January Transfer window

[Emerald Isle Rover]

32 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

2 spots left.

We registered 23 at the start of the season, Baker and McFadzean have left, Forshaw and Sandersonnhave come in.

I can't see Sigurdsson leaving, so to get another spot available the other option is try to find a loan for Hilton and promote one of the kids to 3rd choice keeper.

Wharton drop out?

[Lancaster Rover]

Sigurdsson won’t be going anywhere this window, only thing we can hope for at this stage is a move to the Middle East or gets his contract paid up. 
 

He’s barely kicked a ball this season and from his recent Instagram postings has been struggling with illness all year whether that’s his ‘injury’ or football related injuries are in addition to illness we’ve no idea. I feel a certain level of sympathy for the lad as what looked a promising career has effectively been derailed by the Russia/Ukraine conflict. Admittedly at times he hasn’t applied himself to the levels we expected, he’s now looking at a career that’s on a massively downward trajectory. 

[AJW]

Maybe a loan to Scotland would help him 

[MarkBRFC]

15 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Wharton drop out?

Wharton wasn't registered to begin with due to his injury.

The 23 registered were - Pears, Toth, Hilton, Brittain, JRC, Hyam, McFadzean, Batth, Carter, Pickering, Beck, Hedges, Travis, Buckley, Baker, Tronstad, Dolan, Cozier-Duberry, Sigurdsson, Weimann, Cantwell, Ohashi, Gueye.

So obviously swap out McFadzean and Baker for Sanderson and Forshaw.

So 2 spots left, of course they could always decide not to register someone like Hilton or Sigurdsson or whoever to get that extra spot, but we all know they won't, and I can't see anyone else leaving.

So we won't be getting the striker, winger and left back that we desperately need.

Edited Saturday at 08:17 by MarkBRFC

[KentExile]

4 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

So 2 spots left, of course they could always decide not to register someone like Hilton or Sigurdsson or whoever to get that extra spot, but we all know they won't, and I can't see anyone else leaving.

So we won't be getting the striker, winger and left back that we desperately need.

Unless at least one is "a kid" (U21 player) on a free transfer

Edited Saturday at 08:15 by KentExile

[BankEnd Rover]

Why would people want bamford? He's not back on the grass until the start of feb, (according to Farke). He'll then need a couple of weeks to get back to full fitness. His wages will be sky high also...I'd rather get this St Johnstone lad, if it was between the two.

Edited Saturday at 08:53 by BankEnd Rover

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, Forever Blue said:

You stated a fact, not an opinion. 

No it's My opinion FB. 

1 hour ago, Ossydave said:

What an absurd comment, even by your puppies and rainbows mindset.

 

That's my opinion. If you disagree fine but add an quality striker to this team I think playoff is there. Of course I want left sided attacking player aswell plus a left back.

44 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

2 spots left.

We registered 23 at the start of the season, Baker and McFadzean have left, Forshaw and Sandersonnhave come in.

I can't see Sigurdsson leaving, so to get another spot available the other option is try to find a loan for Hilton and promote one of the kids to 3rd choice keeper.

Already said I would leave Sigurdsson out of the squad registration 

[MarkBRFC]

3 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Unless at least one is "a kid" (U21 player) on a free transfer

They could do that, seems very unlikely that we'll pick up a under 21 unattached player though, or another under 21 player for a fee would be the same.

2 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Already said I would leave Sigurdsson out of the squad registration 

Will never happen, if he's fit they will want to use him, especially with the wages he's on.

Ideally you move him on but why would he rush to go now when he can have more freedom in the summer on a free.

[Ricky]

It’s no secret that we need a goal scorer. You need to go down to 15th in the league to find a team with a few goals as us. We had a run where we nicked 1-0 wins as the back line was so solid. Unfortunately the lack of goals always meant that those results could easily become 1-0 losses. 

However I don’t agree that a single striker gets us the play offs. We’re too weak in our back up positions. Starting 11 is probably good enough for a top 6 but our squad is very weak and lacks the quality in depth to sustain a top 6 push. We can’t rely on the likes of JRC and Leonard to come in and make a difference. I’d argue we need to loan out Leonard, Buckley and JRC and bring in the quality we need. Shelvey would have been good, O’Brien may also be a decent option. Unfortunately we can’t even compete with the average teams in our league for wages so we’re going to be shopping in the bargain bins (Plymouth and Birmingham cast offs). I have no idea how this window ends but if history teaches us anything it’s that we’ll bring in a couple of cheap loans or free signings. We’re not fishing in the big ponds anymore. We can forget those signings, basically if there is another top half team in the mix, we’re going to miss out.

We’ll drop out of the play offs (like we do after Christmas every year) over the weekend and then have our usual run of poor form through to the end of the season when we finish in a comfortably league position of 10-12. 

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

Wharton wasn't registered to begin with due to his injury.

The 23 registered were - Pears, Toth, Hilton, Brittain, JRC, Hyam, McFadzean, Batth, Carter, Pickering, Beck, Hedges, Travis, Buckley, Baker, Tronstad, Dolan, Cozier-Duberry, Sigurdsson, Weimann, Cantwell, Ohashi, Gueye.

So obviously swap out McFadzean and Baker for Sanderson and Forshaw.

So 2 spots left, of course they could always decide not to register someone like Hilton or Sigurdsson or whoever to get that extra spot, but we all know they won't, and I can't see anyone else leaving.

