That *was* the January Window

[Tugayisgod]

11 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

If we could upgrade on the shell of a player that is Callum Brittain it would be fantastic. 

Actually think there's a decent player in Brittain, just that he along with most of the back 4 are going through a bad patch. Hyam looks like he came back too soon, Hill hasnt  been the same player for a while and Carter also been off. Ironic that Wharton who was awful himself a few months ago has been our best defender these last few weeks.

Wouldn't argue that full back is a position that should be a priority, even over a striker.

Second worst defense in the league says it all

[chaddyrovers]

10 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

One season factoring his age I think your going to be disappointed when the fee gets revealed 

Szmodics is entering his prime and I don't see him being sold now and the summer. He is crucial to us.. 

WBA link doesn't add given their financial problems with their owner

51 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

So, the silly season is upon us, looking forward to all the itk's keeping us informed of developments on the transfer front 🤔🤔

Happy New Year to all

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1211082539?-11198:839

no surprise to see linked with a full back espically if JRC will move into CM when fit

6 minutes ago, martonrover said:

A 20 year old on loan.

That sounds silly enough for us alright.

That's the market we are in as are many other championship teams. We don't have the wages to spend on proven players or the transfer fee to buy them. 

6 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Actually think there's a decent player in Brittain, just that he along with most of the back 4 are going through a bad patch. Hyam looks like he came back too soon, Hill hasnt  been the same player for a while and Carter also been off. Ironic that Wharton who was awful himself a few months ago has been our best defender these last few weeks.

Wouldn't argue that full back is a position that should be a priority, even over a striker.

Second worst defense in the league says it all

I rated Brittain very highly but he is going through a bad patch of form. Brittain is still a good player and someone who is big asset to Rovers

[MarkBRFC]

Szmodics to Brum or WBA 😂

Do we really have to have another month of this where folk pretend they know something 😴

[Tugayisgod]

7 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Szmodics to Brum or WBA 😂

Do we really have to have another month of this where folk pretend they know something 😴

'fraid so

[martonrover]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

That's the market we are in as are many other championship teams. We don't have the wages to spend on proven players or the transfer fee to buy them. 

Correction - that is the market we are choosing to be in because of "the model".

Send your players to the Ewood development scheme.

Unlikely to be a great help to us short term, and then he goes back to the parent club.

This is where a more savvy, orthodox set up, ie a canny manager, would wheel and deal in the market.

How much did Luton spend last season, and yet they weren't obsessed with player development.

[tomphil]

10 hours ago, Polky said:

£5m - £6m for the current championship top goal scorer who’s just signed a contract until 2026?

No chance.

It could easily be done, 5 mill rising to 8 with add ons, that's how they'd do it i assume.

Sounds good but there's no guarantee you'd ever see enough triggers to get the full fee however 5 or 6 mill guaranteed would be attractive to a skint club.

 

[rigger]

32 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Szmodics to Brum or WBA 😂

Do we really have to have another month of this where folk pretend they know something 😴

You could always ignore them !

[chaddyrovers]

16 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Correction - that is the market we are choosing to be in because of "the model".

Send your players to the Ewood development scheme.

Unlikely to be a great help to us short term, and then he goes back to the parent club.

This is where a more savvy, orthodox set up, ie a canny manager, would wheel and deal in the market.

How much did Luton spend last season, and yet they weren't obsessed with player development.

We have one of the lowest budget in the championship and simply don't have finances to sign proven players. We would all have loved a proven goalscorer but we don't have the finances sadly. We are looking at the mainly the loan market cos that where we can pick up quality players for 6 months/the season who can add that quality we need. So far we have linked to 2 full backs(both on loan), The Crewe CB and 2 strikers(both on loan). 

We can still wheel and deal in the market but each player must fit into our style of play and how JDT wants to play. Looking towards this summer recruitment I would be targeting players in Germany, Holland and Scandinavia plus looking for talented players in league 1 and 2.  

[tomphil]

Brittain, Carter, Hyam, Pickering, Hill, Travis, Tronsdat ...

That backline and defensive mids etc is more than capable enough to defend but we are more preoccupied in most cases with trying to make them look like Brazilian footballers.

The right system we'd concede less but of course we'd create less because if we don't look to play through teams from back to front there isn't much at the other end to create it's own stuff. If there was, as has been needed for years, some sort of target man in the squad and we could offer some threat from set pieces we'd be capable of pinching a few results.

[pick32]

Szmodics to Birmingham and to be sold for under 6million 😂😂😂, some people really have started the New Years celebrations early, don’t drink on a empty head 

[RevidgeBlue]

Just now, pick32 said:

Szmodics to Birmingham and to be sold for under 6million 😂😂😂, some people really have started the New Years celebrations early, don’t drink on a empty head 

You're right. £6m?

