[Archived] possible transfer targets summer 2013

[Mani]

Ok so call me ultra cynical but O'connells contract also ticks over into into its last year this month so I'm almost certain this is a ploy released by his agent to get him a lucrative new contract!!

[chaddyrovers]

Your right chaddy cant argue with that. But the first team have to win, win, win for promotion. So is it fair to throw them in to the first team when the expectations would exceed their current capabilities.

If the Academy players are good enough then they will play. Simple as. If they not good enough then they wont play.

but we need to bring through Academy players with the FLFFP coming in shortly

[Majiball]

McGugan and El Abd are both out of contract this summer, so we don't know where they will end up signing for, hope we are talking to their agents about coming to Rovers. But I'm not saying we will defo sign them tho. Majiball, you don't know who they are signing for, so acting like you do know.

Lets see how the summer transfer window goes for us. Think so far we have signed 2 good players in Judge and Taylor.

I'll take that as a no then Chaddy. No I may not know where they will end up but I do know who's after one or two of your repeated daily players. Premier league or circus, tricky choice.

If the Academy players are good enough then they will play. Simple as. If they not good enough then they wont play.

but we need to bring through Academy players with the FLFFP coming in shortly

Have you ever heard of the masters of the universe? Well you've just become master of the obvious, practice leads to improvement.

I'm laughing my arse off since you've said I should stop acting like I know where they are going and yet I have only said they won't be coming here. Stop acting like you know who will and won't make the grade at Rovers chaddy as you haven't a Scooby. Since the master of the obvious has said practice leads to improvement here's another one for you. Practice what you preach you hypocrite.

See you later chadders, hopefully today you can manage to post something new as opposed to the same three players every day.

[duffbear]

lol i'd love to see his wage demands, they don't call him Lucash for nothing

That is not a problem we like paying silly wages for people his age, see Danny Murphy.

In Venkys we trust

[donnermeat]

I'd take Lucas Neill back definitely

[Torgeir]

Considering his age and that he played for Sydney recently I can't imagine that his wage demands would be too over the top.

[LeChuck]

Neill has obviously been chasing the money for a few years now. Look at his 3 most recent clubs.

He's not going to come in with the desire and hunger that the squad requires. Plus I never thought he was very good at centre back and we don't need a 35 year old right back.

[Guest Norbert]

Neill is too old, to money orientated and would be another Murphy.

[EPF]

