets if we sell BBD tonight. However I would not sell below 25m. 

Sources: Blackburn Rovers in advanced talks to sign Siriki Dembele

Blackburn Rovers are in advanced talks to sign Bournemouth attacker Siriki Dembele, sources have told Football Insider.

The winger was a target for Turkish giants Besiktas, but Blackburn are now well placed to lure him to Ewood Park.

https://www.footballinsider247.com/blackburn-rovers-in-advanced-talks-to-sign-siriki-dembele/

7 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Looking at that, we absolutely need a hard Defensive midfielder.

 

Anyway we're soo close to a thousand pages. Come on everyone, we can do this!

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/premier-league-bristol-city-targets-7418321

Maybe someone here.

The number one target should be Mathias Normann. Was almost 100% ready for Lecce in Serie A on loan from Rostov, but Lecce decided to cancel the deal. 

He is tough as nails, comes with PL experience and pop ups with the occasional goal. Would be a perfect signing on loan with option to buy. 

1 minute ago, Upside Down said:

We really do need a defensive midfielder that can handle the physical teams.

This is true. We are a bit lightweight in the CM area. On the flip side we don't want people in which dampens the development of Wharton and Buckley. 

Here's how the Rovers squad is shaping up so far...

GK: Thomas Kaminski, Aynsley Pears, Joe Hilton

RB: Callum Brittain, Joe Rankin-Costello

CB: Daniel Ayala, Scott Wharton, Dom Hyam, Hayden Carter, Ash Phillips, Sam Barnes*

LB: Harry Pickering, Tayo Edun

CM: Lewis Travis, John Buckley, Tyler Morton, Adam Wharton, Jake Garrett

Forwards: Ben Brereton, Sam Gallagher, Bradley Dack, Sam Szmodics, Ryan Hedges, Tyrhys Dolan, George Hirst, Jack Vale, Dilan Markanday

*expected to miss much of the season with an ACL injury

5 minutes ago, TruRover said:

We need a right winger with genuine pace and a left back. If we get both of those then it’s been an unbelievable window considering where we were at when JDT first joined 

It has been stated several times that Left Back is not a position they are looking to upgrade as we spent money on bought Pickering and Edun January 2021.