Ryan Broom

[cliffy90]

Ryan Broom has rejoined the club for a third spell. This seems like a desperate move to me.

https://www.ctfc.com/news/2025/july/25/ ... yan-broom/

[tunnelvision]

I don't think Ryan is too popular with many Robins fans. He'll need to get off to a good start or I can see the fans getting on his back very quickly.

[asl]

FFS...

[I-Love-CTFC]

Gary Johnson really used his contacts for that signing Very underwhelming.

[andgarod]

Is he a sweeper
Described as midfielder or winger. I think right back or even leftback ( in dressing room)
Hopefully he will only be a squad player

[Shade]

*slowly sinks forward and puts his head in his hands*

We're just his default back-up club at this point.

[Robin]

Bloody hell, I didn't see that coming. Where he's going to play?

[Shade]

Hopefully on the bench as back up to Archer and Thomas. If Thomas goes, well there's your answer. I guess he's also another option as a 10, which we don't really have much of, with basically just Pell and Backwell to play there.

Actually surprised by how positive the comments are on twitter for this. A player who's ditched us twice after a handful of decent games, and just been released by Fleetwood after doing f#!$ all for them for the two years since he last ran off, is hardly inspiring.

[eeneff]

Bloody hell, I didn't see that coming. Where he's going to play?

FGR on loan hopefully!

[art vandalay]

Wasn’t he a full-back or wing-back when he first joined us? Or a replacement for JT? I know he has his critics but we need players who can run at the opposition.

[Ihearye]

Bloody hell, I didn't see that coming. Where he's going to play?

Whaddon rec ?

[Ihearye]

Wasn’t he a full-back or wing-back when he first joined us? Or a replacement for JT? I know he has his critics but we need players who can run at the opposition.

agree add to that someone who can be @rsed to do it. At least we know he will be gone next season

[Henry The Dog]

Goes for the largest coin on offer so if that’s us shows what others think of his value.

Under and whelmed spring to mind.

[RS1978]

Is it April 1st already? Or is it a case of getting bodies in regardless of their history with us - and especially Broom who disappears after a season?

He's still (relatively) young, has the Welsh link with Flynn, and we know what he can do - although it was a few years ago. As said elsewhere, maybe a backup in case JT goes?

It's a bit underwhelming, and a bit of a gamble ( like quite a lot of our signings are tbh) but if Flynn can get him up to fitness and get a tune out of him, at least for a season, then all well and good

[paperboy]

The Robins sign an experienced 28 year old League 1/2 player.

Hurray!

It's Ryan Broom

Boo!

Negative.
Wide players usually lose 1/2 yard of pace in their later 20s and their workmate drops.

Positive.
Good cover down the right for Power and the injury prone AJB..... also helps the potential loss of JT to Barnsley who have softened us up and unsettled the player with a derisory bid.
Also a ready made target for the boo boys.

[RS1978]

The Robins sign an experienced 28 year old League 1/2 player.

Hurray!

It's Ryan Broom

Boo!

Negative.
Wide players usually lose 1/2 yard of pace in their later 20s and their workmate drops.

Positive.
Good cover down the right for Power and the injury prone AJB..... also helps the potential loss of JT to Barnsley who have softened us up and unsettled the player with a derisory bid.
Also a ready made target for the boo boys.

They'll have to pick between Broom and Bennett this season

Edit: if Garlick doesn't get the takeover over the line soon, is this the level of signings that we can look forward to for the next season? Maybe we should see what Ryan Jackson is up to nowadays?

[Garby74]

Always put in a shift in his many past spells!

Im a firm believer never go back.....

But never never go back back.

Very very under whelming doesn't do that transfer (the in) Justice!

[HamTown]

Well the pace and versatility will be useful in our aging injury prone squad.

We really could do with signing a couple of young promising players because at the moment it feels like the direction is a mix of journeymen and/or players earning their last pay packet.

[asl]

First-class comment on Facebook:

Transfer equivalent of a sympathy shag. No thanks

Made oi larf!

[PittvillePundit]

Was either

8/10
or
3/10

Hope we get more of the former

[paperboy]

Well the pace and versatility will be useful in our aging injury prone squad.

We really could do with signing a couple of young promising players because at the moment it feels like the direction is a mix of journeymen and/or players earning their last pay packet.

