January Transfer Window.

[BankEnd Rover]

  On 25/01/2023 at 10:54, Sweaty Gussets said:

Interesting we're being linked with an ex-Stanley man who prior to joining them spent most of his career in non-league. I'm sure that's a signing that will be warmly welcomed on here 😁

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This page would blow up & rightly so…I’m guessing JDT has been spotted down there….Why o why are we even venturing down this route - Red flags 🚩 

[BankEnd Rover]

[BlackburnEnd75]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:03, BankEnd Rover said:

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So he flew out to Spain whilst on paternity leave? 

[47er]

  On 25/01/2023 at 10:09, ben_the_beast said:

Personally I do think it's frustrating that we've not brought anyone in earlier.

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We never do though. Always last minute and not our first choices. 

Going according to plan.

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 10:58, BankEnd Rover said:

This page would blow up & rightly so…I’m guessing JDT has been spotted down there….Why o why are we even venturing down this route - Red flags 🚩 

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Could be a good signing. He's a traditional number 9 who scores goals. He'd add some physical presence up front that everyone has been crying out for. Not all League 1 signings are Hirst, some are Dack. 

[Theaxe15]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:04, BlackburnEnd75 said:

So he flew out to Spain whilst on paternity leave? 

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They can easily send medical staff over or do it Manchester or something 

[TheRevAshton]

It's a shame we're going to lose Diaz... our best player, our top bagger. He'll be tough to replace.

We could go for Siriki Dembele maybe? Or uncover a gem from the Scandi' leagues? Could be exciting actually! Who could we get?

Ronan f**king Curtis baby, RC11.

[Leonard Venkhater]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:10, Theaxe15 said:

They can easily send medical staff over or do it Manchester or something 

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To the maternity ward!

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:11, TheRevAshton said:

It's a shame we're going to lose Diaz... our best player, our top bagger. He'll be tough to replace.

We could go for Siriki Dembele maybe? Or uncover a gem from the Scandi' leagues? Could be exciting actually! Who could we get?

Ronan f**king Curtis baby, RC11.

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The article is speculating JDT was watching Bishop not Curtis. As a fellow man of the cloth you should know that.

[Silas]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:03, BankEnd Rover said:

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Not to be pedantic but he's 23 (24 in a few months)

Shoddy 'journalism'.

[joey_big_nose]

  On 25/01/2023 at 10:20, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Aggree, May as well delete the entire thread and try starting again since there's been no transfers! 

 

Or leave this thread for folk to carry on bickering in and start a new one strictly gor actual transfer news and links

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Yes this was always good - just the links, no comment allowed...

[BankEnd Rover]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:09, Sweaty Gussets said:

Could be a good signing. He's a traditional number 9 who scores goals. He'd add some physical presence up front that everyone has been crying out for. Not all League 1 signings are Hirst, some are Dack. 

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Good points, but you see the names we get linked in and then you see reports like this. Just perhaps bring us back down to civilisation and the budgets we’re working with.

 

[Guest]

Jackson reporting that we are close to our first signing. Sounds like an attacker, but not Undav or Gelhardt. Anybody any clues?

Shame about Brereton Diaz, but I felt it would always come to this. The writing was on the wall before Tomasson and Broughton came in.

[Silas]

  On 25/01/2023 at 09:12, roverblue said:

Can the moderators delete most of this non transfer talk guff please?

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Sorry, no, there's too much of it now, and the horse has fairly bolted. 

We do let the transfer threads go off tangent a bit, understandable considering the level of transfer activity equals zero!

But the people have spoken, since this is the most liked post for a good few pages. 

So with a week to go:

Can we please keep the transfer thread on the topic of transfers. 

Take ex manager discussions to the relevant manager threads please.

From here on out any off topic posts will be hidden, so please don't waste your time just for the content to disappear. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:36, BankEnd Rover said:

Good points, but you see the names we get linked in and then you see reports like this. Just perhaps bring us back down to civilisation and the budgets we’re working with.

 

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Rovers transfer budgets are agreed in the summer for the full year, so all there is left is what's not been spent in the summer. They've had to swallow their pride and send Hirst back because he was taking up a big chunk of wages. I bet they wish they could do it with Szmodics. 

