Some managers like to keep their transfer expectations either silent, modest or abstract, for obvious reasons; set a demand for too many and if you haven’t hit that figure once the window passes then your recruitment is instantly deemed a failure.
Joey Barton is not, as we know, some managers, given his unorthodox and brutally honest approach to everything he does and he has consistently spelled out exactly how many players he wants to see come through the doors of the Quarters before September 1.
Granted, there is some leeway within his wish for “six or seven” but even the lower figure of the two is a significant target with 28 days of the window remaining - Rovers need a new signing every four and a bit days at this rate.
