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?

Give him time, don't judge the newcomers on 3 matches.

Terrifying that this game doesn't make the cut for the past encounters table: Even more terrifying that Chris Sutton was playing central defence for Norwich And that Rovers replaced Norwich at the top of the Premier League table at 5 o-clock that afternoon.

We've finally strengthened our attack, by signing Morishita. It could turn into a fruitful partnership, two Japanese strikers, Ohashi and Morishita. Baradji will miss the 1st game, but could be fit after the international break.

And ?

Something like this is what the last ESC spot should have been used for, a potential game changer, Not someone who will probably take until Christmas to get up and running. If we were creative surely we could have signed Baradji, sent him for his op while keeping him on loan at his current club until January, he then would have been fit and raring to go as a January signing.

For me right now I prefer Ismaël. Why? Eustace was for the here and now, yes it worked to a degree, yes you earn your luck but I felt he had some lucky wins last season. Ismaël is looking to play a more attacking style with players of a better age, Ok we've lost Dolan but we've brought in money with other sales and replaced with players with good potential ceilings. Building for the future.