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Post by Gassy on Aug 13, 2025 8:07:52 GMT
How many signings are needed to turn that shambles into a promotion chasing side? 4 won't be enough in my opinion. We need to try and get rid of some of last seasons squad that are still dragging us down, and probably need at least 6 quality additions to have any chance of a top 7 finish. DC is right when he said we don't need squad fillers. We need players that are significantly better than what we've got. You wouldn't have thought that would be difficult. I would say 4 is a bare minimum if no one else leaves, which there definitely will be leavers. We need 2 CB's as we're critically low and in my opinion Kilgour, Mola and Moore are not good enough, 2 central midfielders, 1 attacking midfielder to replace Hutchinson, Right winger and an on loan centre forward as I think Dewsbury needs to go out on loan. I like him but he's not going to add anything just yet, too young. I think it’s too early to write off Kilgour, he had a dodgy moment last night after he was caught unaware because Conteh and Hutch stitched him up. His others games have been ok. But I agree 2 CBs needed. Need at least 1 proper CM. And no, not a CDM or CAM, a proper CM. A Finley type of player is exactly what we need right now tbh. I’d ideally like to see a winger too. We have no one out wide in attack willing to take a man on. Thomas looks like he’s about to retire, he’s so pedestrian and turns back so often. Ruel just isn’t a winger. We have no one out wide attacking who really wants to drive forward and can deliver the ball in. A striker would also be good, but I don’t think it’s going to happen tbh. I’d like to see Cavegn and Harrison play together |
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Post by daniel300380 on Aug 13, 2025 8:08:06 GMT
How many signings are needed to turn that shambles into a promotion chasing side? 4 won't be enough in my opinion. We need to try and get rid of some of last seasons squad that are still dragging us down, and probably need at least 6 quality additions to have any chance of a top 7 finish. DC is right when he said we don't need squad fillers. We need players that are significantly better than what we've got. You wouldn't have thought that would be difficult. Confidence is massive in football, we have dominated the start of the first two League games and the opposition scored their first shots of the game. A few leaders and some strength through the spine of the team, can help a lot of the players that are still here. In the past, I've seen one or two players dramatically change a team and the other players look different as well. Teams look different after a goal, after a win etc. |
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Aug 13, 2025 8:17:53 GMT
Need a new spine,but we have needed it before the season began and to lose Connor has made us even weaker. Strong CB, a box to box midfielder and a big strong striker who can hold the ball up. If we can offload 2 or 3 more wasters from last season's squad then happy days. Well they are certainly spineless at the moment. |
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Post by Nortongashead on Aug 13, 2025 8:18:23 GMT
We need to strengthen the spine asap. We also need some mongrel in the team not show ponies. Last nights showing was a wake up call for everyone, the realization for me is we need to recruit to stay in the division never mind challenge top 7. We desperately need to off load players that simply don't care and have had chances to prove themselves but simply aren't good enough. We all know who they are last night showed them up and it was obvious for all to see. For me 2 x CB basically need to replace Wilson and Taylor with similar. 2 x CM combative and box to box. 2 x Striker to play in pockets and to lead the line. This will involve moving people on via loans or any other possible means. Recruitment thus far simply not good enough. Kilgour and Ellis are squad players at best but at the moment key players!! I don't envy DCs task just hope he's up for the fight again.
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Post by RD on Aug 13, 2025 9:09:18 GMT
How many signings are needed to turn that shambles into a promotion chasing side? 4 won't be enough in my opinion. We need to try and get rid of some of last seasons squad that are still dragging us down, and probably need at least 6 quality additions to have any chance of a top 7 finish. DC is right when he said we don't need squad fillers. We need players that are significantly better than what we've got. You wouldn't have thought that would be difficult. I've regrettably written this season off. Would take midtable in a heartbeat, and think we maybe need 6 good signings for that. I think we'll get 3 or 4 average signings and that might just be enough to keep us up. I reckon best hope is a 17th place finish but can maybe see us as low as 20th. Lower still if the signings don't materialise / aren't sufficient upgrades. |
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Post by richie on Aug 13, 2025 10:12:00 GMT
If ever there was a time to sign a player then today would be it
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Post by willytopp84 on Aug 13, 2025 10:17:34 GMT
Gotta feel for Alfie being stuck with Taylor Moore and Mola the chuckle brothers of league two defenders.
What I'd give for a safe to play Tom Lockyer to his left and a confident right sided CB to his right.
