But he turned out to be far more important than that. Its like saying that Szmodics wasnt expected to score 27 so no big deal to lose him. You replace what you actually had, not what you expected to have. But again, its not even about who we are replacing. Its about what we have, potentially 4 centre backs but 2 with huhe reliability question marks.

Ta, bit of poetic licence going on somewhere.

I sent this email to the club the other day. so far, no response. I hope they reach out to me, I will gladly post, “yes, our club cares about its fans” if they do…

Credit to you for bringing some recent examples.

He was said to be seen as a squad player this season so it makes perfect sense.

Yep relegated from the top tier

Relegated from the first to the second division.

So were De Neve's team relegated from the 2nd division, or to the second division ? I keep reading they were a relegated 2nd division team, can't make head nor tail of them tables.

@Tyrone Shoelaces I’ve done some further digging. The following is from the European Commison’s ‘ Practical Handbook For Border Guards’:

Should say compliment not implement

Half those players u mentioned were when we could take a chance on unproven players. N'zonzi I'm sure wasn't brought in as a first team player straight away. Nelsen was a good backup option who turned out better than we thought. Nowadays we can't take chances on unproven players the same way as we don't have the resources to implement them with better players

They were extensively scouted by a tried and trusted scouting team with Premier League experience and knowledge. Their cost was not the reason they were bought but their potential ability. The current incomings appear to be scouted based on what we can spend and what their FootballManager ratings are by a scouting team that hasn’t remained intact for longer than 6 months since Covid.

Good luck with that.

Makes no sense. Implies that Batth was just an added bonus rather than integral.

Yep

Did they specifically say "regardless of whether Batth stays?" Either way, its beside the point. My opinion is that a full season with 4 when 2 are Carter and Wharton is a huge, huge risk.

Or equally, Leo Wahlstedt, Semir Telalovic, Herold Goulon, Amine Linganzi, Sasha Petshi and Fode Koita.

That was a hypothetical situation that youve taken out of context. Because he is a greedy big headed agent driven dickhead who the club simply could have done nothing more to keep. That seems to be the sentence you are looking for.

Overlooking the player's qualities and how they fit into Ismael's style and fits the profile of player he wants everytime obsessing over which club they joined from. I take it you had similar opinions last summer when we signed Ohashi from Japanese football or Nzonzi from Ligue 2 club who got relegated that season or Samba from Hertha Berlin B team or signing Nelsen from MLS from your above comments

They didn’t, they said regardless of whether Batth stayed or went they wouldn’t replace him. They said they were only interested in a LCB.

Why would we want Brittain to stay then, and why does Ismael want him to stay? If he genuinely would be totally satisfied with just Alebiousu and Montgomery, then surely Brittain is unnecessary clutter? As mentioned, it is funny how the players that exactly suit "the way Ismael wants to play" (you should get that on a t shirt) play for teams relegated for lesser leagues. Dont be naive, of course finances play a part. He hasnt even said that we wont sign a right back as and when Brittain leaves. You are just pre preparing your excuses. We dont know how Alebiosu would cope playing week in week out for the first time and at a higher level than he has played before. For our only cover to be a young midfielder who has only ever started one league game in which he got sent off, would be a crazy risk IMO driven purely by cost cutting. You even said yourself that you want an experienced replacment when Brittain goes.

They said that on the assumption that Batth was staying though. So either way, we would have had 5. But regardless, if McLoughlin signs, we would have him and Hyam, then one centre back who keeps getting injured including last weekend and one who hasnt played for over a year. Would be a huge risk to go with just that.

Rovers have designed this kits. Yes the club shop does open after Saturday match days but not after evening games

Obviously its not an exact science, just my opinion. I also think Ohashi is better than Gueye and will score more goals this season. The opposite might happen. I just personally think from what I have seen from McLoughlin that he is better than Batth. Thats not a criticism as Batth was brilliant last season. I think comparing defenders in particular with stats is flawed but this comparison certainly is as you are comparing a centre back with someone who played basically all of the season at left back.

who is going to offer Dolan a multi year 15k contract and why hasn't been sign up by anyone yet? why didn't he have a club line up?