January Transfer window

[Theaxe15]

15 minutes ago, neophox said:

Kone, Poku and Alsgaard are the ones I would try to bring in on permanent transfers. Then Broadhead on loan.

Three league one players...shouldn't be a problem and one prem player who can't get in the team.

Broadhead has literally started in at least 2 of their last 3 games 

[chaddyrovers]

16 hours ago, Ricky said:

I know you were happy to wait until the end of the window for signings Chaddy, something that most, including me, thought was the wrong call due to the number of key games in January (2 of which we’ve just lost). Has your view changed now due to the injuries?

Of course I would always signings in early as we all like but January transfer window is crap tbh..most major transfers later until you have money to buy quality. 

Hindsight is wonderful thing but we knew before January what we wanted which were quality striker and wideman with pace. That's hasn't changed. I'm surprised we haven't brought in that wide man but give Wallace and Schlupp arent coming now. Hence why we move on Kargbo now. 

Quality striker is always going to the problem in January, unless you spend 5-10 million pounds on one. I think Eustace will want Bamford in if we get Kargbo in. Tho if Bamford doesn't happen then I expect Danns or Scarlett in on loan, or even low fee striker signing like Callum Robinson or Emil Riis 

16 hours ago, Ricky said:

Also, I’m assuming that you are starting to share the concern of the group that we may not get the quality we need through the door.

No, not at the stage. After weekend, the transfer chaos will start. 

16 hours ago, Ricky said:

You mentioned BBD and Szmodics as examples of us bringing in championship players, I can’t see them splashing £7m or so on a striker. I wonder if they didn’t realise that players could leave for free at the end of the contract and that £7m would be lost. It wouldn’t surprise me one bit, especially if the rumours of them not knowing about relegation are true.

When I mentioned BBD and Szmodics was in context of them improving massively their goal record whilst here

15 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

Young Chaddy

Young chaddy? 😂😂😂

[Fraserkirky]

1 minute ago, chaddyrovers said:

 

Quality striker is always going to the problem in January, unless you spend 5-10 million pounds on one. I think Eustace will want Bamford in if we get Kargbo in. Tho if Bamford doesn't happen then I expect Danns or Scarlett in on loan, or even low fee striker signing like Callum Robinson or Emil Riis 

 

Callum Robinson, another one of those guys that seems to up his game against us. Sick of the sight of him over the years. 

Riis is a much better fit stylistically than Bamford, and a hell of a lot cheaper I would imagine. 

[RevidgeBlue]

5 hours ago, Polky said:

Have you ever read such a disheartening load of bullshit in your life?

The manager must be beside himself.

"Try" "aim" "hope" it's always jam tomorrow (which never materialises) with this chancer, never "We will" or "We can" do anything.

Instead of all that flowery prose signifying absolutely nothing he might as well have just given us the line he spins to the Fans Forum - "We're looking into it".

Looks also like it's going to pan out as I predicted yesterday. Couple of cheap short term signings to cover the recent injuries and the original priority positions which will cost more money to fill will be conveniently brushed under the carpet and forgotten about.

 

 

[booth]

4 hours ago, Ghost7 said:

Players and the manager are frustrated at the lack of investment in the team. From one of the horses mouths. I won't say who and I doubt that is a shock to most on here...... they are in the dark and it's a similar thing every year. Fadz did his best to act as a messenger. There's little faith in anyone above the manager currently and it does have a psychological impact. 👍

It happened near the end of JDTs first season when we still had a chance of the play offs. Ruined the morale of players and coaches. 

Imagine working hard to get a group of players raising their game then Jabba the Twunt and the worlds luckiest chicken factory manager stumble in like clowns and vacuum the life and ambition out of the club.

[roversfan99]

20 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Of course I would always signings in early as we all like but January transfer window is crap tbh..most major transfers later until you have money to buy quality. 

Hindsight is wonderful thing but we knew before January what we wanted which were quality striker and wideman with pace. That's hasn't changed. I'm surprised we haven't brought in that wide man but give Wallace and Schlupp arent coming now. Hence why we move on Kargbo now. 

Quality striker is always going to the problem in January, unless you spend 5-10 million pounds on one. I think Eustace will want Bamford in if we get Kargbo in. Tho if Bamford doesn't happen then I expect Danns or Scarlett in on loan, or even low fee striker signing like Callum Robinson or Emil Riis 

No, not at the stage. After weekend, the transfer chaos will start. 

