Transfer Window Chat Thread

[Kamy100]

Do we reckon Vukcevic is going to sign and be announced today?

Hopefully. Can't see him being in squad tomorrow though.

[Neal]

Do we reckon Vukcevic is going to sign and be announced today?

Just put that question to Cryer. No reply... Yet.

[Wilko Rover]

Hopefully. Can't see him being in squad tomorrow though.

Fair enough, cheers for that. Give him a good week to settle down, train with the lads.

[Doaksie]

Hopefully. Can't see him being in squad tomorrow though.

To play in the weekend's games, new signings had to be registered before 12pm today

[dubdubdub]

To play in the weekend's games, new signings had to be registered before 12pm today

Can't say i'm too bothered so long as we have two centre backs who are centre backs (not Myles...didn't play last week when we had N'Zonzi so he must be ######).

[stu07]

Can't say i'm too bothered so long as we have two centre backs who are centre backs (not Myles...didn't play last week when we had N'Zonzi so he must be ######).

Apparently which may support some of the rumours Givet is still ill and hasn't travelled. Samba and Nelson both have, thats according to Lancashire news. Hopefully the signings will give the club a lift, drop Pederson for tommorrow's game and play Petrovic and obviously Emerton misses out through injury. Move Nzonzi into midfield.

[Exiled_Rover]

Out of interest, are our scouts from the old Yugoslavia? Or did they just spend their holidays there this summer?

[alexanders]

Out of interest, are our scouts from the old Yugoslavia? Or did they just spend their holidays there this summer?

Old Yugoslavia is a popular tourist place nowadays I go with alternative 2.

[donnermeat]

So is this silly Olsson rumour a load of s**t then?

[Fife Rover]

You're forgetting that Jim doesn't like 'Carlos Kickaballs',whatever that actually means...

It means if they are not English born and bred he doesn't like them. Simple innit!

[chaddyrovers]

So is this silly Olsson rumour a load of s**t then?

He is in the squad for tomorrow game against Villa

[donnermeat]

He is in the squad for tomorrow game against Villa

That's good enough for me! Cheers!

[Guest ljb]

Schalke_UK Schalke UK fan club

Rangnick on Raul today after training: "We all want him to stay. Raúl knows that, and so does his agent. I hope he stays."

[alexanders]

Schalke_UK Schalke UK fan club

Rangnick on Raul today after training: "We all want him to stay. Raúl knows that, and so does his agent. I hope he stays."

His agent wants money and so does Schalke!

[BangkokRover]

His agent wants money and so does Schalke!

and both PSG and Malaga have oil barrels of it.

[Makey11]

Any possibility that we will get both - and that gives us cover whilst Ib gets fit in 4-6 weeks ?

Personally, I just want Rovers to get some more signed up and integrated in the squad and training so as we can start playing as a unit with the new team(s) as soon as possible and get some points on the board.

Makey has been quiet today - usually a spot on source of what is happening (personally think he has a batphone to Mrs D )

I like to sit back and watch unless someone has the wrong story then i'l correct them

[chris]

and both PSG and Malaga have oil barrels of it.

PSG got a billionaire then?, well not a Venkys billionaire and Man City billionaire.

[Hughesy]

I like to sit back and watch unless someone has the wrong story then i'l correct them

Well rather than sitting back & watching, get a wiggle on and find out what the script is with our signings, any going to be complete today?

Any official move for Boyatta/ Lansbury yet?

[BangkokRover]

PSG got a billionaire then?, well not a Venkys billionaire and Man City billionaire.

On 31 May 2011, Paris Saint-Germain announced that Qatar Investment Authority bought a controlling 70% stake in the club, ending months of speculation about who the Ligue 1 outfit's new owners would be. Colony Capital and Butler Capital Partners, who bought the club from television channel Canal+ in 2006, remained as minority shareholders. Association PSG, meanwhile, held one share.

[Steve Moss]

Also the Givet rumour may also have legs, as Givet had a massive bust up with Dunn during the Kilmarnock game which resulted in Givet demanding to be substituted, Rovers reasons for Givet not playing are highly debatable

Am I the only one who thinks Dunn has become a liability and should be moved on?

[glen9mullan]

I like to sit back and watch unless someone has the wrong story then i'l correct them

Have you heard anything regarding Givet Makey?

[RevidgeBlue]

Hmm. I'm undecided on this. If we see who has left and who has arrived/might be arriving as a replacement since the end of last season, it looks a bit like this:

Phil Jones = Nedum Onuoha

Gavin Gunning = George John

Jermaine Jones = Radosav Petrovic

Keith Andrews = Henri Lansbury

Mame Diouf = Simon Vukcevic

Benjani = Nick Blackman

Nikola Kalinic = David Goodwillie

Roque Santa Cruz = Vedad Ibisevic

I can't think who else has left, although I'm sure Kean said eleven recently?

None of the players in the left hand column apart from Phil and Jermaine Jones made any real contribution last season and the latter was brought in along with RSC by the new regime anyway so any new additions wouldn't exactly have to set the world on fire for us to be stronger than at the comparable point last season.

The direct EHD replacement is surely the recently emerged Hoillet (vast improvement) whereas Blackman is of a similar sort of profile to Mame Diouf.

As things stand, much will depend upon whether Goodwillie can make a more significant impact than Kalinic's five League goals whereas we still desperately need at least one other quality striker to replace Benjani and RSC. Though how many League goals did those two contribute between them last year - was it three?

Vukcevic Formica and Rochina really would be equivalent to outright additions as we didn't have any players of that type twelve months ago.

"Thicko" mode on. Not sure where Philip has got his figure of seventeen departed players from, if he is including players like Rigters and Zurab in that it just how continuingly and pathetically desperate he is to sling mud at Venky's and the "evil" Steve Kean at every possible opportunity. The reality is that it would have been nice to retain Jermaine Jones, (although the younger Petrovic might be just as good or even better)and we will probably not be able to get anyone in as good as Phil Jones.

None of the other departures are any great loss at all whether it be eleven or philip's exagerated figure of seventeen.

[tony gale's mic]

On 31 May 2011, Paris Saint-Germain announced that Qatar Investment Authority bought a controlling 70% stake in the club, ending months of speculation about who the Ligue 1 outfit's new owners would be. Colony Capital and Butler Capital Partners, who bought the club from television channel Canal+ in 2006, remained as minority shareholders. Association PSG, meanwhile, held one share.

The Middle East is ruining the game of football.

[BangkokRover]

The Middle East is ruining the game of football.

Sure and Venkys are a real example of how to run a football club.

[chris]

On 31 May 2011, Paris Saint-Germain announced that Qatar Investment Authority bought a controlling 70% stake in the club, ending months of speculation about who the Ligue 1 outfit's new owners would be. Colony Capital and Butler Capital Partners, who bought the club from television channel Canal+ in 2006, remained as minority shareholders. Association PSG, meanwhile, held one share.

The one that got away