That *was* the January Window

[Oldgregg86]

25 minutes ago, J*B said:

Reminds me of when Gareth Crook used to do BBC Team of the Week and nobody was ever in the right position. 

Rothwell played on the right all the time before he went central and Armstrong played on the left in league one and in the championship before going up top. Everyone else is where they should be except cairney who was wasted out wide so I put him where I constantly said he should be played as proved by his form since . The defenders could be re jigged to there preferred feet and position etc I suppose 😂

Edited January 11 by Oldgregg86

[B16Rover]

The impressive bit of this championship 11 years squads is not one has a hard case unit of a central midfielder - Mokoena our last one? N'Zonzi was tall but petulant.  

 

We must be one of a tiny handful of clubs who have been relegated and ended up with more technical lightweight players rather than vice versa 

[chaddyrovers]

7 hours ago, Hasta said:

You've said this a couple of times lately but that certainly wasn't my recollection of the game. We had a lot of posession but the only other real chance I recall (and shown on the highlights) is the Sigurdsson chance. We probed and had posession and territory a lot in the first half but, as we do, created little. The second half they looked far more dangerous and eventually their pressure led to 2 Wahlstedt mistakes.

All the key stats seem to back up my view.

When we tired we had no nouse to try and see the game out.

 

I stand by my original comments. Sigurdsson perfect good goal disallowed for no reason. Sigurdsson and Carter efforts. 

Plus the game changed when he brought on Rajovic and Healey plus just before Hyam had gone off

6 hours ago, martonrover said:

Thanks for posting this.

The stats as compiled by someone watching without red rose tinted glasses on.

Of course, even if they had been more favourable to Rovers, the only stat that really counts is the score line.

Yawn. 

[M_B]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

No, I absolutely don't 😂
And I didn't say he was 'brilliant' against Watford - somebody had suggested that he had no redeeming features and I used that game (pre-Watford-goals) to point out that he'd played well, which anyone with actual eyes could see that he had.

Leo (yes, easier to type than his surname) has dropped some absolute amateur-level clangers, like Huddersfield away and the 2 Watford home goals from the top of my head.

But I've seen enough from both GKs for it to be blatantly obvious to me that he's still streets ahead of Pears and has a much higher ceiling.
Jumping on a young GK when he makes some mistakes isn't going to help anyone, is it?

There was the first goal at Southampton from the corner, the first goal against Rotherham and arguably the first goal, near post against Hull, on top of the ones(both first goals) that you've mentioned. 

That's been his main problem, if he'd been responsible for "unimportant" goals, it wouldn't have been as bad, but his mistakes have left the team with an uphill struggle in the last 5 games. 

[B16Rover]

Also ex Brighton top target now Chelsea loanee army striker Datro Fofana (FM legend) recalled from loan in Germany.  Wonder if the Scandinavian connection, links to Brighton and desperation for a striker may connect dots 

[wilsdenrover]

Since 2012…

                         Kaminski

JRC.          Dann.         Givet.        Olsson

                  Reed.         Rothwell

Marshall.               Dack.              King

                              Gestede 

[Trinidad Rover]

                    Kaminski 

 Lenihan    Tosin   Van Hecke  Givet

                Cairney   Reed

       Brereton    Dack     Elliott

                    Armstrong

Trying to pick a right back was fun. We have had some dross there in 10 years. Opted for lenihan.

Edited January 11 by Trinidad Rover

[Cody]

28 minutes ago, B16Rover said:

Also ex Brighton top target now Chelsea loanee army striker Datro Fofana (FM legend) recalled from loan in Germany.  Wonder if the Scandinavian connection, links to Brighton and desperation for a striker may connect dots 

Seen some Chelsea pages say Sevilla are close to getting him on loan and burnley are exploring a deal for him

[bigbrandjohn]

Shame to lose the lad. Clearly enjoyed his stay. He was a valuable member of the squad. 

And clearly a good human being. 

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/january/11/-it-s-been-an-honour-to-put-the-shirt-on-and-wear-the-colours-/

[martonrover]

44 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I stand by my original comments. Sigurdsson perfect good goal disallowed for no reason. Sigurdsson and Carter efforts. 

