Two quick questions 

Is Tony in India now?

Window opens tomorrow at noon right?

That Sacko boy from Leeds any good? Heard he is on his way out at Elland Rd, big pacy right winger.

Robert Huth is the type of centre half we should be looking for imo. Big, ugly and uncompromising.!

Nice McGeouch video here for anyone interested. Tidy player

Unfortunatly you have see Stokes face again.

24 minutes ago, sparky12 said:

agreed, cheapish deal, even if only as backup would be worth a shot 

10x better than Conway

Edwards was unbelievable first half in our last game against them

12 minutes ago, Pedro said:

Has Jim White got them yet??

As a fellow scot, that was one of the most embarrassing radio shows I've ever heard. Cringe.

Like Jim @#/?ing White has any power at all. 

1 hour ago, Stuart said:

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/16211662.Tony_Mowbray_set_to_visit_India_next_week_but_Rovers_under_no_embargo_threat/

What an absolute plonker that John Claret is. (In the comment section)

I would hope for a 10m transfer budget with an extra 100k a week for wages. That’s 15m this season. Venkys are use to putting that much in.

14 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Simmonds with the under 23s is the fastest at the club seemingly 

Who is the fastest senior player? Armstrong, Lenihan or Nyambe be my guesses 

 

Whatever head start players get against Nyambe he always makes it back. 

1 minute ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

If available, bringing him back seems a no brainer. Tailed off a bit after his initial impact, but more to come from him I reckon 

I am serious Glutton for genuine pace. I never had any as a player, so always been envious. 

7 minutes ago, Kamy100 said:

I have talked to a journalist who was at the presser.

The context for the quote is that Tony said that Rovers face an embargo in a few years time if sponsorship, sales of merchandise and people attending matches do not rise.  So the quote is genuine but the Sun have taken it completely out of context and used the first part of it to make it sound like it is imminent.

Panic over. 

Thanks Kamy. 

Back over to you Venkys.

Surely this 3 year window resets when you get relegated???

Nyambe gets some amount of crap on here, the kid is 20 years old for gods sake. He is still improving. He is the same age as Travis.

Nyambe adds athleticism to the team when he plays which is very important. If Tony is going back to 3-5-2 with Wing backs, then Nyambe goes to the right side of the back three. 

Bennett and Travis at Right Wing Back. If we can find a nasty Centre half, you could move Lenihan up into Midfield. 

Edit: I never want to see Bennett as a winger/inside forward in a 4-2-3-1 again. Totally ineffective. Right Back/Right Wing Back or Centre Mid. Might even play him in centre mid over Smallwood and Evans, he was that good in there.

Final Shopping List:

Big Mean Centre Half

Box to Box Midfielder

Deep Lying Playmaker(McGeouch)

Backup to Dack(Payne)

Pacey Inside Forward(Armstrong)

Left Winger/Inside Forward(Chapman)

Tall Striker

Extend Graham another year 

I’m not quite done with Samuel yet. 

Hibs message boards saying he has signed with us. Cracking signing

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

 

@Rovers are to sign Dylan McGeouch on pre-contract from @HibsOfficial ✍️

The attacking midfielder was their Player of the Year! - This is a rumour, nothing solid behind it!

What’s your thoughts on the player? [Source: @HFCTransferNews ] https://t.co/1F9yR5JXy7

Yep mentioned that in the last thread.

Very tidy player. A poor mans Marco Veratti

Conway has really struggled for most of the season. Offers zilch in the championship. 

Last name on the team sheet when he has started 

Expect at least 3 loan players as well. This time it will be from Premier League Clubs and not Championship.

If your looking for a marquee signing then John McGinn from Hibs is the man. He is leaving Hibs probably for the championship. Price tag of 5m. 23 year old Scottish international. Brilliant centre midfielder

7 minutes ago, tomphil said:

I'll be surprised if our wage bill was 8.5 this season if so they must've settled a load of ongoing contracts for people long gone in one swoop from the capitol injections or something.

Maybe the 8.5 was the target in relation to income in league one but i'll be surprised if they hit that with such a fair sized squad.

Either way i doubt V's will rise it much given how hard it was to get it down. As always prepare to be underwhelmed.

That's 170k a week in wages.

In Fm2018, you start with around 205k in wages in league 1, so sounds pretty accurate. After Promotion it goes up to 305k I believe. For reference.

16 hours ago, JacknOry said:

I have thought this for some time. Its almost as if he is a generation too late. 15 years ago he could well be plying his trade in the PL back when front twos were commonplace. Not too disimilar to a Michael Owen type.

With one up top being practically the norm these days, small nippy players like him will find it difficult as they do not have the physicality to play the lone role and need a partner.

If I were him, I would do my best to learn and master the inside forward role that he has now as getting a striking berth is going to be tough for him.

 

Exactly! Good post

23 minutes ago, oozy_brfc said:

 

As for the above poster RE Adelukan being a winger in a 3-5-2, interesting point - probably not possible. I just feel Mowbray may be looking at the 3-5-2 given the Bell signing and his insistence on trialling it earlier in the season. 

I agree Mowbray will go back to the 3-5-2 that’s what he prefers, only this time he has the summer to bring in the players that fit the system. 

                              Raya

             Lenihan - New - Mulgrew

Travis/Nyambe/Bennett——————Bell

               Smallwood——New

                             Dack

          Graham/New—-Armstrong

So really your looking at a:

Starting Big Centre half,

Quality Centre Midfielder,

Armstrong

New large Striker.

Armstong has floundered a wee bit recently but his pace is something we badly need. Need a back up left wing back. Williams can play in the three at the back. Evans probably sticks around, and I want to see if Gladwin can come good. We don’t have any real wingers anyway, maybe that’s by design.

Not too much to ask for.

Really liked the look of Aneke from MkDons

Need a list of out of contract players from championship