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Jan 9, 2018 8:37:20 GMT
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Post by madgas on Jan 9, 2018 8:37:20 GMT
I don’t think panic should set yet, we’re at the likely position.
They said nothing early but hopefully by the Blackpool game. Until that deadline passes, or we here from DC to suggest otherwise- stay calm.
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Jan 9, 2018 8:41:43 GMT
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Post by pirate on Jan 9, 2018 8:41:43 GMT
"There are a lot of phone calls going on behind the scenes and then we've got a 12-day break, so it'll be nice to get two or three in during that window."
"It's not as easy as it's made out [to bring in players]. Also, in the January window the prices are very inflated. We'll see, no doubt we'll get two or three across the line."
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Post by midlandgas213 on Jan 9, 2018 8:42:57 GMT
Don't panic captain manaring wait 5 minutes then panic
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Jan 9, 2018 8:45:44 GMT
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Post by Iliveinbidefordgas on Jan 9, 2018 8:45:44 GMT
Just checked date it is jan 9th 22 days in window left just a ideal shall we just chill a bit maybe?
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Jan 9, 2018 8:46:47 GMT
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Post by madgas on Jan 9, 2018 8:46:47 GMT
Don't panic captain manaring wait 5 minutes then panic Or just listening to what’s been said and adjusting thoughts accordingly?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 8:46:54 GMT
They got people in who can spot these players we couldn't spot a Harry Kane up the downs nowadays Both Matty Taylor and Billy Bodin cost us nothing. Even we can do it. They won't make it to the prem though
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Post by Gastafari on Jan 9, 2018 8:49:50 GMT
Both Matty Taylor and Billy Bodin cost us nothing. Even we can do it. They won't make it to the prem though Matty Taylor probably wont. But there's no reason why Billy Bodin can't.
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Post by kylegas on Jan 9, 2018 8:55:32 GMT
Well we avoided relegation after selling Taylor, I’m sure we’ll bring people in and avoid the drop.. but that’s hardly progress imo, the last 2 seasons have been neither revolution or evolution.. just scraping by as always, thats my worry I think that’s a bit harsh on what we achieved last season, personally. No it wasn’t as exciting as the two seasons that preceded it, but it was a very solid first season back in L1 and we were never in any danger of being dragged into a relegation battle. This season has been underwhelming though, and we need to sign well this month to avoid having a nervy April & May. You are right absolutely in terms of league position, tbh I was just aiming that at the lack of squad improvement, we haven’t got any better on the pitch, in fact we’ve got worse it would seem.. but agree that the players we have did achieve a very respectable finish last season. I hope after a few signings we can say the same about this season, needs to happen asap tho
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2018 8:55:42 GMT
They won't make it to the prem though Matty Taylor probably wont. But there's no reason why Billy Bodin can't. Hope your right but BBB he's too injury prone
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Post by GasAttacK on Jan 9, 2018 9:07:10 GMT
Personally I think we're in serious danger of being relegated unless we make at least 2 or 3 quality signings.
We're 5 points off the drop which is too close for comfort and when you factor in our results without BB - Played 10, Lost 9 - it won't take long before we're in the bottom 4.
Our points return on the road is awful and 4 of our next 5 home games look very tough, so a run of results similar to our last spell without BB is not out of the question.
I was hoping it might be a blessing BB missed those 10 games because it showed up just how poor we are without him and would force the board to invest in quality replacements this month.
Hopefully that will still happen but I'm beginning to think we couldn't persuade our top targets to sign and we're now working our way down the list, which is a little disheartening.
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Post by pucklegas on Jan 9, 2018 9:10:29 GMT
No need to panic yet we might have to get enough in to keep us up then strengthen in close season, if someone offered a million for Super Ellis, would we sell, looks class this season and could see someone taking a punt on him, Brentford, Southampton or Burnley.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 9, 2018 9:22:18 GMT
No need to panic yet we might have to get enough in to keep us up then strengthen in close season, if someone offered a million for Super Ellis, would we sell, looks class this season and could see someone taking a punt on him, Brentford, Southampton or Burnley. A million! His contract is out in the summer. That is of course my other worry than the thread topic if we were to lose Ellis this window which is very possible then I would be really worried.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 9, 2018 9:28:33 GMT
No need to panic yet we might have to get enough in to keep us up then strengthen in close season, if someone offered a million for Super Ellis, would we sell, looks class this season and could see someone taking a punt on him, Brentford, Southampton or Burnley. A million! His contract is out in the summer.That is of course my other worry than the thread topic if we were to lose Ellis this window which is very possible then I would be really worried. Is it? I thought contract details were now undisclosed. Have you have heard something?
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Post by Antonio Fargas on Jan 9, 2018 9:45:29 GMT
A million! His contract is out in the summer.That is of course my other worry than the thread topic if we were to lose Ellis this window which is very possible then I would be really worried. Is it? I thought contract details were now undisclosed. Have you have heard something? He signed a new contract in the summer (when he wasn't even out of contract) so highly unlikely that it would have been for a year only.
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Post by rovers5charlton5 on Jan 9, 2018 9:46:14 GMT
DC [correct me if I heard wrong] - said that he looked to bring 2 or maybe 3 in before the Blackpool game? At this point in time, that looks highly unlikely. I live in hope but share the concern as mentioned prior. I highly doubt we'll have 2 or 3 in by Saturday. At best that will be loans. I'd settle for a couple of good loan signings over a couple of permanent signings of players with issues, who are the most available at this stage in the season.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 9, 2018 9:46:36 GMT
A million! His contract is out in the summer.That is of course my other worry than the thread topic if we were to lose Ellis this window which is very possible then I would be really worried. Is it? I thought contract details were now undisclosed. Have you have heard something? Apologies, I was convinced it was until the summer. If it is longer then I am chuffed as the ball is more in our court.
