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Ryan Shotton next to come in?
It has been widely reported today that Derby County defender Ryan Shotton is due to become the next signing at Blues following yesterday’s capture of Diego Fabbrini.
The 27-year-old defender has made just seven appearances in the league for Derby this term and with Head Coach Paul Clement looking to trim his squad it appears he has been deemed surplus to requirements. Shotton can play either right-back or centre back and will provide cover in place of the unlucky Neal Eardley who saw his season come to a premature end due to injury.
I think reports that Shotton has already signed are a little bit premature of the mark but I have heard rumours from many good sources that confirm that the former Stoke player is having a medical prior to the move today.
Knowing that Rowett likes to bring in players primarily to improve the team rather than just as bodies makes me wonder if Shotton’s arrival means more time back on the bench for Paul Caddis. While going forwards the Scot has been impressive he has struggled when I have seen him in defence – Ryan Fraser of Ipswich giving him a torrid time last Saturday being a recent highlight.
Shotton is a player Rowett has looked at before and I think represents another capture of a player Rowett has long admired. Whether it turns into something more permanent remains to be seen but it for me it helps to add to what is a depleted defence with a player with Premier League experience – which for right now is a good thing.
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Great signing (if it comes off) 6ft 3 can play right back and centre half,and has even been utilised on the wing and up front, so he must be quick, possess a long throw, too,apparently,another shrewd piece of business by GR
According to sky he’s passed medical and signed on loan this pm
Very good signing but still think we need a left footer at back that gives an option for grounds to play left side cb
Not had the medical yet according to Tom Ross. Don’t believe it until he’s holding a scarf on the Kop.
I work in Derby and am surrounded by sheep botherers. They reckon Shotton’s pretty good but has a mistake a game in him. I’m sure the gaffer can build his confidence and get the most out of him.
Let’s give Gary Rowett another round of applause, as far as I know from a good sauce Ryan Shotton is exactly what we require at this vital time of the season.
Bristol City will prove a hard but to crack, remember they best Middlesborough recently.
KRO
On Twitter, there’s a pic of Shotton signing (timed at half an hour ago.)
I know, I retweeted it!
Maybe others didn’t.
Not sure if you understand how twitter works… you don’t have to retweet something to see it :)
If you follow the @often_partisan account, I try to keep up with stuff like that and retweet it so you don’t have to search for it…
What I meant was, maybe others didn’t see it. Not everyone is on Twitter.
Gotcha…
Things are getting better and better. We sold our most valuable asset, that is Dimmi Gray, and after that the team goes out and performs some of the best matches so far in the season with two 3-0 wins against strong promotion or play-off contenders such as Derby and Ipswich. Looking forward to follow the remaining season. We could definitely, with Fabbrini and Shotton aboard, be able to make the play-offs or even higher.
KRO
Very pleased with this indeed well done Garry happy with January signings this yr and very impressed kro
If that is the end of that, it would suggest GR is happy with the situation at left back.
That would mean he has had a change of heart about Mitch Hancox as that is his only genuine cover at left back he has.Fine by me if that is Rowetts thinking.
He is quoted today as saying Hancox is left back cover.
Push comes to shove we have hancox at left back
If push came to an even bigger shove.. Shotton at centre back and Robinson at left back. 8-O
8-0?
Yep.
Official on BCFC.com now.
Shotton the Villa!
Let’s hope rowett plays him at centre back and not full back
He will . KRO
Is this a better line-up?
Against Derby in March 2015 we had Darren Randolph (Now Kutschak). Caddis. Kiernan (Now Morrison). Spector (Now Shotton). Grounds. Cotterill. Tesche (Now Kiefenbeld). Dyer (Now Maghoma). Davis. Shinnie (Now Toral). Novak (Donaldson substituted). On the Bench we had Doyle (Now Ledzgkins) Gray (Now Buckley). Thomas (Now Fabbrini). Reilly (Now Solomon Otabor). Robinson. Zigic (Now Vaughan).
Improved? I think so though its not yet the finished article – Evolution not revolution!!!
I don’t think you will find that Fabbrini is on the bench for too long if at all.
Wouldn’t be surprised if Shotton didn’t start this weekend
At right back
Nice comparison Woodlands. Glad to see that GR has once again won round any doom mongers. The man is a legend. Just hope the guys can keep up their good form to the end of the season and give us all an exciting run in. kro
I agree rkboosh most hadn’t even gave the bloke time to do the deals lol
I could understand if window had shut and not signed any1 . But rowett knew he was adding and backed that’s why he stayed… Have more faith
Good interview with Shotton on YouTube. I like the fact that he’s up for a permanent move too if everything goes well.
Good interview that staffs, he really seems up for the challenge, and I love the fact he said “he’s a defender that just loves defending”.
Not many of those left in the game Chris. The art of defending is a dying art.
Do I detect that there is a buz in the air??? Now the problem is – who to play up alongside the Don from Toral, Fabrini, Buckley, Maghoma, VSO and Cotts when fit and who to play at the back from Caddis, Morrison, Robbo, Grounds, Specs and Shotton – nice problem!!! I love it !
Oops – I forgot Vaghn up front as well.