Not that I agree with 3 at the back I'd play 4-3-3 personally.
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Post by richie on Aug 13, 2025 10:26:03 GMT
Gotta feel for Alfie being stuck with Taylor Moore and Mola the chuckle brothers of league two defenders. What I'd give for a safe to play Tom Lockyer to his left and a confident right sided CB to his right. Moore and Mola have 2 years left, probably equates to this season with us, then we could get them a season long loan somewhere with no return paying a proportion of their wages. They could well be sold, but very few teams would offer more than 2 years they have left on more money. Those guys will be here for a while yet. I always wonder when players play so poorly what they expect to happen. Where will they end up next? I mean most of them havent won a game in 13 now, thats not just bad luck is it. Their careers are just looking down, I for one will have little sympathy when it happens |
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Post by gashead79 on Aug 13, 2025 10:38:05 GMT
Gotta feel for Alfie being stuck with Taylor Moore and Mola the chuckle brothers of league two defenders. What I'd give for a safe to play Tom Lockyer to his left and a confident right sided CB to his right. Moore and Mola have 2 years left, probably equates to this season with us, then we could get them a season long loan somewhere with no return paying a proportion of their wages. They could well be sold, but very few teams would offer more than 2 years they have left on more money. Those guys will be here for a while yet. I always wonder when players play so poorly what they expect to happen. Where will they end up next? I mean most of them havent won a game in 13 now, thats not just bad luck is it. Their careers are just looking down, I for one will have little sympathy when it happens How do scouts pick players? Is it on how many games they've won for a side or on stats and credentials? There's alot of focus on individual players on this forum. Fine, but our problems aren't at player level imo. Even Loft scored against us last night..im sure that if he was a brfc player right now he'd also be one we'd want gone.. Our club has a huge problem and it isn't Mola or Moore or Promise that are causing it. The whole machine is misfiring and creaking from the top to the bottom. We are the truck that hasn't been serviced for 30 years but still takes to the road. |
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Post by richie on Aug 13, 2025 10:47:57 GMT
Moore and Mola have 2 years left, probably equates to this season with us, then we could get them a season long loan somewhere with no return paying a proportion of their wages. They could well be sold, but very few teams would offer more than 2 years they have left on more money. Those guys will be here for a while yet. I always wonder when players play so poorly what they expect to happen. Where will they end up next? I mean most of them havent won a game in 13 now, thats not just bad luck is it. Their careers are just looking down, I for one will have little sympathy when it happens How do scouts pick players? Is it on how many games they've won for a side or on stats and credentials? There's alot of focus on individual players on this forum. Fine, but our problems aren't at player level imo. Even Loft scored against us last night..im sure that if he was a brfc player right now he'd also be one we'd want gone.. Our club has a huge problem and it isn't Mola or Moore or Promise that are causing it. The whole machine is misfiring and creaking from the top to the bottom. We are the truck that hasn't been serviced for 30 years but still takes to the road. Respectfully disagree with this, I understand its everything thats gone to pot and not just the players but they have standards they need to set themselves we all do it in work everyday. Gasheads don't expect prem football or prem standards but we do expect players that run and try. Most things we are getting wrong are absolute basic and it looks like most dont even care. The 30 year old truck is going through the MoT. We dont need all the advisories done just to sort the fundamental issues that are stopping the job done getting done |
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Post by keygas on Aug 13, 2025 10:52:36 GMT
Moore and Mola have 2 years left, probably equates to this season with us, then we could get them a season long loan somewhere with no return paying a proportion of their wages. They could well be sold, but very few teams would offer more than 2 years they have left on more money. Those guys will be here for a while yet. I always wonder when players play so poorly what they expect to happen. Where will they end up next? I mean most of them havent won a game in 13 now, thats not just bad luck is it. Their careers are just looking down, I for one will have little sympathy when it happens How do scouts pick players? Is it on how many games they've won for a side or on stats and credentials? There's alot of focus on individual players on this forum. Fine, but our problems aren't at player level imo. Even Loft scored against us last night..im sure that if he was a brfc player right now he'd also be one we'd want gone.. Our club has a huge problem and it isn't Mola or Moore or Promise that are causing it. The whole machine is misfiring and creaking from the top to the bottom. We are the truck that hasn't been serviced for 30 years but still takes to the road. I agree with you, Cambridge’s second goal last night summed it up, Gibbons quality cross, Lofts glancing header, both former Rovers players we dispensed with. I’am sure if we moved Conteh & Sortiriou on they perform better at their new clubs, something is fundamentally wrong at this club & until we can get to the bottom of it, we’ve got big problems. |
