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Im glad that we have signed a striker because it hopefully reduces the chance of Makhtar Gueye getting on the pitch for us. Ohashi also needs some competition, he is ok but nothing special. But im not convinced on paper by the signing. He seems to have had a really poor season for Gent, their fans dont seem fond of him (contrast that to Legia fans gutted to lose Morishita) and his goal record is unremarkable. His season in Denmark at a lesser level and his international record before that do provide some encouragement and he is young. I fear that this will be our last signing but we certainly need more.

Yeh and he father was a great striker so he’s got some good influence around him- hopefully he follows his father and progresses more like erling did

It’s true id be happy if he gets 20 goals for us this season we will sell everyone under this leadership so I accept that but if he gets 20 goals at least it gives us something to enjoy, unlike yesterday

Questioning whether concerned fans are actually supporters, exaggerating what people are saying (-100 points) and telling them not to be negative. Ticked all the boxes there.

Gueye’s stats in Belgium league V the new signings stats in the Belgium league.

Remember reading last summer that Gestede has contacts in a few teams in Belgium & France (and apparently now also Saudi Arabia, which was mentioned by Elliott Jackson in one of his articles about Buckley being sold) From what I can work out, the Eastern European ones are more likely to be the works of Adam Owen & possibly also now Sadowski Michal Cairney who joined in the summer seems to be mainly UK picks If that is the case, then Gestede picks - Gueye, DeNeve, Alebiosu, Gudjohnsen Owen/Sadowski picks - Toth, Ohashi, Morishita Cairney - McLoughlin, Miller ? - Henriksen, Kargbo, Tavares, Baradji

Match day Four summarised Read the full article on the front page and let us know your thoughts.

Chris Clark - From Head To Toe

You would blame Ismael for contracts not being sorted earlier? For players wanting to get more money elsewhere?

If he’d bagged 15 goals last season he wouldn’t be signing for us (take a look at what Ipswich have just spent on a new signing from the same league). Young players can have a bad season, it happens. He may not have settled in Belgium. There could be many reasons why it’s not worked out for him. I mentioned Woldemate previously. He was released by Bremen on a free after one bad season, a year later and he’s going for silly money. We just don’t know how the new lad will get on but it’s an exciting signing with potential. It’s another decent length contract so let’s hope he performs. The window has been interesting. Some good and some bad so far. Our current run of 1 win in 5 is a massive concern and needs to be turned around quickly. I have a horrible feeling we’ll come to regret signing an injured CM. Personally think we needed a proper replacement for Travis. Just hoping that there is some interest in Browne, he’d be perfect.

Rovers have some new tie-up with Belgian football? Yet another. Not necessarily a bad thing but just wondering who is doing the scouting.

kaa gent fans don’t rate him….

Szmodics came good because he had something about him and also due to good coaching by a top manager.

I still feel we are light in several positions, centre half, out wide, central midfield and absolutely another striker needed. Can't see us getting those in though and yes I share people's concerns about VI.

Remember it’s 3 losses in 4… Ismael doesn’t count the cup games

If he isn’t an improvement on what we have then we might be cursed.

What's it matter if we sign him or not. If he gets 20 goals this season then he'll only be sold to the highest bidder in the summer

Has the look of Jon Stead in his play.

Full data from Gary Bowyer to present

Dog Days are Over 😉

Yeah I get what you get for Coyle so Transfermarkt has it wrong.

We’re showing all the classic signs of a team destined for relegation - not winning our easy home games, playing well and losing, missing good chances, performances littered with individual errors, naive players with no aggression. The managers comments are also concerning - he said the 1st half was ‘50/50’ and we gave a good performance - Norwich had 8 shots on goal and should have been 2-0 up before the penalty. These are Steve Kean and Owen Coyle levels of delusion from a manager whose win percentage at Rovers is identical to theirs.

With the number of chances we create he is going to have be very clinical

My own stats admittedly but Coyle definitely had 29 points from 31 games before he was sacked. Last Championship game he had was vs. Sheffield Wednesday (a) 14/2/17 My table obviously doesn't award points for cup wins!

Let’s hope Ismael can pad his record out by beating shit sides in the cups. Oh wait.. Transfermrkt has Owen Coyle at 1.11 ppg at Rovers and Ismael at 1.06