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No. Toth, Kargbo, Henriksson and Baradji have one. Gueye didnt need one.

I think getting angry is only ok if it acts as a catalyst for positive action. I think what the past fifteen years has shown is that it doesn't matter what the fans do, these wankers in India won't do anything. So yeah, I don't think in this case getting angry will do any good, you'd end up having a stroke. I'm past the abbey stage. Well past that. I'm in the resignation stage (= confirmed despair). I'm starting to see the benefit in getting relegated in that we won't get gubbed by Burnley next year. I've long done given up any aspirations the club, other than the forgotten hope that that fat bastard and his shit eating brethren will have a TIA one morning and decide to sell the club. Or perhaps the whole family will get wiped out in a geophysical event. One lives in hope

Does losing Gueye do anything for slots?

Can’t be worse than big Sam G

Personally I have not felt that the team, manager and supporting staff have been this detached from the supporters since the Kean days. I think we all know this doesn't end well.

Which is why most teams take one or two punts on unknowns and use the experience in the squad to guide them. We've driven the experience out and expect a bunch of players who have only experienced mediocrity and relegation in poor leagues to step up. This is also why you don't put a complete amateur in charge of the club's transfer philosophy.

It works for the agents though.....and that is what seems to matter most!

Who knows how much we paid. surely though, if I was paying 2 mill for a player and giving him a 3 year contract I would want someone with championship experience or someone proven to score goals at a similar level. Rovers can’t or won’t do that because they won’t pay the wage. Because we won’t pay the wages we have to gamble more. It’s not the road to success in my opinion, unless you either have top class scouts or you get lucky. Dont forget, league position tends to correlate very significantly with the wage bill.

Eustace had us punching above our weight last season. Once he left the points per game was more realistic and he's took half the team with him. The season before we stayed up on the last day despite having the league's top scorer and Adam Wharton for half the season. We're a bottom end of the league team.

He's part of it all. He must have known what he was letting himself in for. He must have known that we were letting players go who wouldn't be replaced like for like. But he took the money anyway and no-one could blame him. And players are always going to follow the money---that's how we won a Premiership.

Because when he came he showed some glimpses and plundered a few goals but since then, from the back end of last season he's gone alarmingly backwards. Certainly hasn't looked comfortable at all under this coach and his offside antics are ridiculous for a pro footballer. So i think we've got another big lad in so it's best all round to move Maktar on and get some money back or at least let him get some regular action somewhere. I think if you plonked him in lge 1 or 2 under the right system he'd get a bag full.

On a personal note I've said he's a donkey even when scoring. He has zero control over either himself or the ball, just occasionally it works for him.

He was loaned out a week before Carter was injured, maybe he would not have been loaned out if Carter had been injured beforehand. However, is now playing regularly just one tier below where Rovers currently are, and is on a similar trajectory to Scott Wharton & Hayden Carters pathways. He still has a fairly long contract, and can come back and be a part of our squad next season, when Hyam no doubt leaves

Hyam replacement sorted

He’ll be great for us in League One next year

I find it bizarre Connor O’Riordan is getting rave reviews and a tall commanding Cb but was never given a chance here

I think, there is a lack of footballing intelligence , throughout the team .

Interesting they think it's a masterclass, given that it's 0.9 million less than they paid for him a year ago...

Or tomorrow !

I think paying about 2 million for him is a much clearer sign they think he's the real deal. Quite frankly, if we sign anyone at that age on shorter terms than 3 years with an option, we shouldn't even bother signing them.

Pretty good.

This is probably the most intriguing or ambitious signing we've made in years. It can go both ways. He's either an unmitigated disaster or a rovers legend. Players previous goal scoring exploits don't always add up to their new club. For example when we signed Martin dahlin I thought he'd be a huge success. So just because of a player's previous record doesn't always translate to how he'll do at his new club. I'm optimistic about him but we'll only lose him to a bigger club

Plus he learned his trade under the great Raul in the real madrid youth team

Completely agree on this.

Indeed. This Baradji lad better be good and have the ability get fit. That being said, CM is the one area where a lack of Championship pedigree will bite us on the arse big time. IMO.