Gregg probably "negotiated" a £2.5m release clause into his contract.

[wilsdenrover]

3 hours ago, Tugayisgod said:

So, the silly season is upon us, looking forward to all the itk's keeping us informed of developments on the transfer front 🤔🤔

Happy New Year to all

https://c.newsnow.co.uk/A/1211082539?-11198:839

I don’t understand how people are itk on potential transfers (both in and out) but not in regard to players signing new contracts.

[arbitro]

11 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I don’t understand how people are itk on potential transfers (both in and out) but not in regard to players signing new contracts.

We are about to enter the season of one-upmanship. 😉😂

Be aware.

[martonrover]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

We have one of the lowest budget in the championship and simply don't have finances to sign proven players. We would all have loved a proven goalscorer but we don't have the finances sadly. We are looking at the mainly the loan market cos that where we can pick up quality players for 6 months/the season who can add that quality we need. So far we have linked to 2 full backs(both on loan), The Crewe CB and 2 strikers(both on loan). 

We can still wheel and deal in the market but each player must fit into our style of play and how JDT wants to play. Looking towards this summer recruitment I would be targeting players in Germany, Holland and Scandinavia plus looking for talented players in league 1 and 2.  

Thank you official club spokesperson.

Wheeling and dealing involves the buying and selling of players, including astute free / low money transfers.

We are on a puritanical youth quest, led by iffy DOF, gunner Broughton.

 

[chaddyrovers]

8 minutes ago, martonrover said:

Thank you official club spokesperson.

Wheeling and dealing involves the buying and selling of players, including astute free / low money transfers.

We are on a puritanical youth quest, led by iffy DOF, gunner Broughton.

 

We did that in the summer when we sold Kaminski, Phillips plus released Dack and Ayala and signed some good players like Sigurdsson, Tronstad plus a couple of loan players who added quality to the squad. 

Developing our talent young players is one of key part of our footballing plan. We have cat 1 status and we should be developing players each season from the under 21/18 each season

[Upside Down]

Well it's the 1st of January here. 

Time for all the bullshitters to re-emerge once again and inundate us with their ITK knowledge. 

 

 

[wilsdenrover]

3 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

Szmodics to Brum or WBA 😂

Do we really have to have another month of this where folk pretend they know something 😴

Hopefully not

‘in the mods we trust’

Edited December 31, 2023 by wilsdenrover

[wilsdenrover]

48 minutes ago, arbitro said:

We are about to enter the season of one-upmanship. 😉😂

Be aware.

Perhaps we should just join in 😁

 

[ABBEY]

@chaddyrovers but we'd rather develop other teams kids

[ABBEY]

12 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Well it's the 1st of January here. 

Time for all the bullshitters to re-emerge once again and inundate us with their ITK knowledge. 

 

 

just seen de geah at dunk. says 10k a week and 10 million promotion bonus.

[BankEnd Rover]

[Paul Mellelieu]

Nixon just posted something about Hills and Carter....

[Tugayisgod]

4 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Looking like it could be a busier January than normal in and out

[Rover8T4]

2 hours ago, tomphil said:

Brittain, Carter, Hyam, Pickering, Hill, Travis, Tronsdat ...

That backline and defensive mids etc is more than capable enough to defend but we are more preoccupied in most cases with trying to make them look like Brazilian footballers.

The right system we'd concede less but of course we'd create less because if we don't look to play through teams from back to front there isn't much at the other end to create it's own stuff. If there was, as has been needed for years, some sort of target man in the squad and we could offer some threat from set pieces we'd be capable of pinching a few results.

Target man who could hold the ball up till the calvary catches up. Better way to build up an attack instead of overloading the wings and being caught out. In the last 3 games we have seen Travis and Tronstadt making last ditch tackles with the rest of the defence 30 yards away. The squad is more than capable I agree.

[martonrover]

44 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

We did that in the summer when we sold Kaminski, Phillips plus released Dack and Ayala and signed some good players like Sigurdsson, Tronstad plus a couple of loan players who added quality to the squad. 

Developing our talent young players is one of key part of our footballing plan. We have cat 1 status and we should be developing players each season from the under 21/18 each season

Having a Category 1 academy is great, but becoming obsessed with developing young players at the expense of ambition is not.

For several years the narrative has been “jam tomorrow “ , but tomorrow never comes.

We are a soft touch, as our home form clearly illustrates.

A 20 year old full back on loan from Brentford and a young centre back from Crewe are unlikely to change that.