Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah, no point us looking at that Messi bloke at Barca, he's never played in the Championship either.

Yeah, don’t think he’d cut. HAVE to have the championship experience ?

Just now, Pedro said:

I'm pretty sure there was a "Blackburn's 50m Warchest" page filler.

There definitely was. He had a list of the players we were targeting too in the same article - Axel Witsel being one.

Just now, perthblue02 said:

No Championship experience , would struggle playing inside forward or right back,  next

? sorry, silly of me to suggest a player without championship experience ?

Just now, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

Its f8cking mental on here I love it

Same. I literally spend all day every day on here - I love seeing everyone’s differing opinions wether they’re positive or negative. One thing that runs through all of them is everyone wants the best for Rovers though, so that’s good.

Anyway, seen Max Meyer is on a free from Schalke. Out of our reach? Good player.

Just now, neophox said:

Gosh!

You never replied about the signing we were supposed to have in before the Liverpool game. What happened with that one?

I miss Chaddy.

Just now, briansol said:

Nmecha was an educated guess based on Mowbray waiting for a young attacking City player that was part of their US tour. No name was mentioned, but the field was narrow. I don't think anybody entertained the notion that it could be Foden though..

Thanks. Do we know if Nmecha is any good?

Just now, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Be very surprised if it's him.  We've got a ton midfielders.  More likely to be up top or out wide.  

Patrick Roberts would be nice but I can't see that happening either. When people were suggesting Nmecha, was that taken from somewhere or was it a presumption? I don't know much about him

Just now, Ricky said:

Not a chance. He’ll either stay and fight for a place or go on loan in the prem. I’d love to see him here but just can’t see it happening.

I'm with Ricky. Don't think we have a chance - sure I saw that he was linked with a few Prem teams earlier in the window. If it's going to be a Championship team I would imagine someone with more money than us will be taking him.

Just now, philipl said:

I have been in China where my VPN didn't work.

Can anyone offer a helpful summary of the 73 pages added since I last looked?

 

 

No solid rumours have come through. We've literally just been speculating as to why we haven't signed anyone since Rothwell and Davenport.

Just now, Dreams of 1995 said:

There's a couple of plates spinning...

We are currently still looking at our first choices..

No panic yet, we have our current CEO on a new long-term contract..

Our scouting network has improved, by the way

We hope to get our new board in before our trip to Pune in September..

The market is crazy, executives currently want paying in line with other clubs in this league..

No panic.

All going to plan then?

Just now, Tom said:

The Maddison link (or lack of) is an interesting one, Mowbray could point out the likes of Dack, smashed it in league one and now worth 10x the outlay to try and get the owners to sanction a move like that. I think they could be won round with that sort of temptation.

Not sure if he’s ever been on our radar mind you! 

The away kit is due to be revealed this week isn’t it? Would be nice to have a new exciting signing modelling it

Imagine the scenes if the away kit got released with Armstrong, Chapman, Gallagher, Bauer and Maddison all wearing it. Unfortunately we may see Pascal Chimbonda, Dino Baggio, Sebastien Perez and Martin Dahlin modelling it before that.

Did this ever happen?

Just now, briansol said:

Agreed. I would swap Rothwell with Samuel and use Bennett as a left winger. Bennett can play anywhere, although not ideal he can at least come inside and unleash that sweet right foot.

Swap Samuel for Rothwell? I've not even seen Rothwell in a Rovers jersey yet and I know he'll have a better end product than Samuel. I agree with everyone that says we need pace outwide but with that has to come some quality. I would rather a player with an end product who isn't quick than a player that is quick with zero end product.

Not sure, he may have done. Apologies if he did! 

15 minutes ago, Neal said:

I think we need to forget Armstrong tbh... There is absolutely no way they are going to pay 3 million for him. If they aren't going to pay 750k for Harrison then they're not going be chucking 3 mill around. 

I doubt we were in for Harrison. People seem to think when clubs buy a player for a certain fee and we don't buy him, we missed out or couldn't afford him. Mowbray isn't going to be interested in every player that moves.

Just now, Paul Mani said:

Prices do tend to become more realistic...

Maybe I will be disappointed. But I’m willing to wait until the end of the window to judge it.

Woah, we'll have less of these sensible comments in here please.

Just now, chaddyrovers said:

Mowbray doesnt like names out in the press and lets to keep it close house. Only people likely to know who we after are Mowbray, Venus, Harvey, Slivester and Waggott. 

