

Roque Santa Cruz
Welcome, Mr. Di Santo!
By: Jimmy |Well, it’s official!We have signed Chelsea starlet Franco Di Santo on a loan deal till the January window, with first option to re up the loan till the end of the season if Chelsea doesn’t recall him. The 6 foot 4 inch striker is only 20 years old and made 25 appearances for the Argentinian [...]
The Search for a Striker Continues
By: Jimmy |As the season’s start creeps quicker and quicker, we have still not found that striker (well two strikers) we need to sign to replace RSC and Matty Derbs, and the situation is starting to turn from “when we will get one?” to “will we get one?”
We’ve looked at a ton of strikers and have graced [...]
How Ruud
By: Jimmy |So we’ve all seen the reports and heard the rustle, and now the the flurry of hopes and magnificent dreaming have calmed down, we can look at this a little more objectively.
Big Sam has come out and said he would like to sign Ruud van Nistelrooy from Real Madrid. Seriously? Maybe. A declaration of our [...]
Adios, Roque!
By: Jimmy |From the Offish Site:
Rovers can confirm that Roque Santa Cruz has this afternoon completed a transfer to Manchester City for an undisclosed fee.
Finally the end of the Roque saga and the beginning of the “Who the hell are we gonna buy with this loot / I can’t believe Man Citeh really paid that much [...]
Man City Reportedly Settle On RSC Fee
By: Jimmy |Sky sports news reports that Rovers and Man Citeh have reached an agreement on a fee for Roque Santa Cruz. The report claims the fee to be in the area of £18million; without a doubt a huge boost to our summer transfer kitty. In addition, if the deal with Matty Derbs goes through, we could [...]
Daily Update 6/9/09
By: Jimmy | Forward: You will see no RSC stories until something other than crap about Citeh or Spuds stealing him away hits the press. No time to waste on that. Also, never anything from tribalfootball. Thank you for your understanding. – The Management.
John Williams: Taking Names and Cutting Wages – Setanta (but how much longer will [...]
News Right From the Players
By: Jimmy |That took a while….not. Good to have use of the old photo shop Arrows I made again. Good thing I’m not a graphic designer. /fail
Onto more important things. The next bits of news have come straight from sources who directly spoke to players last night at the End of the Year Awards dinner for the [...]
So Much News
By: Jimmy |Happy Trails
Andre Ooijer’s long speculated departure back to PSV Eindhoven has been confirmed by the club as well by the Dutchman on the offish site. I for one will always think fondly of the defense man, and think he was always a very vital part of the back line. 29 start 2 sub appearances 2 [...]
Rovers 0-1 Stoke w/highlight
By: Jimmy |“I have to say I thought if we could have come away with a 0-0 it would have been a fantastic point for us because at the end of the day we didn’t really create as much as I expected today.
That pretty much sums it up for the day the Rovers had against Stoke. The [...]
Stoke Preview
By: Jimmy |Well, news out of the official site about RSC’s injury came out this week. The Paraguayan striker had an arthroscopic knee washout to help with some wear and tear on his troublesome knee. Roque is also tending too a hamstring injury and isn’t expected back too soon.
Striker Jason Roberts is hopeful about retuning to this [...]







