Summer transfer targets/rumours, retained list etc

[DoiDoiDoi]

45 minutes ago, Tean Vale said:

James Chester just announced as well.

McGoldrick too..

[1]

Overspend, bankrupt, overspend, repeat. While other teams build slowly and diligently.

[Bald Eagle]

10 minutes ago, 1 said:

Overspend, bankrupt, overspend, repeat. While other teams build slowly and diligently.

They’ll be re-named the Chelsea pensioners next

[Alsager Whites]

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[ValeGez]

Brisley did ok for us but hardly played for Wrexham last season and they failed to go up So I’m not sure what makes people think he would improve us in League 1 ?

Patience folks , pretty sure the back room won’t let us down and we’ll be pleased with who turns up .

UTV

[philpvfc]

1 hour ago, Hoppers said:

Fair comment but he was a massive part of our record breaking run last year, and never put a foot wrong - Id consider him as good as Martin (who I rate) in his own way

Brisley and Martin are average division 2 players but neither are good enough for division 1.

[soothsayer]

1 hour ago, geoff1 said:

did he drop any?😄

Not that I’m aware of unlike John Connaughton in a home FAC game versus Walsall if I recall. 🤔

[Rocky]

26 minutes ago, Alsager Whites said:

When contextualising this summer with Clarke's first season with Bristol Rovers in League 1, continuity makes sense. Rovers only made 5 permanent signings (none of which made many starts) and the key players remained constant. They supplemented this with a lot of loans, a lot of which seemed to have worked as most have had good careers since.

We have an excellent unity and the 'spine' of the squad (Cass, Smith, Hall, Walker/Pett, Conlon, Garrity, Wilson, Proctor) are all settled and at the right age. We still need a minimum of three, probably five signings, though - in goal, in the wide positions, and up top. I think it's fair to assess that the shortened summer has resulted in us missing out on one or two players we were after. I imagine Flitcroft, ideally, would have wanted more than 2 signings on the eve of our first friendly. 

I'm less of a 'Trust the Process' man than a 'Trust Clarke' man - my faith in him as a manager is as high as it's been since Rudge. I don't expect 'The Process' to get every signing right (they've got the odd one or two wrong), but I trust Clarke to prepare a competitive, physical, and well-organised team that should be absolutely fine this coming year. As good as some of the things that Flitcroft talks about are, football matches are won by good managers organising good footballers. We have the former and a lot of the latter already.

Agree with all of this. Clarke made 2 perm signings in the summer he got Rovers promoted, offering all out of contract players new deals if they were promoted. He signed Peter Hartley and our own Byron Moore and before the season started he only brought in one loan with 3 players leaving. Obviously squad sizes are different and the personnel's skill level too but it's his blueprint. When he rebuilt last summer he wanted a core team that could play in League 1 without too much changing. We have minor holes to plug with Gibbo leaving and no doubt we have a new GK coming in now but fans need to manage expectations when it comes to signings. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again before the new season starts.

[The French Connection]

2 hours ago, Sam Kelly's Left Boot said:

Derby set to sign Conor Hourihane. Some signing that for LG1.

They've signed 3 today, all  very good signings at L1 level:

James Chester [Stoke - Derby] Free

Conor Hourihane [Aston Villa - Derby] Free

David McGoldrick [Sheff Utd - Derby] Free

[valiant_593]

23 minutes ago, Rocky said:

Agree with all of this. Clarke made 2 perm signings in the summer he got Rovers promoted, offering all out of contract players new deals if they were promoted. He signed Peter Hartley and our own Byron Moore and before the season started he only brought in one loan with 3 players leaving. Obviously squad sizes are different and the personnel's skill level too but it's his blueprint. When he rebuilt last summer he wanted a core team that could play in League 1 without too much changing. We have minor holes to plug with Gibbo leaving and no doubt we have a new GK coming in now but fans need to manage expectations when it comes to signings. I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again before the new season starts.

I still we will see 5/6 signings maybe not all permanent but I can’t see us only signing 3/4 all window. I still think another 2/3 will leave as well. 

[valiant_593]

23 minutes ago, The French Connection said:

They've signed 3 today, all  very good signings at L1 level:

James Chester [Stoke - Derby] Free

Conor Hourihane [Aston Villa - Derby] Free

David McGoldrick [Sheff Utd - Derby] Free

So much for transfer embargo. Nice to be playing against sides like this again though - 3 pretty top signings there 

[werstayinup]

I think we can expect a couple of trialists in tomorrow night one of which i would guess would be a striker with only having 2 on the books.

I dont know owt just my opinion

[soothsayer]

1 hour ago, valiant_593 said:

So much for transfer embargo. Nice to be playing against sides like this again though - 3 pretty top signings there 

Their transfer embargo ended when the EFL sanctioned the deal to bring them out of Administration. 

[Warren]

Friday is a good day to bring in a signing if you have a game next day and only one other in public game. 

[geoff1]

1 hour ago, valiant_593 said:

I still we will see 5/6 signings maybe not all permanent but I can’t see us only signing 3/4 all window. I still think another 2/3 will leave as well. 

who are they? coaches?😃