Transfer Window - COMPLETE. Where’s Gregg?

[Guest]

4 year deal through to 2026, no extension option. Good stuff.

[danger19_80]

1 minute ago, Paul Mani said:

 

Great news. And a few empty spaces in that sticker book still!

[ItsRoverZ]

In his announcement  video there is 5 more empty spaces in the sticker book lol, more signings or just a design thing? 

[Armchair supporter supremo]

1 minute ago, Paul Mani said:

 

Welcome Callum

 

And tbf! That was a pretty nifty little promo vid from the media team👏 props where it's due👏

[davulsukur]

Good start to our summer signings!

RB was a problem and looks like we've actually resolved it.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

2 minutes ago, rog of the rovers said:

Ding Ding Ding

Who had page 286 on their Transfer Bingo sheet?

Nice to have a new face in, hopefully the first of many.

Mercer had money on pages 105-477

[Neal]

Looks like transfers are really under wraps and we didn't hear about this one till it was already done and dusted. Fair play. Next...

[tomphil]

Don't forget the stupid pants down deal they did for Poveda, were Rovers ended up still having to pay his 11 grand a week wage contribution whilst he was injured and back at Leeds.

Is there any surprise whatsoever the contract situations often end in farce when you look at that.  Just who agreed to that and signed it off ?   Did they even know what they'd agreed too ?

Shocking but unsurprising so unless Leeds are literally giving him to us for nowt then forget it. 

[Upside Down]

4 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

 

Not quite Brittan first but it was fucking close.

[CD_93]

Such a cheeky announcement video.

Clearly more confident about this window than we have been 🤣

Welcome, Callum!

[Jimmy612]

There's at least 4 empty slots in that sticker book..... 👀

Edited July 21, 2022 by Jimmy612

[Upside Down]

4 minutes ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Welcome Callum

 

And tbf! That was a pretty nifty little promo vid from the media team👏 props where it's due👏

A lot of those videos they put on twitter are very good.

Except the shirt promo where they were proudly showing off the rotting carcass of the Riverside. 

[islander200]

Welcome Callum. Good signing 

On to the next one

[Upside Down]

Just now, Jimmy612 said:

There's at least 4 empty slots in that sticker book. 

They're for the shinys.

[Tom]

Definitely hinting at more to come with the sticker book!

[neophox]

Welcome Callum Brittain!!! Good signing on a 4 year deal! Thats how to do business! We've all moaned and hopefully this is just the start. I bet he will play on saturday 🙂

[davulsukur]

So that's RB sorted, what's next?

CM? CB?

[Nuttall is lost]

Is he any good?  Know nuffink about him Jeff

[Sparks Rover]

5 minutes ago, neophox said:

Welcome Callum Brittain!!! Good signing on a 4 year deal! Thats how to do business! We've all moaned and hopefully this is just the start. I bet he will play on saturday 🙂

Hopefully not a downgrade....we will see.

[glen9mullan]

An excellent signing on the face of it, good age, lots of championship expereience and a real engine.

We may lose on the defensive front, but his end product in the final third will add much more than we've had since Emerton departed.

Think this is great business

[roverandout]

Perhaps venkys will splash some real cash this summer now Mowbray has gone. I don't think they really trusted him with a bigger budget 

[OsloRover]

Seems a good player, reasonable fee, good lenght of contract. Well done rovers.

[RV Blue]

6 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

An excellent signing on the face of it, good age, lots of championship expereience and a real engine.

We may lose on the defensive front, but his end product in the final third will add much more than we've had since Emerton departed.

Think this is great business

From the bit I’ve read on him his final ball seems to be his biggest weakness

[JHRover]

One big problem addressed, in my opinion at least 5 more needed before we can consider ourselves as strong or stronger than last season.

We will see whether he is an upgrade on Nyambe in time to come. I am pleased we have got some business done at last, pleased there is at least some willingness to invest and pleased that we are actually addressing things with proper contracts.

I am baffled. Baffled that we are willing and able to pay a reported 7 figure transfer fee on this lad and hand him a 4 year deal yet not willing or able to retain Lenihan or Nyambe, the cost of both peanuts in comparison to this outlay.

My interpretation is that a combination of Covid, Venkys going silent for a couple of years and a vacuum at the top of the club with Mowbray's power gone meant nobody was in a position to sort those contracts out, and by the time we were it was just too late - those players had had interest from elsewhere, bridges were burned and heads were turned.

I am hoping that things are different now, but this is only a small start. Much more is needed and quite quickly, although the most pressing area has been dealt with.

I think the most impressive element of the deal is the professionalism of it. To have an actual Director of Football talking about the background to the deal, the logic behind it and even thanking Barnsley for their part in it just suggests to me a lot more of a professional structure in place. Don't need to hear from JDT on this - Broughton can handle it

[BankEnd Rover]

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