There you go, you can have the like you crave. Let’s end things on a high

In my opinion part of the reason for that was we were playing with two water carriers in central midfield. Neither of them are particularly good at getting up to and beyond the forwards. There were times when we were playing with a back 7 if you include the goalkeeper. With Cantwell also playing deeper that left the forward 3 players to do a hell of a lot ! I think Ismael realised early on that if we were going to score more goals at least one of the central midfield players needed to be able to get forward more and link up forward play and join in with attacks. If that is his thinking I agree with him.

Not defensive, just matching the energy.

I don’t believe this is possible as I think it would be ‘caught’ by the following (whilst he wouldn’t be an ESC player when we loaned him he’d become one immediately afterwards):

Now now let’s not get all defensive because someone didn’t like something you wrote

It's not abuse, it's just piss taking. The guy is absolutely delusional about numerous things, so people find it funny when he fails. Not all that complicated. really.

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that any Rovers fan can have confidence in 'building for the future' under this regime. Yes Eustace was for the here and now - he's a Championship manager who on average might get a couple of years to deliver and that's what any manager should be judged on - immediate results and league position. He found a way of delivering play-off form over 7 months on a shoestring after selling Szmodics. Whatever it is we are doing now it will have to be a total masterstroke to eclipse the results and league position Eustace was providing us with. Fortunately for those running the show they aren't employed to get us promoted, and aren't employed based on league position, so provided we can scrape our way to 50 points they will be quite comfortable. We are now embarking on a few years of the gravy train road to nowhere as they 'build' - but they didn't need to build - if they'd have kept what we had we would have been very well placed for promotion last season. How on earth anyone can say this club is building for the future in a summer where we've watched basically the entire spine of the team walk out the door as a direct result of a negligent failed approach to contract renewals baffles me. This is just life in the Venky cycle - someone else gets their foot in the door and oversees another rebuild, and then in a couple of years they'll have left or the owners will have changed track again. It never ends. Yet because we've got a revolving door of players people get giddy and think there's some grand plan or ambition.

I find you cringeworthy.

Not grumpy at all no, just find stuff like that incredibly cringeworthy.

I like that haha

Hedges is better on the left.

@Theaxe15 bit grumpy arent you

My wife and I go shopping at the Piece Hall quite often and wonder how all those people fit in for a concert. Is it really packed or reasonably comfortable?

Tyjon has been called up for Poland U18

If you look at the left edge of box camera angle, Hedges shot was going a long way wide and Yuki times his run from an onside position perfectly to get the totally accidental on purpose belly rub of the ball.

The Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes

I certainly haven't seen it confirmed or denied anywhere. Nixon insisted he needed an operation for a stress fracture and its been taken as gospel. He played for his 'old' team the other week. It might be a case of playing him and seeing how he gets on, it certainly isn't a serious injury and one that could most probably be managed. Unless Nixon has very good contacts within our medical setup and has had it confirmed, possible I suppose.

Two to many coincidences there !!

Nguomah got poached by Liverpool from Chelsea academy which slightly lessens the pain of Chelsea taking a 13 year old from us for a million.

Gestede was with him in Australia at Melbourne Victory, signing for then in November 2020. and Owen at Hibernian, where Kaean was academy director and Owen was assistant manager.

No they haven't to be fair, seems to be silence on his fitness status. The only thing we have is from Nixon who said at the time of this signing that he was going for his op and will be out "a few weeks".

I think its very unfair to call Eustace's results lucky. When you are repeatedly winning games often to nil it isnt luck. Im not convinced that weve been very attacking under Ismael. In the first 2 games we created very few chances and we didnt create any more under him last season.

Or even word escaping from Brockhall in July that was Tavaeres was a horribly useless signing...

Royoya, oh, oh, oh, oh. Royoya, oh, oh, oh, oh. He came from Warsaw. He always score a goal. Royoya, oh, oh, oh, oh.

Might’ve missed it but have Rovers or EJ confirmed Baradji is currently unfit?