So we won't be getting the striker, winger and left back that we desperately need.

I’m sure you’re aware of this link but for the benefit of anyone else whose interested:

https://s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/gc-media-assets.gc.eflservices.co.uk/65dc2290-9c5a-11ef-91f1-ff97ab87010f.pdf

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

The thinnest silver lining to the biggest shit cloud.. when Venkys don't invest, surely even the Facebook lot see them for what they are, and in turn the fan baae unites and turns up the heat up on Pasha and the fat controller

Or more likely, purgatory continues indefinitely 

[roversfan99]

The registration situation hasnt been mentioned by Eustace when talking about signings so you do wonder especially with our club if they are aware if it.

Forshaw is even more of a poor signing considering he takes up a space but we still need a midfielder quite desperately. Our current position is reliant obviously on that run of 6 consecutive wins but its clearly based on how organised we have been based around a core of experienced players. Tronstad has been for me as important as anyone being as good as most in the league at protecting a defencr, you go from him to Forshaw or even Buckley and your strength becomes your weakness.

Sigurdsson is no use to us and there are others in there that offer no value to the team really, Hilton is another. Can you really see any of them being eased out or if push comes to shove, not registered? My guess is we will sign 2 and say we cant register anyone else. Probably a striker on loan and this winger from Serie B.

[Emerald Isle Rover]

It will be a loan a cheap winger and probably scouring the market for an out of favour left back under 21 so the registration doesn’t count 

weirdly I’m even more behind the team and JE than ever before 

pressure/banners/chants whatever should all be aimed at waggott Rudy venkys 

[KentExile]

11 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

It will be a loan a cheap winger and probably scouring the market for an out of favour left back under 21 so the registration doesn’t count 

weirdly I’m even more behind the team and JE than ever before 

pressure/banners/chants whatever should all be aimed at waggott Rudy venkys 

If that fails, then maybe a late panic recall from loan of Jake Batty from Accy, who is young enough to not need registering

[Mattyblue]

28 minutes ago, CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber said:

The thinnest silver lining to the biggest shit cloud.. when Venkys don't invest, surely even the Facebook lot see them for what they are, and in turn the fan baae unites and turns up the heat up on Pasha and the fat controller

Or more likely, purgatory continues indefinitely 

Not really, as some players, a Fleck style free here, a 19 year old from Brighton on loan there, will arrive on deadline day so it will placate them.

Even if they don’t arrive, it’s all ‘FFP, though!’, ‘crap crowds’, ‘who’d buy us?’.

Where’s the nearest cliff? 

Edited Saturday at 10:43 by Mattyblue

[Dreams of 1995]

Forshaw has come at an unfortunate time to be honest

By all accounts, Rooney was a quite terrible coach. He’s been playing under him for 6 months. It was going to take time to get up to speed, especially with the way Eustace expects his central midfielders to play

Having to come straight in the side isn’t ideal. I think it was a poor choice for a signing - maybe should have took a chance on a Morton loan or something. He would be better. I would have taken him on a loan to buy with promotion option. Liverpool want rid 

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Mattyblue said:

Not really, as some players will arrive on deadline day so will placate them.

Even if they don’t, it’s all ‘FFP, though!’, ‘crap crowds’, ‘who’d buy us?’.

Where’s the nearest cliff? 

How will they tackle the fact that if the owner’s don’t invest the loss allowed under FFP is even lower? 

[Mattyblue]

7 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

How will they tackle the fact that if the owner’s don’t invest the loss allowed under FFP is even lower? 

Think you are giving Joe Public far too much credit when if comes to critical thinking!

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Think you are giving Joe Public far too much credit when if comes to critical thinking!

Am I applying logic when I shouldn’t be? 😁😁

[KentExile]

 

1 minute ago, wilsdenrover said:

Am I applying logic when I shouldn’t be? 😁😁

Consider the intellect of the average person you encounter on a day to day basis

And then consider, that by the definition of the term "average", half the population is not even that intelligent

Its scary

[riverholmes]

16 year-old, Rory Finneran, recently made his U21 debut for Newcastle. He’s been in their U18s, now promoted as a space becomes available. One would hope Rovers received fair compensation given his potential.

Edited Saturday at 11:07 by riverholmes

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, KentExile said:

 

Consider the intellect of the average person you encounter on a day to day basis

And then consider, that by the definition of the term "average", half the population is not even that intelligent

Its scary

But explains a lot. 

[KentExile]

Just now, riverholmes said:

Rory Finneran recently made his U21 debut for Newcastle. He’s been in their U18s, now promoted as a space becomes available. One would hope Rovers received fair compensation given his potential.

The vast majority of any fee will be based on future appearances and sales etc

[MarkBRFC]

1 minute ago, riverholmes said:

16 year-old, Rory Finneran, recently made his U21 debut for Newcastle. He’s been in their U18s, now promoted as a space becomes available. One would hope Rovers received fair compensation given his potential.

Doesn't matter if we do.

[wilsdenrover]

4 minutes ago, riverholmes said:

16 year-old, Rory Finneran, recently made his U21 debut for Newcastle. He’s been in their U18s, now promoted as a space becomes available. One would hope Rovers received fair compensation given his potential.

I’ve no confidence we’ve even paid the fee for the tribunal to take place yet.