The Summer Transfer Window (Press Submit)

[ABBEY]

7 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Nixon suggesting it's ex employee 

Deffo could and should happening. 

No I don't turn, I evaluate the job he did here. 

Nixon is a great source of info. His story

What do you expect him to do? LT needs the club for viewing figures

full chaddying mode initiated 

[Upside Down]

1 minute ago, AJW said:

If the 2 out 3 want to sell bit is true I am guessing it’s Balaji that is the 1 .. it would be a typical Venkys F U to the fans to sell after the January window , when we are stranded at the foot  of the table and new owners can’t do anything to change the tide 

I honestly wouldn't give a single fuck.

As long as they're gone I'll be more than happy with that.

Cherry on the cake would be them all succumbing to bird flu.

[KentExile]

For those who have been mentioning Matt Ryan as a potential signing, he has signed for Roma

Edited July 18, 2024 by KentExile

[Waggy76]

17 minutes ago, AJW said:

If the 2 out 3 want to sell bit is true I am guessing it’s Balaji that is the 1 .. it would be a typical Venkys F U to the fans to sell after the January window , when we are stranded at the foot  of the table and new owners can’t do anything to change the tide 

I would expect nothing else from the owners.

Administration sometime in October is also a possibility!

The main thing is they will be gone !

 

[RoversClitheroe]

3 games before 20th August.

2 games after that before deadline day including Burnley.

I have absolutely zero faith that the administration at the club can sign up our 10 needed signings in the 11 days we'll have to sign players.

[Upside Down]

Just now, RoversClitheroe said:

3 games before 20th August.

2 games after that before deadline day including Burnley.

I have absolutely zero faith that the administration at the club can sign up our 10 needed signings in the 11 days we'll have to sign players.

Administration.

I get excited every time I hear that word.

[TugaysMarlboro]

In some way, I'm hoping that when we do sell Szmodics or anyone else, they go for a real derisory fee. Any decent amount will be swallowed up by the owners and keep the circus going for longer. If they've nothing to sell and no way to pay for things, you'd hope they'll have no choice but to piss off.

[Armchair supporter supremo]

6 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

How do you know it’s not false?

How do you know it is? 🙄

Edited July 18, 2024 by Armchair supporter supremo

[Mercer]

I wonder how the the 8,500 who have bought season tickets are now feeling?

A handful of folk I know are wishing they hadn't and are vowing it will be their last until an ownership change.

[SuperBrfc]

I'm seeing this 'agenda' thing differently.

I don't know if anybody else is noticing a theme here. The theme being that anybody who speaks out against Swag or the shadow man is a troublemaker with an axe to grind. This could be, imo, a deflection tactic.

After JDT and GB departed, we saw a rise in ITK's suddenly sharing 'info' which portrayed those two as being the problem. This happened here, on another forum and on the likes of Facebook etc.

According to their 'sources', JDT was a troublemaker for speaking out the way he did, the players didn't like him and he 'wasted his budget on midfielders'.

At the same time, GB didn't know what he was doing, he was causing trouble by doing an interview with a YouTube channel rather than via the official channels and he was going to waste money on x, y and z before the hero that is swag stepped in. This is the kind of, imo, shit that the ITK's were being fed and were then relaying to the fans.

The end result? Blame deflected away from swag and the shadow man, with many blaming JDT and GB for the shitshow. Ironically, the only two people who spoke about Rovers being a Premier League club again.

Back to the Insider. He posts a tweet claiming that Mr Shadow told Pune there's no need to spend. The following day or two then sees us linked with Krul, Cooper, the Hull defender and Dykes. It is later played down with 'erm, Rovers aren't at the spending stage yet, but they are interested and have had talks'.

Now the suggestion is that the Insider is probably an ex employee out to cause trouble. Fans are already guessing who it could be. Is it GB? Is it somebody else? Again, this is taking the heat away from swag and his sidekick and vaguely laying it elsewhere.

'Oh, that Insider account? Ignore. Just someone causing bother, mate'. That's the type of vibe I'm getting.

The Insider could be talking shit, he/she could be making that Pune tweet up, but I'm looking at it in context of the following two quotes and wondering whether it possibly tallies up?

1) The owners have been very generous to us and it's time for us to give them something back. We can't keep going to them and ask them to spend every time. (Swag in 2018 following L1 Promotion.)

2) The owners are excited and wanted a double bounce, another promotion, I had to calm them down and tell them to put their money away, that we need to gradually build a team to reach the Premier League. (Mowbray in the summer of 2018 following L1 Promotion.)