Gosh darn it, we still need competition for the Don! Lol.
Oh we have Brock Madsen. I am expecting him to become a contender soon enough. With all the talent we have he would just need to stand in the box. I hope he gets some playing time off the bench to also ride the wave.
hancox should be in for grounds
Why?
Sad to say, but Hancox, in the last 2 seasons has gone backwards. Grounds, although not perfect is vastly improved than when he first walked through the door.
And as got better since Gray left as he doesent have to do his defending anymore … No changes for me for Bristol City though the bench will be as strong as its been for a few years now . KRO
True..You always look at the bench to gauge the strength of a squad.
There are options there now.
Fabbrini , Soloman, shotton, Spector, Vaughan , maghoma and the goalie propably but will it be 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1 which will make a difference to be bench ? KRO .. and remember we are only guessing because our manager could change things.
Fabbrini might be on the bench tomorrow but he hasn’t paid £1.5m for him to sit on the bench. My guess is that it will settle to be 4-2-3-1 with Fabbrini, Toral and either Buckley or Maghoma being in the 3. Davis will probably drop to the bench in time.
That’s fair. KRO
Probably the strongest bench we’ve had for 4 or 5 years I would think.
I feel Rowett will switch back to 4-2-3-1 for the away game. We shouldn’t need to open Bristol up, they’ll come on to us hopefully and we’ll pick them off.
That’s also fair. KRO
I think it could be all change tomorrow 4-1-4-1 with Shotton in for Caddis, Buckley & Mags out wide, Torel & Fab behind Don & Kieftenbeld in fron of the back 4. If GR does do something like that I just hope we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot.
Not knocking it Chris but highly unlikely , Rowetts not one for changing formation or personal having won 3-O last week but in time who knows ! KRO
I think it would be unfair to the players that have done so well Dave if he did do something like that, it wouldn’t surprise me if there were wholesale changes, but I think maybe Mags will return & possibly Shotton coming in with Buckley & Caddis dropping to the bench. Looking forward to tomorrows game, i’m glad I got my ticket early!!
I don’t think there is any chance of that after two 3-0 wins. Possibly Maghoma or Fabbrini will come in for Davis.
Yes Chris , me the wife and my son will all be on our way tommorow to Bristol , really looking forward to it and I hope that the playoffs become more of a probability than a possibility after the game but Ime thinking banana skins , I hope Ime wrong and we’re celebrating at 5pm onwards on the way home . KRO
Gary has to be congratulated on his deals this month.
Vaughan in, Lowry out….Financially neutral.
Shotton in, Shinnie out…..Financially neutral.
Fabbrini in, Gray out……..Financially plus £2.25m.
Maxwell in, Financially minus £75k.
Summary:- 4 in 3 out profit £2.175m.
More deals?
He will want to get Buckley for the rest of the season I would think.
Sorry yes forgot Buckley…..Too early in the morning!
Still some money for another defender then? KRO
Despite GR saying Hancox is left back cover I can see him and Thomas getting loaned out and use the wages to get a left back in probably on loan. Sorry to go on about it but we should also get an offer in for Tesche who is out of contract in the summer. Forest just might be tempted to get some money for him as they have little chance of getting in the play-offs or being relegated. A left back and Tesche and its all bases covered for me. If we did get a run of injuries or suspensions we would have great cover for all positions.
Think the players we have now will get us to the summer, if we get promoted GR probably has targets for that too and won’t want too many surplus to requirements so he may forego any last minute buys now.Unless a 20 goal striker lands in his lap.lol
You are probably right. I wasn’t complaining just getting greedy – he has done realty well in this transfer window.
Word of warning for tomorrow. Play Davis and MK together to start. Freeman and Tomlin no mugs. Plenty of bottle for first hour-then go for it. Draw not on for me. Toral and Don.up top with Maghoma over Buckley. Fab.and Buckley during second half. If Robbo.starts-no more than 60 mins. Shotton and Morro.from then on.
Entirely agree. The ‘other’ BCFC are in a false position. Any team that records a century of points winning a league can’t be daft.
For whatever reason it didn’t click in the Championship early on, but they’re not a hit’n’hope team
New manager, recent win over Middlesboro’ they’re on a bit of a roll too.- lets not underestimate our opposition.
Of course we need to be confident in our ability and recent form – but we’ve got to impose ourselves on the game first.
I’m hugely confident that our management team know this – and a steady 1-0 win would do for me.
I think it shows how much stronger the championship is now compared to league one , as Bristol proved against Middlesbrough they maybe in a false position but the league never lies and in this division any team at the bottom can beat any team at the top home and away and I think it’s out on its own in world football as the most competetive of leagues , by the way I would take 1-0 also but as I said earlier this could be a banana skin and if we lose its not the end of the world . KRO
I totally agree Dave. The Championship, for me, is the most competitive league anywhere in the world. Any team can beat any team in this division, which makes it much more interesting/exciting than the 3 or 4 horse race of the premier. I also like the fact that almost a third of the teams change every year, with promotion and relegation… it freshens things up.
Almajir if Blues got promoted to whom would the Sky money go and who would manage that fund?
