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Agree. The season will have been defined for us by the time Baradji plays. He can be a worldy from then on but it's not going to elevate us to the top end of the table. Might save us from relegation I guess but stable door and bolted horse springs to mind by then. Like every season we will be weighed down with injuries with the very few quality players we have underperforming due to lack of support in other positions. The clue for Gestede is in the name 'team', the odd bit of star quality will never compensate for a lack of investment in the other positions. Where's the Championship experience and tolerance to heavy waterlogged pitches in our 'team' I wonder.

A tronstad injury away from utter disaster

He might well be. The reality of it is, though, that we're left with Tron and Tavares who, so far, has been lightweight and has a mistake in him. Our backup is the Brum lad, Foreshaw and Kristi. I've not seen the former play and I'd like to see as little as possible of the latter two.

My dad had brain cancer. He lost his memories. He also had parkinsons which made his condition worse. Having a strong father who didn't know who anyone was, he hit me a couple of times in hospital when I tried to help him, I didn't blame him. Then as you say to lose him permanently is the hardest thing to deal with

I think so. I know we have a habit of coming up against then non contender teams but feel Serbia a bit above that bar

Outside of this window (which has been terrible), at a normal club, I could see some logic in the Baradji signing. There's a player who they all think is really good and available cheap and for cheap wages and someone who really wants come to England and play in thee Championship. OK he is injured for a couple of months but he and his club will let him come on loan and the wages are even lower so it's an 'extra' signing. Travis, in their thinking, is covered by Tavares and Baradji, if he comes good can replace Tronstad in January. In our situation it's a. bit crazy but I still hold out some hope that he might actually be a very good footballer at this level.

U18s are at home to Stoke at 11am this morning score/update

Play today at 3pm O'Riordan - score/update Olson - score/update O'Grady-Macken - score/update Barrett - score/update Edmondson - score/update Pratt - score/update Play 3:30am (UK time) Sunday morning Duru - score/update

Presumably any fine will be taken from assets held in security

Spanking Serbia 5-0 in Belgrade is a sit up and take notice result at any level.of game.

Specifically regarding the last line in your post that I have marked in bold Never mind why has the wage cap not been increased, It looks very much as though the wage cap has been reduced and is now below what some of these players are currently on (or at least below what they were on before they left and found new clubs who would pay what they are worth), however, they were offered terms equal to their current contracts on the long shot that they may accept, which would have been seen as an unexpected coup (at least by Pasha, Gestede et al) Not sure I have explained myself properly there, but for example, if Hyam/Brittain/Travis were on circa £10K-£15K/week, and the wage cap is now £10K/week, then whilst all new signings have that £10K/week cap, they are willing to extend our "star performers" on their current terms (but only for a year) It all screams short termism, and the 1 year extensions to our (former) higher earners were them attempting to cover themselves financially as they know where this is likely to end (relegation in the near future if not this season)

I would love it if we could have a ‘flag group’ like Liverpool and Palace have. They raise money and design appropriate flags at short notice. https://hf05.org/group/

I think it’s highly likely that these statements from the club, are less than truthful. They no doubt live in hope, that the 8,000 or so left, love their club enough to accept everything, without question. I prefer to see beyond what they are saying, as far too much has gone on for me to trust anyone there anymore, including the manager, who I consider to be complicit in it all.

In dire need of lady luck smiling on us. Please And a shoot on sight approach to give us a chance of getting lucky..

That's fair enough

What is medium term exactly? How long FFS

Can't see past a home win as we suffer international break hangover.

I see Rovers these days a bit like I see playing golf. Almost everything is shit but there are a few good bits that keep me coming back. Hopefully today is a good bit.

The city of Sheffield might save us from relegation.

We used to have one, and there's been many times I wish we still did...but I think the reason it hasn't returned is that people frequently used it in a passive aggressive way to laugh at posts they didn't agree with.

Even if we cant afford to compete with then in particular. A bigger question would be, why are we not in a position to even offer these players better terms than what they signed years ago? Gestede said 2 of Travis/Brittain/Hyam were offered equal wages but with an extra year. They all signed contracts 3 seasons ago. Why is our wage budget capped at such a low amount? Why hasnt it even increased for inflation? Whats the point even bothering with such pathetic offers that they never would sign?

We've brought in almost £55 million in player sales since 2021. Why can we 'not afford' to pay our best players as much as or more than Wrexham, Derby or Middlesbrough? Why could we not have instigated contract negotiations earlier than May/June? (If they ever actually happened, which I don't believe). You're getting mixed up again. Venky/henchman choices are not the same as what we can afford ad could do if we wanted and they allowed it. If they allowed us to spend the money we brought in we could have offered these players the going rate. They chose not to allow this. It is their decision, and the consequences are on their heads. It isn't bad weather, covid, FFP, small crowds, bad luck, location or any other ridiculous excuse you and others want to hide behind. It is Venkys and their mates. Enjoy.

To rub salt into the wounds, literally, Salt just scored the fastest iT20 century for an Englishman ever and I believe both he and Buttler tied with the third fastest iT20 50s (19 balls). Lovely stuff to wallow in when Lancs get knocked out against Somerset tomorrow because they don't have enough batting in the line-up.

As a supporter of a club. It doesnt mean that you have to go along with everything the tossers who both own and run it say and withhold all critical faculty and any form of standards. When these idiots try and spin everything, there tends to be 2 different sides. We offered them as much as we possibly could - you can either say ok fair enough. Or ask why none of them were willing to sign within that structure, why is the structure so low, why cant we offer competitive wages, what is the pattern, why cant we even sign domestic players When we sign Baradji on loan who is injured for months - you can either say yeah that is good business. Or ask why we are replacing our captain with a bloke on loan who is out for ages injured, is that wise? When Gestede suggests that we are covered by the signing of Miller at centre back - we can either accept it, no questions. Or ask why he signed as soon as Brittain left, why he was signed as right back, why has he never/barely played as a centre back in a 4 before, what would have happened if we had kept Hyam When they say the squad is better but not suggest that we will finish higher - you can either say yeah ok, hard league, need patience, or ask why they think its better? Are they trying to con us by understating the quality of those lost? My advice. Dont just take the propaganda at face value. Question it.

I think it's safe to say Lewis Miller is a right back, who can play centre back, which in reality isn't what we needed to replace Hyam. At this level, I'd rather my centre backs were centre backs... Particularly given how often the ball is in the air. The problem will be visible in about 10 - 15 games time, despite what Rudy Gestede thinks.