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My only gripe, is in the interview with the LET he's openly calling it a stop gap before he finds something else and admits he's learning on the job. It reads as though this was hastily offered to him. Perhaps he's just too honest. It's definitely jobs for the boys but that is football it's a boys club, a lot of the time. Bigger fish to fry in terms of criticism of the club. Ultimately, I don't think it's a role that's too taxing, he should be able enough to judge the right level a player should be playing at and what support they need.

Don't let him hear you get his job title wrong! RG= 'Head of Football Operations'.

He was 7th tier during his loan last season. He has just signed for half a season with a team likely to be right at the top of the 6th tier until the next transfer window. Should be a nice stepping stone for his development n my opinion. Entirely possible that a good loan in surroundings he knows from last season means he skips level 5 altogether and spends the second half of the season in the EFL

The Wrexham that have surpassed our transfer record this summer? The Wrexham that will likely finish above us this year? Yes it probably is why he's gone there.

They'll get that sooner or later. Thick as pig shit is the nicest thing I can think to say about these oxygen thieves.

Feels like he should be on a 5th tier loan now really...

The trouble is, it isn't really a shit league at all - there are plenty of well organised teams who know the ropes, have strength in depth, and who will kick the shit out of the novices and journeymen we now have at our disposal. Woe betide our players' confidence and the general atmosphere around Ewood if and when the blind optimism and eternal faith of the self-annointed begins to be tested on a depressingly regular basis. It might even spiral out of all control... On the other hand, we may be about to witness the greatest feat of managerial wisdom and strategic genius ever seen in the second tier of English football. Imagine if the lads come blazing like footballing gods out of the traps after the international break, sweeping all and sundry before them, invincible and polished like potential pound shop premier league contenders. Which will be all well and good until we go somewhere horrible like Deepdale in the depths of a cold wet November - then just watch how quickly the gloss comes off when that odious knobhead Heckingbottom's turgid collection of zombie cloggers just go, 'Naaahhhh, and put their foot through us' (and we know that we get zero protection from refs, even when we have a few hard lads in the side. Can't see the latter scenario (of miraculous gelling of our smorgasborg of cast-offs) coming off to be fair. We are far more likely to get twatted, than feted. So, this shit league eh? I think we might be reminiscing about the Championship as a cultural haven and paradise lost by this time next year. But don't mind me. I'm just a codger. I've only got 53 years of insight and experience of watching the comings and goings at Ewood to go on - so what would I know? SHADOW SHAIKH OUT! VENKYS OUT! RUDE BOY OUT!

Ok, thanks for clarifying that he's got a good injury and disciplinary record. I mean, I kind of knew that, that's why I said it, but regardless. You keep saying "two 7th place finishes" as though it proves something about how good he is. Well even if it did, 7th isn't exactly far above mid table anyway, and want to know what his average finish in the championship is? 12th. Out of 24. He's been available all summer for a modest fee on modest wages and he's gone to a club that will probably finish mid table. Sheff United have been pretty desperate for a CB all summer and I bet they didn't even consider him. We could do with a decent enough CB who is always available. We had one, we seemingly couldn't afford to offer him the going rate of pay, so he's gone. It's bad business, but don't kid yourself into thinking he was great, even for this shit league.

Very possible!

Is that a fact?

I did read it I put in his record to show you were correct his injury record is great his disciplinary record is great too then below that I put in his player of the year award with two 7th place finishes as our most trusted/played centre back over his time here. Bog standard I think not he’s no vvd but he’s got great qualities beyond what you have suggested

Excellent article thanks for sharing i rarely look at BBC as it often seems they don’t report much on us apart from the occasional match report they keep with their “neutrality “ by not mentioning the elephant in the room all those games and minutes of championship experience has gone not because of contracts but because of ambition and leadership our club is going one way and it’s the opposite of the ambitions of Wrexham or derby

What are you on about? You might have read it, but you clearly didn't understand it. You don't even know what you're arguing about.

I swear those people deserve league 1 or worse the stupid clowns will be making the same comments when we are locking horns with Accrington desperate for a home win to kick start our season. Nice to see the mythical 20 million a season has made a comeback.

And this is exactly why Rudy gestede and Suhail pasha walk all over this club.

That’s correct.

Edit - fuck it not worth it

No I read your post just fine A bog standard championship player whose best qualities are his injury and disciplinary records 138 league games available at rovers 22/23 - 39 - 4 bookings 23/24 - 35 - 5 bookings (1 led to red) 24/25 - 46 - 5 bookings 25/26 - 4 - 0 bookings 124 apps out of 138 in 3 seasons 1 red card Two 7th place finished and a player of the year Please refrain from talking nonsense

CEO.

I maybe wrong, but I thought the new rules mean we must register our 25 man squad within 24 hours of window closing n cant add to it including free agents until window reopens unless we only register 24

You should write obituaries

Like this you mean? https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/manchester-united-announce-new-role-31961488 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clygyyzex7yo https://www.manutd.com/en/news/detail/jonny-evans-appointed-head-of-loans-and-pathways-at-man-utd

I’ve heard this is a fairly standard role in many clubs, and it makes sense when it comes to the academy and developing our talents. Hopefully, he’s good at what he does. But hiring someone for this kind of position isn’t exactly newsworthy. When have you ever seen headlines about us appointing someone like Michael Cribley as Head of Academy Recruitment? This feels more like the club trying to spin a story out of bringing back an old hero to a backoffice role to cover up losing your captain and our leader in defence. But this it is not us signing the attacker Rhodes, it's the coach. Again, hopefully, a good appointment, but for it to be in the news is just crazy.