Summer Transfer Window

[Vilesinner]

1 hour ago, philipl said:

I think we have a decent chance having seen the other teams albeit at this very early stage of the season.

Yes, we have been the better side in every single match we have played, why not top 2.

[47er]

1 hour ago, O'Malley said:

How does that tally with numerous other clubs bringing players in and outspending Rovers?

How often do you intend to make this point? its nearly 100 % of your posts isn't it?

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, roversfan99 said:

Having one proven performer and plenty of promising players around that all fighting for 2 places is surely a good thing?

1 proven performer?

Dolan and Brereton been good so far.

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Also, why dont you have a problem with Trybull coming in and potentially pushing Buckley and Davenport further away from the first team? Wheres the consistency? Or do you not want him?

I dont know much About Trybull at all. Or the type of player he is. So cant comment. You will remember me saying I felt we didnt need another one and I wanted Left back in as the main priority. I want to Buckley play more and more. He will very good player for this. Which will happen this season. Davenport is a strange one. Never had the chance. 

[Neal]

37 minutes ago, O'Malley said:

I reckon that having a decent transfer budget gives the club's that have that an advantage over those that dont. We appear to have recruited very well and it could be argued that the manager has played a role in that and deserves some credit. I've seen some posts that suggest that Mowbray now has to deliver a play off spot which disregards other clubs that have brought in players and had the advantage of being able to pay substantial transfer fees.

 

It should but from what I've seen over the years It doesn't always necessarily play out like that. Look at Cardiff, Burnley, Sheff United, Leicester... Didn't spent vast amounts of money. Then look at Derby, Waghorn for 8 Mill, Lawrence for 11 Mill, big wages on Rooney... They look garbage. Just because you sign a player on a free in last year of his contract doesn't mean they're worse than a player who goes for x amount of millions. 

 

When we come up against a side, I often ask myself, who in our squad would swap in theirs like for like? Granted I have a bias but there are never many players I would swap. What's been lacking is certain mentality of player and I think in Ayala, Johnson, Douglas and perhaps Trybul we may finally have that. If you look at that Norwich fans short video when he discusses our squad, he goes through our side and almost seems to be surprised at the amount of quality in there when you give it thought. I remember Merson saying the same on Soccer Saturday. Many of our players would leave for decent fee's, we have to start realising and fulfilling our potential. This has to be the best chance we've had since we've been down here, the league is open, we have to go for it and I don't just mean the playoffs....

[Swanson]

[chaddyrovers]

1 minute ago, JHRover said:

Pete O'Rourke reckons us and Millwall trying to challenge Middlesbrough for Yannick Bolasie but he prefers Middlesbrough 

 

[Glosrover]

12 hours ago, Atko's Engine said:

Kaminski

Nyambe, Lenihan, Ayala, Douglas 

Johnson, Holtby, Rothwell

Dolan, Arma, Brereton

 

Stergiakis / Pears

JRC, Williams, Wharton / Magloire, Bell

Travis, Buckley, Davenport / Trybull 

Chapman, Gallagher, Dack

 

Plus potentially Downing, with Vale, McBride, Brennan, Butterworth and a few others looking good behind them in the U23s

I've probably missed some, and there's a couple of assumptions and a couple of square pegs in there too, but overall I'd say any combination of the above two 11s has a chance of matching anything else in this division this season.

Reasons to be hopeful I think.

That's actually 2 teams that would hold their own in the Championship - it would be half decent match watching them play each other,

wouldnt allow the 'second team' to play with 14 though - Pears, Magloire, and Davenport have to be ballboys for the day......[they can fetch Gally's shots from the trees].

[Guest]

Now Yannick Bolasie is one I can get on board with.

[47er]

24 minutes ago, Wood26 said:

I would guess the 4th man is Downing isn’t it?

I thought he was going to be the 3rd man!

[Neal]

Is Yannick Bolasie really any good now though? 

[islander200]

Cardiff agree 1.2 million loan fee for Wilson

[Ewood Ace]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

1 proven performer?

Dolan and Brereton been good so far.

The only thing that Brereton has proven to be is consistently useless.

[philipl]

Just now, 47er said:

I thought he was going to be the 3rd man!

At this rate he will be the 23rd man

[islander200]

3 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

The only thing that Brereton has proven to be is consistently useless.

So Brereton had been useless THIS season?Nonsense

[RoversClitheroe]

Bolasie I can get on board with

[Ruaney]

How many good performances does Brereton need before he doesn't get labelled as useless anymore? Yes, he's not banging in the goals but he is playing extremely well on the left. 

[Ewood Ace]

2 minutes ago, islander200 said:

So Brereton had been useless THIS season?Nonsense

He's playing in the front 3 in a team that has been scoring scoring goals for fun and he is still yet to register a goal or even an assist this season. The only reason people think that he is doing well is because he has been so bad that expectations for him couldn't be lower.

[Sparks Rover]

16 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Davenport is a strange one. Never had the chance. 

I feel the same about Mols, and he's been here since he was 10. Never had the chance. But you just dismissive of him....you're a strange one.

[Tom]

3 minutes ago, Ruaney said:

How many good performances does Brereton need before he doesn't get labelled as useless anymore? Yes, he's not banging in the goals but he is playing extremely well on the left. 

I think the end product needs to come to get that monkey off his back, just chipping in now and then even 

[Tugay-is-God]

4 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

He's playing in the front 3 in a team that has been scoring scoring goals for fun and he is still yet to register a goal or even an assist this season. The only reason people think that he is doing well is because he has been so bad that expectations for him couldn't be lower.

Did he not assist Dolan's goal against Derby?

[islander200]

6 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

He's playing in the front 3 in a team that has been scoring scoring goals for fun and he is still yet to register a goal or even an assist this season. The only reason people think that he is doing well is because he has been so bad that expectations for him couldn't be lower.

He has played a crucial role in many of our goals this season and has played well.It is nonsense to suggest otherwise.Not blinded at all

[Ruaney]

3 minutes ago, Tom said:

I think the end product needs to come to get that monkey off his back, just chipping in now and then even 

Yeah, I can see that. I think he's had to change the way he approached the game before COVID so hopefully that side will come as time passes. He has been a completely different animal post-lockdown. A goal would do him the world of good because we did buy him as a striker but playing where he is now, we don't need 15-20 out of him. 5-10 would be nice! 

[davulsukur]

5 mins warning on Rovers twitter

[TruRover]

Bolasie would be incredible! Think he wants to join up with warnock though. 

 

[Angry_Pirate]

29 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Pete O'Rourke reckons us and Millwall trying to challenge Middlesbrough for Yannick Bolasie but he prefers Middlesbrough 

I actually wrote something about Bolasie a few weeks ago, but deleted it before posting as it sounded far too fetched.

So whilst I believe it to be genuine, I believe this is our token deadline day "we bid (X-75%) and other team bid (X)" deal... a la Freeman, Reed etc.