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Post by Gas Go Marching In on Jan 9, 2018 9:47:31 GMT
I highly doubt we'll have 2 or 3 in by Saturday. At best that will be loans. I'd settle for a couple of good loan signings over a couple of permanent signings of players with issues, who are the most available at this stage in the season. I know what you're saying. I just don't like temporary solutions as we'll have the same problems in the summer. Also it would be good to integrate new signings so they don't need time to bed in next season.
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Post by stuart1974 on Jan 9, 2018 9:49:37 GMT
Is it? I thought contract details were now undisclosed. Have you have heard something? He signed a new contract in the summer (when he wasn't even out of contract) so highly unlikely that it would have been for a year only. That was what I thought 😉
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Post by poorblue on Jan 9, 2018 9:59:13 GMT
My big fear is us going through this whole window and then ending up with a loanee or 2, a freebie or a short term contract on a player with a popint to prove that nobody else wants to gamble on. I can see the excuses already, "January transfer window is difficult to get right". I just hope we don't gamble on our league one status. I don't think we'll go down but I don't want to take a massive risk on that either. We have a decent £400k to spend minimum from the sale of Bodin. We will have had a month to look for a replacement and new signings. Sorry for being so sceptical. At least we can't have the excuse last year that it was too late to do anything after Matty Taylor left late in the window. You would like to think a lot of groundwork would have been made between our last game and the game vs Blackpool on Saturday. My original worry with Bodin was that we would have the same situation with Taylor where he left late in the window and we were told Luke James was his replacement (Which he was originally). I can just see us getting by with loanees until the end of the season, finishing mid table but once again scrambling about late before the start of next season and struggling again. What worries me most with DC was his interview at the end of November, stating he didn't know where he was shopping. That is terrible and even if we aren't going to spend big then DC will need to know what we do have to spend. You would think with our owners being wankers bankers that they would have all the finances planned for the transfer window. My only hope with that interview is because he meant he didn't know what was happening with Bodin but even then you would like to think some sort of contingency plans were in place for if Bodin was to stay or go. If Bodin had stayed then I wonder if he would have next to nothing to spend, probably so. It's just frustrating, I feel we have the best manager we've ever had and now was the time to push on but we're stagnating and potentially dicing with our league one status. There is so much pressure on a £400k signing here than other clubs too because we don't make signings like that willy nilly. I seen that Lambert interview over christmas and he said when he wasn't scoring how much pressure he felt under from the board with one of them even saying "Well it wasn't my choice to sign him". I don't necessarily want to see us spend fortunes but a couple of £200k signings for example would get the juices flowing. Young hungry players working their way up. Maybe another experienced head too in the middle. That would do me. I think every single one of us is worried about it too. History tends to repeat itself and we’ve pretty much always not replaced our goalscorers and then got relegated. Why do some people start making things up when they become fearful and start panicking. I have done a quick bit of research and found that Rovers are a 134 year old club. In that time they have been relegated 6 times. If put statistically that's once every 22 years. I haven't researched how many times we have sold (or released) a striker but there must be many perhaps at least 134. If the above comment is true that pretty much means every time a strikers goes Rovers get relegated thus the stats would reveal we got relegated every 1 or 2 years. Lighten up get rid of your fears relax and enjoy the ride. Nobody knows whats around the corner.
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Post by warehamgas on Jan 9, 2018 10:03:02 GMT
My big fear is us going through this whole window and then ending up with a loanee or 2, a freebie or a short term contract on a player with a popint to prove that nobody else wants to gamble on. I can see the excuses already, "January transfer window is difficult to get right". I just hope we don't gamble on our league one status. I don't think we'll go down but I don't want to take a massive risk on that either. We have a decent £400k to spend minimum from the sale of Bodin. We will have had a month to look for a replacement and new signings. Sorry for being so sceptical. At least we can't have the excuse last year that it was too late to do anything after Matty Taylor left late in the window. You would like to think a lot of groundwork would have been made between our last game and the game vs Blackpool on Saturday. My original worry with Bodin was that we would have the same situation with Taylor where he left late in the window and we were told Luke James was his replacement (Which he was originally). I can just see us getting by with loanees until the end of the season, finishing mid table but once again scrambling about late before the start of next season and struggling again. What worries me most with DC was his interview at the end of November, stating he didn't know where he was shopping. That is terrible and even if we aren't going to spend big then DC will need to know what we do have to spend. You would think with our owners being wankers bankers that they would have all the finances planned for the transfer window. My only hope with that interview is because he meant he didn't know what was happening with Bodin but even then you would like to think some sort of contingency plans were in place for if Bodin was to stay or go. If Bodin had stayed then I wonder if he would have next to nothing to spend, probably so. It's just frustrating, I feel we have the best manager we've ever had and now was the time to push on but we're stagnating and potentially dicing with our league one status. There is so much pressure on a £400k signing here than other clubs too because we don't make signings like that willy nilly. I seen that Lambert interview over christmas and he said when he wasn't scoring how much pressure he felt under from the board with one of them even saying "Well it wasn't my choice to sign him". I don't necessarily want to see us spend fortunes but a couple of £200k signings for example would get the juices flowing. Young hungry players working their way up. Maybe another experienced head too in the middle. That would do me. I agree to an extent but a couple of good players who go straight into the team would be ok. It would be better to be our players but loanees would be ok and in the end it’s the quality of them which will be important. One of which has to replace BB. Like you I would like them to be younger players on the way up. From DCs interview about spending all this week on the phone I got the impression it is he who does the transfers and not SH but at Rovers you’re never sure. I also get the impression that in terms of infrastructure it is the recruitment area where we are miles behind others. In other words DC does it all! UTG!
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