They've got injuries, but have got off to a good start to the new season. They beat Oxford 3-2 at home; a 0-0 draw at Coventry; and knocked Wrexam out the league cup at Wrexam. If we don't give it 100%, I fear it could be defeat number 4.

I have reached that point. Tomorrow afternoon I will be mostly gardening.

Signing a player who we previously rejected after a failed medical. What could go wrong?

I can easily imagine that £1.2M is the initial payment Adam Whartons fee, whilst being a guaranteed £18M (rising to, £22M, sell on fee of X etc etc), only included an initial payment of £6M

Signing this Baradji bloke on a pay as you play deal really doesn't instil any confidence that he's going to be anything other than the next Vince Grella

That would certainly underpin the managed decline a bit longer.

The best joke is ... i wouldn't even do this in FOOTBALL MANAGER and they doing it in reality

That's how i see it as there's no way 1.5 million rejected turns into 1.2 million accepted in a matter of days otherwise. One thing is almost certain you'll never be paying the full 3 million god only knows what add ons they've agreed to their just to drum up the figure.

Well done those two guys. EJ floundering like a fish out of water when subjected to any actual scrutiny.

It would be more poignant to sing: "Suhail Pasha get out of our club". To the same tune

Doesn't actually matter what the fee is. It isn't a good deal for Rovers because it isn't going into strengthening the club. The real bad news might yet come if Adam Wharton is transferred. A £10 million+ windfall could prop up this disgraceful regime for another couple of years yet.

It's a very fair assumption Id say given how transfers are usually structured. Rather than trying to score points off me, Id have thought you might have been more worried about how after several weeks of negotiation we potentially appear to have ended up with a lower initial fee than the one which was originally offered but one which has no doubt been sweetened up with the possibility of increased add ons at the back end.

Ahhh I better start reading posts more closely 😂

And you know this to be the case?

VI is talking some absolute cobblers there. "We are a little bit closer than the last time you asked me" "But not so close that we can tell you he will be here" "the minute is some light in the tunnel but not completely bright." Strewth - he must want this job badly!

Contract extensions going well too.

I think the date of, 30th Feb, was a give-away.

Jackson recycling Club propaganda again - the "up front" fee will only be the £1.2 - £1.5m mentioned elsewhere and as Rudy never tires to remind us, that's only paid in installments anyway. The balance up to the mythical £3m we were supposedly after will only be forthcoming if he hits various add ons.

And it was all so eminently predictable at the beginning of the summer, that they would fail to do this

Not really any worse than a deadline day signing. The things that frightens me is the lack of experience and injury record

If the club was run by people with ambition or interest in football then we would have easily kept those 3 and strengthened even on a limited budget (not that the budget should be limited with the money brought in) But the club is being run by non-football people for non-footballing reasons, so it is immaterial to those people whether we do ok or not or whether we keep our best players or not. All that matters to them is that the bigger earners leave, transfer fees are pocketed and friendly agents are kept in work bringing in randomers from overseas.

thats great,we`ve signed an injured player,what the odds of him having minor surgery and finding out the problem is a season ender😫

With so little Championship experience in key positions - Tronsdat and Hyam still not signed up - it is really an all or bust approach. I struggle to think of a team that has gambled on so many players at the same time. If Gestede and VI pull it off will be remarkable and they will deserve all the plaudits. Even with my blue and white tinted glasses I can't see pigs flying.