TRANSFER THREAD - JANUARY 2021

[rigger]

18 minutes ago, 47er said:

Oh right! We won't need a left-back then?

Good news about the pitch but I didn't realise it was going to be rooted out as an excuse evrytime weaned something else.

If we can only tackle Rovers' Problems one at a time, we're going nowhere are we?

I think that there was a hint of sarcasm in Ghost's reply, and the pitch was not meant to be taken as an excuse.

[windymiller7]

56 minutes ago, 47er said:

Re Harry Pickering, as I read it they want £60000 for him and we have offered £400000 and quite likely he'll go somewhere else.

I've never seen him so I don't know how good he is or not but if Rovers think he's a good'un and he's only 21 and he plays in a position where we need somebody, why are we baulking at £200000? Its small change these days.

Can't the owners see that they will make money from him one way or another---either the preferred way where he helps us get promotion or resale later on? Dumb.

Really surprised they turned it down then! 😉

[Ghost7]

2 hours ago, rigger said:

I think that there was a hint of sarcasm in Ghost's reply, and the pitch was not meant to be taken as an excuse.

Correct. We will hear that excuse a lot in the summer, might as well get the ball rolling now.

[Blue&WhiteArmy]

Not sure if it means anything but no Cedric Kipre in the West Brom Squad tonight 🤷🏻‍♂️

[Ulrich]

It probably just means that big Sam thinks he's pants haha. 

[blondie]

1 hour ago, Blue&WhiteArmy said:

Not sure if it means anything but no Cedric Kipre in the West Brom Squad tonight 🤷🏻‍♂️

No Pickering in Crewe squad.

[Leonard Venkhater]

19 minutes ago, blondie said:

No Pickering in Crewe squad.

Busy having a road named after him?

[LDRover]

21 minutes ago, blondie said:

No Pickering in Crewe squad.

No Van Dijk in Liverpool's squad Thursday either...

[47er]

9 hours ago, windymiller7 said:

Really surprised they turned it down then! 😉

Nice one! I've edited!

[Gone to seed]

8 hours ago, Blue&WhiteArmy said:

Not sure if it means anything but no Cedric Kipre in the West Brom Squad tonight 🤷🏻‍♂️

 

8 hours ago, Ulrich said:

It probably just means that big Sam thinks he's pants haha. 

And Big Sam's judgment on defenders these days is infallible and trustworthy..?? Oh, hang on... West Brom 0 - Man Citeh 5

Look, this lad Kipre did a fine enough job at this level to merit a well established Premier League set up to take a punt on him - I say he is probably kicking himself about having been frozen out without having had any real chance of proving himself at Prem level, and would probably jump at the chance of regular game time here, if offered a way out of his frozen nightmare.

So what if the Fat Gum Chewer doesn't like him? We, on the other hand, still need reinforcements in our defensive ranks if we are to progress. Get him in. @notfookingrocketscience.com

 

[Bigdoggsteel]

7 hours ago, WIR Second Coming said:

 

And Big Sam's judgment on defenders these days is infallible and trustworthy..?? Oh, hang on... West Brom 0 - Man Citeh 5

Look, this lad Kipre did a fine enough job at this level to merit a well established Premier League set up to take a punt on him - I say he is probably kicking himself about having been frozen out without having had any real chance of proving himself at Prem level, and would probably jump at the chance of regular game time here, if offered a way out of his frozen nightmare.

So what if the Fat Gum Chewer doesn't like him? We, on the other hand, still need reinforcements in our defensive ranks if we are to progress. Get him in. @notfookingrocketscience.com

 

Or maybe he just isn't that good? Hence why Bilic and now Big Sam don't fancy him 

[roversfan99]

He was good enough to excel at Championship level. Obviously he would need to play at Premier League level to prove or disprove his capability but we can be sure based on his performances at Wigan that he is a very able Championship defender. Many of our key players if not all would struggle to establish themselves at Premier League level.

