Number of people or so called people i'm seeing saying not arsed about losing those two they are old we need younger. Guaranteed to be wailing next season at some point we need a solid leader in defence and oh if only we had a goal poacher we could bring on. Rovers fans .... you can script em almost to the word it's amazing how a couple of cheap punt signings, not for the positions we are losing good players from, suddenly puts a 360 spin on things. For the more balanced we can't be anything other than disappointed again and pray there is something resembling replacements in the pipeline.

Our relative “success” last season was clearly built on a strong team ethic. The departures of Weimann, Baath, Dolan and a few others is clearly going to change the dynamic regardless of how you rate them as individual players. It’s imperative the club keep Travis and Tronstad the heartbeat of the team. Gathering young, cheap, data driven lower league footballers from across Europe is a massive gamble without having a strong core to blend them in around. Name me a strong team/club leader if we flog Travis ? Let’s be honest we could drag a few tall, slim, athletic lads in there early 20’s from the local gym, stick them in Rovers shirts and they would look like footballers. Pivotal days ahead, I fear the worst

Losing Baath and Weimann is a blow but then they are out of contract soon so not our players to lose. If we wanted them then we should have been stretching their contracts last season. Same goes for other players nearing the end of their contracts. Maybe we will just let Travis, Tronstad and Brittain run down their contracts and leave for free at the end of next season. Who knows? Let’s hope Rudy and Val know what they are doing or we are going to struggle

Was clear that this was going to be the case, Weimann I am not so bothered about but Batth will be a big loss. Puts more pressure on Gestede to bring in a dominant left footed CB to play next to Hyam/Carter.

Why have Mowbray or Eustace never been linked with Buckley ? They know more than we do so it's quite telling they've never - to date - fancied snapping an out of favour lad they know well.

I know we’re biased, but only one shirt really stands out, it’s not even a contest.

We were a much better defence with Batth in there. Sad to see him go but would be in the same boat next season. Better to face the problem now than later

Shame to lose Weimann and Batth, the latter especially...but it was always extremely likely that they'd jump at the chance to work with Eustace again. Debatable how many minutes Weimann would get next season under Ismael, but losing Batth who seemed to really help Hyam is a blow.

Could have filled it last season against the dingles.

Batth wanted 2 years he agreed with rovers a pay packet but the issue was the length of contract as stated before the majority on here laughed when he signed last year - next man up he could easily flop at Derby as for Eustace hes like a redknapp sort of manager likes familiarity itl b a trend throughout his career

It's all a no brainer for Eustace as all he'll have on his mind is a better season than last, anything else will be a bonus. He must think his Christmas has come early after being associated with our shambles and now he's able to spoon feed off our incompetence. Fair play to him i say.

3 shrewd signings by Eustace - a pragmatic manager who wants results now and isn't sidetracked with all the 'project' or 'journey' bullshit. Think Weimann and Batth will be 1 year deals and will be big Rovers' misses. Defensively, we weren't the same when Batth didn't play and Hyam was markedly less effective in Batth's absence. Weimann was a great option from the bench when we needed something to happen. Don't let anyone pretend they are in the 30's and don't fit Ismael's playing style and won't be missed - that's feckin nonsense. Our 3 signings so far provide little comfort.

Stockport signed former rover Tayo Edun on a free from Peterborough

Weather in the form of thunderstorms and extreme heat playing havoc with this tournament. A for runner of problems for the world cup. Fans in 40 degree centigrade heat with no shade.

Disappointing to lose Batth - we always looked solid with him in the team (backed up by the defensive stats). Decent championship experience too which is very important. Money must be extremely tight on wages, hence the on-going contract discussions; it will be interesting to see if we can actually keep any of our better players.

At 20 there's still time tbh although I'm only slightly optimistic.

I thought we were supposed to be implementing some kind of high press/workrate/energy tactic? Buckley doesn't fit the style we're looking at playing, Ismael left him out of the squad entirely for the last few games.

we are going to miss batth badly,id`e pretty much give short odds on derby finishing above us this year

And I don't think that RV account has ever got anything correct either.

Eustace is the laziest manager on the planet.

Those Derby scouts are earning their money I see.

Derby apparently lining up Owen Beck on loan as well.

The whole thing has been dragging on for so long it was inevitable that they were both leaving. The club now have a real problem on their hands as Dolan and Weimann were our 2nd top scorers (joint), even though they only manged 7 each. A problem highlighted further that none of our players got into double figures in the league.

The irony is that they were both brought in on a free.

They'd both be easily replaceable if we were willing to spend money. Alas.