January Transfer window

[Emerald Isle Rover]

Eustace signings 

so can’t complain according to fans 

[Polky]

3 minutes ago, London blue said:

Nixon mentioning Bamford in his latest particle about us. If he's the answer I have no idea what the question is. Jesus.

Luckily he’s injured for the next month, so can’t see that happening.

He’s one of the worst performing strikers in Europe according the xG model - sounds about right for Rovers transfer department.

[TheRevAshton]

Wallace if we can’t land Schlupp.

Bamford a target.

Sorry, but are we only able to sign players who are slow and past it?

Have they forgotten that we have absolutely no pace in the squad already?!

Absolute morons. Classic bit of sabotaging going on, but the sad reality is that we’ll actually end up signing worse players than those mentioned above.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

If true they are Eustace signings

but I don’t think it’s true tbh bamford did his hamstring last week 

since park has gone Nixon is back to square one with rovers just guessing he’s no longer in the know with us - calling bs on these links

and clinging on to the lack of knowledge from anybody/account about kitching talks and Sanderson signing 

[Torgeir]

Jed Wallace is decent but not what we need. Bamford is far from the player he once was and one we need to avoid. 
 

Beginning to figure out why J. Park left. 

[neophox]

Think we should go all blazing guns and bring in Tom Cannon if possible on a permanent deal.

[roversfan99]

We badly need pace, it seems like we are just trying to sign hasbeens.

[Tugayisgod]

Wasn't the transfer policy at one time to only sign players under 26 so that they had a sell on value in the future ( if any good)

Now it seems the policy is signing players over 30 or more. I know these are only  possibilities and names being thrown about but no more please. Schlupp perhaps but that's it

[KentExile]

11 minutes ago, neophox said:

Think we should go all blazing guns and bring in Tom Cannon if possible on a permanent deal.

Whilst we are at, we should pick up Haaland, Salah, DeBruyne, and invest in research for a time machine to pick up Maldini in his prime, which are all just as likely to happen given our current ownership

Edited January 12 by KentExile

[BankEnd Rover]

Wallace was good at Pompey and also Millwall but has faded. Albions branding him not good enough now and he's not quick...Yep...he's coming here isn't he.

Edited January 12 by BankEnd Rover

[pick32]

Bamford isn’t better than the three we have 

[philipl]

BBD is a question of can JE sort out his mental issues. One thing Ben didn't do was down tools at Ewood as someone has erroneously posted. Mowbray was extremely clear about that.

Even if there was £20m on the table to spend, we'd still be buying flawed goods so whoever we sign will be a big risk.

I'd far rather blow some money on an expensive loan which can make promotion a bit more than a pipe dream than buy a solid Championship player who will keep us where we are.

 

[Ricky]

Leeds fans really don’t rate Bamford. Statistically he’s recent performances have made him one of the worst strikers in European football.

[KentExile]

Just now, Ricky said:

Leeds fans really don’t rate Bamford. Statistically he’s recent performances have made him one of the worst strikers in European football.

Statistically the most wasteful striker in world football, for reference Gueye was something like 29th on the same list

[chaddyrovers]

23 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

We badly need pace, it seems like we are just trying to sign hasbeens.

How are Wallace and Bamford past it at aged 30 and 31? 

So who should we be signing then? What RF99 plan(or anyone) plan? Who should we be targeting? 

Edited January 12 by chaddyrovers

[philipl]

On BBD, if he gets his self belief back, we have seen him scoring at better than a goal every other game in the Championship.

[BigHoz]

These signings/links are so short sighted, hasbeens and not very good 😭

[rigger]

4 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Leeds fans really don’t rate Bamford. Statistically he’s recent performances have made him one of the worst strikers in European football.

And yet, he would walk into our first team.

[Atko's Engine]

On 10/01/2025 at 16:47, Paul Mani said:

All I’ll say is, if Adam Forshaw is the answer to the midfield cover question, then I fuckin hope we’re doing it to keep a boat load of cash spare for a striker and winger!

Dearie me! 🙈🤣

I know I'm a bit late to the party here, but that's literally what JE said in his post match interview.

The signings of Sanderson & (in particular) Forshaw are short term ones to plug gaps where we're weak due to injuries & to provide motivational support on the pitch, in the dressing room, in training etc. Both have given a clear mantra in their interviews that they're here to help however they can; they've not been sold the pup of guaranteed 1st team football so I think these are solid, if unimaginative, January signings.