Thanks
I have just been told that Buckley’s loan has been extended to the end of the season. Its been a very good week.
Worth a shout on Tesche but he’s a regular starter for them now which changes things a bit.
One for the summer.
They’ve got too many long-term injuries to let anyone else go out. I’d be very surprised if they’d agree to Tesche leaving… at least until the summer.
Yes confirmed by Blues, it’s lookin good . KRO
I hope Mr Rowett has plenty of paracetamol on hand. He’s gonna have a headache picking a team for tomorrow’s game. How long has it been since we could say that?
I think tomorrow’s team picks it self staffs , after Bristol City then the headaches begin because win in style then why change ? .. Lose then why make multiple changes , he’s the manager and that’s why he gets the bunce . KRO
Personally, I would agree with that. Never change a winning team (except for injuries/suspensions.) But it’s not beyond the manager to throw a curved ball or two. He’s known who his transfer targets were for a while obviously, so he must have thought about personnel and formations to accomodate them too. It’ll be interesting to see what he comes up with… let’s face it, no one saw the 4-3-3 coming.
Our last away game we hammered Derby so I can’t see him deviating too far away from that team/formation tbh.
Gary Rowett: “I tell you what, I’ll handle five players for three positions’, knowing that two of those players can come on and win you the game in the last 20 minutes,” said Rowett. “And knowing that any one of those five players can start in the three positions and give us something on a day-to-day and match-to-match basis.
“What I’ve got to make sure is that there is still continuity of that front line and people still get that three or four games where they’re growing in their performances and that’s going to be a challenge for me.
Like I said, a headache, but a good one to have. :)
That’s a philosophy that reminds me of Ajax’ “total football”of the 70/80s.
They basically trained a lot of their players to be able to play in different positions.
That’s why in my opinion it will be 4-3-3 tomorrow .
Kuszczak
Caddis Morrison Robinson Grounds
Davis Kieftenbeld Gleeson
Toral Donaldson Buckley/ maghoma
Fabbrini and shotton I think will be on the bench .
After tomorrow’s game then it could all change but the players from last week and the week before should be involved in my opinion . KRO
My only change, would be Maghoma in for Davis, in a 4-2-3-1.
Kuszczak
Caddis Morrison Robinson Grounds
Gleeson Kieftenbeld
Buckley Toral Maghoma
Donaldson
Subs: Legzdins, Shotton, Spector, Davis, Fabbrini, Solomon-Otabor, Vaughan.
I think he will start with the three in central midfield – Gleeson, Kieftenbeld and Davis especially as Kieftenbeld isn’t 100% fit. Just will look to keep things quiet and get control of the game to start with. Then he has plenty of attacking options to bring on to win the game.
You could be right.
Either formation or team should be good enough to beat Bristol City so I would be happy with both line ups to be honest . KRO
Yep, agreed.
Just had a cheeky fiver on Blues 2-1, Fabio first scorer @ 66-1 with BetFred
You never know
KRO
That’s a great bet at 66/1 but that’s because Fabbrini will start on the bench and coming on late and scoring the first of three goals is the reason why but best of luck womble ! KRO
The more I think about it, the more I think Shotton might be utilised, primarily to add height to our defence. With Aiden Flint bombing in at free kicks and corners, we’re going to need someone to cope with his 6 feet 6 inch frame. Shotton is now our tallest defender.
He would either have to leave out Caddis or Robbo then to bring Shotton in. I thought Caddis and Buckley worked well together down the right in the first half against Ipswich. Caddis got exposed as the game went on as Buckley got tired though. I don’t think he will leave Robbo out,
I’m just wondering if Morrison and Robbo can cope with high balls in to Flint. I’m not necessarily advocating starting Shotton but, like most teams, if we’re in front during the second half, Bristol may resort to high balls to get back into the game, that’s when Shotton would be useful.
Shotton when selected plays centre half because that’s where we need him most . KRO
Morrison and Shotton for me. Straight in -no messing.
For Bristol …… Worth concidering but don’t change a winning team . KRO
I don’t see many if any changes to the lineup tomorrow. Remember GR brought players in that will have a point to prove as they were all unfancied where they were at. Buckley, Fabbrini, Shotton all lacking first team football. Robbo at 37 & the Don only having played a few games from a long layoff. For me it’s too much of a gamble playing anyone who isn’t match sharp it’s not like we are in a panic station mode, we’re 5 unbeaten, only 1 loss in nine. I think Buckley will start, Fabbrini & Shotton on the bench. With Fabbrini on the bench we have the luxury of him replacing Toral, Maghoma, Buckley, etc take your pick.
As much as we’d all like to see Fabrini straight into the side this isn’t the ideal game to blood him.A cagey away trip where Blues need to defend at the foremost and hit on the counter as they have done brilliantly so far. Let him loose in our home game against Sheff Wed.Cant wait for that one.A draw wouldn’t be a disaster tommorow.
If we go 4-2-3-1, I’d bring Maghoma in for Davis. If we use 4-3-3, I’d detail Davis to keep a close eye on Tomlin. Either way, we have to be really tight tomorrow, because Brizzle have a lot of skill and trickery with Freeman and Tomlin.