January Transfer window

[miqaayil]

2 hours ago, sharpysharps86 said:

The question that I suspect we'll never get an answer to. They'll drive the club deeper and deeper into the ground before they're gone.

i've always stated guys ...the V's consider themselves royalties and upper caste in a deeply caste rooted environment and the snowball incident was like a revolt by commoners which left a deep rooted hate for us ...and this deathless slow death is a form of punishment ... we were always a financial vehicle with boasting rights ...they were never interested in football , thier hometown club PUNE FC died few years ago. 

Some nefarious a.hole used their clout with SBI and took instrument for foreign investment and Vs were on for free publicity and bragging rights. This is what i believe is happening ...

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

Johnny Price (for the older supporter). 5' 2" !

Joe Haverty, for the even older ones. He was 5-3”. I remember seeing us line up with Dougie, 5-7 ish, Bobby Craig, 5-5” and Joe Haverty 5-3” all in the forwards. 

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

47 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

"I'm not aware of anything imminent or being on the table."

The usual line again.

Mentions wanting a left back as Pickering is out until March. No mention of a midfielder even though Tronstad is out until March so we are going to have to put up with sub standard midfielders in Buckley and especially Forshaw until then.

Eustace isn't the person that's going to be able to give meaningful updates on transfer progress, so if you're relying on his daily interviews for anything of substance I think you're going to be disappointed.

Who we really need is the latest unqualified weasel in the chicken hatch; Gestede. Our Rudy was going to ensure that he communicates with the fans more often.. then immediately tried to pull the wool over our eyes in his first communication, and hasn't been seen or heard of since. 

[booth]

2 minutes ago, Crimpshrine said:

It's revenge for the snowball.

They have now beaten the 14 year record set by The Count of Monte Cristo.

If they are not satisfied soon then they are just plain evil.

If/when they do leave, we should carry on with the grudge. They shouldn't get away with it that easy. The world needs regularly reminding was a set of slimy fuckwits they are.

Videos, pics and articles need writing en masse every "liberation day" till and beyond their deaths.

[den]

2 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

May be exaggerating slightly.!  Maybe 5' 4", he was really small

😀 I don’t know. You may be right. He was really short. Effective though.

[Penwortham Blue]

15 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Joe Haverty, for the even older ones. He was 5-3”. I remember seeing us line up with Dougie, 5-7 ish, Bobby Craig, 5-5” and Joe Haverty 5-3” all in the forwards. 

Ronnie Hildersley and Paul Shepstone. Ronnie was 5-4 but surprisingly, as I seem to remember him being tiny, Shep reported at 5-8 on wiki !

Edited January 23 by Penwortham Blue

[AVE1875]

2 hours ago, CD_93 said:

Oh good, having Trav back will be like a new signing. Keep the fax machine off...

 

... 😉

Thank fuck Trav is back... Missed him the entire time he's been gone... At least we have one back out of him and Sonny.

[booth]

6 minutes ago, AVE1875 said:

Thank fuck Trav is back... Missed him the entire time he's been gone... At least we have one back out of him and Sonny.

He won't be the same alongside Buckley or Forshaw sadly. I imagine he'll spend most of his time dropping deeper to cover for them. The reason he was better is he could get forward more with Tronstad in midfield. I hope people don't get on his back like some people are blaming Eustace right now.

[DavidMailsTightPerm]

23 minutes ago, Tugayisgod said:

May be exaggerating slightly.!  Maybe 5' 4", he was really small

Bill Eckesley - 5'6"

Another good player of diminutive stature (and I do think it is more difficult for a defender to be smaller)

[AJW]

40 minutes ago, booth said:

If/when they do leave, we should carry on with the grudge. They shouldn't get away with it that easy. The world needs regularly reminding was a set of slimy fuckwits they are.

Videos, pics and articles need writing en masse every "liberation day" till and beyond their deaths.

I’m quite friendly with the SAS 😂😂

[DE.]

3 hours ago, booth said:

It will always remain a mystery.

But it's clear that whatever the reason is, it's a scumbag reason.

I can only think of two realistic reasons (if you assume that the rumours they have had serious offers and turned them down immediately):

1) There are skeletons in the closet they don't want investigated.

2) Pride/Not wanting to lose face by selling and essentially admitting to failing.

I don't think there have been any Indian-based owners of UK clubs previously or currently (although I may be wrong), and if so we are unfortunately the precedent for how owners from that culture may behave. It's also possible that they've had offers but they've always been contingent on them writing off the debt, which they are unwilling to do, but without knowing if or what offers have been tabled, we can't know for sure.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, miqaayil said:

i've always stated guys ...the V's consider themselves royalties and upper caste in a deeply caste rooted environment and the snowball incident was like a revolt by commoners which left a deep rooted hate for us ...and this deathless slow death is a form of punishment ... we were always a financial vehicle with boasting rights ...they were never interested in football , thier hometown club PUNE FC died few years ago. 

Some nefarious a.hole used their clout with SBI and took instrument for foreign investment and Vs were on for free publicity and bragging rights. This is what i believe is happening ...

Let's hope this fraud case in India ruins them.

[miqaayil]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Let's hope this fraud case in India ruins them.

not happening ...postponed forever...unless regime change 

[Waggy76]

9 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Let's hope this fraud case in India ruins them.

Just smokescreen staged managed by the Raos and their stooges in the Indian justice system... 

[BankEnd Rover]

Apparently, for Kargbo, we've bid €800,000 which works out at around £600,000 ish? (I think) 

Edited January 23 by BankEnd Rover

[Eddie]

5 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Apparently, for Kargbo, we've bid €800,000 which works out at around £600,000 ish? (I think) 

Getting a bit closer to 700,000, but it's a decent time to be buying in Euros. 

[aletheia]

Johnny Giles 5'5".

[Emerald Isle Rover]

8 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Apparently, for Kargbo, we've bid €800,000 which works out at around £600,000 ish? (I think) 

Where’s this from?

[BankEnd Rover]

2 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Where’s this from?

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 23 by BankEnd Rover

[Angry_Pirate]

Which team wins?

Injured/Ill XI

                            Pears

            Carter    Batth    Wharton

Brittain                                       Pickering 

                Travis     Tronstad

Rankin-Costello                  Sigurdsson 

                          Ohashi

                        ---------------

Saturday Likely XI

                         Gueye

Dolan              Cantwell                ACD

            Buckley            Forshaw 

Beck       Hyam     Sanderson     Hedges

                          Toth

Edited January 23 by Angry_Pirate
Which team finishes 24th, and which finishes 23rd over a full CH season?

[Polky]

[...]

again highlighting other teams spending money at the 9:00 mark

 

Edited January 23 by ...

[AVE1875]

1 hour ago, booth said:

He won't be the same alongside Buckley or Forshaw sadly. I imagine he'll spend most of his time dropping deeper to cover for them. The reason he was better is he could get forward more with Tronstad in midfield. I hope people don't get on his back like some people are blaming Eustace right now.

I get where you're coming from, but I trust Trav a lot more in doing that as I'm sure many others do.

Bit of a joke with people getting on Eustace's back though, got to say... He was doing brilliantly until the injuries started.

[Trinidad Rover]

6 minutes ago, Polky said:

The concise version: 

‘we won’t spend anything so can’t get anything better than we currently have. Players coming back will be the new signings. So stop whinging and accept your fate’

Edited January 23 by Trinidad Rover

[Emerald Isle Rover]

6 minutes ago, Polky said:

I called this about a week ago

the narrative will be the injuries waggott is so predictable that it’s quite laughable really