These aren't the names that'll make or break our window.

[chaddyrovers]

10 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Wasn't the transfer policy at one time to only sign players under 26 so that they had a sell on value in the future ( if any good)

Now it seems the policy is signing players over 30 or more. I know these are only  possibilities and names being thrown about but no more please. Schlupp perhaps but that's it

That's where you need experience players. Listen to Leonard pre match interview where he speaks about Baker influence on him during injury period. Also spoke very highly of Eustace man management of him. 

21 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

If true they are Eustace signings

but I don’t think it’s true tbh bamford did his hamstring last week 

since park has gone Nixon is back to square one with rovers just guessing he’s no longer in the know with us - calling bs on these links

Hilarious post. He got everything about behind the scenes like GB, Kimberley, Sutton leaving, Cheston and Slivester leaving. Owen, Gestede, Park, Wright, Baker coming in behind the scenes. 

That's before we got to transfers in the summer like Weimann, Toth, Batth, Beck, etc. 

He was right about Forshaw coming in wasn't he? 

 

[Ricky]

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

How are Wallace and Bamford? 

So who should we be signing then? What RF99 plan(or anyone) plan? Who should we be targeting? 

I actually quite liked Wallace when I’ve seen him previously. Just not sure he’s what we need at this time. Bamfords finishing is awful, as mentioned previously.

Phil suggested investing in some very good loans. Im not against that idea at all. Bring in some top quality for the second half of the season. I’ve mentioned Danns already, that’s one I’d like to see us go for. I know he’s young but I think there’s some real quality in there and he could score goals at this level. Was keen for us to look at Barry as well but I think he may have gone to Derby.

[davulsukur]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

How are Wallace and Bamford? 

So who should we be signing then? What RF99 plan(or anyone) plan? Who should we be targeting? 

Bamford is very nearly the very definition of "past it". 31 years old and hasn't had a good season in about 4 years.

Jed Wallace is 30, so coming to end of his career but he is probably exactly what JE is looking for. A player who can play in a couple of different positions and is the most championship midfielder you can probably find. I've always rated him tbf, it's just a shame we'd be signing him 3 years too late.

[AVE1875]

10 hours ago, superniko said:

You realise he was playing against City, Liverpool, Arsenal not Plymouth, Oxford, PNE? Absolute bonkers statement 

6 goals in 14 for Sheffield United in the Premier League, the worst team in the whole league. Lightyears ahead of Hedges and co

 

It isn't a bonkers statement at all, he did absolutely nothing for Villarreal playing against teams like Getafe, Alavés and Las Palmas... The lower echelons of La Liga may as well be Championship sides.

I also, never said he wasn't better than Hedges and had liked comments from fans saying he was and I agree with that statement. 

My point is I'm not sure if he would make as huge an impact as we need and comparing him against our current players stats, his stats so far this season regardless of it being in the Prem are dire, that and he literally left us on bad terms.

Would I take him over Hedges? Probably, but what would happen if he didn't make an immediate impact? Fans would be calling for his head immediately. 🤣

Edited January 12 by AVE1875
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[Emerald Isle Rover]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

That's where you need experience players. Listen to Leonard pre match interview where he speaks about Baker influence on him during injury period. Also spoke very highly of Eustace man management of him. 

Hilarious post. He got everything about behind the scenes like GB, Kimberley, Sutton leaving, Cheston and Slivester leaving. Owen, Gestede, Park, Wright, Baker coming in behind the scenes. 

That's before we got to transfers in the summer like Weimann, Toth, Batth, Beck, etc. 

He was right about Forshaw coming in wasn't he? 

 

Firstly please read before responding 

I said ‘since park has gone’

forshaw was mentioned on Twitter by an account hours before Nixon did so taking this window insolation ‘since park has gone’ (vital this part of the sentence)

Kitching - no mention

sanderson - no mention

forshaw - broke online well before he mentioned it

Park is his mate he’s not there to drop feed information like last summer where he got the majority right

[bluebruce]

23 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

It appears from the list that nearly all other stages of cases are heard before they move onto final hearings.

Seems back to front to me.

Sorry, I'm not sure what you mean by that?