So the saying goes, "if the fans of the club whose player you signed are angry then it must be a good sign you’ve taken a good player". Port Vale supporters are perhaps too gracious to be angry but there was evident frustration that James Gibbons, whose been with the club since he was 11, has swapped Vale Park for the Mem.
The versatile defender was confirmed as Bristol Rovers' second summer signing this week, just over 24 hours after Jordan Rossiter was added to the Gas squad for 2022/23, with more names expected to follow in the coming days and weeks.
Like Rossiter, on the face of it, Gibbons addresses a specific position of need for Joey Barton given Rovers played all of last season with only one specialist right-back in the form of academy graduate Luca Hoole.