Plus the game changed when he brought on Rajovic and Healey plus just before Hyam had gone off

Yawn. 

We lost. The end.

[NeilInBristol]

Can we sell Leo in this window for his current value?

Please?!

[bluebruce]

12 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Can we sell Leo in this window for his current value?

Please?!

I'm sure we'd snap the hand off any club that came offering that! But transfermarkt's valuations are sadly not very accurate. As can be seen by Pickering having the same valuation on their site as Szmodics....

[Torgeir]

1 hour ago, B16Rover said:

Also ex Brighton top target now Chelsea loanee army striker Datro Fofana (FM legend) recalled from loan in Germany.  Wonder if the Scandinavian connection, links to Brighton and desperation for a striker may connect dots 

Brighton? How exactly? 

[islander200]

He is going on loan to Burnley 

Romano has said his here we go

Edited January 11 by islander200

[Ewood Ace]

                              Kaminski

Baptiste     Van Hecke            Hanley     Olsson 

                 Reed                     Cairney

Conway                   Rothwell                  Armstrong

                             Rhodes                             

Edited January 12 by Ewood Ace

[AllRoverAsia]

3 hours ago, NeilInBristol said:

Can we sell Leo in this window for his current value?

Please?!

Every one of those valuations are not even on nodding terms with reality, apart from Gamble.

The figures for Leo and Harry have to be typos or a piss take.

[Paul Mani]

Is this just the ‘general chat’ thread now? If so, can we make a Transfer one? Thanks 👍🏼

[Upside Down]

16 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Is this just the ‘general chat’ thread now? If so, can we make a Transfer one? Thanks 👍🏼

This is the transfer thread. Please don't derail the in depth discussions on all of our many transfer activities.  

Comments like this should be reserved for general discussion threads.

Thanks 👍

[RoversSG]

My 11 of those we should never have sold/ or sold for peanuts

 

Formation: 3-5-2 (Since I can't think of any leftback)

Raya

Nyambe, Lenihan, Van Hecke, 

Marshall, Reed, Rothwell, Cairney, BBD

Rhodes, Joshua King

[neophox]

Back to signings... anyone coming in today? Got a whole week to complete a transfer.

[alex l]

31 minutes ago, RoversSG said:

My 11 of those we should never have sold/ or sold for peanuts

 

Formation: 3-5-2 (Since I can't think of any leftback)

Raya

Nyambe, Lenihan, Van Hecke, 

Marshall, Reed, Rothwell, Cairney, BBD

Rhodes, Joshua King

JPvH and Reed were loans, they pretty much had to leave. Nyambe, Lenihan, Rothwell, BBD and King went as their contracts expired - another issue which has been discussed endlessly. Rhodes was desperate to leave and I believe we got 8m, so hardly peanuts. 

[Mattyblue]

‘Stay on topic guys!’

If we are actually linked with anyone/can actually find £500k after paying the VAT bill and getting rid of the captain then the thread will be over it - we obviously aren’t being so it goes off topic, otherwise you may as well just lock it for a week at a time until Nixon posts some BS on a Sunday morning.

[Lancaster Rover]

No doubt or argument that some ex players have gone on to play and have some success (fleeting in most cases) at higher levels but there are some heavily rose tinted specs being worn too. 
 

Josh King for instance was a waste of a shirt 3 games out of 4.

[Torgeir]

33 minutes ago, neophox said:

Back to signings... anyone coming in today? Got a whole week to complete a transfer.

Fofana was a good shout on loan but I don't see the connection and would assume they still want a level higher than a (struggling) Championship side. McGuire from MLS was rookie of the year and I would gladly take him, but I think we have to look at that kind of pedigree or higher, or there's no point to making a deal really. 

 

Ole Sæter was mentioned in the summer but I don't rate him that highly. Good left foot and a strong finisher though. Signed a new contract in the summer after months of discussions/speculation but wants to try his luck abroad and Nürnberg in tier 2 in Germany have been lurking about. 28 y.o. so no resale value, and fairly untested.

[chaddyrovers]

9 hours ago, martonrover said:

We lost. The end.

Some of us like to look at overall game, chances created, performance of the players, etc . Now I know you don't I won't discussed them with you. The end!