Mowbray met with some players and agents back in May/June and wasnt impress by most. Either due to players wages and agents fees demans, attitude or appearence. 

Maybe Mowbray trust Cowley to look after him and use him right. 

No signs?

Didnt we pay money for Davenport and Rothwell? Oh yeah. 

We will have money to spend. 

I'm not saying any have been leaked out. I was merely asking for opinions - you seem to throw out opinions like this on a daily basis but I got pulled on it when I ask for some ?

Just now, RevidgeBlue said:

I don't think We're after Armstrong anyway but I find it hard to think of a scenario whereby his price would go down substantially.

Hold steady if he doesn't particularly  rip up any trees maybe.

Who do you reckon we're after? If it's Gallagher, do you think that's it? I can't work out who else it could be - surely we're not out of options...

16 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

He will be judged when we get to the season and the transfer window ends.

If he is left without the players in the positions that he set out to sign months ago, or hes left with ones below the quality he and we would want. Then I will have little time for any complaints, re budgets, agents, whatever. The examples from other clubs are of a loan, a free and a cheap (6 figure) buy so it shows that there are players out there.

That said, I trust that he will sign who he needs to sign, theres little we can do in the meantime but have hypothetical conversations sadly!

Hopefully these hypothetical conversations will turn in to happy discussions about some decent signings haha!

24 minutes ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

I hope you are right.  I'm a natural sceptic at the best of times and hope it pans out that way.  What bothers me  is that I'm sure both Armstrong and Chapman want to come back.  Ergo, we've had a long time to sort that and neither appears to be any closer than the day they left.  Newcastle have said all along that Armstrong can go so why the hold up?  

IMO we need a signing of Armstrong's ilk through the door in the next few days.  The longer it goes on, the more likely we are to be starting the Championship on the back foot.

The only thing I can think of is that we don’t value them at the same price their clubs do. Again, hopefully they’ll work that out and they’ll come through the door - naturally both clubs will budge as the deadline approaches but who knows if they’ll agree.

Agree with Armstrong though. Signing him would get the fans positivity back a bit

Just now, roversfan99 said:

Absolutely, im not in the pack with my pitchfork just yet demanding Mowbray resigns out of principle or any of that nonsense.

My post was more aimed at Chaddy asking why we should overpay for "average" players. I used them examples to show how teams around us have managed to sign players that IMO would have improved us, relatively cheaply. Of course if we sign players like Armstrong who are better, then that point becomes obsolete anyway.

Chaddys theory wouldnt marry up with your theory anyway as I presume Mowbray wouldnt have long term targets that he considered to be average!

Oh yeah, completely agree with you. 

Agree about the targets too. I trust Mowbray to choose the right players and I don’t think he’ll also just panic and sign any players as a last resort either! Hopefully he’ll get who he wants over the line sharpish

Just now, roversfan99 said:

Feels like groundhog day.

Mowbray didnt even do his usual "the markets difficult, agents are difficult, we are spinning different plates, we hope to sign some players soon bla bla bla" interview after the game. It was more, Nuttall needs game time so wed like to loan him out to continue his development but we might have no choice but to keep him.

Whilst I get that we want value for money, the market is what it is and the longer we leave it, the more that clubs will be able to cash in on our growing desperation. There will come a point where it is too late to say "why should we overpay for average players."

Im not too sure I swallow it anyway, I listed a number of players that our direct rivals have signed that would have improved us. Maybe we arent looking hard enough.

I’m just playing devils advocate here but what if all of Mowbray’s targets are still available and the reason we’ve not got them over the line yet is because we’re still negotiating. 

I mean, the only legit targets I have seen haven’t gone anywhere yet. All these teams signing players Bolton, Wigan etc have signed players that we probably didn’t want.

Not for one minute suggesting we have loads of money but I do think we have money to spend, just trying to do the best deals for the players he wants maybe? I don’t buy into ‘missing out on targets’ this summer. He wants Bauer, Chapman and Armstrong - we’ve known this all summer. And they’ve not gone anywhere! IF they do go somewhere else I’ll get worried but for now I’ll just sit tight and trust the process 

Just now, neophox said:

Dack deal done As I said

in the beginning of the week?

Did you say there would be someone coming in before the Liverpool game as well? Just wondering if that’s fizzzled out or taking longer than expected?

Just now, Dreams of 1995 said:

Great moment. Wanted this from the moment Lenihan has signed his.

Same. Even though it was likely he wouldn't move, it puts potential rumours to bed and we can all breathe a little easier. Wonder if there's a release clause in it though?