January Transfer Window.

[rigger]

44 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Surprised that name of the player (hopefully) over from France hasn't leaked out yet. Anyone got a scooby?

Shaggy has

[chaddyrovers]

 

 

[Craigman]

Kone not coming now.

 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23285480.blackburn-rovers-dealt-blow-pursuit-fc-lorients-ibrahima-kone/

[Ossydave]

Sharpe reporting the name as Ibrahima Kone, we were close to a deal but its gone tits up.

Hells teeth back to the drawing board

[booth]

So one thing is clear. We’re definitely following the nonsensical Tony Mowbray model of, we don’t score enough goals, so let’s sign strikers who don’t score many goals.

[Guest]

Got a feeling this is about to get fucking tasty baby

[neophox]

Dont think its over....

[Sweaty Gussets]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

 

Fuck me we're shit at this transfer business. 

[Ossydave]

The frightening thing is, we're missing out on all our targets and none of them look particularly good!

Just imagine the absolute tripe we're going to end up with as desperation increases (if anyone!).

[BankEnd Rover]

Laughing stock. 

[Ghost7]

Laughable.

[BankEnd Rover]

Just now, Ossydave said:

The frightening thing is, we're missing out on all our targets and none of them look particularly good!

Just imagine the absolute tripe we're going to end up with as desperation increases (if anyone!).

If we end up with the likes coby bishop or Paul mullin then that will be an all new low.

 

[davulsukur]

9 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

Sharpe reporting the name as Ibrahima Kone, we were close to a deal but its gone tits up.

Hells teeth back to the drawing board

Did he say why it's gone tits up?

[BigUts]

6 minutes ago, Mellor Rover said:

Got a feeling this is about to get fucking tasty baby

👀

[CheshireRover]

1 minute ago, davulsukur said:

Did he say why it's gone tits up?

Losing another player to Nice so he's staying

[Ossydave]

3 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Did he say why it's gone tits up?

Not really, says he was due in for a medical and an agreement was in place for a season long loan, for whatever reason it looks like he will stay in France.  I assume the player isn't interested.......

[dallydally]

1 minute ago, Ossydave said:

Not really, says he was due in for a medical and an agreement was in place for a season long loan, for whatever reason it looks like he will stay in France.  I assume the player isn't interested.......

Why would he be? Poor club!!!!

[arbitro]

Close to a deal, in the building.......

We've heard it all before ad nauseam and still they try and feed us the same old guff. The errant ones have turned off the taps and if this is us for the foreseeable future.

[unsall]

Looks like we missed out with the striker from France, close but back to the drawing board, time is pressing..

[RTM08]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Close to a deal, in the building.......

We've heard it all before ad nauseam and still they try and feed us the same old guff. The errant ones have turned off the taps and if this is us for the foreseeable future.

I'd agree, but even other teams with no money manage to get players in in a timely manner. Something is rotten with our specific transfer hierarchy and has been for a while.

[Groundhog]

16 minutes ago, Ghost7 said:

Laughable.

 

16 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Laughing stock. 

How can you say it's laughable? Seriously some of the reactions on this forum are insane. I used to love reading it, it made me feel connected to the club and the fans, but now it just depresses me even more than watching us piss around at the back. Knee jerk to say the least. I get it's frustrating watching us flail around for scraps in the market, our rivals splashing the cash, but what can we do? We can't play football manager like so many want us do.

We live in an age where everything is commented or reported on, how do you know what dealings were going on in the past that went unreported? When we signed the aformentioned Dahlin or Grabbi, or I don't know: Robbie Slater, pick any name - there could have been 4-5 failed deals that went close before a signing was made. It's only because we're hearing about it through mass media that we can actually pass judgement on it. 

The Venky's and upper management are the laughing stock, they deserve our ire - not the manager and the recruitment. FFS one of our lads died in pre-season.

For me their new ownership explains the new year slump under Mowbray and those disastrous 2nd halfs of seasons, and what we're seeing now. Imagine being in that dressing room knowing you need bodies in and the owners are stalling on getting deals done, it breads discontent for me, knowing that players want to leave.

At lot of the criticism Broughton and co are getting is unwarranted - if he came into another club we'd be jealous and saying "they're doing ti right" - he's identified the poor recruitment setup and the contracts - trying to tie people down, he can't do anything about BBD either - he had already gone in his head. What more do we want? For once we actually have a recruitment team and a process, not Tony Mowbray's spreadsheet. It's hard to be a Rovers fan currently but a sense of realism needed.

I also think the way JDT has managed JRC and Dack should be applauded.

Edited January 30, 2023 by Groundhog

[davulsukur]

It would be abysmal planning from GB and his team if they didn't have alternative targets lined up. 

As usual, all we can do is play the waiting game. Really hope we do get a striker in though. 

[Sparks Rover]

3 minutes ago, RTM08 said:

I'd agree, but even other teams with no money manage to get players in in a timely manner. Something is rotten with our specific transfer hierarchy and has been for a while.

I've said it before, our scouting is so so poor.  We can't get anyone in the building, no contacts, GB needs to pull his finger out....we are 4th FFS🤷‍♂️

[CheshireRover]

6 minutes ago, unsall said:

Looks like we missed out with the striker from France, close but back to the drawing board, time is pressing..

Is there a plan Q or are we now just going to hope an agent offers us someone?

[Guest]

1 minute ago, Groundhog said:

 

How can you say it's laughable? Seriously some of the reactions on this forum are insane. I used to love reading it, it made me feel connected to the club and the fans, but now it just depresses me even more than watching us piss around at the back. Knee jerk to say the least. I get it's frustrating watching us flail around for scraps in the market, our rivals splashing the cash, but what can we do? We can't play football manager like so many want us do.

We live in an age where everything is commented or reported on, how do you know what dealings were going on in the past that went unreported? When we signed the aformentioned Dahlin or Grabbi, or Robbie Slater, pick any name - there could have been 4-5 players that went close before a deal was made.  It's only because we're hearing about it through mass media that we can actually pass judgement on it. 

The Venky's and upper management are the laughing stock, they deserve our ire - not the manager and the recruitment. FFS one of our lads died in pre-season.

For me their new ownership explains the new year slump under Mowbray and those disastrous 2nd halfs of seasons, and what we're seeing now. Imagine being in that dressing room knowing you need bodies in and the owners are stalling on getting deals done, it breads discontent for me, knowing that players want to leave.

At lot of the criticism Broughton and co are getting is unwarranted - if he came into another club we'd be jealous and saying "they're doing ti right" - he's identified the poor recruitment setup and the contracts - trying to tie people down, he can't do anything about BBD either - he had already gone in his head. What more do we want? For once we actually have a recruitment team and a process, not Tony Mowbray's spreadsheet. It's hard to be a Rovers fan currently but a sense of realism needed.

I also think the way JDT has managed JRC and Dack should be applauded.

Can have a recruitment team of 200 if you want, means nothing without bodies in the door.

Brittain, Hyam and Thomas all look good signings on the face of it. The rest, pretty awful.