January Transfer window

[Roverthechimp]

6 minutes ago, MB Rover said:

Roy Cropper and Gail Platt would improve the current squad, that’s not the point.

Made me chuckle and I get your point but anyone that improves what we have available for selection for games is sort of the point.

[Exiled_Rover]

Is Forshaw a loan or a free transfer?

Surely we've not paid a fee for him?

[Norn Iron Rover]

Underwhelming (particularly Forshaw). I just hope they are waiting to move Sigurdsson on and free up his wages before bringing in 2 quality attacking signings. 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Roverthechimp said:

Made me chuckle and I get your point but anyone that improves what we have available for selection for games is sort of the point.

Do they though? Is Forshaw really any better than Buckley or Garrett?

No-one knows how good or bad O'Riordan is but he was highly rated at one point. Is Sanderson an obvious upgrade?

 

[BankEnd Rover]

19 minutes ago, MB Rover said:

Here’s a plot twist, maybe, just maybe, Eustace DIDNT want a 33 year old, injury prone, midfielder who can’t start for a relegation team?

What is anyone basing this ‘Eustace wanted forshaw on?’ Nixon? Reckon he’s picked up the phone and asked him if he’s happy with it?

There is no, and never will be, any actual evidence ‘it’s what Eustace wants’. People falling hook line and sinker for messages the club are feeding into the media. 

"John we need someone in now and we're running out of options due to our pathetic budget"...."Foreshaw, do you want him"..."it's better than fuck all, YES I want him"

Edited Saturday at 10:08 by BankEnd Rover

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Is Forshaw a loan or a free transfer?

Surely we've not paid a fee for him?

Free 

[Nic81]

The Sanderson signing coming from nowhere gives me hope that we are looking at players and it’s not being leaked. I know AF was, but maybe others aren’t. I don’t mind the Sanderson signing at all, could be quite shrewd if he has just lost his way a little. He would be back up, unless he comes really good. AF is very underwhelming - fine as back up for Tronstad but who is playing whilst Travis is out? What if he doesn’t return to form after his injury? 

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Is Forshaw a loan or a free transfer?

Surely we've not paid a fee for him?

Think he's had his deal terminated by Plymouth and we've signed him on a short term deal until the end of the season. Which is another great sign.

Also looks about 55 on the picture of him wearing the scarf. Not that that will necessarily have any bearing on how he plays.

[KentExile]

6 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Is Forshaw a loan or a free transfer?

Surely we've not paid a fee for him?

free - after terminating his contract at Plymouth Argyle.

Plymouth allowed him to cancel his contract to move on, he is that good 😉 

Edited Saturday at 10:13 by KentExile

[Wegerleswiggle]

Happy with Sanderson, underwhelmed by Forshaw. Jed Wallace and a striker (not Andre Gray) would do for me now. Maybe Schlupp as well 

Edited Saturday at 10:13 by Wegerleswiggle
Typo

[Claret_In_Peace]

Serious Question guys (I'm not taking the piss) are you worried about the lack of money the Venkys seem to have, free old transfers from league one is not what you want or need for a push to win promotion 

[Exiled_Rover]

6 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Do they though? Is Forshaw really any better than Buckley or Garrett?

No-one knows how good or bad O'Riordan is but he was highly rated at one point. Is Sanderson an obvious upgrade?

 

Sanderson was bought for £2m and was the captain of a Championship team. 

O'Riordan couldn't even make the bench at Cambridge. 

At this moment in time it's clear who the better player is - but hopefully Cambridge are mugs and O'Riordan is a world beater.

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Claret_In_Peace said:

Serious Question guys (I'm not taking the piss) are you worried about the lack of money the Venkys seem to have, free old transfers from league one is not what you want or need for a push to win promotion 

They have plenty of money.

What they lack (amongst many many other things) is the will to spend it on Rovers.

[RevidgeBlue]

3 minutes ago, Claret_In_Peace said:

Serious Question guys (I'm not taking the piss) are you worried about the lack of money the Venkys seem to have, free old transfers from league one is not what you want or need for a push to win promotion 

I'm sure they've got more money than we can imagine.

I'm worried about the amount of money we have - yes.