How believable is it that the shadow man has told Pune 'no need to spend, we can wash our own face'? It's believable to me given everything that has happened over recent years, but that's just my opinion.

Not that it matters much, but I'm siding with the Insider on this and think he/she has touched a nerve somewhere with their posts.

[Mercer]

30 minutes ago, SuperBrfc said:

 

Not that it matters much, but I'm siding with the Insider on this and think he/she has touched a nerve somewhere with their posts.

I think your post is very true (deleted all put your last point to prevent repitition).

Some speculating Insider is either Broughton or Kimberley but I think that speculation is well wide of the mark.

As I have posted before, I think you will find it's a disaffected individual who has had enough of the shenanigans and couldn't give a toss about potential consequences simply because they know too much and if they really open up......!!!!!! I believe this is a very genuine source and if the club goes t1ts up, expect this person to sing like the proverbial canary.

Edited July 18, 2024 by Mercer

[chaddyrovers]

22 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I wonder how the the 8,500 who have bought season tickets are now feeling?

Good Thanks Mercer. Looking forward to the first game and decent campaign under Eustace. Rovers till I die

22 minutes ago, Mercer said:

A handful of folk I know are wishing they hadn't and are vowing it will be their last until an ownership change.

They change their mind after we beat Derby on 9th of August and sign some good quality players. 

[tomphil]

1 hour ago, AJW said:

If the 2 out 3 want to sell bit is true I am guessing it’s Balaji that is the 1 .. it would be a typical Venkys F U to the fans to sell after the January window , when we are stranded at the foot  of the table and new owners can’t do anything to change the tide 

We've heard that almost since they first bought the club  though and it was always Balaji and pals toy anyway. Big kids often keep old toys in the cupboard forever.

[RoversClitheroe]

32 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I wonder how the the 8,500 who have bought season tickets are now feeling?

A handful of folk I know are wishing they hadn't and are vowing it will be their last until an ownership change.

I think they've genuinely been miss sold a product in truth.

I'd be asking for a refund immediately due to this.

[MarkBRFC]

12 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

I think they've genuinely been miss sold a product in truth.

I'd be asking for a refund immediately due to this.

To be fair, the product is 23 home games, so if that doesn't happen I'm with you.

How else have they miss sold it out of interest?!

[Mercer]

15 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good Thanks Mercer. Looking forward to the first game and decent campaign under Eustace. Rovers till I die

They change their mind after we beat Derby on 9th of August and sign some good quality players. 

What a wonderful fantasy world you live in Chaddy!

However, I live in the real world and all the ups, downs, joys and disappointments that come with it.

[ABBEY]

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

Administration.

I get excited every time I hear that word.

moist

[davulsukur]

August 20th can't come soon enough.

Not sure the club media team can keep pushing Markanday, Hedges, Vale, Gent etc "like new signings" positive line until then though.

What a depressing summer.

[pick32]

29 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good Thanks Mercer. Looking forward to the first game and decent campaign under Eustace. Rovers till I die

They change their mind after we beat Derby on 9th of August and sign some good quality players. 

What time do you start drinking

[Exiled_Rover]

55 minutes ago, Mercer said:

I wonder how the the 8,500 who have bought season tickets are now feeling?

A handful of folk I know are wishing they hadn't and are vowing it will be their last until an ownership change.

Probably the same as the thousands of stay aways - and did so when they bought the tickets.

[KentExile]

54 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Good Thanks Mercer. Looking forward to the first game and decent campaign under Eustace. Rovers till I die

They change their mind after we beat Derby on 9th of August and sign some good quality players. 

 

Edited July 18, 2024 by KentExile

[MarkBRFC]

7 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

August 20th can't come soon enough.

Not sure the club media team can keep pushing Markanday, Hedges, Vale, Gent etc "like new signings" positive line until then though.

What a depressing summer.

Don't forget Trav.

We must be due 5 days of interview "snippets" from him soon by the club and Elliot about how he is a new signing and great to be back etc.

[MarkBRFC]

35 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

They change their mind after we beat Derby on 9th of August and sign some good quality players. 

What evidence do you have that this is likely to happen with what we have seen so far this summer?

[roversfan99]

Another bad symptom of our terrible ownership is having people making those attending games question themselves and general squabbling between fans.

But we are not going to make some good quality signings ahead of a good season, I think thats pretty clear.

[FE123]

Sory Kaba has been told he can leave Las Palmas in La Liga either permanently or on loan, limited game time for them last season. Was very impressive at Cardiff the season before in the championship.

Dont know what kind of salary he will be on, but he’s apparently being looked at by English clubs, which presumably will be championship clubs