Agree.
Flynny did say he was hopeful of two young ?
loanees, but we're talking to 6 or 7 so another boy or Colwill would be good.
I'm hopeful Backwell will do well too.

[CTFCfan99]

Don't mind this tbh. Experienced, versatile, played plenty in L1. The sort of signing that people would be happy with if he hadn't played for us before.

[CS85]

The last time Ryan broom played at this level he played 36 games,8 goals 7 assists. Hes since had 7 seasons at league one level.
Had it been another league one player with 7 seasons behind him at that level then looking at his stats last time he was in league 2 I think we'd all be happy.
Infact brooms last season at this level was better statistically then Jordan Thomas......
I dont care he left twice,he's back now and if we can get him playing his best football we'll have a good league 2 player on our hands.

[Horteng]

Do not understand this one

[shevates]

Hopefully on the bench as back up to Archer and Thomas. If Thomas goes, well there's your answer. I guess he's also another option as a 10, which we don't really have much of, with basically just Pell and Backwell to play there.

Actually surprised by how positive the comments are on twitter for this. A player who's ditched us twice after a handful of decent games, and just been released by Fleetwood after doing f#!$ all for them for the two years since he last ran off, is hardly inspiring.

I would say most likely to replace either Archer or Thomas when sold

[ctfc-fan]

Bloody hell, I didn't see that coming. Where he's going to play?

You quoted him in your list the other day.

[Jerry St Clair]

Objectively he’s a decent L1/2 player.

But the “As soon as I knew Cheltenham were in for me I just couldn’t say no” schtick on the website really grated. He’s left twice for bigger contracts, both is fairly Machiavellian manner. Spare us the BS.

[CTFCfan99]

Objectively he’s a decent L1/2 player.

But the “As soon as I knew Cheltenham were in for me I just couldn’t say no” schtick on the website really grated. He’s left twice for bigger contracts, both is fairly Machiavellian manner. Spare us the BS.

Why wouldn't he leave for a bigger contract? If we're now offering him the best he can get, that suits both parties clearly

[Ihearye]

Objectively he’s a decent L1/2 player.

But the “As soon as I knew Cheltenham were in for me I just couldn’t say no” schtick on the website really grated. He’s left twice for bigger contracts, both is fairly Machiavellian manner. Spare us the BS.

Why wouldn't he leave for a bigger contract? If we're now offering him the best he can get, that suits both parties clearly

Would be refreshing if he said that instead of making it sound like money meant nothing to him it was all about getting back to ctfc.

[Lord Elpuz]

The last time Ryan broom played at this level he played 36 games,8 goals 7 assists. Hes since had 7 seasons at league one level.
Had it been another league one player with 7 seasons behind him at that level then looking at his stats last time he was in league 2 I think we'd all be happy.
Infact brooms last season at this level was better statistically then Jordan Thomas......
I dont care he left twice,he's back now and if we can get him playing his best football we'll have a good league 2 player on our hands.

100% with you on this CS85. People are most likely to have a go at Broom because he left us for a better deal, football is a short career and at lower league level doesn’t pay anywhere near enough to have some form of income or related work to fall back on once playing days are over. We are one of the lower payers too.
He deserves a chance to show what he can still do, and as a few less critical Nester’s have pointed out - he can do a job for us in more than one position, he scores goals and his stats are good.

[Si Robin]

I kind of understand the frustration the second time he left us because Fleetwood are seen as a smaller club than us (despite the fact they've been paying much higher wages for years now), but the first time it was to a team in a division above and he netted us £100k if I remember correctly.

If you ignore the fact he played for us before, this would be seen as an excellent signing. A player who's played the majority of the last few years in League 1, with one season in League 2 last season.

[horlickfanclub]

Good signing.

[CS85]

Error in my post,he hasn't played in league one for the last 7 seasons as I forgot Fleetwood came down with us
But my point still stands,get the best out of him and think we have a midfielder who can get us 8-10 goals a season,and thats a great player to have.

[Jim]

I'm quite pro this signing. I was critical of him in his last season with us, but I think we missed in Wade's second season, especially when playing as an AM.

Take emotion out of it, and it's a clever squad signing, covering 3 positions, loads of experience and still a good age.

[paperboy]

....and if he's a flop Gary will get the blame even though Gary is the enabler and Flynny makes the final call on players.