The worst 'stick' I've ever heard Dolan get is 'FFS Dolan' mutterings when he's lost the ball 3 times in 2 minutes. For the vast majority of the time he gets nothing but encouragement.

Does make me laugh when you see replies to club facebook posts going ‘we have the worst fans going, never get behind the players’. Aye, ok. Our lot don’t know they’re born.

Now there's a name I've not heard for a while, Italians team through 90s was amazing always liked Schillachi (?)

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If he think's he gets stick here, wait until he signs for a "city" club or the like. He won't know what's hit him.

I seem to remember some kerfuffle about the age of his girlfriend as well?

1979/80

David Bowie - Let’s Dance

Well, Platini has just come out in an interview and said at the time France would have built their entire side around Hoddle so that's good enough for me!

Probably standing on his head.

That team would go only one way - down to League One

The problem would be, if that's the best team we can put out, what happens when we get the inevitable injuries and suspensions? Disaster I'd say.

I’ll be seeing the Boss again at Anfield on Saturday night. Third time for me, plus his cameo with Paul McCartney at Glastonbury a few years ago.

Intrigued to see how the team will look come first game of the season and worried for the season ahead if we really won’t spend anything / venkys can’t send money and we need to blood a crop of youngsters into the first team prematurely due to selling anything and everything of any value Concerned it could be a starting 11 of toth duru s Wharton hyam pickering buckley JRC (if neither find a new home) hedges Ohashi kargbo gueye

I've never once seen Dolan brag about his ability. Actually he seems quite a grounded and humble lad. A higher pay deal and getting out of this circus, as well as escaping certain sections of the fans who give him an undue amount of stick, is bound to appeal. That doesn't make him arrogant.

Venkys only plan since their tenure began is to asset strip the club! There is nothing left on the carcass, relegation beckons. We have such wonderful owners, many posters are asking, why do they still want us?? That would be the first question I would be asking at these fan consultation meetings..

Not sure if it's been suggested before but could it be worth running a Linkedin ad campaign? Target the ads at Venky's/VH Group staff in Pune. Link ads through to a website detailing issues at the club and asking Raos to sell. It should be pretty cheap to run, highly targeted and get staff talking?

I can’t think of many things worse than having to sit through every Rovers home game.

I agree with you especially on the way loyal supporters have been treated and the rest of the football world couldn't give a monkes when its happening, and the way our wonderful owners have completely destroyed the club that we all love. A club with such a glorious history and tradition and fighting spirit, reduced to a shambles a shell of what it once was, it breaks my heart as a Rovers fan. The only thing I hang on to is one day they will be gone and supporters can have the club they know and love back. I hope its soon rather then later when theres nothing left of it to give back to us.

I went through a period of my life where Rovers came before everything. The generation before missed children being born and weddings had to be in the closed season! I do agree with your comment NR, but for some, it’s still the only thing that matters. Hope you’re well by the way 👍

Def Leppard - Let It Go

It'll be this year or next.

Want to keep developing kids to make the first team? Easy, just drop down the leagues.

Venkys was enough to stop me going. I saw them for what they were straight away. For those that still go it's just one thing after another. If it isn't the sky high price or the deliberate sabotage of the entire season then it's the EFL changing the kick off time and date to suit sky or whatever other media conglomerate wanting to show the game for some reason. Just a disgraceful situation where the fans are treated like utter shit by the club, the league and the media corporations. You can't hold it against anyone who says fuck this and jacks it in. I'm genuinely amazed they still get as many people turn up as they do. They certainly don't deserve it.

I am not criticising the academy or individual players. I am criticising the club for setting arbitary targets which I feel creates a conflict of interest, and am also criticising the club for putting an unrealistic burden on producing players that are capable of playing in the Championship. All for the purpose of saving money. You've taken your own interpretation of Gestede's messages in your usual blinkered way and have assumed its all part of a viable and logical plan. You've also not acknowledged the reasons why we had so many academy minutes 2 seasons ago. One now departed special talent and also a lack of depth to the point where we nearly went down.