would you adam and eve it! the new faroe international defender we signed on 30/07/12 didnt manage to last 13 full days at the club! his tweets today: "To all the Rovers fans: youve been brilliant so far and i wish the gas all the best, but this is sadly not the place for me. Going back to norway" "This has nothing to do with BRFC, but me personally. Hope u guys can understand. Up the gas. The gaffer was brill about it" "Thanks for all the support. Ur really great" matt harrold tweeted him saying: "bloody hell Rodney you didnt last long, haha is england that bad.? All the best to ya mate" baldvinsson replied back saying: "hehe no, empty for snus. Nah but it didnt work out, sorry for that. All the best this season big man. Thanks!" andreas ravndal (ex team mate in norway) tweeted about it: "Sorry to hear that my mate @rogvi_baldvins is leaving brfc! Good to see the respect from rovers fans, honesty goes a long way!" jordan goddard tweeted him saying: "bigg man what the hells going on man, give me a text you alright" on of his tweets in norweigian translated: "Gone for it and really wanted to try, but it was worse every day, even the people here were good" so it looks like homesickness! im glad he been honest now so we have time to get replacement before the transfer window closes instead of him telling us in a months time! so fair shout to him. the players are obviously shocked about it and it explains why mcghee played paterson cb today leaving our baldvinnson out which i thought was a strange decision but it makes sense now! what happens about the fee? we paid a fee for him so is that money lost and contract terminated or sold back to former club for same amount or....? so the 4 players mcghee said we need now becomes 5 players! and thats shocking considering we have no pre season games left! its going to be a tough start to the season. mcghee better start getting players in the door fast me thinks. i presume keeper turner will sign, winger broghammer will sign so thats 2. we need a striker with pace. i presume the the 4th was a cm as gill injury prone and have no real experienced players in that position. now we obviously need a cb now to replace baldvinsson. not looking forward to oxford now in a weeks time! your thoughts....
not even on the OS yet! we get to hear the news from his own tweets! great PR at the club we have! here is the thread on the OS forum.... http://www.brfcforum.co.uk/index.php?/topic/104656-rogvis-tweet/
Not all rosey at the Mem then captain, does Baldvinsson know something that you don't, maybe he doesn't want to play in a struggling team. Anyway nice to see you back Captain, lets hope for plenty of good banter this season, promotion for you, doubt it, relegation for you, doubt it, could be a boring season then.
I was going to give a gentle WUM on this one and then I remembered Copout Coppell,it's a right pain in the ass but better now than later...
I was the same, about to say something then realised. Reading his tweets obvious that the players got on well, as said you have time to sort out replacement. But like you I'm confused about the transfer money. Do players come with a sort of guarantee?
no idea ROD. i dont know if he returned to old club and money repaid back and got refund. dont know if he is without a club and just terminated contract and lost our money. and our OS still says nothing about the whole thing! instead it has a thread for the starting line up vs coventry but when you open it it is shows nothing! and there is a thread from mcghee after the coventry game which has info but nothing about baldvinsson leaving. he didnt play yesterday so obviously mcghee and the club knew so why no official word from the club instead hearing it from twitter. for sorry for the guy in a way and looks like the players made him feel at home and got along well. just wasnt to be. now he are screwed for the start of the seson now. 5 players needed now that half of the outfield starting 11. they all got to come in and quick and get fit and gel quick. otherwise we could have another buckle type of start!
Don't look to the OS for info. It's a bluddy shambles. If Baldviinnson feels the way he apparently does it's best for him and the club to go. I don't go along with all the MM knows what he's doing, just trust him stuff. He did a great job at the end of last season and got us back on an even keel. However I'm not inspired by the pre-season signings or form. He's signed some good youngsters for the future but I don't think we've yet got the experience or quality for a promotion campaign.
2nd. 5 signings needed. turner will be a good signing in goal. broghammer has apparently signed but just waiting for international clearance. means 3 more signings needed..... constable may be one of the signings. if he dont sign watch him score 3 against us next weekend. if he signs for us watch him break his leg next weekend! cd to replace baldvinsson. gill is injury prone and unfit and we have no experienced players in cm. clucas/norburn/brown/lund are not experienced players. rather have stanley back which means i must be worried to want him back so we need a solid cm. even that is not enough to challenge this season. i can see a hell of a lot of angry gasheads around xmas time if we are nowhere near play offs. i do have faith in mcghee but its really being put to the test now. results dont bother me in the slightest at pre season but the fitness and performances does. i honestly dont think mcghee has a clue what his starting 11 is for oxford yet!
I suppose you have a insurance policy for these things, it would be stupid in these days not to take policys out. Would not be surprised if it includes stuff like not for filling contract due to stuff like this.
but if he is clubless then does that mean his former club loses the money back to us and the player as well?? lol i know you guys been through this with coppell but its totally different really. he spent a bit of your money and signed crap players (hunt for example) on high wages. i see our player leaving more on the same lines as the eygptian striker emad meteb who joined you but left straight away. i appreciate though that he left due playing for his former club after joining you wasnt it??
Strange how there's still nothing about in on the offical site and its been up dating three times since I heard about this whole situation.
at last...... http://www.bristolrovers.co.uk/news/article/rogvi-leaves-308692.aspx deal cancelled so we get our money back
Apparentely Constable will not be playing against us unless we do not agree to sign him. We have some funds avaliable its just down to agreeing a fair market value.Whatever that amount is? If not you could be right CJ with a defence looking short on fitness and quality he would enjoy the chance to torment us by scoring a few. Obviously the leicester boys may feature in the equation according to MM however Parkes is banned for a few matches!Still Mark says we have Virgo and Kenneth both not match fit so alls well. Its a bit of a jigsawpuzzle give him time and the peices will slot into place just the first few matches might be hide behind the sofa time COR