January Transfer window

[Torgeir]

16 minutes ago, AJW said:

We won’t be signing the Egyptian lad this is purely a rouse just to appease unrest amongst us 

 

don’t be fooled 

Does it appease us when we end up failing to sign anyone? Again...?

Not sure. Eustace entered a pretty hostile climate when he arrived last season, I think there will be some sort of backlash if we only sign Kargbo and slip down the table as a result of it.

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30 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

Name is STFU. Game is WUM. Relevance to bona fide Rovers fans, Nil.

You must of liked Ronnie Barkers wordplay 😄

[markhayhurst]

Marvellous a token striker that won’t  start. Great to see the links for left back/midfield and pace on wings we do need. Absolutely perfect transfer activity. Ffs 

[AJW]

13 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

Does it appease us when we end up failing to sign anyone? Again...?

Not sure. Eustace entered a pretty hostile climate when he arrived last season, I think there will be some sort of backlash if we only sign Kargbo and slip down the table as a result of it.

Just preparing you all for the inevitable… there will be another meltdown when it doesn’t happen beeen here before , too many times sadly 

[FE123]

7 minutes ago, markhayhurst said:

Marvellous a token striker that won’t  start. Great to see the links for left back/midfield and pace on wings we do need. Absolutely perfect transfer activity. Ffs 

Kargbo is a winger. Full of pace and direct. Whether he can have an impact in the championship or not is a different matter.

[rovers11]

45 minutes ago, Iceman said:

How many years of this have you encountered before? By now, you should be well aware of how this normally plays out. Either we tried, a fax machine doesn't work, or somebody didn't check papers correctly. Anything else I missed? 

The little caveat is that the fax machine does work and they do manage to press send rather than save when it's a player who doesn't cost much money...

[roverandout]

I think kargbo will be shipped out soon and our transfer dealings will be all at sea

[BRFC4EVA]

1 minute ago, FE123 said:

Kargbo is a winger. Full of pace and direct. Whether he can have an impact in the championship or not is a different matter.

Yes, spot on. Why is everyone talking about him being a striker and his goals to games?

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Is it not time to invest in new state-of-the-art mode of transportation?

 

 

more our budget

[Rover1984]

Wouldn’t surprise me if they announce Kargbo just before tomorrow’s game to try distinguish fans discontent. Hope they chant Waggott out the whole time

Edited January 30 by Rover1984

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4 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

more our budget

Pfffft we can't afford that it has wheels not an endless pit of money you know ggard' christ....

[chaddyrovers]

21 hours ago, martonrover said:

Come on, Chaddy..

I know when I sit down for my porridge in the morning, I’ll come on here to find you have spent the night defending Rovers’ honour 😉

wrong again Ian, 

6 hours ago, JHRover said:

Kargbo clearly got nothing to do with Eustace and another 'project' signing pushed by persons unknown. 

Yawn.

the same type of signing we did with Gueye or Ohashi or Cantwell 

5 hours ago, TheRevAshton said:

"No, obviously nobody's in at the moment. The club are working very hard to make sure we try and get a couple of good players in before the end of the window" Eustace said.

A couple.

Started off as needing 2/3, then after injuries it should have turned into 4/5... but now it's down to a couple.

*sigh*

we have already signed 2 players whilst we will sign at least a couple more. 

[simongarnerisgod]

it`s never a good thing when a manager has no involvement in player recruitement,it`s even more concerning when it`s rovers

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, Polky said:

https://x.com/sebnonda/status/1885004541222887889?s=46&t=eQpRIP77C9LnHMZexFr0xg
 

€4m bid rejected for striker Willem Geubbels at St Gallen.

Our bid was rejected alongside €6m from Union Berlin and €8m from Luton.

Moving on…

I mentioned this player on Sunday night has a possible option for us. 

2 hours ago, Polky said:

Boro getting £22.5m for Latte Lath, I wonder if they’ll re-invest the fee or scrape around France and Belgium for cheap deals?

They were linked with a Slovakian striker David Strelec from Slovan Bratislava at £6-8m fee

32 minutes ago, M_B said:

Radio Lancs saying Kargbo flying in tonight, deal agreed, medical tomorrow.