Sure we could pick up some decent players from this list

Arsenal

Arshavin, Andrey

Bihmoutine, Samir

Charles-Cook, Reice Jordan

Denilson

Eastmond, Craig Leon

Hajrovic, Sead

Henderson, Conor Alan

Meade, Jernade Ronnel

Oldfield, Spence-Neita Nigel Paul

Rees, Joshua David

Roberts, Philip James

Shea, James

Squillaci, Sebastien

Watt, Herschel Oulio Sanchez

Aston Villa

Barrett, Calum Alastair

Barton, Joshua

Cameron, Courtney Lee

Devine, Daniel Patrick

Lichaj, Eric Joseph

Marshall, Andrew John

Chelsea

Affane, Amin

Benayoun, Yossi

Deen-Conteh, Abdul Aziz

Ferreira, Paulo Renato Rebocho

Hilario, Meireles Alves Sampaio Henrique

Malouda, Florent Johan

Nkumu, Archange

Turnbull, Ross

Everton

Hammar, Per Johan Gustav

Hitzlsperger, Thomas

Kelly, Sam Alexander

Mucha, Jan

Neville, Phil

Fulham

Baird, Christopher

Davies, Simon

Diarra, Mahamadou

Donegan, Thomas David

Gameiro, Corey James

Karagkounis, Georgios

Musa, James Mzamo

Peniket, Richard James

Petric, Mladen

Schwarzer, Mark

Smith, Alex

Somogyi, Csaba

Liverpool

Belford, Tyrell

Carragher, James Lee

Stephens, James Edward

Wilson, Daniel

Manchester City

Bridge, Wayne

Mancini, Filippo

McGivern, Ryan

Santa Cruz, Roque Luis

Toure, Kolo

Manchester United

Brown, Reece

Cofie, John Erzuah

Fornasier, Michele

Giverin, Luke

Hendrie, Luke John

McCullough, Luke

Scholes, Paul

Van Velzen, Gyliano

Veseli, Frederic

Newcastle United

Harper, Stephen Alan

Moyo, Yven Rochild Victor

Simpson, Daniel Peter

Norwich City

Adeyemi, Thomas Oluseun

Camp, Lee

Durojaiye, Olumide Scott

Francomb, George

Jackson, Simeon Alexander

Martin, Christopher Hugh

Sheriff, Ramil

Smith, Korey Alexander

Tierney, Marc Peter

Ward, Elliott Leslie

Queens Park Rangers

Ben Haim, Tal

Campbell, Dudley Junior

Cerny, Radek

Champion, Frederick

Francis, Adam Royston Lawrence

Hewitt, Troy Roger

Hulse, Robert

Nelsen, Ryan

Parmenter, Taylor Louis

Trani, Tommaso

Reading

Bignall, Nicholas Colin

Church, Simon Richard

Harte, Ian

Hunt, Noel

Losasso, Charlie Carrington

MacDonald, Angus Lees

Pearce, Alexander James

Shorey, Nicholas

Tabb, Jay Anthony

Webb, Joshua Richard Charles Darren Morgan

Williams, Brett Anthony

Southampton

Butterfield, Daniel Paul

Dickson, Ryan Anthony

Forecast, Tommy Stephen

Hoskins, Samuel Tobias

Reeves, Benjamin Neil

Richardson, Frazer

Seaborne, Daniel Anthony

Seidi, Alberto Adulai

Stoke City

Clarkson, Michael Thomas

Delap, Rory

Gledhill, Matthew Benjamin

Hall, Jadan

Lund, Matthew Charles

Musungu, Andrew

Nash, Carlo James

Owen, Michael James

Pennant, Jermaine Lloyd

Rigg, George Benjamin

Sidibe, Mamady

Upson, Matthew James

Whitehead, Dean

Sunderland

Bramble, Titus

Callaghan, Anthony

Joyce, Wade Lewis

Kilgallon, Matthew

Noble, Ryan

Reed, Adam Michael

Wilson, Ben

Swansea City

Gower, Mark

Tottenham Hotspur

Barthram, Jack Patrick

Bentley, David

Bostock, John

Gallas, William

Munns, Jack Frederick

Nicholson, Jake Charlie

West Bromwich Albion

Fortune, Marc-Antoine

Gera, Zoltan

Jara Reyes, Gonzalo Alejandro

Sawyers, Romaine Theodore

Thomas, Jerome

West Ham United

Cole, Carlton

Larkins, Jake

O'Neil, Gary Paul

Powell, Jack Patrick

Rafati, Jami

Wearen, Eoin Patrick

Wigan Athletic

Aylmer, Peter

Crusat Domene, Albert

Di Santo, Franco

Jones, David Frank Llwyd

Lopez Rodriguez, Adrian

Lynch, Jonathan Paul

Morris, Callum Neil

Orsula, Filip

Stam, Ronnie

Sumner, Joshua Andre

Watson, Ryan

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[Guest Norbert]

Bostock may be interesting. He was the next big thing whilst at Palace (like Zaha), but fell under the curse of Spurs.

[Ricky]

Bostock was also the one who sprung out to me. Also Hulse could be worth a shot if we lose a forward.

[AJW]

Scott Dann's found his level , is what i meant by solid championship player , I'm no Dann Fan but to contemplate replacing him with Lucas Neill is quite frankly laughable

[RockinRover]

Out of that list I'd be looking at these. Some of them would require high wages, but some of them are proven Championship quality players.

Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

Sanchez Watt (Arsenal)

Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa)

Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea)

Thomas Hitzlsperger (Everton)

Chris Baird (Fulham)

Simon Davies (Fulham)

Mahamadou Diarra (Fulham)

Daniel Wilson (Liverpool)

Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City)

Danny Simpson (Newcastle United)

Robert Hulse (Queens Park Rangers)

Nicky Shorey (Reading)

Rory Delap (Stoke)

Jermaine Pennant (Stoke)

Matthew Upson (Stoke)

Dean Whitehead (Stoke)

Titus Bramble (Sunderland)

Matthew Kilgallon (Sunderland)

David Bentley (Spurs)

John Bostock (Spurs)

Marc-Antoine Fortune (West Brom)

Zoltan Gera (West Brom)

Jerome Thomas (West Brom)

Carlton Cole (West Ham)

Gary O'Neil (West Ham)

Albert Crusat (Wigan)

Franco Di Santo (Wigan)

David Jones (Wigan)

[LeChuck]

Surely Bentley has already shown that he has nothing to offer us?

As do most on that list to be honest. Two I would have liked (Tierney and Gower) have already moved to other Championship clubs.

[BigBar]

Chris Baird and Shorey to start wit, then ship out some deadwood and have a look at a tidy midfielder player like Gary o Neill and Jerome Thomas on the wing...Thomas might be out now we signed Taylor and Judge, be happy with the other 3 though...

[john.leigh]

Not advocating Neill at all, but as Australia now look odds on to qualify for Brazil, Lucas will play wherever gives him the best preparation for the finals. I really do think that his choice of next club will finally be for footballing (and not financial) reasons.

[LeChuck]

Chris Baird and Shorey to start wit, then ship out some deadwood and have a look at a tidy midfielder player like Gary o Neill and Jerome Thomas on the wing...Thomas might be out now we signed Taylor and Judge, be happy with the other 3 though...

That's four ex-PL players the wrong side of 30. We've got enough of those as it is.

Either younger players dropping out of the PL with a point to prove, or players from the lower leagues desperate to get promotion.

[JAL]

If the Academy players are good enough then they will play. Simple as. If they not good enough then they wont play.

but we need to bring through Academy players with the FLFFP coming in shortly

Then that would probably tells us all what we need to know about the elder ones who never played for the first team last season with the exception of the lad who made his debut at Brum.

