So BBD to be sold anytime now. Let’s stop thinking any fancy full ideas. We might end up with: CB maybe 2 neither of the vans new striker and probably a cheap one at that. that’s it and that’s being optimistic. JDT will walk soon after and followed by gb. This is rovers under venky control. It’s going to be a long long season. We are relegation fodder

Granted!!!!!!!!

So JDT isn’t the second coming . But he isn’t as bad as some think. We need players but to say gb is responsible is far too simplistic. He is rebuilding a club. Players are only part of it. We badly need players. Not just numbers in but the right players. Way too soon to judge Sammie. He was brought in for a specific roll in a specific system which I’m guessing we are not playing

If Philips and batty can be convinced to sign on then it’s a huge positive sign for the new management. No way tm and his crew could have done it.

Look what we got shearer for. They were robbed

Can we all remember, if any of us got a job off with a huge pay increase we would be off. Philips is a young man who can set himself up for life. He is a serious injury away from nothing. All we can do as a club is force as much money from levy as possible. As an aside I have always hated spurs and this won’t help. Them and that dump westham. Obviously Burnley but let’s not go there! Breathe…….

I’m not tearing up, you are!

Buy players who fit your system and they can go straight into the team. It’s what the well run clubs do. We are starting to see a little of it ourselves.

I’m confused, is this the transfer tread? Is there no transfer news at all? It’s like lord of the flies here.

So no styles, no bowler and dack is finished are the stories today then.

I know it’s had for rovers fans but is it time to feel a little optimistic? 2 permanent signings and both make sense. Plus we are being linked with other potential players which also make sense. Previously the window would have ended and we would have heard how we tried etc. but gb seems to be able to get things over the line. A left back and center half and who the hell knows where this ends. But we seem to be moving forward. 12 years of pain and maybe a little light…….

Could speed him up wanting out!

This transfer window will be successful if GB gets players that make JDT happy. So far the manager has said he is happy with the first player signed. We have no reason not to take his word for it. Surely for their first window that’s the best true barometer of how the window goes. GB will need a couple of windows to right previous wrongs.

Hey, is the efl highlight show on quest this season?

Totally agree, how can we judge any of the new set up before a ball is kicked! It takes most managers/dof a couple of windows to start getting their team together

All the outgoings makes sense prior to getting new boys in. Free up some space. Where is that sticker album!

This is such an atypical window for everyone with the early start. As for rovers it’s in reality a cluster €&@(. We change all senior footballing structure and takes weeks to do it. Then GB has been given a huge handicap since 3 first team players were free to leave plus the loan players leaving. So what’s happened so far is understandable. We have made one good signing so signs are positive.

Thanks for the info glen. Certainly we can all agree based on the first signing and on the players we are tracking this could end up being a successful window. We may not get every target but the standard of player we are looking at is certainly the level a team building for a promotion challenge would expect. The less we hear from GB the better, he seems to like an airtight ship.

GB very complimentary to Barnsley. Maybe keeping them sweet for a return and cheeky second purchase?

Potentially a good first signing and seems more are lined up. Now it’s surely time to for us all to acknowledge that GB has been working away quietly and under wraps. All the negativity towards him and our new set up needs to be more balanced. New people and systems deserve a chance. Yes communication could have been better but he really should stay quiet until the end of the window. He and JDT deserve their own chance to do things their way. It’s not Tony or Venus anymore so a fresh slate and our understanding that they are starting from scratch is important.

Isn’t it possible that the new manager assessed nyambe and decided he wasn’t right for the club going forward. It would explain a lot. Why else would he end up with such a weird ending after reentering negotiations with the club.

GB can’t be expected to give constant updates on transfers. Let the man do his job. Isn’t it better to keep it all under wraps and then announce things when all signed etc. plus he has hired the Welsh dude to manage the scouting, so things are moving. Let’s see what this new group can do before we start getting too negative. And yes I am aware of the timeline and that the season is just around the corner but panic buys are no good to anyone.

All Glens points are very valid. This is a fundamental problem for most teams outside of the prem or those recently relegated. The mega rich clubs have in many ways wrecked the football league. Covid has then compounded the issue. It’s criminal that last season when we actually had a chance to get on the right side of this we pissed any promotion chances away. The reality is that unless the Vs can find a loophole in ffp and are willing (very unlikely) to exploit it we are going to be at best a mid table championship club going forward.

Regardless of anything there will be changes to the current squad. Big Ben will 100% be sold. At the very least we will get in a few loans in. Any predicted starting 11 right now isn’t likely once window is closed. Permanent signings …..who knows but probably no one loan or permanent signing soon. Just being realistic based on previous summers.

If we spend 3m on the entire window I will be pleasantly surprised. Frees and loans is my gut feeling. Plus nothing in the next couple of weeks. I don’t care what the ITKs think. We have new manager (DoF) but same upper management and owners. Things won’t change. Would be over the moon to be wrong though