Bristol Rovers Transfer Latest: Gas acting fast as more signings arrive

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Daniel Wales looks at the latest Bristol Rovers transfer news.

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00:00Now for Bristol Rovers, obviously they're going to want to ensure that they continue to bounce back

00:07and make sure that Daryl Clark has that promotion experience and utilises it again with Bristol Rovers.

00:14The club really had a great tenure in, you know, 10 years or so ago.

00:19I mean, in terms of the transfer business, it's a big window.

00:22It's a window where they have to make sure they do sort of clear out a few free agents

00:27and they get some real clever signings in to ensure that they are right bouncing back up.

00:33You know, at the end of the day, they don't want to be anywhere nearly to come 12 months from now.

00:38They want to be making sure they're preparing for another League One season

00:41and hopefully it can all go to plan for Daryl Clark and his side.

00:45Now, you know, the transfer window is still ticking on and the contracts are there

00:50and the retain lists are there.

00:53For Bristol Rovers, we're going to our correspondent, Dan.

00:55Dan, what do you think Bristol Rovers need?

00:58What can you sort of tell us about where they are in terms of this window?

01:02How they're viewing it?

01:03How they're going about their business?

01:04Is it sort of continuing from previous windows?

01:07Have they changed any strategies now that they have been relegated?

01:10And then they might need to change a few plans to make sure they go straight back up

01:14because, you know, Daryl Clark has come to a side where, you know,

01:17he could probably punch way above Bristol Rovers' weight, let's be honest.

01:20But surely something's enticed them to come back and there's a bit of a plan

01:24and a project to get them back to League One.

01:27So, Dan, what are your thoughts ahead of this window

01:30and how it's sort of panning out for Bristol Rovers ahead of the new campaign?

01:34Well, Charles, Bristol Rovers are certainly responding in the best way

01:37they possibly can to being relegated from League One last season

01:40under Inigo Calderon.

01:42In the transfer market so far, they've been very busy indeed.

01:45They're not resting on their laurels.

01:47Daryl Clark, the head coach, his new assistants, Rhys Carr and Johnstead

01:51and, of course, director Ricky Martin, very much pushing their weight about

01:55in the transfer market so far and getting deals done.

01:58You've had Alfie Kilgore come back, Josh McCreachan.

02:03He's just come to the club as well.

02:05Brad Young, goalkeeper.

02:06So, plenty of things happening in McCauley Southern Hills as well.

02:09So, lots of players coming in to the quarters

02:12and looking forward to also them playing at the Memorial Stadium as well

02:16in the new season, which, of course, gets underway in August.

02:19And I think they had to be busy because a lot of the players

02:23who finished last season were completely back out of form,

02:26looked unhappy and the club just needed a reset, if we're brutally honest.

02:31So, I think they had to be busy and busy quick in the transfer market as well

02:36and they've certainly done that as well.

02:38I think a lot of people could possibly argue that

02:40their most important piece of transfer business

02:43was bringing in Darrell Clark to replace Calderon

02:46because he's someone who knows the club inside out,

02:48has been there before, been successful with them before,

02:51but also had down experiences with them too,

02:53so knows what it's like to both succeed and fail with the club.

02:56So, that's probably a positive and something certainly

02:58that he's probably learned from

03:00and the club can also learn from it

03:02and learn together with each other as well.

03:04So, all in all, they had to be busy to just get that reset in.

03:10And I think that Bristol Rovers certainly are anticipating

03:13having a successful season in League 2.

03:15Yes, it's a bit of a drop-off in terms of quality,

03:18but they'll probably be wanting to bring in players,

03:19and I think they have brought in players so far,

03:21who not only can play in League 2,

03:24but also are good enough then to make that step back up to League 1

03:27if they should reach that via promotion

03:29at the end of the season to come.

03:31And that's, of course, the aim of Daryl Clark and Ricky Martin.

03:34They've expressed quite publicly that they demand

03:37high standards of the players who are coming into the club

03:40and certainly Daryl Clark himself on the training pitch,

03:42along with his two new assistants,

03:44he'll demand standards too.

03:45He'll make sure that Bristol Rovers are not slacking it off

03:48at all throughout the season

03:49and that they're successful

03:50and that they're honest and respectful as well.

03:52I think this has all been said out in the open.

03:55He's made this very clear about the club and what he wants

03:57in terms of the ethos at Bristol Rovers.

03:59It's now just about enacting that.

04:01And the only worry is, of course,

04:02with lots of new players coming in,

04:04how fast do they take to set lane,

04:06to gel with each other

04:07and to get them playing in the right way

04:09under the way Daryl Clark wants them to play.

04:11But you'd have to think that by bringing them in early,

04:14which they have done so far,

04:16yes, more will probably come in as well,

04:17but those who have come in already,

04:18by bringing them in early

04:19before pre-season realistically gets underway,

04:22gives them a bit of time to bed in

04:24and also get going as well

04:26and enjoy Bristol and the city

04:28and get to know the place

04:29and just their new living accommodation

04:32and arrangements as well,

04:33which can help the player feel a lot more settled.

04:35So lots to look ahead to

04:37and for Bristol Rovers,

04:39but they're certainly being very active

04:41in the transfer markets at present

04:43under Daryl Clark.

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