Transfer Window - COMPLETE. Where’s Gregg?

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

No, everything is bad, even when it's good.

And £5m for successful English 23 year old striker who has just bagged 15-20 goals in the Championship is an absolute rip-off. 

Like that's likely to happen.

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, bluebruce said:

They're signing a player from themselves?

A new way to get round FFP…😆

[roverstdt]

6 minutes ago, glen9mullan said:

Poor lad will be getting back in his car and going back Leicester, never seen so much grief over a possible signing.

 This lad in link made £14 mill move this summer without ever playing a first team game, scored last night too.

https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/southampton-man-city-lavia-transfer-27392976

Rovers fans have always been better Managers than the actual managers 😛 

[SBlue]

6 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yes - but we won't be getting a bargain.

This makes no sense and feels like Groundhog Day but I can’t help jumping in.
 

If we think the fee is worth it, only then do we pay.

 

Hypothetically, would you sign a player for 5m that had banged in 20+ championship goals and fits our system perfectly?

[AllRoverAsia]

52 minutes ago, booth said:

We must have a plan in place if he goes.

We will won't we? 😳

Yes, naturally.

It's in GBs office filed under 'Blind Panic and wtf are the lifeboat oars'

[yeti-dog]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I know that's the rumoured price.

I'd be walking away like a shot. Ludicrous for someone who has already failed at this level, and the whole exercise is highly likely to be a colossal waste ot time if not money.

You do like to reach your assumptions quickly. Must be nice to always be so convinced of the efficacy of your beliefs.

It won't be ludricous if he has a storming season - at that point £5m might seem like a bargain, no? Ultimately it's too early to say isn't it?

I'd hazard a guess you also thought the people who lumped money on Brerton to score 20 goals last season was also ludricous given his record up to that point..........

[Bbrovers2288]

Heard ajeti is a possibility should brereton depart

[davulsukur]

8 minutes ago, roverstdt said:

Rovers fans have always been better Managers than the actual managers 😛 

I reckon 99% of this board would have done better than K**n tbf

[J*B]

2 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Heard ajeti is a possibility should brereton depart

Superb on football manager. 

[RevidgeBlue]

9 minutes ago, S8 & Blue said:

Hypothetically, would you sign a player for 5m that had banged in 20+ championship goals and fits our system perfectly?

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored a goal at Championship level so on the face of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level?

Edited August 31, 2022 by RevidgeBlue

[Beanie01289]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored a goal at Championship level so on the face of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level.

We are not spending 5m on him jesus If we spend 5m on him it's because he's deemed worth it there fore he will have a track record at this level

[phili]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored a goal at Championship level so on the face of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level.

Who is there in the £5m range?

As soon as someone hits 15 goals in a season in the Championship they are in the £15m range. 

It seems to me a good approach, with us being able to spend the cash in other areas this season.

[Exiled_Rover]

17 minutes ago, Sparks Rover said:

I think the question of our scouting department is how the feck did he end up at Blackpool after Everton......where were we?

There's a Tony Mowbray thread for this discussion. ☺️

[booth]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Essentially you're endorsing a deal for £5m for someone who has failed already at Championship level.

The point I'm trying to make is, it's not a smart deal. Either he bombs and goes back or we pay top dollar for him.

I get that it's a bit of an unknown whether he'll step up but failed?

He had four starts for Rotherham, the rest of his appearances were as a sub.

And he was a kid playing in a poor team.

Edited August 31, 2022 by booth

[47er]

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored a goal at Championship level so on the face of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level?

30 games for Rotherham in the Championship 2020-21----no goals  and no assists.

Ok I take the point, we have him, if he's no good we send him back.

But surely we can do better than this? And how does £5M remotely come into it?

Last from me on this, wish him well, its not his fault

[rovers11]

I wonder how many hours away we are from the BBD price tag dropping by a few million. We can't let him leave for free. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

5 minutes ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Heard ajeti is a possibility should brereton depart

Typical. Sell a player and use the money to buy something for Waggott to tie his super-yacht to. 

 

[SBlue]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored at level so on of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level?

That would probably be beyond our budget this season and even more of a gamble.

Let's see how he does. If he plays like a 5m+ player, we'll sign him, if not, we won't.

He hardly started a game for Rotherham and even Ronaldo would struggle to do well in some of the teams they've brought up.

Edited August 31, 2022 by S8 & Blue

[phili]

1 minute ago, rovers11 said:

I wonder how many hours away we are from the BBD price tag dropping by a few million. We can't let him leave for free. 

Venky's haven't dropped an asking price yet, and it's up to them if they want to let him leave for free.

[sharpysharps86]

No problem with giving Hirst a go. We've had a few strikers come to the club with poor records in their recent history who turn out to be great players for Rovers (Rudy Gestede, Danny Graham, and even Adam Armstrong had a really poor record at Championship level until things clicked for him at Rovers. If he's been identified as someone who can come in and play to the system that JDT wants then that's good enough for me to support this signing. We really need a focal point down the middle of the attacking positions to link up with the likes of Dack and Hedges, so I'm hoping Hirst can be that.

No idea who else we'll try to bring in, but hopefully it'll be an exciting end to the transfer window 😆.

[booth]

4 minutes ago, 47er said:

30 games for Rotherham in the Championship 2020-21----no goals  and no assists.

Ok I take the point, we have him, if he's no good we send him back.

But surely we can do better than this? And how does £5M remotely come into it?

Last from me on this, wish him well, its not his fault

30 appearances, 4 starts.

Edited August 31, 2022 by booth

[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, booth said:

30 appearances, 4 starts.

Ok, no goals in 4 starts, and brought on on 26 other occasions to try and influence the game and failed.

Why are people trying to defend the indefensible? Everyone seemed to be dead against the signing a few days ago, now because an option to purchase at a completely  unrealistic price appears to be a possibility, most people's views seem to have changed.

Is it sheer desperation due to no other further incomings so close to the end of the window? 

[Danny O.Brien]

Ok so if hirst is one of the three that JDT expected before the deadline. Who do we think/hope the other two are. Stupid answers only 

[alexanders]

Ross Barkley

[XLM]

19 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Of course. But he hasn't. More to the point, he hasn't even scored a goal at Championship level so on the face of it, the chances of that happening are exceedingly slim.

Wouldn't it be far easier to just spend £5m on someone with a track record at this level?

They cost more than £5m. Hence why we didn't sell Brereton to Nice.

If he does gain a track record while he's here, we get a "bargain". If he doesn't, we don't buy him.

I respectfully suggest you stop.