You're right, positivity can take you a long way. I've actually met some fantastic people while I've been on this journey, many of them dealing with much more than me. Unfortunately, we've just lost our 13 year old Labrador so I 100% get the joy dogs bring to everyday life Hoping to get another dog at some point but it's still a bit too raw at the moment. Sounds like you're smashing it - hope things continue to go well for you.

Ohashi Brittain Classic https://x.com/Rovers/status/1948106031130722453?t=KkwsTG4zahEZU9jjH6gq3w&s=09

I seen one of them ai league position articles and it had us in 4th at the end of the season sounds fair lump 5 ton on it easy money

I think once they knew there was a whiff of compensation in the air they couldn't help him through the door quick enough.

Gueye at WBA with Lowe as interim coach was the best I've seen in years from a Rovers striker.

Yes that’s fair Iv accepted the financial side of things more talking from a footballing perspective a player could move to leave one clubs and be better paid than some of rovers players

Thanks @arbitro, appreciate that.

Agree re stock A quick look on transfermrkt and nothing major has changed since we sold him valued around £2m ish same as when we sold him Another loan at Stoke when spurs playing in 4 comps next season says it all really. May as well have stayed at rovers for a couple of years but we probably offered him a terrible contract and he moved. Sad really

I think he finished the season pretty well, but generally, I'd agree that he was a very average player overall. I think Tyjon has a much higher ceiling - and will contribute a greater GA output than Dolan, if he plays a similar amount of games. And I actually think that Kargbo will turn out to contribute more for us, pending avoidance of injury.

It’s not a stretch to assume really given the facts Iv just provided about injuries and his trajectory into the team at the time. Clearly a talented lad hence spurs wanting and getting him why would the chances have been slim for him playing here the same amount of times if he’s valued/viewed to be that good a talent and was battling hard at the time to break into the team we signed mcfadz then batth. I’d say it’s a fair assumption he would have played quite a lot of games for rovers. And considering spurs wanted him then before moving actually playing a significant amount of games in the championship and performing then no doubt there would have been more suitors. But when you make a bad move then miss half a season and move to with all due respect Plymouth it sort of takes you out of the spotlight and I personally don’t think his stock as risen that much or he wouldn’t be going back to Stoke with the greatest respect to them. And as for spurs I’d be very surprised if he plays any first team football ever for them so on that basis minus training against Harry Kane for 4/5 months I think it’s been a poor move for him

Dolan is shit.

The senior training centre one is just as bad, possibly even worse. Really poor stuff.

You could also say it like this Is Wharton better than Bath Tyjon better than Dolan ? Kargbo, Ohashi, Gueye and Cantwell having a full pre season. Dolan was a passenger in so many games last season.

Wasnt Dolan 17 when he came?

Poor business from all around really Poor decision to sell Poor decision for spurs to buy Poor decision by his agent (s) Shame to see one of our own unnecessarily play for Stoke (especially when you see Adam doing so well at Palace)

You say ready to break into the first team here but it seems a stretch to assume considering how little he played and how far down the pecking order he was. Either way, across these 3 seasons, assuming he is a regular at Stoke again which seems a safe bet. The chances are slim that he would have ended that period with more Championship appearances. So I don't see how he would have been a more attractive proposition or how his career would have been in a better place had he stayed. You say his stock would have risen, but bis stock has risen. Had he been a regular for 3 seasons here, which as I said seems incredibly unlikely but you disagree. Why would his stock have risen any more. Either way, he proves that he is a capable Championship defender. I also very much doubt that he went to Spurs expecting to barge straight in.

What? Do you want me to go back and ask him? I'm not sure why you're going so deep into it. Im sure a fan of a club has a more accurate point on their clubs position than you (no offence). The step up from league 1 to championship is a whole difference level than 2 to 1. You don't need to study the championship to know that. If the bookies disagree that's great, put your money where your mouth is 😀 or get mercer to.

In Elche?

Who's Adrian Harvie?

They need to sign more and there is plenty of time to do so not sure what relevance the bookies have on things though. Outside of parachute payment teams they are guessing as much as the next person

I couldn't honestly say cos I've honestly never heard of all bar one. The proof of the pudding and all that.

So for the half a season he went without football was that a good thing? I don’t see how it was ready to break into the rovers team he is clearly a talent and given the injuries we have already seen to carter and Wharton there was a fair chance he would have played quite a lot meaning his stock would have risen. Moving to spurs to be pawned off to two relegation teams in the champ I strongly doubt was expected from him/or his agent with the likelihood of him moving on again next summer. So that will be rovers / spurs u21s / Plymouth / Stoke / whoever next in approx 3 seasons some players don’t have that many clubs in a lifetime let alone 3 seasons.

Did he believe that their squad would cope with the intensity of League One or League Two? Did he expect three successive promotions? By the same token we don't watch League One, your friend probably doesn't watch this league enough to make that assessment. And we are only what, halfway through the window? The bookies heavily disagree with your friend. Their owners may be inexperienced but they're a hundred times the owners ours are.

No, you really did. I wasn't actually attempting to respond to yours, the only point I was making is you avoided Wilsden's. Don't then come at me like I a) missed yours or b) frequently miss yours, when neither is remotely true. Please stop these pointlessly defensive arguing tactics you've adopted, and use the tools of rational debate. Now, I'll reiterate for the poster you were initially replying to - why is it ok to judge the signings of other teams, but too soon to judge ours?

Their season will boil down to how well they start and if they don't, how quickly they swap managers and who they bring in.