That *was* the January Window

[bluebruce]

13 minutes ago, RoverKyle said:

 We all know striker is the key signing, so fingers crossed on that one once this is hopefully confirmed. It's not too late to put together a playoff push if we recruit right and get the injured lads back fit.

Speak for yourself. I know that goalkeeper is the key signing. Not that I expect us to sign one.

[BankEnd Rover]

Nixon has a story tomorrow which isn’t the Phillips one - let’s hope thats some striker news. 

[bluebruce]

7 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Colin hendry was a bit of a journey man defender till we resigned him from city that turned out ok.

A journeyman player is one who has been at quite a lot of clubs. When we signed him back from City, he had only played for 3 clubs, over 9 years. He wasn't a journeyman. In fact he played for 5 clubs after he left us the second time, so he was arguably more of a journeyman later.

[ben_the_beast]

31 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

As long as he’s as much fun as our last Glasgow centre half signing…

Lorenzo Amoruso ?

[Miller11]

6 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Nixon has a story tomorrow which isn’t the Phillips one - let’s hope thats some striker news. 

My money is on another story linking Adam Wharton with a move away… it’s been almost 48 hours since his last one so he’s overdue.

[magicalmortensleftpeg]

4 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

My money is on another story linking Adam Wharton with a move away… it’s been almost 48 hours since his last one so he’s overdue.

But wasn’t he correct with the last one? 
 

[RoverKyle]

11 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Speak for yourself. I know that goalkeeper is the key signing. Not that I expect us to sign one.

Whilst I agree we need a better no 1, I can just about cope with Pears until the summer if it means we can bring in a good striker. Doubt whatever our budget is stretches for both. Our current options up top aren't good enough for this level, bar maybe Gallagher who's always injured and never been prolific. Despite his flaws, Pears is a decent Championship goalkeeper.

[simongarnerisgod]

id`e be putting in a bid for rotherhams keeper johanson in the summer,looks very steady and calm,i was impressed when we played them recently,send leo away

[Mattyblue]

No chance they’ll be bringing a keeper in anytime soon (well, not an experienced one at any rate).

Just need to hope Pears is steady enough.

[bluebruce]

23 minutes ago, RoverKyle said:

Whilst I agree we need a better no 1, I can just about cope with Pears until the summer if it means we can bring in a good striker. Doubt whatever our budget is stretches for both. Our current options up top aren't good enough for this level, bar maybe Gallagher who's always injured and never been prolific. Despite his flaws, Pears is a decent Championship goalkeeper.

We're scoring. We're conceding. I know which one needs changing.

Pears isn't a decent Championship keeper, he's a decent backup Championship keeper.

[bluebruce]

10 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

No chance they’ll be bringing a keeper in anytime soon (well, not an experienced one at any rate).

Just need to hope Pears is steady enough.

They call that forlorn hope.

[Mattyblue]

That’s all I have left these days.

[RoversClitheroe]

https://www.givemesport.com/adam-wharton-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-news/

[RoverKyle]

25 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

We're scoring. We're conceding. I know which one needs changing.

Pears isn't a decent Championship keeper, he's a decent backup Championship keeper.

We're also missing good chances to kill games off. We've needed to sign a good striker for a while now. We can't leave it another window. 

We had a good Championship goalkeeper (arguably a decent Premier League one) and sold him in favour of Pears. They're not going to use up our limited resources to admit that mistake. Our defensive woes haven't just been down to our goalkeeping; our whole defensive unit has gone backwards this season.

[roverandout]

1 hour ago, bluebruce said:

A journeyman player is one who has been at quite a lot of clubs. When we signed him back from City, he had only played for 3 clubs, over 9 years. He wasn't a journeyman. In fact he played for 5 clubs after he left us the second time, so he was arguably more of a journeyman later.

I know.  Just trying to use him as an example as someone who wasn't that highly rated till his second spell at rovers

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, RoversClitheroe said:

https://www.givemesport.com/adam-wharton-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-news/

Football is baffling, isn't it?

