No Panic Buying for Rovers

By: Jimmy | July 21st, 2009

Skipper Ryan Nelson spoke to the Lancashire Telegraph about Big Sam’s quality as manager and doesn’t expect the club to panic buy this summer.

You can read the article here (click) and from some of the quotes, you can almost sense Nelson being just as annoyed with all the speculation and being linked to EVERY striker in the world.

“The club is being linked with different strikers everyday, but we ignore all the speculation. We are just concentrating on getting ready for the new season.”

Solid, that’s what I want to hear coming from the Captain leading the squad through pre season. Let’s see what else he had to say…

“I am sure the manager will make the right decision in the market, his track record suggests he will. Until then, we will carry on doing what we are doing and looking forward to the season.”

Sounds like he has more than enough confidence in Big Sam and how he is handling the transfer window, while still pushing the fact that we do NEED a striker. No ifs, ands or buts about it.

What it comes down to though, is Rovers have to play the waiting game. We need that one transfer to spark the movement in the market, because right now, we have a ton of strikers looing to move at silly prices. Once someone lowers their fee and gets snapped up, a lot of other striker will follow suit.

Case and point, Sunderland took their bid off the table for Peter Crouch today, not going to wait around to pay silly prices. So it would seem that all clubs that aren’t Man Citeh are content to sit and bide their time while they wait for some sense to be knocked into the transfer market. Smart, calm, and wise I’d say.

But as a fan, the waiting is horrible for my mental health and my nerves as everyday I look to see who we’ve signed, only to be linked to another striker I’ve never heard of.

Hang in there my friends, this has to turn out right in the end. Or else we’re screwed. UP THE ROVERS!