TRANSFER THREAD - JANUARY 2021

[Bbrovers2288]

The Everton loan signing just doesn’t get me going at all. Not going up, not going down, developing others youngsters which we won’t get the benefit from. Pointless 

[Waggy76]

26 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I’d take Lucas joao over him. Deadly serious 

Not going to happen with Mowbray has manager !

[Bbrovers2288]

20 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

Not going to happen with Mowbray has manager !

Yea not going to happen , was in response to who was better in the league 

[windymiller7]

Anyone got a copy of that photo of Joao & Emnes looking like naughty schoolboys waiting outside Headmaster Tony's office? Proper made me chuckle that one!

[StevenSK]

44 minutes ago, windymiller7 said:

Anyone got a copy of that photo of Joao & Emnes looking like naughty schoolboys waiting outside Headmaster Tony's office? Proper made me chuckle that one!

I remember walking past it. Embarrassed 

[Fraserkirky]

1 hour ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I’d take Lucas joao over him. Deadly serious 

I thought Joao was a hell of a player, needed some refinement and someone to show him the right way. Should have bought him with the bloody Gallagher money. 

[JacknOry]

Attitude though - I have always thought he was an excellent striker but even at Wednesday he couldn't nail down a place. Emnes was good for us too - where is he now?

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 minute ago, JacknOry said:

Attitude though - I have always thought he was an excellent striker but even at Wednesday he couldn't nail down a place. Emnes was good for us too - where is he now?

Opinions, eh...I thought Emnes was..well...underwhelming...

[roversfan99]

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

[JacknOry]

7 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

Not convinced at all tbh. Sure, we need numbers back there but it wont solve the problems we have at the back even with our fully fit defenders.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

22 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

Whether he an defend is secondary - Tony sees Branthwaite as the new Ronald Koeman, and Rovers the new Barca.  

[Wing Wizard Windy Miller]

21 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

Not convinced at all tbh. Sure, we need numbers back there but it wont solve the problems we have at the back even with our fully fit defenders.

18 yr old kid at CB.  Yet TM was unwilling to play our 19/20/21 yr olds as not physically ready.  

You couldn't make it up.  Literally, the only 18 yr old I can think of making any impact at a decent level is Rio Ferdinand.  

*Although I suppose you could throw Phil Jones in there.

Kid's going to have to be something special or he'll sit on the bench whilst Johnson carries on.

[Stuart]

10 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Now back to actually Blackburn Rovers transfer news

 

Well that smacks of “someone to push the lads” rather than an actual first teamer.

Project Mediocrity rumbles on for another season.

[Vilesinner]

Would be happy with the young Everton lad. Very highly rated, and had all the attributes to be successful. But we should sign 2 CBs and hopefully the left back who likes to argue. Lol! 

[StevenSK]

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

Save yourself a weekend of annoyance and ten quid a game. Get some Netflix and take a Sunday walk. Much better for the mind.

[Vilesinner]

15 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

Save yourself a weekend of annoyance and ten quid a game. Get some Netflix and take a Sunday walk. Much better for the mind.

Sounds like you are in the wrong place sir. 

I'll certainly be paying my £10. Am glad the Venks have kept supporting us in these troubled times. 

[StevenSK]

12 minutes ago, Vilesinner said:

Sounds like you are in the wrong place sir. 

I'll certainly be paying my £10. Am glad the Venks have kept supporting us in these troubled times. 

I didn’t see you making comment to what I replied too? Not that there’s anything wrong with it but a strange post given I didn’t even mention the venkys. 

[Beanie01289]

4 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

The Everton loan signing just doesn’t get me going at all. Not going up, not going down, developing others youngsters which we won’t get the benefit from. Pointless 

He looked like a player from the games i saw at the end of last season im more than happy to be bringing him in

[rigger]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

I say this yet again I will leave judgement of the player until he has actually played a few games for us. I hope he works out for us, for the good of Blackburn Rovers, not the manager.

[bboy]

5 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

The Everton loan signing just doesn’t get me going at all. Not going up, not going down, developing others youngsters which we won’t get the benefit from. Pointless 

Reality is we are going to struggle to do much better then this at this stage of the season.

 

Was criminal not to sign another CB last summer.

[AllRoverAsia]

2 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

is anyone anything other than totally non plussed regarding the potential loan sign of a kid who has played 13 senior appearances in his his career?

Is he going to make a major difference in helping a manager who seems unable and unwiling to focus on keeping clean sheets to suddenly start keeping the goals out as a sole change? Unconvinced.

And you are being generous.

9 at some level for Carlisle plus 4 at Everton - being 24 minutes in an EFL game and 3 games in PL 2 

Then again I've not seen him play and at least he's tall so I take that as a positive.

[only2garners]

2 hours ago, StevenSK said:

Save yourself a weekend of annoyance and ten quid a game. Get some Netflix and take a Sunday walk. Much better for the mind.

Good advice - I will be having either a bike ride or a good walk on Sunday. However on Saturday afternoon I’ll be busy watching Rovers.

[rigger]

1 minute ago, only2garners said:

Good advice - I will be having either a bike ride or a good walk on Sunday. However on Saturday afternoon I’ll be busy watching Rovers.

I'll be listening on radio Lancs. Although Kevin Gallagher talks some drivel at times.

[bluebruce]

16 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

And you are being generous.

9 at some level for Carlisle plus 4 at Everton - being 24 minutes in an EFL game and 3 games in PL 2 

Then again I've not seen him play and at least he's tall so I take that as a positive.

I'm sorry am I reading that right? He has only played 3 games for their u23s? For an u23 team that are 6 places below our u23 team?

Really hoping we can chalk that up to being involved with the first team squad, which I'm aware he has a bit, so not being made to play u23 football much. I don't want to have to chalk it off to injury as...well we know about our injury problems in defence. Either way though he might be lacking a bit of match sharpness, and we know how long Tony takes to bed people in, especially if there is a sniff of a fitness issue. (Unless they're carrying some sort of injury and then they can have at it)

[AllRoverAsia]

2 hours ago, bluebruce said:

I'm sorry am I reading that right? He has only played 3 games for their u23s? For an u23 team that are 6 places below our u23 team?

Really hoping we can chalk that up to being involved with the first team squad, which I'm aware he has a bit, so not being made to play u23 football much. I don't want to have to chalk it off to injury as...well we know about our injury problems in defence. Either way though he might be lacking a bit of match sharpness, and we know how long Tony takes to bed people in, especially if there is a sniff of a fitness issue. (Unless they're carrying some sort of injury and then they can have at it)

On further research it appears he made an appearance for Everton v Villa in July 2020 - maybe he made others last season?

He did get a good write up for the game v Villa

He has been on the Everton bench as an unused sub 4 times this season

Transfrmkt not always accurate it seems!

Edit: Braithwaite made 4 consecutive appearances for Everton in the PL at the end of last season. I think I may have eventually got it right! By all accounts he showed well.

Edited January 14, 2021 by AllRoverAsia