So, yeah, there probably isn't much left. Although in fairness, we were one of the biggest net spenders in the division this summer. Compared to most clubs in the division who don't have parachute payments, managers at Rovers are well supported financially. 

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:43, goozburger said:

Jackson reporting that we are close to our first signing. Sounds like an attacker, but not Undav or Gelhardt. Anybody any clues?

Shame about Brereton Diaz, but I felt it would always come to this. The writing was on the wall before Tomasson and Broughton came in.

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Let the guessing games begin!

[Guest]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:47, Sweaty Gussets said:

Let the guessing games begin!

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Ashley Barnes?

[bluebruce]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:27, Silas said:

Not to be pedantic but he's 23 (24 in a few months)

Shoddy 'journalism'.

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Indeed, and that's actually the only reason he is allowed to sign a pre contract on a free in the first place.

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:48, goozburger said:

Ashley Barnes?

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Wash your mouth out!

[Penwortham Blue]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:43, goozburger said:

Jackson reporting that we are close to our first signing. Sounds like an attacker, but not Undav or Gelhardt. Anybody any clues?

Shame about Brereton Diaz, but I felt it would always come to this. The writing was on the wall before Tomasson and Broughton came in.

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Sorba Thomas from Huddersfield 

[bluebruce]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:45, Sweaty Gussets said:

Rovers transfer budgets are agreed in the summer for the full year, so all there is left is what's not been spent in the summer. They've had to swallow their pride and send Hirst back because he was taking up a big chunk of wages. I bet they wish they could do it with Szmodics. 

So, yeah, there probably isn't much left. Although in fairness, we were one of the biggest net spenders in the division this summer. Compared to most clubs in the division who don't have parachute payments, managers at Rovers are well supported financially. 

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We always used to hear that Venkys would provide extra funding if we were in a position midseason to launch a real promotion challenge. Until we were in that position, and nobody at the club has mentioned it since.

[Jimmy612]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:48, goozburger said:

Ashley Barnes?

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Would be great. 

[Dreams of 1995]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:45, Sweaty Gussets said:

Rovers transfer budgets are agreed in the summer for the full year, so all there is left is what's not been spent in the summer. They've had to swallow their pride and send Hirst back because he was taking up a big chunk of wages. I bet they wish they could do it with Szmodics.

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Szmodics is a good squad player

In any promotion team you need players like that - ones you can trust to do a job

He's got a couple of goals for us, won us points along the way, and comes on and closes out games very well

With Dack back I am more than happy to see Szmodics as a replacement for that position / the CM role

People moan at the money for him, and I do agree a better central midfielder is needed more, but that added depth will come at a costs

At 27 we have a good 3 years out of him for ~£2m and he seems like a damn good lad and a good player at this level. I think he's a good signing, if not exactly what we need to bring us to that next level, but not every signing will be

We are building on a team that was ravaged by mismanagement of the footballing side of things for years. Szmodics is a piece of a jigsaw, like any squad

[ItsRoverZ]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:52, Penwortham Blue said:

Sorba Thomas from Huddersfield 

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A winger? One that has spent his career in the conference leagues bar Huddersfield where he hasn't set the world on fire either ... at 24 years old ..very big gamble on him, we have markandy, dolan, Hedges who can play wide 

[Sweaty Gussets]

  On 25/01/2023 at 11:53, Dreams of 1995 said:

Szmodics is a good squad player

In any promotion team you need players like that - ones you can trust to do a job

He's got a couple of goals for us, won us points along the way, and comes on and closes out games very well

With Dack back I am more than happy to see Szmodics as a replacement for that position / the CM role

People moan at the money for him, and I do agree a better central midfielder is needed more, but that added depth will come at a costs

At 27 we have a good 3 years out of him for ~£2m and he seems like a damn good lad and a good player at this level. I think he's a good signing, if not exactly what we need to bring us to that next level, but not every signing will be

We are building on a team that was ravaged by mismanagement of the footballing side of things for years. Szmodics is a piece of a jigsaw, like any squad

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I think he's a poor footballer at this level, who at £2m cost a lot more than he should have. P'boro were going to send him on loan to Oxford 6 months before he joined us cos he couldn't get in their L1 team. I bet they can't believe their luck. 

He's not a patch on Dack.