January Transfer window

[islander200]

4 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

 

Well that was a quick collapse! Within 3 minutes, two of our main reputed targets heading to Championship rivals. Must be a record outside of deadline day.

Where they still targets though?

The way I was looking at it , it was one of the hibs fella, Cissokho or Kargbo.

Obviously he doesn't know everything. But that was what Nixon was also saying.The bid for the hibs player was made before we had agreed a fee for Kargbo 

I don't see us being for 2 wingers, when midfield left back and striker have been mentioned by Eustace, I could only see us still being in for the lad from Hibs if Kargbo or him are being viewed as a striker 

Edited February 1 by islander200

[MarkBRFC]

Yeah i never thought we were in for two wingers.

We just got the cheapest one.

[islander200]

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

Yeah i never thought we were in for two wingers.

We just got the cheapest one.

Cissoko probably cheaper if its a straight loan 

[bluebruce]

3 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

We reportdely bid £800k for Youan, a player Hibs signed for around £1m. Now Stoke are bidding £1.5m?

Contract expires after next season.

Transfermarkt has it that Hibs paid about 580k Euros for him. I read an Edinburgh based article the other day that suggested a similar figure.

[BankEnd Rover]

We cannot and will not compete with anyone in this league. We need 2 wingers ideally but not a chance this board will give anymore money now...I thought we were close on 2 players? Where is the other? 
 

Pathetic. 

[bluebruce]

6 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Where they still targets though?

The way I was looking at it , it was one of the hibs fella, Cissokho or Kargbo.

Obviously he doesn't know everything. But that was what Nixon was also saying.The bid for the hibs player was made before we had agreed a fee for Kargbo 

I don't see us being for 2 wingers, when midfield left back and striker have been mentioned by Eustace, I could only see us still being in for the lad from Hibs if Kargbo or him are being viewed as a striker 

Don't know, but I do know Eustace talked about Kargbo playing all across the front three, and he appears to have played exclusively through the middle when starting games this season, mostly up front but sometimes in AM: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/augustus-kargbo/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/549791/wettbewerb/IT2/saison/2024
 

Meanwhile, Youan can also play all three positions, and has also played primarily through the middle this season: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/elie-youan/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/465715/wettbewerb/SC1/saison/2024

So entirely possible signing both, or Kargbo plus Cissoko would have been as part of a fluid front three (or Kargbo playing up top in the latter case). Maybe this isn't the case, we really can't know unless the club come out and say, but it's theoretically possible (whether posters on here think it makes sense for other reasons or not, as I know I'm about to get some 'yeh but...')

[roverandout]

If it wasn't for the great job that Eustace has done here, I'd be completely done with rovers.  Thanks to venkys and their maggots Eustace won't be here next season 

[Torgeir]

17 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Transfermarkt has it that Hibs paid about 580k Euros for him. I read an Edinburgh based article the other day that suggested a similar figure.

Here's my source:

https://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/hibs/latest-hibs-news/hibs-reject-bid-for-elie-youan-but-braced-for-further-offers-as-efl-suitors-circle-4969260

[Torgeir]

9 minutes ago, roverandout said:

If it wasn't for the great job that Eustace has done here, I'd be completely done with rovers.  Thanks to venkys and their maggots Eustace won't be here next season 

Never give up

[roverandout]

The kargbo contract is bizarre.  Say he does reasonably well this season but has an amazing breakout season next season and is sought after then he'll only have a year left on his contract.  He'll be after a big move. Rovers will either sell him for a knockdown fee or he'll run his contract down. 

[bluebruce]

2 minutes ago, roverandout said:

The kargbo contract is bizarre.  Say he does reasonably well this season but has an amazing breakout season next season and is sought after then he'll only have a year left on his contract.  He'll be after a big move. Rovers will either sell him for a knockdown fee or he'll run his contract down. 

Yep, incompetence yet again. We are really bad at this.

[superniko]

In fairness, if Stoke are bidding for him then we can almost guarantee he’s shite. 

The absolute worst judges in English football 

Edited February 1 by superniko

[simongarnerisgod]

1 minute ago, superniko said:

In fairness, if Stoke are bidding for him then we can almost guarantee he’s shite. 

The absolute worst judges in English football 

walters makes our lot look like uber scouts,if  we have  any garbage to unload this summer just phone the stoke hq,they`ll take them off our hands for a good price😁

[MarkBRFC]

8 minutes ago, roverandout said:

The kargbo contract is bizarre.  Say he does reasonably well this season but has an amazing breakout season next season and is sought after then he'll only have a year left on his contract.  He'll be after a big move. Rovers will either sell him for a knockdown fee or he'll run his contract down. 

That's how we operate now. Doesn't matter if his contract is 2 years or 3 years, end result will be that he walks for nothing.

We have shown over the past 13 months that we aren't capable of renewing first team contracts anymore.

[neophox]

come on bring Bali Mumba here ....he was an unused sub on the bench today... He will give us more options on the wing.

[neophox]

If Kargbo can be like Gueye I'd be delighted!!! Venkys out!!

[roverandout]

Bta ripping it up for Coventry.  Does chaddy still think he's coming here 

[roversfan99]

Pissing around with low offers for Thomas Asante seems to have ended up with him becoming a goalscoring machine firing another rival into the play off race and leaving us likely to loan a striker at best instead.

[ABRAM ROVER]

No Danns on the Liverpool bench. He would be a great loan but everyone in the league probably wants him.

[Penwortham Blue]

6 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Pissing around with low offers for Thomas Asante seems to have ended up with him becoming a goalscoring machine firing another rival into the play off race and leaving us likely to loan a striker at best instead.

Yep, that defeat to Coventry was a real bitter blow, they are now ripping it up and a good a chance of any of making the play offs.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 minute ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Yep, that defeat to Coventry was a real bitter blow, they are now ripping it up and a good a chance of any of making the play offs.

Don't worry, Lampard will work his magic soon enough. 

[sharpysharps86]

No chance BTA comes to Rovers after this current run of form...unless Coventry now have to sell to cover the Grimes signing.

[simongarnerisgod]

14 minutes ago, ABRAM ROVER said:

No Danns on the Liverpool bench. He would be a great loan but everyone in the league probably wants him.

our liverpool connection must be in our favour surely

[roversfan99]

I would be very underwhelmed if borrowing a striker with minimal experience was the route we go down.

[BigHoz]

Brereton bagging for Sheffield united, 4 signings made last the 2 weeks for them, a team sitting in 2nd, all 4 start. Point being  teams with ambitions always looking to improve the starting 11, yet some people in here are happy to improve the bench. Stand still get left behind.