(Edit:   - Wilsden beat me to it)

Edited Saturday at 10:17 by RevidgeBlue

[MB Rover]

4 minutes ago, Claret_In_Peace said:

Serious Question guys (I'm not taking the piss) are you worried about the lack of money the Venkys seem to have, free old transfers from league one is not what you want or need for a push to win promotion 

As long as Eustace is happy that’s all I care about 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 

[RevidgeBlue]

4 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Sanderson was bought for £2m and was the captain of a Championship team. 

O'Riordan couldn't even make the bench at Cambridge. 

At this moment in time it's clear who the better player is - but hopefully Cambridge are mugs and O'Riordan is a world beater.

If he's any good though seems odd Birmingham's new manager and owners don't rate him highly enough for a campaign in League 1.

Edited Saturday at 10:20 by RevidgeBlue

[wilsdenrover]

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I'm sure they've got more money than we can imagine.

I'm worried about the amount of money we have - yes.

(Edit:   - Wilsden beat me to it)

We’re saying the same things far too often at the moment for my liking 😁

I’ll start really worrying if I start criticising Sondre…

[roverandout]

Wouldn't surprise me if this was the end of our transfer business and the old excuses will be out from groucho marx that we tried but couldn't deliver

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, roverandout said:

Wouldn't surprise me if this was the end of our transfer business and the old excuses will be out from groucho marx that we tried but couldn't deliver

Harpo would communicate better than our lot.

[MB Rover]

16 minutes ago, Roverthechimp said:

Made me chuckle and I get your point but anyone that improves what we have available for selection for games is sort of the point.

I get the thinking, but it’s not improved by much though! I’ve made my feeling on John Buckley and Garrett known, and maybe both turn out to be great signings. That’s not the point. We’ve sold a generational talent for half his market price, our top scorer, countless other players, a training ground, Armstrong, sell ons from previous cheap sales, and were signing loans and freebies from teams who don’t want them and don’t think they’re good enough, one of which is in league one.

The club leak all these rhetorics of how happy and rosy Eustace is with all these signings, like he’s going to come out and say otherwise? And people fall for it every time. 

All over social media it’s ’well Forshaw doesn’t start when Travis is fit’. Well Travis isn’t fit. ‘He’s only third choice’, is he good enough to be third choice? Strikes me as a 5th choice standard. Would he be third choice at ANY of our play off chasing rivals? Would he fuck. 

It’s rinse and repeat every single window, get close to the playoffs, have a shocking January and run of results and end January 10th place. ‘Saving our budget’ for strikers and wide men is the message coming from the plants in the media like Jackson.

We know how this script ends, ‘we did all we could!’ 

[Tom]

Like others I’m fine with Sanderson although a loan with a deal would have made more sense in case it works out well

The other lad I’m more worried about but the main concern is the intent it’s signalling, really hope this is a case of a couple of essential bits of sticking tape whilst the main priorities are still possible 

[Exiled_Rover]

7 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

If he's any good though seems odd Birmingham's new manager and owners don't rate him highly enough for a campaign in League 1.

They brought in two new CBs.

Maybe he doesn't suit the style of football they play? I've no idea, I just know he's talented enough to play in the Championship - it's not a signing I'm disappointed by.

[RevidgeBlue]

10 minutes ago, roverandout said:

Wouldn't surprise me if this was the end of our transfer business and the old excuses will be out from groucho marx that we tried but couldn't deliver

I'd be surprised if even they were that brass necked. I'll be pleasantly surprised though if we bring in the quality we need up front to sustain a play off push I'd think it'd be more likely to be a couple of low grade, low cost signings along the lines we've just made. 

Even that would be enough to see Eustace off in the short to medium term I reckon. What would be the point for him in carrying on?

Hoping to be proved completely wrong obviously.

Edited Saturday at 10:32 by RevidgeBlue

[Forever Blue]

17 minutes ago, Claret_In_Peace said:

Serious Question guys (I'm not taking the piss) are you worried about the lack of money the Venkys seem to have, free old transfers from league one is not what you want or need for a push to win promotion 

They don’t lack money, they just won’t invest it in Rovers. It’s been the same for 14 long fucking years. Have you been on the moon?

[Hasta]

52 minutes ago, DuffsLeftPeg said:

One fan said that, let’s not twist the facts.

Also that fan was also likely smacked up on home brewed ciderrrr 🥴 

But the entire thread that I linked to are in full agreement. They are practically all astonished that a top half championship club would pick him up. Look back at the twitter feed someone posted above. 

Edited Saturday at 10:37 by Hasta