January Transfer window

[bluebruce]

25 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Looks like he can even sign players now too

We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Bamba to Chicago as our fifth signing of this transfer window, and our first DP signing this year.

 

5th signing in 1 window! we can only dream!

In fairness, we made six permanent signings for the first team this summer, plus three loans. January is basically the MLS' summer window.

[Exiled_Rover]

35 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Imo The coach and DOF model might have worked had we appointed a half decent DOF. Unfortunately we appointed a great coach but an absolute duck egg in Broughton who wasted most of the limited money we had and who was instrumental in a couple of monumental deadline day fuck ups. Had we appointed an experienced DOF with a good eye for a player alongside JDT it might just have got us over the line despite the relative lack of backing.

As we seem to have bizarrely changed tack completely and swiftly abandoned the model we might never know if it will work here or not.

Agree to disagree.

[MB Rover]

Being fair to Gregg, when he was actually allowed to spend money he did it pretty well. That first window he signed Szmodics Brittain and Hyam for cash. All been great servants. It’s when the ‘project changed’ and we relied on loans and frees that he really (rightly) struggled, Tronstad aside.

Edited January 26 by MB Rover

[Exiled_Rover]

33 minutes ago, KentExile said:

We didn't, Its the same model, just Broughtons job is/was now done by a combination of Gestede, Adam Owen, Stuart Jones (whilst he is still here) & John Park (when he was here) all with non director job titles, which means their combined pay is likely less than Broughtons

Cost cutting exercise

I bet, combined, they add up to more salary - but it's a much more confusing set up.

[sharpysharps86]

46 minutes ago, neophox said:

Telalovic has now scored his fourth goal in the same game. He was written off to early here...needed time to adapt.

Not sure what the standard of 2. Bundesliga is compared to the Championship (probably lower?) but I'm glad he's doing well for his club. I'm not sure it would've worked out for him at Rovers even if he'd had stayed for longer.

[LeftWinger]

51 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Grabbi had a lot of talent and was very unlucky early on and his confidence just couldn’t deal with it.

None of his team mates thought he had talent.

I remember Garry Flitcroft being asked who the worst player he has ever played with was. He wouldn't give a name but he did say it you'd had a shocker in training they used to call it "having a Grabbi"

[Penwortham Blue]

1 minute ago, LeftWinger said:

None of his team mates thought he had talent.

I remember Garry Flitcroft being asked who the worst player he has ever played with was. He wouldn't give a name but he did say it you'd had a shocker in training they used to call it "having a Grabbi"

I saw him play virtually every one of his early games, especially remember Utd at home when Bhartez should have been sent off and he could have had a hatrick but for the woodwork and a bit of luck. I might be wrong but I seem to think that Ipswich away was an early game and again he looked to have real ability but it just didn’t go for him. Over the years, I’ve have met a number of Genoa fans who would tell you what a good player he was.

[rob_of_the_rovers]

5 minutes ago, sharpysharps86 said:

Not sure what the standard of 2. Bundesliga is compared to the Championship (probably lower?) but I'm glad he's doing well for his club. I'm not sure it would've worked out for him at Rovers even if he'd had stayed for longer.

Better than Series B where it seems we're now looking with Kargbo

[Tugayisgod]

[Trinidad Rover]

1 hour ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Telalovic hatrick today, he's on't fire is lad - Get him in! 

The irony here - if we didn’t know who he was and were linked to him, we’d all be very excited and saying yes please over Kargbo.

Shows the level of market we are in

[simongarnerisgod]

Just now, Penwortham Blue said:

I saw him play virtually every one of his early games, especially remember Utd at home when Bhartez should have been sent off and he could have had a hatrick but for the woodwork and a bit of luck. I might be wrong but I seem to think that Ipswich away was an early game and again he looked to have real ability but it just didn’t go for him. Over the years, I’ve have met a number of Genoa fans who would tell you what a good player he was.

he did score with a bullett header against liverpool🙂he just could`nt or would`nt adapt to a different game

[Exiled_Rover]

9 minutes ago, rob_of_the_rovers said:

Better than Series B where it seems we're now looking with Kargbo

Marginally, if at all. Both are a very similar level to the Championship.

[DeeCee]

Click bait got me 😞 

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/the-dream-blackburn-rovers-xi-once-the-transfer-window-closes/

[TheRevAshton]

It’s mad how casually the days just slip by with nothing happening…

We needed players 4 weeks ago, and are currently dropping points like they’re going out of fashion.

Other teams around us continue to strengthen, wrapping up quality deals in absolutely no time regardless of where the player is currently playing.

