Also there's very much an English tax on players and academy graduates here, dont forget that. There's a chance you can get more for less from overseas.

He'd be lucky to get a sniff at MHSP! Proper football club!

going to be as grim as a wet monday in january🙂 cheap imports from wherever all our key players sold loanees who mirrors duberry and moran val to realise he`s been sold a duffer and leg it by november academy players to fill out the squad(whether they are ready or not) sidnei to be about as much use as radislav petrovic de neve to be so bad,that mill hill st peters put in a bid but hey,get behind the lads,if it was`nt for venkys we could end up like derby😁

there was a story in the telewag that players who hadn't signed new contracts weren't expected to return to training on Monday. That would include Trav, Dolan etc wouldn't it. We shall see - I wonder if the club marketing department will release a video of the boys getting back in harness?? Matters not. All that matters is that we are on the approach to another campaign, and yet again the omens are less than favourable. Getting a bit sick of starting every season with low expectations. Whatever happened to giving it a right good go? BASTARDS! PASHA THE STOOGE OUT! VENKYS OUT!

As good as that??

players back to pre season training tommorow,expect the departures will happen soon,a few uninspiring loans arrive and a couple more players from the twilight zone of the european football pyramid

A poster who broke the news about Tavares has said there's nothing in the Bain story.

Do you think this is a problem? I think it's a massive problem.

To be fair Rovers neglected the overseas and European market for a few years so we've probably missed out quite a few bargains. No issue with scouring the markets and wages have mostly been a bit cheaper i'd say you'll get better talents in that bargain bin for a lot less wages than in the busted flush championship journeymen bin, we've been in that as well in the past. Trouble is matching the talent with the physicality and expectation in England which obviously the journeymen have that so you need a few of them as well. Whatever happened to the European/overseas scouting network TM spent money setting up and recruiting for ? As far as i remember thy turned up Kaminski and that was it before there was another project change.

The puppeteer only hires those who are happy to dangle on a string. Those who do not comply try get out at first opportunity. Been some respected appointment these past few years and with a decent front man we could have had a really good set up again. The views of fans will not change until these clowns are gone, doesn’t matter who they employ as the final say will always be Pasha. Everyone can see it, I hope to god the football authorities change certain laws as non existent owners should not be allowed anywhere near a football club.

If anyone fancies a bet, there's a new bookies offering free £10 bets with no deposit needed. Dabble

Eustace jumped ship because it’s a shit show, just like JDT, I’d bet ismael won’t be far behind. Also it’s suhails plan. Cost cutting, spend cheap, sell anything decent. Been going on for years now, noticed you pass the blame on to those who leave tho, it’s NEVER suhail or venkys 🤗

Rangers money problems started in 03 he was there from 01 and promoted in 05 and left when the sh!t hit the fan. He then tried to sue rangers a case in which he dropped a year later. He was complicit and aware of the dodgy goings on at rangers given the timeframe he was there as for the Sunderland role I see some saying it’s not his fault the owners didn’t want to part with money….does that remind you of any owners bottom line is this man has a chequered history and not the sort of image/controversial character we need at this already breaking point time

And why do we want to "explore overseas?" Cheaper wages. I very much doubt that Eustace's only grievance was transfers. Im not convinced there is a self imposed wage cap but I am pretty sure that its an unwillingness to offer competitive wages (throw in some general incompetence at all levels) that means that basically all of our key players have 0 or 1 year left and dont seem close to anything new.

Thanks for response Tompill2

The funniest scene was Sunderland's scouts listing Ibrahimovic on their target list.

Some other young players 😀

and what happens if the wage cap rumour is wrong? I wouldn't have been offering Batth a straight 2 year contract if that what Derby have offered him to sign there. Eustace jumped ship cos he wanted more say and mostly full control of transfers which he now as Derby I would guess hence when you look at his signings they are former players of his from previous clubs or experience championship players like Morris. That's is how he wants his squad. Rovers want to explore the overseas like we done the last 2 summers windows with some signings which have worked out and we are looking at continue with the plan from Gestede, Owen and Ismael.

Both Waggot and Mowbray mentioned the Barnsley model a few years ago when ironically at the time they'd challenged the play offs under Ismael. They had the all in one first team and academy complex i think on one site and were quite advanced with their tech and coaching at the time. Focusing on academy products and scouring the lower leagues with the aim of most of their first team being made up of produced players rather than bought ones. No idea what's going on there now but their model has only been successful in creating a low budget, low expense top 10 league 1 club.

Because Suhail clearly prefers to be the dickhead he is with as little attention as possible.

I think the next CEO from the job advert is just chief administrative role with no involvement or say in the commercial side or the Football side of the club. Yes the CEO should run the club for the owner or the Owner as CEO run the club is how a club should be run. I have previously mentioned how I would run Rovers if I was the owner and it wouldn't be the way it is now,

Why they just don't appoint Suhail as CEO and appoint a Deputy CEO under him to do the administrative role surely would be better for them When I read the job advert for the CEO which was for the role here and its genuine, I posted it was Chief Administrator role with little say in the commercial side of the club or Football side of the club, Which Suhail fills one and Gestede/Owen fill the other. I said it like the club have been split into 3 different companies with 3 different heads running them Who says all good, nothing to see here? Do I think Martin Bain would be awful or bad appointment or even good appointment, tbh I have mixed feelings on him. On the Sunderland, the blame has to be on the owner Ellis Short who cut all funding to the club and refuse to put another penny into the club. Bain made 2 appointments which on the face of it should have ok/good appointment but neither backed by the owner. People mentioned asset stripping but if the owner has stop funding and the club has only the money it gets in to spend that what you can only spend. Some of the other things like comments about Rodwell or other things show him in a poor light but you honestly do think that happens at most football clubs if that situation. The pool incident was poor from him. He stand up for Rangers minority stakeholders against the sale of the club to Craig Whyte and He was proved right. Rangers crashed and burned after the sale went through. At Maccabi Tel Aviv, Bain was the CEO during their domestic treble win and Champions League qualification. He also negotiated a record financial TV package for the club. Said that as soon as I read the job advert cos no have say in commercial or football side of the club What the Barnsley model please?

Lets just hope he can do all his talking on the pitch.

As are the players, ground staff, marketing and HR folks. And as we know, in this life, if you pay peanuts.... This is a very f'ed up world, where Orange Buffoons play puppet to crazed and blood-thirsty lunatics and Horse-riding psychopaths speak in snake-eyes from the end of ridiculous long tables. Football should be a welcome diversion for the masses, and should allow us escape from the awful realities of human suffering. Instead, we are treated like idiots and expected to swallow relentless shit dressed up as a football club. Stop the ride. I want to get off. VENKYS OUT!

If it helps you feel a bit easier he has dual nationality with Cape Verde.