Just like we are linked with various players we never get. It's all distraction.

Well I'm dreading it.

Love it, if you find the link would love to put a date in there

which is what? So you are in negotiations with Dolan so what are offering in terms on weekly wage and length of contract? I said 2 months ago I would be offering 15k on a four year contract. link provided as proof of what I said https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/34597-lets-talk-tyrhys-dolan/page/46/#findComment-2712611 Yes I am very aware and know what he said but we have 2 in and Forshaw. You didn't think we would get any in for pre season which we have. Yes we need a number of more signings in but we need others out aswell. Ismael wanted Forshaw to re sign here given his performances last season and what he offers off the field which we don't see. He is 4/5th choice and someone who will mainly come off the bench in certain situation.

Absolutely spot on, he's a credit to the club and himself and no player works harder. I've hardly hard him say anything since he's been here, let alone a bad or arrogant word. It's a notion without any evidence whatsoever.

Yeah, people were cracking open the champagne when we signed him.

I don't know where you get this notion. Find me a single quote of him giving it the big I am?

He isn't capable of any such thing.

Didn't we set one up when he very first joined? Pretty sure I commented it and every chucked In Their month or date lol have to search tho

Chaddy is way way to positive about rovers and the obvious failings on show still don’t deter him. However on this occasion he was specific and stated he wouldn’t offer batth a 2 year deal would happily have him back for one plus an option so it was more a case of length of contract as opposed to their age

Yes, no surprises for guessing who!

I wouldn't disagree with making Travis top earner and I also wouldn't disagree with giving Dolan £15k p.w. I suspect the figures quoted are in the right ball park. I'd be amazed if we're offering Dolan more than £10k p.w. if that.

Did someone on this forum just say "maybe Pasha should be CEO"? The only man with a real direct link to Venkys. Must genuinely believe that he's been a COO for the last few years 😂😂

Yes we've signed a couple of players who allegedly fit the narrative thats been put about - and one who most certainly doesnt. There's little point discussing signings with you chadster, we could sign literally anyone and you'd be happy with it. If we don't sign anyone that's also always the right decision as well. And you always dismiss any player who signs for another Club as crap. The most recent case in point is Batth/ Weimann / Forshaw. Because we-ve actually gone and re-signed 33 year old Forshaw you're happy with that but you're seemingly not in favour of re-signing 33 year old Weimann or 34 year old Batth on account of their age. However in the unlikely event we did persuade either to re-sign I'm sure you'd be delighted again and declare them excellent signings.

I’ll see if I can find a sweepstake host website type thing now

The common consensus on Batth was that he was outstanding all season. So how has his departure raised his stock?

https://salarysport.com/football/player/tyrhys-dolan/ https://salarysport.com/football/player/todd-cantwell/ https://salarysport.com/football/player/lewis-travis/ Certainly worth taking a handful of salt with this but I would say these are close, the Cantwell one as an example of what our top earners are on, and Travis as an example based on another going into his final year. The question I would ask everyone on BRFCS, what would you offer him based on those examples of our structure? I personally would be happy to see Dolan on a 15k a week 3 year deal, but I wouldn’t put him in top earner category. Incidentally - I’d make Travis top earner personally! A couple of examples from the championship, similar age and experience, attackers who went to a parachute teams last season; Both Callum O Hare and Tyrese Campbell went to Sheff United last season for free for 15k (according to the same basic AI Research) I would bet that the signing on fees are very different mind!

Whatever date his contract expires. He'll want that £600k p.a. for as long as possible. Who do I send my quid to? Lol.

It's like that anyway and i suppose Dolan was looking at people like Cantwell and saying i contribute more than him. It's more likely the recruitment dept have just been told to look at players on £10k pwk or less salary range.

I dont know but I'd wager he's on a very low wage at the moment relatively speaking. I'd assume he was after something like parity with other senior members of the squad and we're trying to lowball him.

Lightening the mood sweepstake anyone for date VI walks away? £1 entry closest to the date wins the pot

Christ this is escalating... My point is saying Mercer a troll account, purely for the fact that he's on repeat every year saying players they arnt good enough...Wonder what he thought of Baath and Weimann signing last year? Hmm

Aye, there's nothing like an imminent departure to raise a player's stock. It's like Jackanory on here this time of year.

Oh come on, you spend a hundred words on dissecting players and other decisions but can’t even offer more than a sentence on a simple question? it doesn’t matter though, because we both know that being able to offer competitive wages for the players at the top of the championship normally requires that 45m+ parachute payment, a high turnover and/or ambitious owners. We don’t have any of those three things.

Personally I feel we're scraping the bottom of an extremely deep barrel with these signings but you're right, have to give them a chance etc etc. On the other hand just because certain players who might not have looked very promising when they were signed last year might have exceeded expectations, doesn't mean that this year's seemingly uninspiring batch will do the same.