3 new signings TODAY

[DonnyOsmond]

Kongolo was captain of Netherlands u20.

[GazLaz]

Kongolo was captain of Netherlands I20.

Exactly.

[Alan Southstand]

So did Kongolo, before we get too carried away.

[mpc123]

So did Kongolo, before we get too carried away.

A decent manager will probably get the best out of Kongolo.

[RoversAlias]

Well yes, exactly my point. He might turn out to be very good, he might turn out to be shite.

Age and experience over young talents don't always mean better quality. James Harper was very experienced and he was laughable when he came and played here.

[Alan Southstand]

Not again, mpc, I've had enough of the bickering!

Decent manager or not, the player himself was simply not ready for L1. End of.

I hope it's Grant and then get the young lad on loan after the window shuts.

[DonnyNoel]

I'd say we've had a mixed bag of loans from "big clubs" so I'd say I'm open minded but not blown away should it turn out to be this lad. The real hot prospects go abroad or even to a lower premiership club. For Sam Johnstone and Matt Mills there's a Reece Brown and Harry Worley!

[Chris Black come back]

Michael Timlin.

[DonnyNoel]

Michael Timlin.

Did score against Rotherham though?

Although when I saw your post I thought you were going to chime in with the inspiration for your username but then I was meaning the real top club bracket - the current top 6 as such!

[Copps is Magic]

Well, Taylor's confirmed. He'll be playing for free though, of course.

Post-signing comment check list..

Budget
Bramhall [sic]
Baldwin
Lies
Cover up
Yes men

[Chris Black come back]

JR
Ambition
New kit
Tommy Robinson

[RedJ]

Well yes, exactly my point. He might turn out to be very good, he might turn out to be shite.

Age and experience over young talents don't always mean better quality. James Harper was very experienced and he was laughable when he came and played here.

Not entirely fair on Harper. He looked quality - until he reached the number of appearances required to trigger a clause in his contract (was it an extension or a bonus, I forget). Then he just switched off completely and became a farce.

[mpc123]

Not again, mpc, I've had enough of the bickering!

Decent manager or not, the player himself was simply not ready for L1. End of.

I hope it's Grant and then get the young lad on loan after the window shuts.

Sorry Alan if it came across like that, people mentioned him so I put in what I thought. He must 've half decent with the fee he went for and apparently that makes all the difference.

Just because one player didn't play very well doesn't mean the next one is poop.

Can't wait for Saturday and confirmation of who this 3rd one is.

[Alan Southstand]

Lost the pen?

[dknward2]

This seems to be being dragged out would guess the squad has already set off if not already arrived in Southend.

I would assume the ex Leeds lad may have traveled with the rest of the team but maybe not as he is not signed so won’t be covered by our insurance

[RoversAlias]

Well yes, exactly my point. He might turn out to be very good, he might turn out to be shite.

Age and experience over young talents don't always mean better quality. James Harper was very experienced and he was laughable when he came and played here.

Not entirely fair on Harper. He looked quality - until he reached the number of appearances required to trigger a clause in his contract (was it an extension or a bonus, I forget). Then he just switched off completely and became a farce.

I can't remember any good games he had for us, and whether before or after the extension he had a period of truly awful performances. My point was that sometimes younger players prove to be better than experienced ones and this may be one of those times.

[roversontheup]

This seems to be being dragged out would guess the squad has already set off if not already arrived in Southend.

I would assume the ex Leeds lad may have traveled with the rest of the team but maybe not as he is not signed so won’t be covered by our insurance

But it's only Thursday. Has Southend moved?

[Retdon1]

This seems to be being dragged out would guess the squad has already set off if not already arrived in Southend.

I would assume the ex Leeds lad may have traveled with the rest of the team but maybe not as he is not signed so won’t be covered by our insurance

I doubt they will be traveling down until tomorrow afternoon

[eastender]

Herbie Kane on loan from Liverpool.

[Bezza]

why are some knocking this lad before he has kicked a ball for us ,  its pathetic.

[Filo]

why are some knocking this lad before he has kicked a ball for us ,  its pathetic.

Because some of our fans moan at everything

[darren61]

why are some knocking this lad before he has kicked a ball for us ,  its pathetic.

Because some of our fans moan at everything

Probably brow beaten by the missus and this forum is the only chance they have to moan, cos they wouldnt dare to at home.

[Nudga]

why are some knocking this lad before he has kicked a ball for us ,  its pathetic.

I'd never heard of keiron Brady, Dylan Kerr and Danny Williamson but they were immense back in the day.
And we had an even shitter budget back then.

[Al4475]

I have to say I knew of kieran Brady before he arrived with us. 90 minutes magazine (remember that?) had done a profile on him a coupla years previous regarding him being the next big thing. I also recall him coming off of the bench for Sunderland in the latter stages of their run to the 1992 FA cup final (not sure what game possibly against Chelsea in 5th or 6th round) and going close to scoring a blinder! I was really excited when we managed to get him on loan

[roversdude]

Might be wrong but I only count two signings

[Nudga]

I have to say I knew of kieran Brady before he arrived with us. 90 minutes magazine (remember that?) had done a profile on him a coupla years previous regarding him being the next big thing. I also recall him coming off of the bench for Sunderland in the latter stages of their run to the 1992 FA cup final (not sure what game possibly against Chelsea in 5th or 6th round) and going close to scoring a blinder! I was really excited when we managed to get him on loan

He was one of the finest players to have pulled on a rovers shirt in my opinion.

[CJK]

Grant has signed for Shrewsbury then, so that puts an end to that one.

[RedJ]

Might be wrong but I only count two signings

Three were planned for today. The other one was Vieira (or however you spell it), looks like it hasn't quite got over the line yet.

[sedwardsdrfc]

be announced tomorrow i bet his was probably last in terms of priority to get over the line

[Chris Black come back]

I have to say I knew of kieran Brady before he arrived with us. 90 minutes magazine (remember that?) had done a profile on him a coupla years previous regarding him being the next big thing. I also recall him coming off of the bench for Sunderland in the latter stages of their run to the 1992 FA cup final (not sure what game possibly against Chelsea in 5th or 6th round) and going close to scoring a blinder! I was really excited when we managed to get him on loan

He was one of the finest players to have pulled on a rovers shirt in my opinion.

My first ever Rovers game was his debut. I only came to see Mike Jeffrey play but Kieron Brady was star of show. Looking back I see that Brady only ever played four games for us - scored three times though including winner away at SKitsons.