Where do I find the summer transfer thread from 2017 then and IL quote the posts?

I remember it as clear as day as I responded to the posts and we debated it.If you want to make out that you didn't say it that's fair enough, but I know you did say it like you say 99% of our signings and players are crap.Im not going back looking for posts from 3 years ago but I know and you know you said Dack was a crap signing and poor player

I wasn't missing your point, transfer fees from league 1 have not risen that much. Not many players have left league one to join a higher club for fees in excess of the 750k we paid for Dack.We wouldn't have been paying that much more than 750k for Dack if we were buying him this year in similar circumstances to when we bought him.He had had a poor season prior to us buying him And on Whiteman and a 2 million gamble being better than 7 Million, that's true but isn't it funny how not one championship club has deemed Whiteman good enough to pay his fee?so I would rather take their view than Sparks.No offence to him but he claimed Bradley Dack was a rubbish signing.

Have you seen many more players move from league one to a championship club for equal or higher fees than what we paid for Dack?There have been a few but not very many We bought Dack whilst in league one. Im not saying Whiteman wouldn't be a success but just find it strange No club from the championship has agreed to pay the fee for him if he is as good as being reported.The only official bids IV seen reported are from Hull and Barnsley. For every Dack success there are plenty more who don't make the step up.

Its until the end of the season and sounds like it was a case of Downing or nobody. We didn't have the money to bring in a Whiteman or similar. Players develop at different rates. Plenty of players have been average or poor in their late teens early twenties only to develop into extremely good players in their mid twenties. Elliot looks a once In a generation talent and Buckley doesn't have to be half the player Elliot is to still turn out to be a good player for the club . Technically Buckley definitely has it one of the best passers of a ball at the club, played two of the best passes in the game last Saturday.Setting Wharton up for his chance and putting the ball on Lenihens head which led to our first goal.

Its not rubbish it's fact. Doncaster looking for an unrealistic fee.The only concrete bids they have had are from Barnsley and Hull. The proof is there, he is still at Doncaster.If he was wanted enough he would be in the championship.simple

They didn't agree a fee with Doncaster. Ok well if Whiteman waiting for a big club in the championship to buy him then he could be in for a long wait. The only concrete bids in for him that iv seen reported are from Hull and Barnsley. Have we even ever put in an official bid.

What?That has absolutely nothing to do with my posts. Downing is an ex international with tons of experience which he has been brought in for...on a short term deal. The club where never going to pay the fee to bring Whiteman here and like I said if he is as good as being made out then someone would have paid the fee.

He didn't turn down Barnsley, that's not true. Barnsley didn't agree a fee with Doncaster. I'm calm, and I'm not saying Whiteman doesn't have what it take to play in the championship either. I'm responding to posts where it's being said we should have signed Whiteman instead of downing. The money wasn't there to buy Whiteman, and even if it was I wouldn't blame the club for not paying 2million+ on a player that hasn't played at this level. Downing is a short term deal, I'd presume on much less wages than last year and has a lot of experience that will aid our young squad.

I have seen him play. Childish and dismissive?What are you even on about . I will ask again if he is as good as you make out why has no other championship club paid the fee that Doncaster want? No championship club can afford the fee?I don't believe that. And sparks it's ok for you to be dismissive of nearly every player we are linked with coming out with "rubbish player" etc. Bit like you with Bradley Dack calling him rubbish when we signed him.

Dack cost 750k , Doncaster value Whiteman much higher than that. Like I said if he is as good as people are saying why has no other championship club paid the fee to sign him? Whiteman may have what it takes and maybe should be playing at a higher level but a decent game against FC United is enough evidence he would be a good signing? Downing has a short term deal, it is for this season and this season alone where he will play a bit part, it didn't cost us a fortune and his experience could prove invaluable. Signing Whiteman would have cost a couple of million at least in transfer fees and the player would expect a 2 or 3 year deal on top of that, money was clearly tight and whatever anyone says Whiteman would be a gamble as he has not played at this level and we aren't the only championship club to look at him but decide against paying Doncaster's valuation there has to be a reason for that

Still until he is tested at a higher level we can't really say he would definitely be a good signing.There must be something to his game that is putting off championship clubs from paying the fee to sign him. Fair enough it's true Downing Is coming to the end of his career but it's a short term deal and although Downing's performance levels went down a level after the covid break for the majority of last season he was one of our better players.

Agreed, Downing is an ex international and played the majority of his career in the top division whilst Whiteman has spent the majority of his career in league 1. Whiteman looks handy in the few games iv seen him but Doncaster want silly money for someone who has done nothing above league one.

What a relief we pulled 7 points clear of the drop zone

I said we won't get relegated and I'm not moving the goalposts at all,I haven't given up on anything.Simply responded to a few who have said Relegation is on the cards. We had posters saying we would get relegated last season and the season before.There are worse sides than us in the division. Agreed that midtable isn't good enough.

We will not go down I'd put my house on it

Pre match on sky sports they showed a stat most chances created in the championship with minutes played, Elliot was top. You clearly have something against him, with your "he has a terrible attitude" when he signed. The lad is a class above, will look even better when we get players back. You do realise he is 17, playing every minute for an out of form side, in the later parts of games he looks dead on his feet.Im sure they would love to give him a rest but the circumstances are dictating they can't

No I don't but the others are debatable but Elliot not being good enough come off it. Iv Said before I think Brereton a good player just not a natural goalscorer or worth the fee we paid. Think JRC has the quality to play in the championship but wouldn't have him as full back . Trybull played one match since January after being frozen out at Norwich, think it's unrealistic to expect him to be showing his best when he has clearly been rushed in due to injury etc . Despite the injury list Mowbray should be setting us up better and over his time here has proven himself to be very stubborn and won't give up on something despite evidence showing it doesn't work so wouldn't be against a change,still feel performance levels and results will improve drastically when we get a few players back.

Elliot not good enough..have a day off

Fair enough but at the same time we don't know what discussions were had.It might not have been about money. The manager could have said to Downing "I'd like you to resign with us and here is what we can offer but you won't be playing as big a role as last season" So it could have been about playing time or any other number of reasons, I find it unlikely that Downing thought he would have a multitude of lucrative contract offers. Think it's a sensible signing but will echo others comments that the timing of it is wrong if it was to be done it should have been weeks ago.

Doesn't every player look for the best deal they can get? Or should we assume it's always been Downing's dream to play for Rovers)

Its the featured game on sky

Yeah he said it was Lenihen that the 10 million bid was for the other day

Well if Brereton is playing as a striker then so is Gallagher when he comes on.They both ain't playing as strikers