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Post by pirate on Aug 13, 2025 10:56:40 GMT
How do scouts pick players? Is it on how many games they've won for a side or on stats and credentials? There's alot of focus on individual players on this forum. Fine, but our problems aren't at player level imo. Even Loft scored against us last night..im sure that if he was a brfc player right now he'd also be one we'd want gone.. Our club has a huge problem and it isn't Mola or Moore or Promise that are causing it. The whole machine is misfiring and creaking from the top to the bottom. We are the truck that hasn't been serviced for 30 years but still takes to the road. I agree with you, Cambridge’s second goal last night summed it up, Gibbons quality cross, Lofts glancing header, both former Rovers players we dispensed with. I’am sure if we moved Conteh & Sortiriou on they perform better at their new clubs, something is fundamentally wrong at this club & until we can get to the bottom of it, we’ve got big problems.  |
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Post by gas24 on Aug 13, 2025 11:12:11 GMT
If ever there was a time to sign a player then today would be it Now that is a logical approach... Bristol Rovers 23:59 31/8/25 don't go to bed yet |
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Post by Wembley_Gas on Aug 13, 2025 11:18:11 GMT
There’s a Steely Dan song “Rikki don’t lose that number” think we need our Ricky to lose the number of the idiot who’s telling him who to sign!
We thought no-one could assemble a worse squad than the one Friend put together last campaign but Ricky is giving it a good shot!
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Post by gasmania on Aug 13, 2025 12:09:36 GMT
Even though we have already been dealt the yearly idea of needing these players to get up to speed and find their fitness still and gel with each other, despite having all of pre season and seeing other clubs not struggle with this at all. What a great bonding session they had in Spain too, for all the good that seems to have done.
Another 4 more to add in at a minimum who will have had even less time to gel with our current bunch and possibly a disrupted pre season themselves, so how long will we still have to hear the excuses of lack of gel time and disjointed group of players. Feels like players we sign just never seem to hit the ground running with us recently and barely even find it at all, indicative of the current toxic overall situation throughout the club you'd imagine.
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Post by wolverine on Aug 13, 2025 12:21:18 GMT
Need a list from pirate of current players that have played under dc or have roots around the area who would like to move back closer to home
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Post by squire on Aug 13, 2025 12:23:25 GMT
If ever there was a time to sign a player then today would be it I think we need 8 to10 new signings and then we might avoid the Downs League |
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Post by wolverine on Aug 13, 2025 12:35:36 GMT
Macaully boone has just left Southend. Now 29 has been a source of goals for most of his career and still 29.
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Post by gashead79 on Aug 13, 2025 12:46:22 GMT
How do scouts pick players? Is it on how many games they've won for a side or on stats and credentials? There's alot of focus on individual players on this forum. Fine, but our problems aren't at player level imo. Even Loft scored against us last night..im sure that if he was a brfc player right now he'd also be one we'd want gone.. Our club has a huge problem and it isn't Mola or Moore or Promise that are causing it. The whole machine is misfiring and creaking from the top to the bottom. We are the truck that hasn't been serviced for 30 years but still takes to the road. Respectfully disagree with this, I understand its everything thats gone to pot and not just the players but they have standards they need to set themselves we all do it in work everyday. Gasheads don't expect prem football or prem standards but we do expect players that run and try. Most things we are getting wrong are absolute basic and it looks like most dont even care. The 30 year old truck is going through the MoT. We dont need all the advisories done just to sort the fundamental issues that are stopping the job done getting done Yes, the players do need to be better. Im not disagreeing there. I just think that the focus on individual or groups of players is just looking at symptoms rather than the underlying issues. Every player can probably find a decent % of output improvement. Why aren't they doing it anyway? Our players aren't rubbish or unfit. They are unmotivated and lacking purpose. Even an unfit and rubbish player can show grit, determination and purpose right? I don't know where this all ends but it isn't looking good. |
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Post by gasheadontour on Aug 13, 2025 23:52:25 GMT
I think players do care. Some are simply not good enough, some are low in confidence, some inexperienced, some not fully fit, some taking care not to get injured during the transfer window etc.
Quality new signings will help inspire the players already at the club.
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