That *was* the January Window

[TheRevAshton]

Just seen that Louie Sibley and Max Bird both have contracts expiring at the end of the season, seems like a no-brainer to try and nab one of these (preferably Max) on the cheap after selling Adam?

Edited January 31, 2024 by TheRevAshton

[Lucimo]

7 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 

This is what I suspected and posted last night. 

He's being forced out against his wishes. 

Wouldn't shock me. We have history of this.

[jim mk2]

What happened to the Phillips (Liverpool) and Yates (Swansea) links? Two good players who might have made a difference

[Mattyblue]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Who wanted to leave twice within 5 months and was unhappy not playing the 6 role under JDT 

If you could actually answer my question-

How do you know he wouldn’t then buckle down to help his teammates for three months?

He’s the long established club captain. You obviously have a very poor opinion of his character.

[islander200]

5 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

What happened to the Phillips (Liverpool) and Yates (Swansea) links? Two good players who might have made a difference

Phillips joined Cardiff and nothing more been said about Yates 

[roverandout]

Honestly couldn't give a toss about rovers anymore.  The club has zero excitement factor

Edited January 31, 2024 by roverandout

[jim mk2]

3 minutes ago, Lucimo said:

Wouldn't shock me. We have history of this.

 

If he's very unhappy at going, could Wharton refuse to sign for Palace? It does happen in the transfer market sometimes

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

14 minutes ago, 47er said:

It's a stepping stone and I guess the pressure is on at Ewood for him to go.

I'm sure it is but if I had a £5 note for every time I've seen a player move to the wrong club and see their career go down the pan I'd be reasonably wealthy. It's like anyone changing jobs, you've really got to want to do it.

[jim mk2]

2 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Phillips joined Cardiff and nothing more been said about Yates 

 Good move by Cardiff, he's a more than useful player

[RoryRoversIreland]

[G Somerset Rover]

Edit: RoryRoversIreland beat me to it.

https://x.com/mcgrathmike/status/1752636583579144541?s=20

Edited January 31, 2024 by G Somerset Rover

[BlackburnEnd75]

6 minutes ago, Jimmy612 said:

It's all well and good listing those players, but which of those can come and get the ball off the defenders in tight spaces like Wharton did?  JDTs style of play is heavily reliant on that, and as recently as Monday night their goal came from a Garrett mistake in a dangerous area.   You say Travis' doesn't suit JDTs style of play, but which of those 4 (assuming Tronstad is a mainstay now) is going to play alongside him to great effect? 

JRC also had a couple of cameos in midfield before his injury and I'm not sure he has the discipline or know-how to play in a fairly exposed midfield. 

As things stand we've lost two first team midfielders (one the best player in the team IMO and irreplaceable with the current crop), and we've brought in a relative unknown from Brighton who struggled at Coventry earlier in the season.  It's not good enough, and if we don't address it I'm expecting a real slog from now until May. 

We had a good run earlier in the season with a cm of JRC and tronstad. Wouldn't mind that again but JRC is currently needed at right wing back or right cb in the current system and at right back in the 4-2-3-1. 

If we are commiting to playing this new shape then a pacey right wing back would really help to allow JRC to play inside

[Bethnal]

3 minutes ago, RoryRoversIreland said:

Honestly excited about this one. Could come to shit, but is clearly playing some good football and finding the back of the net. A big move for a US player (coming to England), so if he seizes the opportunity, we will benefit.

[rovers11]

McGuire incoming!

[BankEnd Rover]

If Mcguire is coming to us this window then i think we will go for Yates in the summer when Gallagher leaves.

[Lancaster Rover]

If Adam is unhappy enough about leaving then he doesn’t sign a contract with CP.
 

Nobody has a gun to his head, let’s not get into hysterionics and paint a picture of the lad being frog marched at gunpoint into the PL and 50k a week. 
 

I’m sure he would like to stay until the end of the season but liking in an ideal world and reality of the football industry are 2 very different things 

[jim mk2]

There's some clips on YouTube on McGuire, certainly a big athlete with a physical presence. Not too sure if that's much of a recommendation though - Telalovic looked good on YouTube too

[CambridgeRover]

Still think we need a rw more than a striker.

I wish adam would stay, turn down crystal palace lad wait till summer 

[sharpysharps86]

Looks like Maguire is joining, unless the club manage to make a mess of it. Let's hope he can bang in a few goals and take some pressure of Szmodics.

CB, CM and LB please.

[Miller11]

27 minutes ago, rover23 said:

I don’t believe that this is true. 
 

19 clubs made tentative enquires for Adam last summer but none followed it up as they were put off by Rovers stance, who at the time wanted to keep him to increase his value before a sale.

The line coming out of Ewood has been the same since the summer. Adam needs AT LEAST a full season here before he moves. Tomasson, Broughton and Waggott have all gone on record saying this, some as recently as a fortnight ago. 

Phillips and Wharton were seen as two players we would build a team around before their inevitable big money sales once their value was at an optimum. Yet we got less than 50 games total out of the pair of them, and less than 10% of what we’d hoped for with Phillips, admittedly much of that was out of our control and grabbing agents and rules that favour big clubs got in our way. Now it seems we are backtracking on everything and selling Wharton for a fee significantly below the figures we’d hoped for. 

There’s also a lot of 2+2=573 going on regarding his contract. Apparently he signed a deal in December to “make sure the club got something out of him and didn’t do a Phillips” according to Twitter. Well, he was already under contract long term. This new deal was a reward for his improved status in the team - if we’d have been selling him under his old deal, we’d be paying him less to settle in the event of a sale, so it’s cost us, not rewarded us.

There’s obviously been a shift in the clubs attitude over the last week or so. Despite assurances court delays wouldn’t impact the day to day funding of the club. The whole thing stinks of desperation on Rovers part.

[Rover8T4]

1 hour ago, TommyRovers said:

Duncan McGuire is in Manchester. Hope he brought a coat, very different weather to Cancun.

Tommy got this one right 

[tomphil]

Many things could go wrong yet.

[davulsukur]

38 minutes ago, TheRevAshton said:

I keep seeing links to Kyle McFadzean...

I swear if we bring him in, at 36 years old, right after selling Adam... then I give up! 

Twitter rumours that he'll sign today. It's twitter though, so hopefully complete bollocks.

Why in god's name would we sign a 37 year old centre back but the owners refused to sign a 32 year old?

[TheRevAshton]

How much would Basel want for Liam Millar on a permanent do we think? He's quality.

Very unlikely, but how hilarious would it be if he had to terminate his loan with PNE early to come and sign for us 😄

[jim mk2]

2 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Still think we need a rw more than a striker.

I wish adam would stay, turn down crystal palace lad wait till summer 

 

We have the worst defence in the Championship according to The Times. Goalkeeper / defender more of a priority?