roversfan99

Great win and much needed to stop the rot, aided by a favourable refereeing display and not without jitters but overall deserved as we should have been more than 2 up before their late surge. Gueye has become a different player in the last few games and was excellent tonight. Great to see him goal, he still often is AWOL when a ball is played in a dangerous position especially if he laid it off but showed great hunger to get his head on that cross for the goal. The ball seems to be sticking to him so much more and hes got a great leap on him. He is a player who is particularly easy to want him to do well. Defensively strong again aside from at the end where an extra defender hindered us rather than helped. Batth is a man mountain, Hyam having a very good season and Brittain superb. Great to see Travis back even though he clearly isnt fully fit and Buckley was much better than he has been. Dodgy Pears is starting to come back out unfortunately over the last few weeks. We need more quality in attacking areas, Dolan put in one great cross similar to a few recent games yet everything else is riddled with poor decison making and over elaborating. Hedges doesnt offer anything in attack and it was easy to forget that Weimann was playing. The subs didnt improve us with Forshaw particularly sloppy and the addition of Sanderson didnt aid us. You look at that bench and realise we desperately need more players in to give us a realistic chance of getting over the line. We deserve money spent, Eustace does, a small group of players giving everything do, but Venkys I expect wont care and its such a shame.

Very strange to give Kargbo such a short contract. Not even mention of an option so after settling in, if he rips it up next season we probably have to sell him. A few players needed to come in ASAP as this group is battling on giving everything but running on empty. Need some energy and pace.

It doesnt. Not sure if he is underage anyway but even if not, he wasnt registered as he was out on loan.

Is that decent? Hedges and Dolan.

Its pretty reasonable for a loss making Championship club to keep aside a chunk of sales proceeds. The problem is, Venkys refuse to invest 95% rather than perhaps 30%.

I wasnt necessarily his biggest fan but your dislike of Broughton is massively clouding your judgement. Szmodics was not the only good signing under his reign, but he isnt on par with Coyle signing Mulgrew anyway as Szmodics not only excelled here but also generated a considerable profit. Hyam hasn't been poor in the main, he has been good in the main (this season and his first season when he got player of the season) with last season the exception. Brittain has been a good season and on Tronstad, you staunchly against Broughton happen to be the only person who doesnt rate him.

Derby are close to selling their CB Cashin to Brighton. They are paying £4m+ on a Norweigan defender and have already bought Clarke from Boro. These owners are really holding us back so much and yet still people either defend them or defend the current transfer window.

Norwich at home moved to 12.30 purely to be one of the additional games not even on the main Sky channel. Yet more disregard shown towards fans. Away fans setting off at silly o clock and some home fans missing too all so arm chair fans can watch it if they dont fancy any of the other games on at the same time.

Or most likely, seeing as a bid was apparently earlier in the week. That we bid on both him and Kargbo and the latter is the one who we had a bid accepted for first.

The Samba and Nelsen argument is a weak one too. Obviously people will judge players on how they do in a Rovers shirt. But there have also been a lot of players plucked from obscurity that have ended up as duds. Sasha Petshi, Fode Koita, Herold Goulon, Elrio Van Heerden, and other forgettable names. Kargbo may well turn into a very shrewd bit of business but if our window ends up with a League 1 defender on loan, a Plymouth reject on a short term deal, a player who has only really thrived at Serie C level and potentially a striker on loan, its clearly not what a reasonable club considering the sales made should have expected considering our league position and I am sure that Eustace wont be too happy. Lets hope a striker signs for a decent fee and comes out of nowhere and we also get a midfielder and left back. But I am not confident.

I think people would take you seriously if you stood by your opinions even if what happens doesnt follow suit. Now you are just resorting to "well shall we not sign anyone then." A petulant counter argument knowing that the window is not going how you wanted it to but you cant bring yourself to admit it.

What I dont get is you clearly think we tried and wanted to get better players. You acknowledge that we couldnt. But it doesnt in any way make you say things like, we arent getting what we wanted. We arent getting what we need. The manager might not be too pleased. You dont criticise the fact that again we arent spending much money. You just double down, regardless of what youve said before. Your belief that we will make the play offs doesnt seem to change in any way, even though youve said in the past that our play off hopes depended on something we seem unlikely to get.

If we buy a striker for a few million pounds then obviously it will change the reaction, depending on who it is. There is nothing wrong with players from overseas. But its you echoing Eustace who said you wanted domestic players with Championship experience. Ive always said personally that you can often find better value on the continent but the standard at which Kargbo has been playing is a bit concerning.