[Gone to seed]

55 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Or maybe he just isn't that good? Hence why Bilic and now Big Sam don't fancy him 

More likely to be that he isn't quite the quality expected at the highest level, and was brought in as back up by the previous manager. Their rush of blood does provide us with an opportunity though, which I am surprised we haven't moved to take advantage of, particularly as we could get the player in on loan, give him game time and see if he is capable without the risk of a long term commitment...

[Rogerb]

9 hours ago, WIR Second Coming said:

 

 

Look, this lad Kipre did a fine enough job at this level to merit a well established Premier League set up to take a punt on him - 

 

? Wouldn't say west brom are well established premier league club. Thought it came out after bilic left that he wasn't his signing.

[neophox]

Kipre and Pickering has been targets whole transfer window and we all know how slow Rovers are with their dealings and most of them coming in the last day or so...

 

[Bigdoggsteel]

33 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

More likely to be that he isn't quite the quality expected at the highest level, and was brought in as back up by the previous manager. Their rush of blood does provide us with an opportunity though, which I am surprised we haven't moved to take advantage of, particularly as we could get the player in on loan, give him game time and see if he is capable without the risk of a long term commitment...

He must be well off it if he can't make the bench for this WBA team. They are shipping goals left, right and center 

[Gone to seed]

3 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

He must be well off it if he can't make the bench for this WBA team. They are shipping goals left, right and center 

Yes, none of their team could possibly be good enough to get into the Rovers' set up..  😂

[RoversClitheroe]

7 minutes ago, neophox said:

Kipre and Pickering has been targets whole transfer window and we all know how slow Rovers are with their dealings and most of them coming in the last day or so...

 

You reckon we'll land both of them? 

[Bigdoggsteel]

1 hour ago, WIR Second Coming said:

Yes, none of their team could possibly be good enough to get into the Rovers' set up..  😂

He's not even in their team, that's the point. He isn't even in the squad. I would take some of their starters though ,no doubt. A good championship squad. 

[roversfan99]

I dont get why anyone would judge a player and his suitability as a Championship player based on his exclusion from a Premier League team rather than his impressive performances as a Championship defender regularly helping his side to win clean sheets.

I suspect that there is still some resentment that he made the very understandable choice to choose to play at a higher level on double the money.

[Rogerb]

Joe Hilton gone to Ross county on loan

[only2garners]

He appears to have been on the bench tonight, unless they have another Hilton.

[Bigdoggsteel]

3 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I dont get why anyone would judge a player and his suitability as a Championship player based on his exclusion from a Premier League team rather than his impressive performances as a Championship defender regularly helping his side to win clean sheets.

I suspect that there is still some resentment that he made the very understandable choice to choose to play at a higher level on double the money.

Or maybe he just had a decent run of it at Wigan. Who knows. There is a reason why he isn't getting a look in there. They are shipping goals. 

[roversfan99]

22 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:

Or maybe he just had a decent run of it at Wigan. Who knows. There is a reason why he isn't getting a look in there. They are shipping goals. 

Well yeah, but surely the time when he did play, at this level, and regularly impressed is more relevant than any conclusions that can be gathered from not playing in the Premier League.

If anything, surely the likes of Semi Ajayi who actually are playing in teams that are conceding 4 and 5 goals at a time would warrant more criticism and even then, at Championship level he is a very competent centre back.

West Brom have a surplus of centre backs, they have Ajayi as mentioned, a very good Championship centre back, Dara O'Shea who is a younger player who seems to have gone straight into the team this season, they sold Hegazi which angered Bilic mid season but he again is a good Championship centre back, Branislav Ivanovic who is obviously a very experienced defender at Premier League player, Kyle Bartley, yet another experienced Championship centre back and of course Kipre whose regular inclusion was a big part of Wigan keeping so many clean sheets in the second half of last season. Ultimately I am not convinced that any are Premier League quality (in Ivanovics case at his age) but quite a few are top end Championship centre backs.

[RoversClitheroe]

Greg Cunningham off to Preston.

Shame we got in Douglas who I still think is useless, performances might be improved but they couldn't have been any worse, so really he's still massively below average.