Tavares absolutely dreadful? Wow.

I can only go by what’s stated on the sites as Iv no other information elsewhere.

As I said, based on tonight’s display, Tavares is a much better footballer than Trav. The key for the remainder of the window is to sign enough players not to have to rely on Michalski, Montgomery and Tyjon. Could become the Wild West if we get bids for Sonny and Hyam too.

Oh Pasha will be fumbling for something to distract the "support the lads" types

Their aim this season won't be to get promoted. It will be to significantly improve on last years' near relegation and then crucially BUILD towards a future promotion push with a plan, philosophy and structure. All we are building for is League One.

I'd rather say we're a bit too imaginative with our signings. To believe that we don't need proven Championship players is plain stupidity from Rudy. If Ismael subscribes to the same view hi is simply not a very clever manager.

I said it at the start of the summer that offloading these players like Travis, Brittain, Hyam and Tronstad was the only 'ambition' for the summer and between them they'd eke out another £5-6 million of cash. They've obviously pocketed the season ticket cash first and brought in a few cheap and cheerful signings to hoodwink people into thinking all is well here but after dealing with the Brittain departure and banking that cheque they've moved on to the Travis offload and are really cranking it up now -using Ismael's post match press conferences to issue a 'come and get him' on Saturday after WBA and then tonight with his 'transfer request'. Make no mistake there is as much pushing here from Rovers' end as anything else this has been priority #1 all summer long. Anyone thinking we've made serious efforts to keep him or that this has suddenly taken us by unfortunate surprise in mid-August I feel are being played for fools. And once they've done this one they've another few weeks to get to work on the last couple. Maybe not so easy those though.

Hot take. Travis and Tronstad reason we got into playoffs. The 2 injured coincided with our fall from grace

Most sites are bollocks and in no realm do Venky Rovers throw kids on 2-3k a week onto double figure contracts. Lets all have some common sense on this the cost cutting has been going on for years now. Travis would have been gone years ago on a contract like that.

Buckley back in from the cold today, coincidence? I think not.

To start with the keeper Montgomery and Tyjon is insane. One got sent back from Bamber Bridge last season deemed not good enough. One played a bit at Chorley. The others done ok in 21s. To suggest they should start in League cup beggars belief given none have ripped it up at levels well below. Players should be earning the right for minutes not being given them. It's a death wish from our gaffer if he keeps an inexperienced 18 year old on bench as our number two.

What diabolical defending for the first goal, all alone at the back post with nobody marking him, and he slams it in the back of the net. The seconds even worst, Michalski pisses about, loses the ball, and in the back of the net again. If we don't improve 100%, we'll be playing Bradford again next season.

Eustace is being somewhat unimaginative with his signings IMO. I’m struggling to see Travis (who couldn’t get in an Ipswich team just up from Div I) and two pensioners being the heartbeat of a promotion side

And honest Harry got a new extension to his house.

Surprised it took so long

lets see in 10 games,we`ll be able to gauge it then

Don’t kick a guy who is Already down 🤣

Operation blame the player : Achieved.

So tomorrow as does happen with rovers with bad news there will be a story or a link to try and soften the blow Who are we guessing I think baradji name will be put out in the morning again

The weird contradiction is that we “made mistakes” in the past by not renewing contracts. However JRC, Buckley and Pears seem to have been frozen out because they have (or had in JRC’s case) long term contracts on a decent wages

Well that does happen coming through the academy you get paid an academy wage until your first ‘big’ contract most sites have him at 15k with hyam and cantwell at the top around 20k

tyjon was ok but he needs bulking up.a few months at league two side would sort him out in that dept,thats if he does`nt **** off to arsenal

Not enough end product though roversfan99.Looks another unhappy player to me.

Whoever we bring in isn't going to be up to standard as venkys want to do everything on the cheap. The only thing we can do is force venkys out

That means bugger all the top paid player at the time was Gallagher on about 15k signed years before for 5 million from a Prem team where he took a big pay cut but was offered 4 years at Rovers instead of 3. Then they extended his contract. Trav as an academy graduate won't have been in the same ball park but 10k a week would still be in the higher end bracket. Waggot and the other berk didn't want him sat on the bench every week on that money.