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Yes, that's a really good point. Outside of those two brief runs his record really is impossibly bad. And the first run of 4 games came from a better team when the pressure was off because it looked at the time as though we'd played ourselves completely out of play off contention and it didn't matter.

They are nepobabies brought up in a social caste system. Of course they see the fans as the great unwashed.

Revenge for the FA Cup? McLoughlin to score the winner? Mauled by the Tigers? Two wins in 15? Which is it to be? 🤔

Said this for a long time and I'm convinced of it. And I'm equally convinced that the snowball was the pivotal moment.

That was perhaps a more nuanced post than mine 😉

Vitriol? Really... I think this is just getting out of hand. I was thinking more of the site over which you preside rather than here. Happy for mods to remove the post if you regard it as too personal.

'A deal worth up to 3 million' can be structured many ways it doesn't mean they've just tipped up 3 million quid.

The amount wasn't the point really, it was Rev asking why Rovers won't spend money on Championship players. The problem is, everyone wants them to spend money on players, then when they (supposedly) do, nobody believes it anyway because it doesn't fit the narrative. It's all a bit of a pointless conversation.

I’m sorry, what? Nowhere in my post has it said that. You are doing extremely well at trying to position yourself as a victim in this discussion but that could not be further from the truth I asked a pretty pertinent and well intentioned question - why have all of your lengthy posts about division completely ignored the abuse that the coalition and boycotting fans have received, despite highlighting multiple times the abuse that boycotting fans have given? I really think that is a reasonable question. Nowhere have I put words in your mouth - I quote you directly!! You may want to twist this in to a perverse interpretation but that’s not quite how a reasoned debate works. I still don’t think you have acknowledged the rank abuse the coalition has received. In all of your post on divisions, it is about people not respecting YOUR opinion. Across both this thread and the forum that you moderate you have told some untruths which have gone unchecked. In one post, you have accused the coalition of saying that fans who disagree with a boycott “are not the type needed at the club because they don’t care about Rovers”. This has never been said by the coalition or its spokesperson. An individual support may have but that is not the same. Claiming this is a quote from the coalition is just false. This type of untruth is divisive in nature and it begs the question why, despite all of your protestations and claims of reasoned and rationalised posts. The pattern of your posts is that when it comes to a discussion about the coalition or boycotting fans there’s a subtle drift from “reasoned and rationalised debate” to accusation. This would be like me saying that, because a fan on your board once accused the coalition members of wanting to be celebrities, that is a direct from yourself. History tells us you would call out this type of bad faith debate. When the shoe is on the other foot however you want to provide a light touch to debate; yet, if YOUR opinion should be criticised, it should be moderated to a much higher degree I do not think you have approached this discussion in good faith. Now you can sit and accuse me interpretation or twisting or whatever other accusation you want to throw at me goozburger but it couldn’t be any more inaccurate. I thought you were an excellent poster during your time on here and I think you have, at times, presented yourself well on this discussion however I cannot shake a sense of bias in your posts that you are veiling in a constant assertion you are being rational and reasonable at all times. Sorry for that and if that makes me a far left, wingy, toxic little echo chamber maniac then so be it- have your way.

carricks game plan undone after 1/2 hour😅

I was meaning more they wont spend the going rate on wages more than transfer fees. Also, dont forget they sold Hyam in the last few hours of the summer transfer window which would have been £3m in they weren't necessarily expecting so I dont think they deserve a ticker tape welcome through town for reinvesting that money either!

Problem is that the selling club usually inflates the value of the deal to appease their fans, the buying club doesn't disclose or plays down the price for the same reason, then it's usually somewhere in-between. I'd be very surprised if we have put our hand in our pockets and produced 3 million quid, even if it's in installments. If it's anywhere near that amount, I think it would be subject to all sorts of clauses and hedging our bets on our part.

That's why I quoted their end. Let's spin it on it's head, Bodo say undisclosed and Rovers say £3 million?

then why don`t they tell us the truth at rovers end,instead of the usual undisclosed fee??? personally i would`nt trust anyone at ewood to tell me the truth if i asked what the weather was like outside

I've been watching Hearts vs Celtic this afternoon. Brilliant game and a result that will keep a 3 way title race ticking on even longer. Would be hilarious, and great for the game up there if Hearts won this title. Tony Bloom doing very well yet again so far with another club (as a significant stakeholder).

Agreed. Up to when they scored on 26 minutes they could have had 3. After their goal the body language of our players as they walked back to the half way for kick off looked resigned -staring straight ahead, no chat (only MacLaughlin at the back trying a little encouragement). They knew they were getting totally outplayed. I think what really saved us was the eqaliser just 2 minutes later -the players themselves could hardly believe it. From then on, they had some belief, began to play and the game was more evenly contested.

24 of those points were in two ‘runs’. 4 wins in a row last season 4 wins in 5 matches this season. Can that happen again? (he asks forlornly)

Tin hat on for this one, but according to the Norwegian end, they paid £3 million for Jorgensen. Does money have to be spent on a Lyndon Dykes for it to be acknowledged ?

I'd be after the best City / Man U / Arsenal / Chelsea / Liverpool Academy striker they have in their youth system ready to test men's football. Need us to guarantee minutes? Well we've no bugger else, so that's an easy sell. I wouldn't be fruitlessly chasing a lad from League One who a) we clearly can't afford and b) you'd have to convince that we're not going to be in League One ourselves next year.

Wasn't Ribeiro one of Gestede's exciting summer (re-)signings? Perfect for the 4-2-3-1 Ismael wanted to play and solid competition for Pickering one of our high earners? They must have been key players this season according to "the plan", oh wait....

44 points from 40 games.

I think Ribeiro was left out of the squad this weekend because he is already on his way He posted, then shortly afterwards deleted, a picture of him waving on social media last week Then its probably a case of them loaning out Pratt (as they have to play Cashin) and/or maybe not registering Hedges due to his injury

Absolutely no problem. I freely admit I've been a VERY negative bugger about the Club over the last 5 years or so because other than the glimmers of hope offered by JDT and Eustace I see nothing whatsoever to be positive about! In fact I've been dubbed "The anti chaddy" on here as well which reflects my level of concern about the Club. Imo it's not just a normal case of we've got a poor manager (although we have) and we'll go down and bounce back etc. It's the very existence of the Club that is at stake. We won't be bouncing back like last time it happened and imo if Venky's remain for any length of time the Club dies. It's as simple as that. So for me we have to do SOMETHING, anything to try and get them out. Sitting back and doing or saying nothing simply isn't an option if we want the Club to survive in a meaningful form. And a call for a boycott is a logical and appropriate first step in that process imo.

I really dont get this anti English player agenda you seem so keen to push. Our media often overhypes English players.

Returning to our points per game of the first 14 matches gets us to 51 points Maintaining our points per game from the last 14 matches gets us to 44 points.