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Post by TAGas on Dec 22, 2020 16:21:20 GMT
Paul Tisdale has confirmed conversations have taken place with the Bristol Rovers board in the past week to shape the club's January transfer plans.
The window opens in just 10 days and Rovers have imbalances to address in their squad, particularly up front with only two recognised strikers fit and available for the coming weeks.
And the manager has confirmed the decision-makers at the Mem have used the time afforded by the COVID-enforced self-isolation period, which postponed Rovers' past two fixtures, to refine their plans for the upcoming transfer window
Tisdale has confirmed Rovers will be active in the market, but he expects deals to be hard to come by with clubs driving a hard bargain right up to the deadline on February 1.
10 days to go..
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 22, 2020 17:30:35 GMT
Paul Tisdale has confirmed conversations have taken place with the Bristol Rovers board in the past week to shape the club's January transfer plans. The window opens in just 10 days and Rovers have imbalances to address in their squad, particularly up front with only two recognised strikers fit and available for the coming weeks. And the manager has confirmed the decision-makers at the Mem have used the time afforded by the COVID-enforced self-isolation period, which postponed Rovers' past two fixtures, to refine their plans for the upcoming transfer window Tisdale has confirmed Rovers will be active in the market, but he expects deals to be hard to come by with clubs driving a hard bargain right up to the deadline on February 1. 10 days to go.. Same old story then, I'd have thought some club's would be desperate for some transfer funds and to offload unwanted players if they are getting no income from fans attending games. |
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Post by spiess1 on Dec 22, 2020 18:26:01 GMT
offload unwanted players, you say?
That'll be us then.
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Post by oldmarket65 on Dec 22, 2020 20:32:23 GMT
I mentioned on this forum a few weeks ago whether the money we have gained from two cup runs can boost the playing budget. The general view was the EFL wording can be interpreted either way ??.
If we can't and our budget is full . Then it is a waiting game . It's a game to how much teams want to pay in wages to off load one of ours . So until we know how many players we can loan out and for how much . It's impossible to sign incoming players.
That's unless a specific player fits a certain position for a club. Maybe a team may want to offer 50% wages on one of our left backs early ?.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 22, 2020 21:35:50 GMT
How can our budget be "full" when most of BG's signings were made well before the new transfer budget came into play? As far as cup money is concerned, there's only ever been talk of the budget being set at £2.5m, not £2.5m + cup money.
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Post by Quarters on Dec 22, 2020 21:39:30 GMT
I thought he said deals are always difficult in January as clubs looking to get fees. As compared to players being out of contract.
So not sure how come budgets got into the thread.
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Post by cj on Dec 22, 2020 22:59:21 GMT
Players need to leave first as we have reached our squad limit of 23. Unless we sign U21's who don't count towards the 23 man squad or we put some players on garden leave like Arsenal have with Ozil. Im not sure if JML was part of the 23 man squad or not. If we was, we can currently bring in 1 player.
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Post by axegas on Dec 23, 2020 2:05:45 GMT
I don’t think much is revealed by that article, January is a notoriously difficult time to do business and most of us would of guessed that Tisdale will look at it as an opportunity to have some incomings and outgoings.
I’m not expecting a lot of activity from our end if I’m honest, probably the likes of Kelly and Hargreaves sent out on loan to free up some wages and a striker to come in to give us more options going forward. I think some of the sweeping changes some want Tisdale to make will come in the summer when a lot of players are out of contracts and it will be more easier to mould a squad around a certain set of requirements.
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Post by xenongas on Dec 23, 2020 8:41:29 GMT
I don’t think much is revealed by that article, January is a notoriously difficult time to do business and most of us would of guessed that Tisdale will look at it as an opportunity to have some incomings and outgoings. I’m not expecting a lot of activity from our end if I’m honest, probably the likes of Kelly and Hargreaves sent out on loan to free up some wages and a striker to come in to give us more options going forward. I think some of the sweeping changes some want Tisdale to make will come in the summer when a lot of players are out of contracts and it will be more easier to mould a squad around a certain set of requirements. All the noises the manager has made so far have suggested this. I'm hopeful for a striker to come in but very much doubt it'll be a guy that walks into the first XI. Hanlan needs more mates up there. |
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Post by lpgas1 on Dec 23, 2020 14:28:35 GMT
Firstly there may well be clubs, certainly at Div 1 and 2 who would like to off load players in order to reduce their overall outgoings, then I suspect we will have a few more out on loan, Tutonda back to Barnet for instance, then there will be a few whose contract is out at the end of the season who might be given a pay off. Who knows?
Why did they let Garner sign so many players in the first place , given Covid was going on.
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Post by wilmslowgas on Dec 23, 2020 19:45:19 GMT
It's not that easy to get rid of players mid-contract if they don't want to go. One option is to loan out players and come to some financial agreement with the receiving club regarding wages. Another option is to return loan players who are merely squad members and not first team regulars.
Tisdale will know all this. He will know the squad is seriously. unbalanced. He will know which players have no future. He will know which players he would love to depart in January. He will know which players will not have contracts renewed. He will also know which players are part of the future and which players playing elsewhere would be useful acquisitions. Acquisitions that enhance the first team and not just take up a squad number.