The point isnt about my opinion on those specific players. I am just saying that I dont think that Eustace is getting what he wants. He asked for one thing and seemingly is getting another and he said "the club" likes him which is as clear as you can get to suggest that its not the signing he had in mind. We dont need this superfan get behind the lads FFS rhetoric. Obviously all of the soundbites from players and manager will be saying they think we can. We are all desperate to make the play offs but we are discussing whether we a fans think we can and will, without the blue and white glasses on. I personally think that we dont have the squad for a top 6 push, the creaks in our squad are already showing hence a terrible January and we wont strengthen sufficiently to avoid a 4th successive season where we are unable to sustain first half of the season form across 46 games to get over the line. You said the same about those managers when in employment and "after a think" turned 180 degrees

Idiots. Dont they realise that the incoming fee is in installments and that they have to pay for anyone all up front?

Whiteman isnt much of a miss. Preston fans arent too fond of him and I think McCann and their Icelandic midfielder often play ahead of him anyway.

So you cant fathom that there may be a chance that Eustace isnt necessarily too fond of the direction in which we are going in the transfer market, you just assume that Eustace mid window changed his mind on what he wanted. All based on a quote Gestede said about how we plan to work months ago to appease fans, and all on the assumption that things behind the scenes at our club run smoothly. Hes probably pissed off that he has us where we are in the table despite the sales including his only goalscorer, and we cant afford to bring in what he wants. To say "the club" like Kargbo rather than saying he himself would like him tells anyone with an ounce of rational thinking that he probably isnt totally on board. Travis isnt going to say "the squad needs help it isnt good enough" is he? We all know how this plays out. We fall out of the top 6 race and whenever Eustace decides hes had enough, you reflect back on this and blame him for not signing x player or not playing y formation as the only reason we failed to make the top 6.

I dont have any evidence that Eustace doesnt want Kargbo or a foreign striker on loan. I just know that having asked for Championship experience, hes not getting it. I also heard what he said about the "club liking him."

You do seem to be tying yourself in knots somewhat. You cant seen to fathom that there is any chance that Eustace has not had the final say on the Kargbo deal. Or that in practice things wont work exactly how you think they should work or how Gestede said they plan to work things in a totally different context months ago. You are allowed to say, if you believe it of course. That IF we end up signing Kargbo and a foreign striker on loan, that we have not got what we wanted from the window, or that its not what you wanted. With the videos of him, you have to remember that hes playing at such a low level. "Do we not sign anyone" if we cant get what we want is again having low standards. Akin to saying oh he will do, better than nothing.

But it seems like the signings are not what he asked for and his comments today saying "the club" like him dont suggest that he is totally happy with the route we are going down. Considering you wanted Championship experience and you wanted us to buy a main striker. IF we sign Kargbo permanently (who you didnt seem too happy about) and say this Egyptian on loan, rather than someone like Thomas Asante. Would you be disappointed with the window baring in mind your previous comments? Would you be confident of a top 6 finish? Based on your previous comments, its certainly not what you wanted. So my natural assumption would be that you wouldnt be too happy. But you seem to be doing somewhat of a u turn. Its gone from Championship experience to first team experience. And you dont seem to be willing to concede that it isnt what Eustace asked for.

His stand out performance by a mile came against Luton when he started. Got a goal and man of the match.

Youve been keen to stress throughout the last month that we need Championship experience and have always echoed Eustace who has regularly asked for that. Are you concerned that we seemingly are not going to get that? Are you concerned that there is a chance that Eustace is not the one who is picking the signings? He described Kargbo as "one the club likes." You also said Kargbo and that striker at St Johnstone would not be a good enough window and you seemed uncharacteristically irritated by the club. Are you still as unimpressed by us signing Kargbo? And you wanted "assets on the balance sheet" having heard Elliott Jackson say it. Would a window of Kargbo and 3 short term deals concern you regarding that.

Rothwell even though its been on loan has excelled at this level for a number of years. And thats been predominantly in a midfield 2. Its not Buckley's inability to tackle. His awareness of whats around him is poor and he needs far too long on the ball, he moves it slowly often taking too many touches. Im not saying he doesnt have issues with application, but I dont think hes particularly good anyway.

Im not convinced he has "all the talent" and its just an application issue. He had a decent form of run under Mowbray further forward but since hes been moved back he has struggled. Give him the ball in a tight area and he loses it. Give it him in space and he takes too many touches and loses the momentum of any attack.

Im guessing like me you are just basing it on his track record, and to be fair he has played at a good standard for quite a few years so I do get it from that perspective. Its more that it would be a loan deal for a player playing abroad. It will be difficult for him to settle in straight away and have an impact in the 15 games post QPR that he would be available for, assuming it went to the wire. Its not good enough to only sign Kargbo beyond this season considering. There are also the issues aside from football that it would bring up. As you say, probably wont happen anyway. And if there is any truth in it, not sure why we are making enquiries so late in the window.