We’re the laughing stock of the football league, being comfortably outspent by teams 2/3 divisions below us who could only dream of bringing in the kind of revenue we have over the last couple of years.

Absolutely shambolic.

The most successful town Club in the world, one of the few premier league winners, the pride of lancashire - systematically dismantled by disinterested, tight-fisted, chicken chokers over in India.

Scum.

[R is for Rovers]

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

There's absolutely no way they know who Adam Wharton is.

Oh yeah, there's no way they were remotely interested in him as a player, but I'm sure they liked the 20 million he raised

[miqaayil]

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

It's a familiar story isn't it?

Lambert clearly agreed to the Rhodes sale and made plans of what he was going to do with the money. Then they sold him and pocketed the dosh and left him with loans like Simeon Jackson and signing Elliott Ward. 

Then 8 years later, similar situation this time the sale of Adam Wharton, JDT was clearly expecting or hoping to get some of that windfall to reinvest and got nowt.

Leopards don't change their spots, they're as untrustworthy and vile as they were the day they arrived. All this 'bad advice, naïve' stuff a work of fiction created in people's heads to try and convince themselves that the evil has gone and all is fine, when it hasn't and won't be fine until they are gone. 

Again a story i've been saying ....this whole thing is a washing expedition ...output SBI (Bank) monies and Sales return belongs to Vs. 

 

No other reason can explain this 15 years ... naivety...innocent...don't know about football ...don't care ... no reasoning fits ... as SHERLOCK said "IF ALL REASONING IS EXAUSTED , HOW IMPROPERBLE THE REMAINING REASON IS..IT HAS TO BE THE TRUTH" 

 

not 1 journalist has asked , Is all the monies spent on rovers since the sale, from Facilities of SBI or Vs own monies ? 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

We will get two in 

Kargbo and a loan

thatl b it do not be expecting 3/4/5 as we simply don’t have the ambition - wages structure - squad space to get what we actually need

Very disheartening all this 

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, miqaayil said:

Again a story i've been saying ....this whole thing is a washing expedition ...output SBI (Bank) monies and Sales return belongs to Vs. 

 

No other reason can explain this 15 years ... naivety...innocent...don't know about football ...don't care ... no reasoning fits ... as SHERLOCK said "IF ALL REASONING IS EXAUSTED , HOW IMPROPERBLE THE REMAINING REASON IS..IT HAS TO BE THE TRUTH" 

 

not 1 journalist has asked , Is all the monies spent on rovers since the sale, from Facilities of SBI or Vs own monies ? 

Might be missing the point but even if thats true,why would you want to 'launder' legitimate SBI funds?

[Gav]

38 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

Click bait got me 😞 

https://footballleagueworld.co.uk/the-dream-blackburn-rovers-xi-once-the-transfer-window-closes/

Reminds me of the time The Telegraph billboards around Blackburn said:

Rovers to sign Scottish World Cup Star.

I couldn’t get into the paper shop fast enough. We had been heavily linked with Paul McStay, was he coming to Ewood?

Nope……Asa Hartford as a coach!

1992 clickbait 😂 

Edited January 26 by Gav

[Herbie6590]

11 minutes ago, Gav said:

Reminds me of the time The Telegraph billboards around Blackburn said:

Rovers to sign Scottish World Cup Star.

I couldn’t get into the paper shop fast enough. We had been heavily linked with Paul McStay, was he coming to Ewood?

Nope……Asa Hartford as a coach!

1992 clickbait 😂 

1978 - “Rovers sign Celtic/Scotland Ace”

….Joe Craig…😆

 

[Tugayisgod]

1 hour ago, Tugayisgod said:

Just wondering if Leo could be transformed into a winger sometime in the future, maybe next season.  He's quick,.loves getting forward and taking people on. Just a thought....

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Just wondering if Leo could be transformed into a winger sometime in the future, maybe next season.  He's quick,.loves getting forward and taking people on. Just a thought....

In football you move further backwards the less skilful you are. FBs are often failed CMs (or wingers). CMs are often frustrated CFs.

If he's playing RB at his age he's found his position. 

[unleaded]

2 best headlines I remember are :

Oliver BierhOFF ! After the German international turned us down ….

& 

I Kenny Believe it ! During the Dalglish era ….. Those were the days …..

[Bbrovers2288]

Never saw a player in telovic tbh, was a wasted shirt whenever he was on, literally done nothing but miss against Birmingham 

[Nipper1875]

3 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Telalovic hatrick today, he's on't fire is lad - Get him in! 

He would of done well this season  with these tactics never got a fair crack at it and insstead now we are giving another million away for a striker in mickey mouse italian league what averages 5 goals a season - thats is just poor recruitment of highest standard well n truely that