January Transfer window

[B16Rover]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

I think it’s really simple…Suhail has said we don’t need to spend.
We’ve brought in money, that’s going towards working capital.
I really don’t think we need complicated explanations TBH. 

This is the answer.  Before assessing any decision remember to discard the footballing benefit.  It's all about maintaining easy street.  With the least possible oversight (don't get relegated) maintain the status quo - pass go and collect ~£300k salary.  If possible, maintain connections in the game by signing friends/family.

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19 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

No, but we might be selling Pears to Boro 🤷‍♂️

Just gets better and better.

So the two crucial positions you need to win games in its basic form. Someone to score goals, we don't have, and someone to stop them, looking to sell.

Brilliant all we need now is owners not to care..... wait 

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[Ruaney]

8 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I think it’s really simple…Suhail has said we don’t need to spend.
We’ve brought in money, that’s going towards working capital.
I really don’t think we need complicated explanations TBH. 

Genuine question: aside from him taking his salary home, what does he gain from sabotaging us every window?

Im only thinking out loud really. I do think he’s putting the stop every window but don’t understand the motive.

[DE.]

7 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I think it’s really simple…Suhail has said we don’t need to spend.
We’ve brought in money, that’s going towards working capital.
I really don’t think we need complicated explanations TBH. 

Yep. For whatever reason the owners seem happy for us to plod along in Championship purgatory forever, as they've never shown any ambition to push on despite numerous seasons where we've been doing well at the half way stage. 

Eustace has gotten the team to overperform until recently, meaning yet another season where the owners feel no need to put in anything extra. If there was a genuine ambition to get promoted we would have seen it by now. There's been plenty of opportunities and we never look to push on. 

[B16Rover]

3 minutes ago, Ruaney said:

Genuine question: aside from him taking his salary home, what does he gain from sabotaging us every window?

Im only thinking out loud really. I do think he’s putting the stop every window but don’t understand the motive.

Maybe it's just simple human nature.  I believe (someone correct me) he's got a consulting background.  

Is there another gig within Venkys or consulting as a whole that offers the work life balance we do? 

Keep this steady and it's a miniscule % of their investment.  Do this well and get caught out? Replaced and off to a chicken farm or back into travel lodges consulting.  Intervene as and when it's starting to look south.

[simongarnerisgod]

our last 3 managers were decent appointments ,i reckon the next one will be catastrophic,eustace leaving is inevitable

[den]

2 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Yet another day passes and sweet F.A.

Waggott waiting and hoping someone might call with a freebie loan. I don’t know what Gestede’s done to earn his money.

[Herbie6590]

6 minutes ago, Ruaney said:

Genuine question: aside from him taking his salary home, what does he gain from sabotaging us every window?

Im only thinking out loud really. I do think he’s putting the stop every window but don’t understand the motive.

V’s set the annual budget & then task Suhail, Steve & Rudy with operating within it.
If they achieve that objective, they get a very good annual performance review which may have financial rewards attached. 

If Suhail has said “we don’t need anything..” & V’s said “sounds great” then that’s it 🤷‍♂️

[CambridgeRover]

Is it now weird that even the cheaper deal in Kargbo hasn't got over the line?

[Groundhog]

3 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Is it now weird that even the cheaper deal in Kargbo hasn't got over the line?

That question answers itself - replace "weird" with "expected"

Edited January 27 by Groundhog

[Polky]

3 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Is it now weird that even the cheaper deal in Kargbo hasn't got over the line?

Not weird, just standard practice for Rovers in a January window.

[JHRover]

19 minutes ago, den said:

Waggott waiting and hoping someone might call with a freebie loan. I don’t know what Gestede’s done to earn his money.

Improved communication like he boldly proclaimed he was going to do in his in-house media interview about 5 months ago?

[roversfan99]

I wouldnt worry. We have Dolan who hasnt scored in the last 18, Hedges who hasnt scored in the last 26 and Cantwell who has scored just a penalty all season to provide the goals.

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Is it now weird that even the cheaper deal in Kargbo hasn't got over the line?

Sounds like his club are playing hard ball. If it's over £1m it's no longer a cheap deal. 

[roversfan99]

Coventry are signing Matt Grimes, he would have been ideal in midfield.

[simongarnerisgod]

4 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Is it now weird that even the cheaper deal in Kargbo hasn't got over the line?

the deal will stall over some made up excuse,just expect some uninspiring couple of loans to arrive and maybe another player at the end of his career,the failure to register a player on time will be getting a rest this year

just remember,it`s very difficult to do business in the january window,well it is in east lancashire,elsewhere in the country they seem to manage it very well

[Old Codger]

3 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Sounds like his club are playing hard ball. If it's over £1m it's no longer a cheap deal. 

They were looking for Euro 1.2 million, and our best offer was 1 mill, I believe. If it is going to happen, it will depend upon who blinks first in the last hour before deadline.

[Exiled_Rover]

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Coventry are signing Matt Grimes, he would have been ideal in midfield.

He's the lad that takes the ball off the CB's toes and pings it five yards sideways, right?

Better than Forshaw (at his age), but not someone I'm sad we missed out on. 

[roverandout]

Rick grimes would do.  We've got plenty of zombies up front 

[neophox]

Think young Nic Michalski is very highly rated so it could be that it's time for pastures new for Pears. Toth is an Hungarian international and don't want to sit on the bench week in and week out.

[neophox]

The thing was Toth was coming in as nr 1 but Pears has done well but against Bristol C you could see him back to his normal self....last season everyone here wanted him rid.

[LDRover]

6 hours ago, arbitro said:

Why are you so obtuse?

Do you get a kick out of it? 

It's really tiresome how try to be such a contrarian.

Your ridiculous reply to JHRover sums you up.

Well played that man. Bravo.

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

43 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

our last 3 managers were decent appointments ,i reckon the next one will be catastrophic,eustace leaving is inevitable

This.

I do feel their hand will be forced to do something different when we drop into League One, until then expect a set budget year on year and we'll either end up mid table or get relegated 

[Old Codger]

9 minutes ago, neophox said:

Think young Nic Michalski is very highly rated so it could be that it's time for pastures new for Pears. Toth is an Hungarian international and don't want to sit on the bench week in and week out.

The only relevance is that losing Pears potentially damages team morale and togetherness - it's not like the manager would see any of the money generated trickle back to bring in new players after all, is it? We have seen recently, when things have gone well on the pitch, just how well this group of players has gelled together under JE, and how much each hard earned victory has meant to them. They also show their appreciation to the travelling support and home fans alike, which is definitely an improvement on previous years. So, keeping the core of a functioning squad together is an important outcome from where I see things. It doesn't matter if a sale brings in £2.50 or £10 million, the arseholes won't spend any of it on replenishing the current squad.

Venkys OUT!

Waggott OUT!

Suhail Pasha OUT!

Rudy G - GROW A PAIR!

[USABlue]

11 hours ago, davulsukur said:

Very little chance we'd be selling Pears

Not if they watched him Saturday.