January Transfer Window.

[AllRoverAsia]

1 hour ago, Wing Wizard Windy Miller said:

Most likely disappear on the pitch - like Rothwell.

He has already 

[lraC]

9 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Bonkers the amount of potential money we've let walk out of the door. And for what? 

Only chance we have now, unless he's off to Spain in the summer, is a desperate Prem club like Everton or West Ham hitting the panic button and giving us £5+ and tempting him into the prem with silly money.

We invested so much money and time into him, the aim was always to make a profit on what we paid for him, surely? And yet we just let him walk for nothing but still complain about the restrictions FFP put on us 🤷🏻‍♂️ 

Whatever you do, if you receive a free ticket from the club, inviting you to a party at the brewery, shred it and pop it in the bin. 

[TheRevAshton]

Looks like a bid has been submitted for Ryan Porteous.

Doesn't seem like we need him just yet, as others have said - but he's no doubt being brought in to replace Ayala, and coming in early should have him ripe and ready for next season.

This will be a big saving on wages, a quality bit of business considering he'll cost us ~£500k.

Replacing a player before he's gone, love to see it! Now we just need to try and do the same with Diaz...

 

Edited January 17, 2023 by TheRevAshton

[Tugayisgod]

7 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

Looks like a bid has been submitted for Ryan Porteous.

Doesn't seem like we need him just yet, as others have said - but he's no doubt being brought in to replace Ayala, and coming in early should have him ripe and ready for next season.

This will be a big saving on wages, a quality bit of business considering he'll cost us ~£500k.

Replacing a player before he's gone, love to see it! Now we just need to try and do the same with Diaz...

 

Hope it gets over the line. What about a similar cheeky move for Teemu Pukki who is also out of contract? 32 now but could still do a job for us

[TheRevAshton]

19 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Hope it gets over the line. What about a similar cheeky move for Teemu Pukki who is also out of contract? 32 now but could still do a job for us

He could do okay here, but I doubt we'd go for someone like him... he'd want way higher wages than we could offer too.

We need someone younger and faster with resale potential - problem is, attackers of that ilk cost a good few quid to begin with - like Brereton.

Let's hope this rumoured 'war chest for marquee signings' is actually a real thing. If not, I guess we'll have to pray that Harry Leonard can hit the ground running.

Edited January 17, 2023 by TheRevAshton

[Tugayisgod]

1 minute ago, TheRevAshton said:

He could do okay here, but I doubt we'd go for someone like him... he'd want way higher wages than we could offer too.

We need someone younger and faster with resale potential - problem is, attackers of that ilk cost a good few quid to begin with - like Brereton.

Let's hope this rumoured 'war chest for marquee signings' is actually a real thing. If not, we'll have to pray that Harry Leonard can hit the ground running.

I think the war chest is a myth unfortunately. Need some experience in the side imo. Pukki would be ideal for a year or two, especially in the championship which is unfortunately where I think we will be for another year at least. Don't think he'd be on mega money at Norwich and a new manager there might want to change things about a bit

[Tugayisgod]

Raya "assessing his future" at Brentford. Hopefully a windfall on the way.

[davulsukur]

30 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

Looks like a bid has been submitted for Ryan Porteous.

Doesn't seem like we need him just yet, as others have said - but he's no doubt being brought in to replace Ayala, and coming in early should have him ripe and ready for next season.

This will be a big saving on wages, a quality bit of business considering he'll cost us ~£500k.

Replacing a player before he's gone, love to see it! Now we just need to try and do the same with Diaz...

 

Good bit of forward planning tbf, if he's a good player that it is.

Don't think Carter will make the step up, so getting him and Ayala off the books leaves us a bit short. 

[Torgeir]

5 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Good bit of forward planning tbf, if he's a good player that it is.

Don't think Carter will make the step up, so getting him and Ayala off the books leaves us a bit short. 

Carter is too reckless but has a lot of raw attributes. Might become a player down the line.

[TheRevAshton]

I like Carter, think he's done alright when he's played - we'd kick ourselves down the line if we released him or let him go on the cheap, I feel sure of that.

[Theaxe15]

Hyam and Porteous with Carter Wharton and Phillips as back up? Pretty solid collection of CBs 

Now time to work on every other position…

Edited January 17, 2023 by Theaxe15

[Polky]

Porteous would be a great signing. I just hope Watford don’t gazump us with their parachute money and then send him off to Udinese!

Edited January 17, 2023 by BRFC_Polky

[roverandout]

Jdt is the antithesis of Mowbray.  Mowbray buys attacker after attacker but neglects the defence.  Jdt buys loads of defensive players but neglects attack

 

The funniest part. Mowbray was a defender.  Jdt was a striker 

Edited January 17, 2023 by roverandout

[Torgeir]

12 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Jdt is the antithesis of Mowbray.  Mowbray buys attacker after attacker but neglects the defence.  Jdt buys loads of defensive players but neglects attack

 

The funniest part. Mowbray was a defender.  Jdt was a striker 

JDT's style is to play out from the back, so we need better ball playing defenders. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

JDT's style is to play out from the back, so we need better ball playing defenders. 

No problem there then, there’s loads of excellent ball playing defenders knocking about in the lower leagues.

[roverblue]

Like the sound of Porteous, hope it gets over the line before we get out bid by someone else. Good to see some forward thinking in replacing Ayala and at a good price.

[Ghost7]

Can't wait to see Porteous's range of passing to Kaminski and back to Kaminski then back again to Kaminski.

[Tugayisgod]

Here we go, disappointment incoming

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1162791841?-11198:839

[davulsukur]

9 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Here we go, disappointment incoming

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1162791841?-11198:839

Yeah, they'll be able to offer better wages you'd assume, especially if he signs for them and gets loaned to Watford, avoiding any FFP restrictions. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Players only come to Rovers if there’s no other realistic alternative.

[Gaz85]

24 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Here we go, disappointment incoming

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1162791841?-11198:839

A report referring to us as “the riversiders” I’ll take as a pinch of salt 😁

[dingles staying down 4ever]

15 minutes ago, Gaz85 said:

A report referring to us as “the riversiders” I’ll take as a pinch of salt 😁

Well Im a Riversider as I sit in the Riverside so what you trying to say?

[GHR]

15 minutes ago, Gaz85 said:

A report referring to us as “the riversiders” I’ll take as a pinch of salt 😁

Surely this derives from them just looking us up on Wikipedia, which gives it as our (only) nickname. I have never heard us go by anything other than 'Rovers', or indeed sometimes just 'Blackburn' to non-natives.

[Theaxe15]

45 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Here we go, disappointment incoming

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1162791841?-11198:839

Getting Kipre flashbacks here

[CambridgeRover]

Seems bonkers that you have these multi club set ups, so Udinese buys him, he spends the season on loan at watford?