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McInnes is also a decent manager

Been reading up on Hearts' recruitment and it's absolutely superb - They will win a title in the next 3 years. They have the Brighton model and scouting network, a proper data driven approach.

Can't get on board with the doom and gloom for this fixture, although understand where it comes from. We're crap, but they're crapper....on paper. We've scored more than them, conceded less than them, and lost less games than them. Yes, we haven't won at home yet, but they've scored one goal in 5 away matches. They're on a massive low after the playoffs loss and dropping like a stone since. It's particularly the loss to nil predictions that seem rough. Can't see it. Braced to get egg on face, but surely we'll score against this lot. A 2-1 late loss, as is our speciality, certainly likely. No doubt via a dodgy decision or a fluke of luck. But I can see us getting something from the match, problem being for me, a point doesn't feel enough. We need more.

It's down to a functional, competent and best interests of the football club board of directors and CEO's job to continually push the ownership for what they need. That doesn't happen here as we don't have a real board just one guy pulling strings as he sees fit,previously from the shadows. And to him and his cronies it's all about trying to show the owners they can continually reduce costs or at best run to the same budget year in year out and remain in this league whilst growing a new crop of players to sell. For this he'll be paid several hundred grand a year plus expenses and whatever else he can cream off whilst swanning around England as the Mr Big of BRFC. That's it top to bottom it's his own comfort zone stacking up his own pension pot whilst keeping the ownership pacified. They are obviously the root cause but they rely on the likes of him in the day to day direction and he imo is captaining their boat to nowhere quite happily.

Axel and Morishita needs to have a really good game tonight. Toth Miller, Wharton, McLaughlin Alebiosu, Trondstad, Garner-Hickman, Hedges Morishita, Henriksson Ohashi,

John Eustace days

Todays games for our loanees Edmondson - score/update Pratt - score/update

They probably won't sack him until the close of the January window at the earliest.

Do you believe that? Sacking him would be an admission of their own failure - and this lot don't think they do anything wrong.

0-2 I think we have a questionable penalty decision turned down or they get a favourable decision which will actually deflect from the utter dross that was served up.

We simply have to win, I cannot forget we collapse annually after Christmas and fall back on points gained up to this point. We have not gained the early season points that we usually do, it's extremely worrying.

2-0 sheff United, you’d think that will be Ismael’s tenure over but he’s not sackable because “the performances are improving”

Shirley Bassey - Goldfinger

Three players with shirts with the 'Halves' the wrong way round ...typical Rovers even back then !

I'm quite staggered that there's still people out there that think 'the powers that be' actually want the best for this football club! Very True!

‘We want Venky’s out’ through the Last Post, disrespectful, rest of the day is fair game. But Masher gonna Masher.

This is crunch time for VI. He has sent Rovers teams out which played that first half against Norwich and whole games against Charlton and Swansea. Do that and we lose and he completely loses the Rovers fanbase. But he also sent the Rovers team out for that first half at Coventry. Do that and the Sheffield United board has kindly crippled their defense this summer... We are also a bit lucky with the Sheffield United injuries this week. So an absolutely pivotal match. For once my head says a Rovers win but gut is we will cock it up, possibly with a really stupid red card thrown in. Probably the direst of dire 0-0s.

Do you think? Do you really think VI was appointed because he was the best man for the job? They needed someone willing to work under a crackpot regime and not ask many questions, the requirement really was someone who's career had either stagnated or was on a downward trajectory. Essentially VI needed us probably more than we needed him! Even if he got sacked now his excuse would just be "yeah they got rid of any decent players, it's not really my fault ☹️" so he may save a bit of face. I'm quite staggered that there's still people out there that think 'the powers that be' actually want the best for this football club! As for the game, pffft, probably start really well and on the front foot, without scoring. Concede just before half time and the game fizzles out to another loss. Difficult to see any other outcome. The only way we get anything, even a draw, is clearly to score first.

Well there is no point asking me your question when only Ismael can answer it

Apart from that they won’t get their money back?

I don’t make our fallen would get upset about a bit of protesting when they died for our right to do so. THAT is disrespectful.

Im new to this thread so several years out of date replying but agreed. The roads above Sacted Heart School are at a 45 degree angle up to Revidge Rd so the ground couldnt possibly havee run up that way all the way to Revidge Rd. If there is some accuracy to the drawing provided the ground must have been situated roughly where Leamington Rd Church is,running up parallel with New Bank Rd up towards Sacred Heart School with New Bank Rd on the bottom left and Higher Bank St and Revidge Rd and the Dog Inn on the right and at the top in the distance respectively but further away than they look to be on the drawing. Edit: On further examination there looks to be a slight incline beyond the far side of the pitch so again if thats accurate it's conceivable it's the area at the top of the bottom part of New Bank Rd and Leamington Rd up to St Silas's Rd. There's no way the ground could go beyond that imo.

Van Hecke and Reda Khadra stick out for me, in recent years. Perhaps, Ben Chrisine, Owen Beck and Ayari. Could we have done more to sign them permanently? I guess, Ayari never got a chance but the others were clearly of some quality and the club should've put together a bid, even if to be rejected. It's possible, of course, bids were made and we never heard of them. The time to try to sign Van Hecke was in January, before he had caught too much attention. Though, chances of signing were slim. I think Khadra would've made a really good signing. However, since moving on, injuries have been a real problem. I think for Poveda too. Edit: Eyal Berkovic was different class when Souness signed him on loan to take us over the line. What a time that was. Rovers had an embarrassment of riches with Hignett, Jansen, Bent, Duff, Dunn and others and then we go and sign Berkovic in January, I believe it was. Though still only came second!

I dont. I can just point out that it was an utterly bizarre decision rather than trying to justify it and even advocating repeating it had Miller not been fit.

You have to ask Ismael that question!!!