When I mentioned BBD and Szmodics was in context of them improving massively their goal record whilst here

Young chaddy? 😂😂😂

If we signed a random player in Serie B would you not be concerned considering you have echoed that Eustace wants Championship experience throughout this window that it clearly wouldnt be a Eustace signing?

When you have such a limited budget and prioritise domestic experience then you are likely going to get someone who is sat on the bench and/or past his best. Bamford wont be coming here as his wages are extortionate. Players like Thomas Asante and maybe someone like Jacob Brown would also probably be beyond us but even if you got someone of that ilk, they arent natural goalscorers and struggle for game time at clubs lower down the table. Riis seems to be second choice to Osmajic and has struggled to score many goals since a serious injury and Robinson will be too important to Cardiff.

If we go for a young lad on loan it is a bit depressing. Danns has barely played senior football. Scarlett has just been recalled having found it impossible to play at Oxford ahead of a striker who hasnt scored for ages, he would be bottom of the barrel.

If we have even a couple of million, the choices are to go for someone like BTA/Brown (not necessarily those 2) who isnt going to score that many  but is an upgrade on what we have and you know what you are getting. Or take a risk abroad where you do then have a chance of finding someone with a higher ceiling but also know theres a chance he could flop. So risk and reward. The first option is 3 on a dice, you could roll a 6 or a 1 if you think outside the box.

If we go for a young lad on loan on top of a Serie B winger (who has struggled to replicate his Serie C) and/or fail to also get someone in to help to cover the Tronstad void, then we clearly arent serious and wont have the capability to be in the top 6 reckoning. It will all come down to money and it is hard to have any optimism that we will get what we need. Buy a striker, buy a winger, loan a midfielder and loan a left back should be the order of the day.

[chaddyrovers]

14 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Its flawed logic to say well Szmodics and Brereton started scoring as if you can sign anyone and it might happen. They are the exceptions to the the rule. And even then, Brereton was very young when we signed him and it took years for him to do that and Szmodics whilst he had never scored anywhere near as much as he did had seasons where he had scored quite a lot albeit in League 1.

Fair points but also if the team is set up for them you will score more goals. 

14 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Obviously you dont know how many goals any signings might score, one who rarely has in the past might score loads and one who had scored lots might be rubbish in a Rovers shirt. 

I think BTA is more than capable of scoring 15 goals a season at this level and if he was/is our number 1 target, go and get it done  

14 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I know yeah. I am saying that there has been a lot of talk in this window about Championship experience. I am saying that if you limit yourself then its a smaller pool and a more congested market.

But if the head coach wants that and you keep saying let's head coach decides who we sign then which one is it. Give the head coach what he wants or ignore him? 

13 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Elliott Jackson confirming talks with Kargbo. Clearly not what the manager wants having repeated that he wants Championship experience so @chaddyrovers you might struggle to say otherwise.

Track record hardly says ready for a Championship play off push. All very underwhelming 

But he has the pace from the video I've watched 13 mins. 

From the links in the media, it's appears Championship experience is what we want. If we have switch to Kargbo then that's suggests we cant bring in what Eustace for whatever reasons. I would personally gone for Tyler Goodham from Oxford. He impressed me alot against us at Ewood. 

[roverandout]

8 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Fair points but also if the team is set up for them you will score more goals. 

I think BTA is more than capable of scoring 15 goals a season at this level and if he was/is our number 1 target, go and get it done  

But if the head coach wants that and you keep saying let's head coach decides who we sign then which one is it. Give the head coach what he wants or ignore him? 

But he has the pace from the video I've watched 13 mins. 

From the links in the media, it's appears Championship experience is what we want. If we have switch to Kargbo then that's suggests we cant bring in what Eustace for whatever reasons. I would personally gone for Tyler Goodham from Oxford. He impressed me alot against us at Ewood. 

How can u conclude that he has pace by watching the same video 13 times?

 

Also bta isn't coming here

[jim mk2]

6 hours ago, Polky said:

So many weasel words in that statement…… close knit, togetherness, very limited January winter window. ..  hard working and honest …… summed up in one word: bullshit!

He must think supporters are stupid if he thinks we’ll be taken in by such a poor and, quite frankly, insulting statement 

And he gets paid north of £300,000 a year to come out with this crap. He’s 70, or thereabouts, and a multimillionaire who doesn’t even have the decency to live in the area. He should have gone long ago.