January Transfer Window.

[RoversClitheroe]

Cody Bishop - Carter part exchange 

[Guest]

1 minute ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Cody Bishop - Carter part exchange 

Can you keep it on topic please? 🙃

[ItsRoverZ]

2 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Cody Bishop - Carter part exchange 

I hope not, I really rate Carter 

[BankEnd Rover]

Wish someone would sign Ghelhardt, he must of signed for 5 different clubs according to twitter sources.

[Sweaty Gussets]

12 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Cody Bishop - Carter part exchange 

Who's paying the extra in that deal?

[roverandout]

Colby Bishop. A guy that's 26. Hasn't scored that many goals even in lower league and he's supposed to be the answer? No thanks 

Edited January 26, 2023 by roverandout

[JonJonTheDon]

19 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Cody Bishop - Carter part exchange 

Any credibility to this or just some bloke making something up on twitter?

[roverandout]

Any normal billionaire owners when they see a great chance for promotion push the boat out to make at least one statement signing.  Yet we are shopping in poundshop land

[Guest]

9 minutes ago, JonJonTheDon said:

Any credibility to this or just some bloke making something up on twitter?

Somebody with strong political opinions on Twitter (🤮) that has said we are also interested in signing Moussa Doumbia.

Edited January 26, 2023 by goozburger

[Northcote blues]

“Howard RV” on twitter or something like that…. Taking it with a handful of salt

[islander200]

9 minutes ago, Realistic Rover said:

“Howard RV” on twitter or something like that…. Taking it with a handful of salt

Same writing style as a certain Mercer from here.

File it under bullshit 

[Northcote blues]

2 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Same writing style as a certain Mercer from here.

File it under bullshit 

Probably is Mercer.. tweet about Big Sam to Everton, roughly at the same time Mercer put his £50 bet on Big Sam at 14/1 on this thread… also loves telling everyone he’s from the ribble valley! 😃

[ItsRoverZ]

Mousa doumbia the 28 year old left winger currently playing in the French second division.. who ever Howard RV is, they are imaginative I give them that 

[Danny O.Brien]

13 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Any normal billionaire owners when they see a great chance for promotion push the boat out to make at least one statement signing.  Yet we are shopping in poundshop land

If they didn't do it last season, there's no chance they'll do it this time around when the gap to automatics is so huge. If they had any drive or ambition then was the time to show it.

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

How do you know what we bid?

Uh, I don't, but the post you were quoting said Watford bid 200k and that we bid 300k more. I was going off that basis for argument sake, hence I said 'sounds like'. Maybe you should have asked them how they know what we bid instead of me.

[Mercer]

1 hour ago, islander200 said:

Same writing style as a certain Mercer from here.

File it under bullshit 

Have said before on here, I'm not one of the Twitterati  and even if I was, if I had any info, why the feck would I just not put it on here like I normally do.

Edited January 26, 2023 by Mercer

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, dingles staying down 4ever said:

No it wasnt, it was intended so that he could beat the full back in the air as they are generally worse in the air than centre back. 

Ahh yes, I remember him saying that! What a stupid plan that was.

[rigger]

1 minute ago, bluebruce said:

Ahh yes, I remember him saying that! What a stupid plan that was.

Yes I seem to remember he would beat the full-back in the air, then make a complete bollocks of it, as he didn't know what to do out wide. What a great plan.

[SuperDunny]

Porteous to Watford is a bullet dodged i think

[ben_the_beast]

All my mates are Pompey fans. They rate Bishop far higher than they did Hirst. Not a player who will forge his own chances but has a very good conversion rate with a decent supply.

Edited January 26, 2023 by ben_the_beast

[Guest]

19 minutes ago, SuperDunny said:

Porteous to Watford is a bullet dodged i think

It might have been a bonus signing given that a striker and a dogged midfielder are priorities (in my opinion).

One game isn't enough to judge a player, so take this with a pinch of salt. I watched Porteous against Hearts and he was defensively woeful, if perhaps tidy on the ball. For the price, it might have been worth it to get a ball-playing defender to fit our style of build-up play, but I'm not too bothered based on what I saw. The impression I get on social media is that he is overrated and a bit of an idiot off the field, but then he was only going to cost a few hundred £k.

Next. And I won't mind if that means van Hecke on loan, but I think he's destined for bigger things after starting to break into Brighton's first team.

[SuperDunny]

4 minutes ago, goozburger said:

It might have been a bonus signing given that a striker and a dogged midfielder are priorities (in my opinion).

One game isn't enough to judge a player, so take this with a pinch of salt. I watched Porteous against Hearts and he was defensively woeful, if perhaps tidy on the ball. For the price, it might have been worth it to get a ball-playing defender to fit our style of build-up play, but I'm not too bothered based on what I saw. The impression I get on social media is that he is overrated and a bit of an idiot off the field, but then he was only going to cost a few hundred £k.

Next. And I won't mind if that means van Hecke on loan, but I think he's destined for bigger things after starting to break into Brighton's first team.

Yeah completely agree having watched the Hearts match. Scottish lads i work with reckon that while he is the main man at Hibs, it doesn't help him. His ego gets in the way apparently and his best performance was for Scotland when he was the newbie.

 

JPvH is the dream loan to perm signing but as you say, not a priority really.

[MarkBRFC]

26 minutes ago, goozburger said:

It might have been a bonus signing given that a striker and a dogged midfielder are priorities (in my opinion).

One game isn't enough to judge a player, so take this with a pinch of salt. I watched Porteous against Hearts and he was defensively woeful, if perhaps tidy on the ball. For the price, it might have been worth it to get a ball-playing defender to fit our style of build-up play, but I'm not too bothered based on what I saw. The impression I get on social media is that he is overrated and a bit of an idiot off the field, but then he was only going to cost a few hundred £k.

Next. And I won't mind if that means van Hecke on loan, but I think he's destined for bigger things after starting to break into Brighton's first team.

Very much doubt a midfielder is coming in unfortunately.

Think it will be a striker on loan and that's your lot.

Edited January 26, 2023 by MarkBRFC

[Penwortham Blue]

53 minutes ago, ben_the_beast said:

All my mates are Pompey fans. They rate Bishop far higher than they did Hirst. Not a player who will forge his own chances but has a very good conversion rate with a decent supply.

1 hour ago, ben_the_beast said:

All my mates are Pompey fans. They rate Bishop far higher than they did Hirst. Not a player who will forge his own chances but has a very good conversion rate with a decent supply.

I’ve always liked Clarke-Harris since he played at Ewood for Rotherham, a good few years back. Not the quickest but strong and physical and seems to score well at League 1 level and did ok for Posh last year in the Championship.

[Mercer]

Unless there are any unexpected rabbits to be pulled out of the hat, think this window is going to be one of the most underwhelming in memory and we've had a few of those.

A seeming inability to land even any of our modest targets eg Gelhardt, Porteous, Haikin etc is a damning indictment of the club's functionality. 

Edited January 26, 2023 by Mercer