I thought Batth was brilliant for us but a fully fit Wharton is our best CB imo. Would have loved to have seen them play together. Anyone saying Batth isn't a big loss is just being silly imo.

Their costs have rocketed post covid/Ukriane like most other businesses and it has impacted their profit margins significantly although i think they still corner the market over their across the whole chicken spectrum. Investing in it though is probably a lot less attractive than it was 5 years ago.

I would be more interested to know if Rovers actually offered him a contract before his surgery? If they had done so, then maybe he would have signed it and wouldn't now be at a rival club

Says just as much about this stupid set up as it does about him.

England win the toss and bowl under cloudy skies, we need early wickets, taking advantage of these conditions. Come on England.

Is it just me or is anyone else annoyed that Weimann elected to have surgery whilst being paid by rovers to be fit for the next season. Only then to fuck off to a rival?

Batth is still a superior player to wharton

There’s a bloke called Pears available for a bargain £20m

The share price has always been volatile. Glad to see it dropping but it is still quite a lot higher than it was when they first bought the club. They benefitted massively from the beef ban in India a few years ago and their shares sky rocketed by about 400% so they are still in a fairly good position I would think. Sadly

His garden will be looking nice.

Danny Batth turns 35. He was a very solid player, especially with Wharton out. With him back in all honestly it makes sense to not give him another year. Look at Sunderland where he came from. They took the chance even though he was quite a useful player for them.

Agreed 👍 although weimann did bring that knowledge and experience of being in the right places to be fair. I can't see him affecting us if he gets minutes v Rovers

Well played fellas. Pulled it out the bag in the final round ⚽

VIEWS.

I posted something along those lines a couple of summers back. Obviously those are now essentially 3 years out of date as they were for the accounting period 21/22. What I will state is that we have seen a further real terms (inflation etc) reduction in the costs of the playing staff compared to our Championship Rivals since this period I had to go into the individual accounts for each club individually to find the figures as they did not seem to be collated anywhere that I could find Edit - maybe this twitter account has collated this information at some point, might be worth an ask

I'm not that fussed about Weimann, He chipped in with a few goals, but he also didn't offer much in terms or running, pressing etc and is another year and another injury later. Id rather replace him with someone younger. Bath is a big loss though, both on the pitch and off it. Real shame he sees Derby as a better option. Sign of where we are at these days.

Unless there is a large away following there is more Atmosphere on the Moon at these early kick off's...just awful.

He did, but didn’t he tear his meniscus or something in March and was out for the rest of the season? Just came back and got 30 minutes for Derby in pre-season. to be honest: would we be happy with us taking someone who came from a severe injury, 34 year old and didn’t get a proper pre-season? I can understand why we didn’t make a lot of efforts to maintain him, and he has a longer history with Derby and history with JE

Hmmm, I broadly agree but not as pessimistic. I think we probably are offering simlar to mid bottom half teams. This is actually a question we can come up with a concrete answer for by looking at the published accounts I think? Which don't break down per player but do show overall wages. There must be site that shows the wage bills by club for the last accounting period? 2023/2024 I guess?

I wasn't thinking sand, you two can be entertaining.

He scored 10 goals last season no?

It's just absolutely rubbish having a 1230 kick off, it's a proper faff getting over and just ruins the day. Shite.

I can understand the Weimann issue, but he is 34. He came back now for Derby after an injury. He is a player that takes care of himself, but he can easily become an expensive sick note.

I don't consider it crazy any more. It is clear that we are behind most, if not all, other Championship clubs when it comes to offering good contracts to potential players. We seem to have a policy of not offering long term deals, even the recent McLoughlin signing bizarrely limited to 2 years. This is important in negotiations as many players, particularly those in their mid to late 20s, will expect 3-4 year deals. We have seen recently that Derby County are a more attractive prospect than we are these days - finances will be a part of that - Eustace, his staff, Weimann and Batth all more attracted to what they offer than what we do. This despite the fact that they were in administration and League One very recently and have well publicised financial limitations under their current owner, with him seeking external investment to help. We have seen PNE and Millwall spending or trying to spend money that we haven't seen spent here in many a year, despite them bringing in less than us from sales. Oxford are investing and recently signed a player we were supposedly keen on but couldn't get done. I'd really like to know who people think offers less money than Rovers these days. Probably Sheffield Wednesday at the moment. I suspect that's the end of the list.

I really doubt some of those figures. If Dolan was really only on £3k a week I am sure he would have signed a new deal as I guess we would have offered around £8k to £10k. For him to hold out I think he must have been on more than that. And I doubt Markanday who we paid a significant figure for and was highly rated at Spurs would have come for £2k a week. I am sure a lot more than that. Woodrow on 20k just doesn't seem right to me either. But I get these are all estimates, and you are just trying to build up a rough picture. And love how you have done it - always good to see some actual maths!