His task this season is to keep us in L1. He needs to reconfigure the squad and make us a serious competitive force next season. We have drifted since last Christmas for reasons we have all witnessed. Tisdale has the experience and knowledge to get us back on track.
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 23, 2020 19:53:30 GMT
Surprised you suggest he knows already which players will leave and which will be staying as he's hardly seen them in training and was, apparently, relying upon his coaching staff for guidance when it came to making substitutions. Apart from the obvious ones like Bennett, Ogogo and Kelly you do wonder if PT's seen enough of the likes of Tutonda, Little and Davies etc in order to decide if they have a future or not at Rovers, he's only even seen Ayunga play a few minutes football.
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Post by lpgas1 on Dec 24, 2020 12:18:31 GMT
It's not that easy to get rid of players mid-contract if they don't want to go. One option is to loan out players and come to some financial agreement with the receiving club regarding wages. Another option is to return loan players who are merely squad members and not first team regulars. Tisdale will know all this. He will know the squad is seriously. unbalanced. He will know which players have no future. He will know which players he would love to depart in January. He will know which players will not have contracts renewed. He will also know which players are part of the future and which players playing elsewhere would be useful acquisitions. Acquisitions that enhance the first team and not just take up a squad number. His task this season is to keep us in L1. He needs to reconfigure the squad and make us a serious competitive force next season. We have drifted since last Christmas for reasons we have all witnessed. Tisdale has the experience and knowledge to get us back on track. All in all it is yet another season wasted |
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Post by ineedgas on Dec 24, 2020 12:45:15 GMT
It's not that easy to get rid of players mid-contract if they don't want to go. One option is to loan out players and come to some financial agreement with the receiving club regarding wages. Another option is to return loan players who are merely squad members and not first team regulars. Tisdale will know all this. He will know the squad is seriously. unbalanced. He will know which players have no future. He will know which players he would love to depart in January. He will know which players will not have contracts renewed. He will also know which players are part of the future and which players playing elsewhere would be useful acquisitions. Acquisitions that enhance the first team and not just take up a squad number. His task this season is to keep us in L1. He needs to reconfigure the squad and make us a serious competitive force next season. We have drifted since last Christmas for reasons we have all witnessed. Tisdale has the experience and knowledge to get us back on track. All in all it is yet another season wasted If it's completed |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 18:09:06 GMT
Need to keep eyes open for a striker for sure ...but every other club will be looking as well.
With Rodman and Little back I think we are OK at right back and should take our time and recruit in summer unless a real gem turns up.
If Jaakkola injury is long term then I'd add a goalkeeper to the shopping list.
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Post by Gassy on Dec 26, 2020 18:33:16 GMT
Need to keep eyes open for a striker for sure ...but every other club will be looking as well. With Rodman and Little back I think we are OK at right back and should take our time and recruit in summer unless a real gem turns up. If Jaakkola injury is long term then I'd add a goalkeeper to the shopping list. I think a loan is probably enough, providing they're decent. I'm sure we can bring in a Bonham type keeper from the Championship. Striker is an absolute must, of course. But what are the rules on spending in January with this funding we received from the Prem? Can we just go out and sign players? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 26, 2020 18:45:44 GMT
Need to keep eyes open for a striker for sure ...but every other club will be looking as well. With Rodman and Little back I think we are OK at right back and should take our time and recruit in summer unless a real gem turns up. If Jaakkola injury is long term then I'd add a goalkeeper to the shopping list. I think a loan is probably enough, providing they're decent. I'm sure we can bring in a Bonham type keeper from the Championship. Striker is an absolute must, of course. But what are the rules on spending in January with this funding we received from the Prem? Can we just go out and sign players? The first part of the grant was worth £375k for Rovers and was for lost crowd receipts in respect of matches for last season and this. There are no restrictions on what is done with this money. The second part which clubs can apply for is roughly half of the original grant but is monitored and clubs must adhere to EFL spending rules on wages, recruitment etc. |
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Post by Topper Gas on Dec 26, 2020 19:06:38 GMT
Need to keep eyes open for a striker for sure ...but every other club will be looking as well. With Rodman and Little back I think we are OK at right back and should take our time and recruit in summer unless a real gem turns up. If Jaakkola injury is long term then I'd add a goalkeeper to the shopping list. I think a loan is probably enough, providing they're decent. I'm sure we can bring in a Bonham type keeper from the Championship. Striker is an absolute must, of course. But what are the rules on spending in January with this funding we received from the Prem? Can we just go out and sign players? Do you really think we can now just ignore the £2.5m wage budget that all L1 clubs agreed to abide to at the start of the season? |
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Post by oldmarket65 on Dec 26, 2020 19:16:43 GMT
Firstly no one knows if we exceeded our playing budget . Secondly : we do have some money from cup runs .
Otherwise : we need to loan a few out and target a few in. Until we know the full facts we are all making assumptions .
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Post by onedaygas83 on Dec 26, 2020 20:51:12 GMT
Only loan we will make is for a keeper and as for the others I will expect only permanent transfers as tisdale doesn't like loaning players
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