 

Lets we can announce and parade him before tomorrow game. 

[simongarnerisgod]

if kargbo actually does sign,he looks a completely different player to duberry ,who i`ve not been impressed with at all,bigger stronger and more direct,will be a good addition i think

we still need a centre forward though and another midfielder

[RTM08]

1 minute ago, simongarnerisgod said:

if kargbo actually does sign,he looks a completely different player to duberry ,who i`ve not been impressed with at all,bigger stronger and more direct,will be a good addition i think

we still need a centre forward though and another midfielder

Duberry has offered absolutely nothing in the games I've seen, but then neither have Hedges, Dolan etc. We're just really poor in those positions. 

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There's just been an emergency meeting today think I've got the footage here 

 

 

[B16Rover]

Leaning heavily on some FM knowledge here but the Serie C where Kargbo has been most prolific is both insanely hard to get out of and also a bizarre mixture of village clubs, phoenix clubs and development squads for Serie A.  All that said it's nigh on impossible to judge him as a player if his main performances are at that level. 

[Torgeir]

Just now, RTM08 said:

Duberry has offered absolutely nothing in the games I've seen, but then neither have Hedges, Dolan etc. We're just really poor in those positions. 

ACD has offered something off the bench at times, but has looked totally lost when starting. Good at pressing and has shown glimpses - I think it's a player there and wouldn't mind us signing him on a permanent in the summer. 

[roversfan99]

18 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

wrong again Ian, 

the same type of signing we did with Gueye or Ohashi or Cantwell 

we have already signed 2 players whilst we will sign at least a couple more. 

Youve been keen to stress throughout the last month that we need Championship experience and have always echoed Eustace who has regularly asked for that.

Are you concerned that we seemingly are not going to get that? Are you concerned that there is a chance that Eustace is not the one who is picking the signings? He described Kargbo as "one the club likes."

You also said Kargbo and that striker at St  Johnstone would not be a good enough window and you seemed uncharacteristically irritated by the club. Are you still as unimpressed by us signing Kargbo?

And you wanted "assets on the balance sheet" having heard Elliott Jackson say it. Would a window of Kargbo and 3 short term deals concern you regarding that.

[roversfan99]

3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

ACD has offered something off the bench at times, but has looked totally lost when starting. Good at pressing and has shown glimpses - I think it's a player there and wouldn't mind us signing him on a permanent in the summer. 

His stand out performance by a mile came against Luton when he started. Got a goal and man of the match.

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3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

ACD has offered something off the bench at times, but has looked totally lost when starting. Good at pressing and has shown glimpses - I think it's a player there and wouldn't mind us signing him on a permanent in the summer. 

I'm just not sure about his physicality or ability to hold up the ball. Yes he's shown glimpses but not sure he's someone we can rely on in our team if we want to contend. 

[Iceman]

1 hour ago, Nipper1875 said:

Mind boggles as to what a scout as seen ??? i cant see no championship player in them clips 

I hope I'm wrong, but Mostafa is way way better than him. I would have done all I can get him or Cissoko. 

[Emerald Isle Rover]

1 hour ago, Nipper1875 said:

Mind boggles as to what a scout as seen ??? i cant see no championship player in them clips 

Are you a scout? Do you know what you’re looking for? Is that clip what they have solely used? Silly comment

[chaddyrovers]

5 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

Whether this Mohamed is a genuine link or total rubbish, it does feel like Gestede is starting to dominate in terms of recruitment and it doesnt feel like Eustace's wishes will be granted. Interesting to see what @chaddyrovers makes of it.

We know that Gestede as head of football operations so of course he would be leading the search and working with Adam Owen to bring in players even if we had a chief Scout(who wouldn't be involved transfer negotiations)

Eustace wants championship experience signings but unless we spent the players on getting them and pay higher wages for players like Wallace, Bamford and Schlupp, we can't pay those wages on our budget. So we have be smarter and clever in our transfers and still bring in experience championship like we did with Hyam or Brittain or Batth or Weimann but also look for lower wage quality players like Ohashi. 

Eustace has been involve in the final choice of who we sign but also he is having to compromise on just looking at championship players and look further field and into the European leagues.