2024 January transfer window - hopes, needs, expectations and rumours.

[PaulWinch again]

If we were to purchase any of the players that we sold last summer, they have to be better than what we have got, otherwise we are moving backwards. It isn’t going to happen.

JPB looks more ready than Rogers to me.  And given Zaniolo hasn't pulled up trees and Ramsey has been injured / off form, he could have been very useful this season.

I’ll be honest if you were pitching it at the start of the season - Italian international vs potentially might be ok I know which way I’d go. Also I’ve seen nothing to suggest Ramsey would have offered more than Zaniolo.

[RamboandBruno]

If we were to purchase any of the players that we sold last summer, they have to be better than what we have got, otherwise we are moving backwards. It isn’t going to happen.

JPB looks more ready than Rogers to me.  And given Zaniolo hasn't pulled up trees and Ramsey has been injured / off form, he could have been very useful this season.

Apart from the avid watchers of the championship and Boro in particular, i doubt any of us has seen enough of Rogers to make that judgement.

[chrisw1]

If we were to purchase any of the players that we sold last summer, they have to be better than what we have got, otherwise we are moving backwards. It isn’t going to happen.

JPB looks more ready than Rogers to me.  And given Zaniolo hasn't pulled up trees and Ramsey has been injured / off form, he could have been very useful this season.

I’ll be honest if you were pitching it at the start of the season - Italian international vs potentially might be ok I know which way I’d go. Also I’ve seen nothing to suggest Ramsey would have offered more than Zaniolo.

I meant Jacob Ramsey has been injured / disappointing as as such JPB may have been useful, particularly given his pre-season form.

[chrisw1]

If we were to purchase any of the players that we sold last summer, they have to be better than what we have got, otherwise we are moving backwards. It isn’t going to happen.

JPB looks more ready than Rogers to me.  And given Zaniolo hasn't pulled up trees and Ramsey has been injured / off form, he could have been very useful this season.

Apart from the avid watchers of the championship and Boro in particular, i doubt any of us has seen enough of Rogers to make that judgement.

The stats of 6 goals and 5 assists in 14 games Championship games is pretty compelling for JPB, particularly when added to his pre-season form which was there for all of us to see.

Rogers has a decent 7 goals and 9 assists in 33 games inc cups, but only 2 goals and 6 assists in 26 Championship games.  Last season in the Championship he had 1 goal and 2 assists in 20 games for Blackpool.

 

[Skerra]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

[LeeB]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

I can see what they see, he might not have ripped up trees so far but he's big, quick, strong with the ball at his feet and has skill, he's got the tools required to succeed at this level.

[VillaTim]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

File alongside Duran in the "One for the Future" section

[john e]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

I can see what they see, he might not have ripped up trees so far but he's big, quick, strong with the ball at his feet and has skill, he's got the tools required to succeed at this level.

We need tools

[chrisw1]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

He had pretty forgettable loans at Blackpool and Bournemouth before moving to Middlesborough for a fairly small fee last summer.  He doesn't seem to have done much there either (just seen a clip from 'second-tier' podcast who agree - they know their stuff re the Championship) 

https://x.com/secondtierpod/status/1750126802972914029?s=20

I know 'trust Emery' and all that, but even so it's a really odd link and a fee of £10m plus just looks crazy.

[London Villan]

Does he run around a lot and chase down defenders like Watkins?

[PaulWinch again]

In the context of other fees £10m odd is pretty small.

[Steve67]

In the context of other fees £10m odd is pretty small.

In that case, Paul, could you loan me a couple of hundred quid as I need to get the brakes done on my car?

[chrisw1]

In the context of other fees £10m odd is pretty small.

Tell that to Everton and Forest.

[Toronto Villa]

In the context of other fees £10m odd is pretty small.

Tell that to Everton and Forest.

Maybe they shouldn’t try and cook the books and operate ethically. £10m is peanuts when you consider much of the shit going for way, way more.

[Drummond]

I haven’t seen anything in Rogers yet to get too excited

I can see what they see, he might not have ripped up trees so far but he's big, quick, strong with the ball at his feet and has skill, he's got the tools required to succeed at this level.

That finish last night reminded me of a Bertie finish, effortlessly passing it into the corner.

Then again he does remind me a bit if Chukwuemeka too.