After pulling our pants down with the Phillips transfer (ably assisted by Phillips and his agent) we're lead to believe they're going to come waltzing back with a smile on their faces for Wharton?

I wouldn't even answer the phone.

[windymiller7]

1 hour ago, RoverKyle said:

We're also missing good chances to kill games off. We've needed to sign a good striker for a while now. We can't leave it another window. 

We had a good Championship goalkeeper (arguably a decent Premier League one) and sold him in favour of Pears. They're not going to use up our limited resources to admit that mistake. Our defensive woes haven't just been down to our goalkeeping; our whole defensive unit has gone backwards this season.

FFS! Have u ever played football? The minute your defenders start losing confidence in the keeper, they start making mistakes. They start trying to 'protect ' him, leading to mis-timed tackles, going for headers that the keeper should collect,  etc etc. Defence starts with the keeper, end of! (I used to be one, I know! If I lost form, the guys in front of me did daft things!)

[johhny]

28 minutes ago, windymiller7 said:

FFS! Have u ever played football? The minute your defenders start losing confidence in the keeper, they start making mistakes. They start trying to 'protect ' him, leading to mis-timed tackles, going for headers that the keeper should collect,  etc etc. Defence starts with the keeper, end of! (I used to be one, I know! If I lost form, the guys in front of me did daft things!)

Ohh ive played football ..Sunday league doesn't count.... Talking like an ex pro 😭

[bluebruce]

1 hour ago, windymiller7 said:

FFS! Have u ever played football? The minute your defenders start losing confidence in the keeper, they start making mistakes. They start trying to 'protect ' him, leading to mis-timed tackles, going for headers that the keeper should collect,  etc etc. Defence starts with the keeper, end of! (I used to be one, I know! If I lost form, the guys in front of me did daft things!)

I was a CB and can totally agree. With a good keeper behind me I was twice the player.

[bluebruce]

5 hours ago, RoverKyle said:

We're also missing good chances to kill games off. We've needed to sign a good striker for a while now. We can't leave it another window. 

We had a good Championship goalkeeper (arguably a decent Premier League one) and sold him in favour of Pears. They're not going to use up our limited resources to admit that mistake. Our defensive woes haven't just been down to our goalkeeping; our whole defensive unit has gone backwards this season.

Agreed, we also need a striker, we shouldn't have sold Kaminski (at least not for that pittance or with such a poor replacement) and I doubt we will use limited funds to rectify that mistake. But we were talking about what we should do, not what we will do.

We miss chances to kill games, so do all teams. But we have the league's top marksman. We have one of the league's worst set of goalkeeping options.

Furthermore, worth considering that a good striker will cost a lot more than a good goalkeeper, generally. Those limited funds aren't going to manage it. If we bring in a striker it's likely to be another Telalovic/Ennis type signing and I just don't see the point if that's the case.

[alex l]

5 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Football is baffling, isn't it?

After pulling our pants down with the Phillips transfer (ably assisted by Phillips and his agent) we're lead to believe they're going to come waltzing back with a smile on their faces for Wharton?

I wouldn't even answer the phone.

Spurs did nothing wrong and certainly nothing Rovers wouldn't do. They were told Phillips was available at a price they were happy to pay, if they waited until a certain date. If Rovers had the same opportunity but paid more just to get the player a few weeks earlier they'd rightly be slammed. 

As for not answering the phone to them, if they offer the highest bid and meet the valuation, why would you cut your nose off to spite your face?

[RoverDom]

8 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

https://www.givemesport.com/adam-wharton-tottenham-hotspur-transfer-news/

For them - Double

[islander200]

9 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Nixon has a story tomorrow which isn’t the Phillips one - let’s hope thats some striker news. 

It will probably be palace looking at someone else as Wharton too expensive 

[BankEnd Rover]

28 minutes ago, islander200 said:

It will probably be palace looking at someone else as Wharton too expensive 

It’s about Gallagher and a so called big contract apparently.

[Upside Down]

2 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

It’s about Gallagher and a so called big contract apparently.

Seven year deal 20k a week.