don’t worry guys everythings A OK, Ahmed has reassured to us that there’s plenty of things to be positive about. The recruitment, the owners, the results, the performances might be terrible, but at least the social media is ‘shit hot.’ We are doomed.

why do Wrexham need a winger when they play 3-5-2 @roversfan99? Paying that sort of money for Broadhead is crazy money. As I said you could sign 3 championship players

Its will be over a period of the season if you looked at the article. Shearer will be with the BBC on Saturday watching all the games and presenting the Match of the day with it being PL opening weekend of games. Newell was a very good player for us just like Mark Atkins or Brad Friedel or MGP was. I'm sure they will be plenty of former players getting these honour caps over the season

On JE his card was marked when he brought weimann in to train against Gestedes wishes, he was told he couldn't have him and he went Waggott to get it done. Weimann op was because he was told when JE went his days were numbered and he would not be staying. How people keep plugging the VL dont want or its the players fault. The list of those who have spoken out about to the toxicity are the ones exiting. Contracts/money is pure propaganda

He’s only here because it’s 3 and a half years of free pay essentially.. in my opinion

Yes there is. Club announce it yesterday

Why don't you message Elliott Jackson and Andy Bayes to asked Ismael your question. Travis left Rovers in January 2024 cos JDT and him had a falling out and JDT didn't think he fitted how he wanted to play. Of Eustace made a big play for him, ideal player for him and how's he wants to play. Very logical there

Why are you swallowing this "before he joined the club" shite? The problems are just as bad as ever. See Dom Hyam. He seemingly would sign now but we wont offer a reasonable wage. So what has changed? If he had come out post match on Tuesday and said, Montgomery was shit and Michalski was shit and they both really cost us. Would you have been happy with that? He would have been being honest. Its not just as simple as truth and lieing.

As ive posted previously and from multiple sources (at least 11) all either employees or players. All points to one man , the one man who arrived last summer and is universally hated across the club more than suhail. This aint about money, this is about the whole environment. One outgoing employee of many years who I had an hour chat with Saturday, puts the blame firmly at Gestedes door. Id not post this if I couldn't support it either , hence Suhail was so desperate to have Gestedes name removed from the minutes

Still not answering the question. Third or fourth time you're insisting that a true version of events has been given. How do you know that? If you can't answer that then stop insisting it is definitely the truth. It might not be.

I agree it's standard manager speak - JE was a master of this. Say a lot without saying anything. I genuinely prefer honesty, or at least more than just waffle. Why I liked JDT's interviews also.

Yes he has Mike, He was asked a question and he answered it. Should he lie to the Supporters who paid their hard earned money supporting their team Ismael wants to be build a team and get promote. He is frustrated over their contracts problems that happened before he joined the Club. After the Spanish training camp things were looking good but losing Brittain and Travis(by the looks of things) has played a big part in the last 10 days. You mean like Eustace who told Rovers Supporters Szmodics was injured until Szmodics a few months told fans the truth. What is wrong Ismael being open and honest with the supporters over the Travis situation? He was asked the question and he told the truth, is there something wrong with that?

It all depends on what sort of person you are. If it was me I’d be thinking - “ I’m not covering up for these bastards any longer “ . Maybe Ismael thought the same.

You haven't answered my question. No surprises because you can't. The question was how do you know that Ismael has been open and honest about the situation? You don't. Nobody does other than him and the people he works for. Even he might not know whether the version of events he has been given by the Regime is accurate or not. It certainly wouldn't be the first time they have misled or lied to one of their employees to shore up their Regime. Its funny. You are a big fan of the 'Head Coach' model yet for some reason think that Ismael will have intricate knowledge of all contract negotiations, which isn't really what happens under a head coach model, where the board and D of F deal with that side of things. I bet he has no idea other than being told player x isn't signing or getting a new deal. I know what Jackson has reported. He's another lavishing praise on Ismael for 'honesty' - I'll ask again - how does he know he's being honest or more importantly even if he is that he's not been fed a load of tripe by his employers?

It looks to me as if gestede is a new broom and Ismael was his appointment . I said weeks ago that this feels different rather than a continuation . Now, I'm not saying they know what they're doing , but I do think they're on the same page, there's no chance of success if they aren't. It seems to have been forgotten that we've signed the Hull defender, so maybe they're looking for a mix. Whatever happens, the recruitment department have it all to do.

Disagree, he could easily say things along the lines of not wanting to talk about the situation...He did not have to say what he said.

No one said to break it for one player. The issue is clearly how low that ceiling is in the first place. At least you are acknowledging the pattern. Couple of questions: - Do events of recent days and the potential to lose more key players in any way change your prediction of 6th? - you have been strong on certain opinions, justifying the clubs unwillingness to sign more than 1 more player, net of sales. You said I was wrong in suggesting that we cant just assume that say Montgomery/Michalski/Tyjon are all ready. And you previously have highlighted Kargbo as evidence of good recruitment. Have any of those opinions waivered?

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Well you can break it for the odd player and they have done in the past and were allegedly considering doing it for Szmodics. Despite cost cutting they also sanctioned a 20 grand a week contribution to Dennis loan wages, you just never know with this lot but cutting back wages so dramatically should allow for the odd quality player or two to be paid more, like Cantwell now for instance. The biggest needless issue is the fact they cannot even get or are prepared to pay academy graduates on a couple of grand a week to commit again because they are obviously not even offering them ten grand plus. That's just ridiculous.

Toeing the company line again chaddy

Could well be the Tim Sherwood effect, not comparing as players obviously but Timbo was a big character around the club and in the dressing room and so is Travis. A big loss when he went.

there is clearly a problem renewing contracts of key players but we have a wage structure and budget, You can't break that for one player and if you do then you created problems with other players you want to offer. I would be making Tronstad and Hyam are higher earners and new contract but we should be making them improved offers. As Ismael says that Rovers have Thanks for sharing that. I wonder if he was going more around in the coming months Go and listen to Elliott Jackson podcast today. Of Course Ismael will know exactly what we have offered to each player and how long the contract length

The party line for any manager in that situation is "things happen quickly in football, he's out player right now" or something to that effect. There was no need to state Trav wants to leave or Derby are offering to double his money... unless you've been asked to.

He was in a no win situation with the question He bats the question away and then Travis ends up at Derby a few days later them some would be saying "Ismael was covering up for regime above, he knew Travis was going " He is 100% going to go