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hearts for the spl😁

I think there was a player there in SG. His attributes could have been moulded into something useful. Not necessarily a traditional footballer but certainly a thorn in the side of the opposition. Allardyce could have made something out of Gallagher. He just needed someone to teach him how to use his build effectively and what positions to take up during specific passages of play. I don't think Mowbray or JDT were the right kind of managers for him. Eustace might have been, but by that point he was injury prone and his time here was coming to an end.

Fair point but apart from Wharton those have yet to make it as professional senior footballers. I think Tyrone was more referring to ones we produce that reach that point, and at roughly our level. Since Hanley and Jones, that has been our speciality really. We have had a slight sideline in CMs. But Travis was brought in at 17 from Liverpool if I remember rightly. Buckley didn't consistently make it at our level but has undeniably become a senior pro footballer, still has time, netted a decent fee and isn't far off our level. You could sort of count JRC too, but we got him a little later as well after Manure had mostly developed him. And we did make Finneran, but he hasn't made it yet and of course got snapped up quickly too, like Tyrone suggests. It would be nice if some of the names you mention do come good though, and we can branch out into CMs and not just CBs.

‘We’ need a projector, aimed at the main entrance to JW stand with: VENKYS OUT PASHA OUT WE WANT OUR CLUB BACK Delivered from the anywhere off club property, every game as people arrive at the club. Not a thing the club can do. A bit extreme, but you get the picture.

Yeah I know, but anyone thinking there'll be much of a reaction this side of xmas will be disappointed. Hopefully there will be more comms post xmas to get the momentum going.

it`s very satisfying to send away fans home miserable,even better when they face a long journey home🙂

I find it mind boggling that anyone tries to write off a 17 year old because they have not yet broken into a team that qualified for the Champions League. Can only be an opinion clouded by dislike, rather than based on reality. I'm not saying do not dislike him (feel free to like/dislike him), but don't let that dislike blind you to reality

I thought that we played OK yesterday but have played better and lost this season. We got lucky with both goals, although it was inevitable that Ohashi would eventually get a goal by harassing defenders. But we were still comfortably better than a woeful Millwall side. I didn’t realise until after the game that Millwall substitute Caleb Taylor is Martin Taylor’s son.

finneran is never getting close to a first team appearance ever,it would take a massive injury crisis to even get him on the bench,the sneaky little stoat will end working in a warehouse when they release him

we don`t need a public appeal for a boycott,it`s already began,the crowd yesterday was about the same as the oxford game,nowhere near 11,500,more like 7,000,if the chicken disrespectors don`t **** off we`ll playing to even less next season,whatever division we are in

Finneran is far better than Tyjon, in terms of both current ability and potential, He is a 17 year old playing regular football (and impressing) in Newcastle's U21s & getting paid on a par with the first team players at Rovers. Can see him getting his first team debut with Newcastle in the next year or two, whilst still a teenager

Its personal choice and people should be allow to do that. It's their choice Isn't is Sodexo who runs the Concourse kiosks and its their profit you are hitting not Rovers?

The one thing I would say about the timing argument is that the coalitions direction allows both the festive attendance - but on the priviso you don’t spend in the ground - and then the full boycott is in January when all of the usual festivities are over. I would urge people to follow the turn the taps off. Ultimately, this is what will damage the Venkys. You can still show your support and attend but not giving the club money hurts That said, even if it only disrupts revenue by 10-20% then it has done its job. I’m sure the coalition can point to that in next years accounts when revenue is down 😄

then val is spot on for ignoring him,i thought he was going to progress and be a regular on the bench this season,another finneran for me,tyjon signs for arsenal and you never hear of him again,turns up in non league aged 23 without a single senior appearance

This...and I am sure it would have been part of their consideration..

Buying a pint doesn’t give the players support.

Isn't the Watford game,back end of January being targetted for the protest?

Yes he was, maybe it was slight knock or something. But he is important to how we play with the 2 second strikers

He was last one off the pitch yesterday after the game and was moving fine, so hoping he's ok.

I believe its the latter, he won't commit

meaning Baz ball is just wrong. The players need to take some bloody responsible for their shot selections and dismissals. McCullum should take the blame for poor preparations and no proper warm up games. Crawley played well in the last inning and that's his platform for continuing that well. Root is our class player. Brook needs to calm down I think McCullum will go after this test series but remain white ball coach. Someone like Langer would be choice, speaks with such sense on tv appearances on cricket and the techniques of our players and foot movement

They are welcome to it.

I did similar asking people what they thought out this "turn the tops off" protest and not spending in concourse. They said they would be coming to games, if they want to have a pint or 2, they will. I will do what's suit me was the answer. The players need our support and I will continue to do that. They were the answers given to me.

Indeed. And then they get us there it will then be time to point at Bolton, Huddersfield, Bradford, Cardiff and shout 'we can't compete with that'. Then a few more years and they'll be pointing towards Notts County, Swindon and Oldham and 'we can't compete with that'. The trouble when you've got no pride or ambition and are solely interested in cutting costs and corners is that there's no end to it - you can always find more to cut, more reductions to be made, more excuses to throw out. Play the game long enough and I'm sure we could say that we can't compete with the likes of Carlisle and Southend.