Iv not said he is any good I know the square root of fuck all about him. The link probably is bullshit but your point that it makes the link less likely due to his club only wanting to loan him rather than with a view is what I'm disagreeing with.Why does any club loan a player rather than just selling them?

A real end to end match with Rovers coming out on top. Well done Ian and Scott for keeping the blue flag flying high.

So why dont they play him in their own side if he's that good? Let's see if it happens anyhow. You can be linked with anyone but it's irrelevant unless they actually end up here. Im calling BS on that particular one with the mock up of him in last year's kit as well.

Because he is a young player and maybe they see a future for him there and only want to loan him to gain experience and playing time?

Yes but generally to Clubs below us/them who think the loanee could improve them. Are this Club so far above our level this guy could make a massive difference on loan?

Rovers will loan out several players this season with the intent of improving them rather than selling them, other clubs do the same

All very true but these businesses are like super tankers once they start moving in a particular direction it takes a long time to turn them around. All the recent evidence suggests things are declining at present

Maybe with the second one, first one, just play him in your own team then! Until it happens as with all transfer rumours involving us I'll take it with a lorry load of salt. If there's any mileage in it though, not for the first time this summer we seem to be seeking a deal completely different from what the selling Club want. "£4m ? How does £1.5m sound?" "We know we agreed a deal but our medical has uncovered a minor problem that might flare up in future. We'll offer a pay as you play arrangement." "You'll ONLY willing to let him go out on loan? Can we have a loan with a view?" Creates the impression of activity I suppose.

Mach reports U21s 3 - 0 Barnsley U21s - Leonard with 2, Boggan with the other, Pears, Duru & Buckley also played U18s 1 - 0 Crewe U18s - Higgins started & scored, Wilkinson (the guy from Accrington) played

I wasn't overly concerned when Weimann left but the point with him is that he did chip in from time to time and prove himself a very useful squad member and he hasnt been replaced. I was concerned about the prospect of Dolan leaving and he hasnt been replaced either. 14 goals and two senior bodies down from a squad that wasn't exactly freescoring in the first place

Indian Chicken feed is a classic business with a moat. Difficult to exploit for profit maximisation but Venky's has a national logistics set up nobody else is remotely likely to want to compete against because of the low ticket/low margin and limited opportunity for diversification- there is only so much penicillin etc. a chicken is able to pop down.

2 options 1 - If they didn't want to sell him, just want to get him some playing time, improve him for their own squad next season or 2 - They think that given a year in the Championship, the fee they could demand for him next summer is far in excess of what they could ask for now/be agreed in any loan to buy agreement

Story sounds fake. Why would the selling Club prefer a loan to a loan with a view? You'd have thought it would be the other way round.

This moron runs our lot close in the fuckwit stakes. Another grand old club being destroyed by a useless owner. When will the authorities act?

If we have ambition, both Weiman and Baath had the possibility of being big players for us in a promotion push this season. As a Pasha cash management operation, neither player would feature in Rovers operations and Derby have done Pasha a big favour. As for signing a Saudi international, I hope the loaning club are paying a chunk of his wages...

Wharton always has a brain fart moment

The point with Wharton I think is that if we had not been so desperate to shove him out of the door to keep the lights on when we did, there would have been a lot more interest the following summer and we'd have achieved a much better fee. £18m was ludicrous given the general state of the market both then and now.

For our 12.30 kick off Millwall fans will have to leave at some unearthly hour. Although they aren't the best away supported club it will deter some from travelling (as it will Rovers fans too). There is zero consideration for travelling fans for games which, on paper wouldn't be attractive to a neutral. I haven't seen anywhere that Sky have published viewing figures for some of their red button choices.

I doubt we would have done. We will have waited to see how severe the injury was first. Which is a fairly sensible move but we then ran the risk of not showing enough loyalty to him and as has happened, he took a better offer. Had that contract been offered shortly after he picked up his injury, he probably would have signed it but then he could have been out for longer and then we'd all be kicking off that we signed him up for another year and wasted all those wages. In fairness, it was a slightly difficult situation, depending on when we knew how long he'd be out for. JE could have been in his ear from the moment he got the Derby job as well tbf, so he might never have signed it.

Agree with Batth being a big loss. Wharton has never been our best CB though. Can have great games, but concentration, pace, distribution all big issues for him.

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.