Chaddy drop this financial fair play nonsense as its not an excuse to keep falling back on for the club and the owners.

[Mani]

Out of that list I'd be looking at these. Some of them would require high wages, but some of them are proven Championship quality players.

Sebastien Squillaci (Arsenal)

Sanchez Watt (Arsenal)

Eric Lichaj (Aston Villa)

Yossi Benayoun (Chelsea)

Thomas Hitzlsperger (Everton)

Chris Baird (Fulham)

Simon Davies (Fulham)

Mahamadou Diarra (Fulham)

Daniel Wilson (Fulham)

Roque Santa Cruz (Manchester City)

Danny Simpson (Newcastle United)

Robert Hulse (Queens Park Rangers)

Nicky Shorey (Reading)

Rory Delap (Stoke)

Jermaine Pennant (Stoke)

Matthew Upson (Stoke)

Dean Whitehead (Stoke)

Titus Bramble (Sunderland)

Matthew Kilgallon (Sunderland)

David Bentley (Spurs)

John Bostock (Spurs)

Marc-Antoine Fortune (West Brom)

Zoltan Gera (West Brom)

Jerome Thomas (West Brom)

Carlton Cole (West Ham)

Gary O'Neil (West Ham)

Albert Crusat (Wigan)

Franco Di Santo (Wigan)

David Jones (Wigan)

So basically just anyone who's ever stepped a toe out in the PL then?? Boys this is just lazy guess work!

We didn't have the budget to pay Baptistes wages so why would we pay any of the above?? More to the point why would we want to take fame fattened PL has beens and expect them to perform? Last season tells us that this is definately not the way to go to be successful and it is not financially astute or sustainable!

Young hungry talented players who are likely to gain value on low wages mixed with the odd experienced head...surely the best direction to go??

[BigBar]

That's four ex-PL players the wrong side of 30. We've got enough of those as it is.

Either younger players dropping out of the PL with a point to prove, or players from the lower leagues desperate to get promotion.

Not all ex PL players are bad eggs look how effective Mersons, Bellamys, Phillps have been for non PL teams...crazy to tar all ex PL players with the Murphy brush! your really clutching for criticism, Thomas and O neil literally just turned 30 in March and last month respectively. Would it be ok if we signed them when they were 29 last feb...crazy statement in my book...

[neophox]

Gary O'Neill and Thomas Hitzsperger would be good for us and also Jerome Thomas.

I would also like to see Dwight Gayle from Peterborough, the lad can score goals in championship in a poor team.

[Ray-Von]

Is the Wilson player released from Liverpool the Ex-Rangers player? I seem to recall him being a hot prospect a few years back.

[LeChuck]

Not all ex PL players are bad eggs look how effective Mersons, Bellamys, Phillps have been for non PL teams...crazy to tar all ex PL players with the Murphy brush! your really clutching for criticism, Thomas and O neil literally just turned 30 in March and last month respectively. Would it be ok if we signed them when they were 29 last feb...crazy statement in my book...

I wasn't saying they had bad attitudes like Murphy. But it's been proven time and again that signing a cluster of ex-PL players isn't the way to go.

Of course the odd experienced head can really lift a team. But Philips and Bellamy were exceptions in their squads, and both are exceptional pros.

O'Neil has been in this league for a while and not really done much. Plus he has injury worries. Jerome Thomas has always had motivation issues and completely relies on pace - when that's gone so is he. Shorey and Baird seem like solid pros but they wouldn't be cheap. We could make a case for Shorey if Olsson left but we can't justify paying big wages to two left backs.

It's more to do with the balance of personalities in the squad. We're already heavy on experienced ex-PL players in Robinson, Dann, Givet, Murphy, Etuhu, Pedersen, Dunn etc. It's not healthy to add to that unless it is an exceptional player like Philips and Bellamy that inspire people around them. It's no coincidence that our most impressive performers last year were the likes of Rhodes, Hanley, Williamson etc. They've got something to prove.

[Ricky]

Yep Ray it's the same Danny Wilson. Young CB with international experience. Reckon he'll move back to Scotland but could be worth a shout.

[RockinRover]

So basically just anyone who's ever stepped a toe out in the PL then?? Boys this is just lazy guess work!

We didn't have the budget to pay Baptistes wages so why would we pay any of the above?? More to the point why would we want to take fame fattened PL has beens and expect them to perform? Last season tells us that this is definately not the way to go to be successful and it is not financially astute or sustainable!

Young hungry talented players who are likely to gain value on low wages mixed with the odd experienced head...surely the best direction to go??

I'm not saying we should sign them. I'm saying we should look at them.

Young and hungry you say? So how about youngsters with a point to prove like Watt and Wilson? Both highly rated but didn't make it in the big sides. They could however make it down here.

Then you have good experienced hard working British players like Baird, Davies, Hulse, Shorey and more.

Like someone said above we can't just rule out experience Premiership players just because Murphy and Etuhu proved a bit rubbish. We have to look at the attitude they've shown wherever they've played as well.