Why is the future being fan owned? I don't think that is a sensible proposal. No other examples of this working. Why can't we just do what everyone else has done and get better owners, more importantly ones prepared to invest

Before his loan move to Ipswich, if I remember rightly, there were rumours that he fell out with the manager. I have no idea what went on but in the end Travis didn’t make the cut at Ipswich and all was forgiven, it seems, when he came back.

I'm so sick of this husk of a club. As if losing your players for nothing over and over again wasn't bad enough the attempted gaslighting by Gestede and co. is so galling. Dolan, Bath and Weimann leave for free. Brittain is being sold for buttons buuutttttt Hyam might sign a new deal.

Lol, I got home 21.40, though did speak after the forum to a couple of people, so in theory I was there for over 3 hours

Did anyone from the club, listen with passion and conviction ?

Not mine- meeting started at 630pm, I was at my car for 820pm.

Whilst, this isn't exactly high praise- I do think Waggott was more competent, but I think Suhail has the ear of the owners.

The risk of "going for it" is that you might get promoted then instantly relegated and sacked I suppose. Easier and a lot less hassle in the long run to plod on indefinitely in the lower reaches of the Championship with no pressure or expectations of success on you.

Did anyone from the club speak with passion and conviction?

Most of the let posters are as thick as pig shit

One of you needs a new watch.

'Build slowly' when in the position we were in is just insane spoon fed club propaganda by those who benefit most from the secure employment and financial re-embursment a mid table forever Championship club provides for them. It's akin to saying no i won't take the fantastic early retirement package iv'e been offered and take a chance on a new job. i'd rather work on my current wages another 20 years because i feel that would make more sense.

It's started already. Seemingly according to Nixon on his Patreon page we're ready to offer Hyam a new deal. Doesn't float my boat but might placate some people I suppose.

That all sounds very encouraging. In general, do you feel it's more useful having Suhail there than Waggott, not as useful or no difference whatsoever?

That Rover End Dude is either the most obvious Club plant of all time or clinically insane. Sticks out like a sore thumb. Always amongst the first to comment on anything that happens and always toes the party line. Prior to the January transfer window he didn't want us spending any money and in his eyes putting the Club's financial future at risk. He wanted to build slowly. However that works.

We have also lost a lot better and recovered.

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His arm must be tired.

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You've already highlighted why there'll be moans either way, he SHOULD have been tied down nearly every one of the ones walked for free would've committed earlier IF the club had shown them something. If you invest in players to grow and sell then it's an absolute priority to always make sure you have something in place to protect that asset the excuse of a bit of poor form doesn't wash. At the very least you'll get your modest invest back if they are protected with a contract but don't actually fulfil the potential you had in mind. Otherwise it's pointless we might as well just exist entirely on loans and freebies on low wages.

I agree, he also seems to want the club to be cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face. If the future is a fan owned or least local investment shared with that, then Rovers need to be in the realm of being fiscally safe, not adding more debt to the owners, who seemingly have a ridiculous expectation to get back their investments.

#6 Dire Straits were in the midst of a residency at Wembley Arena & moved down the road to play Live Aid on the Saturday.

It's a lose-lose scenario so it doesn't really matter. We sell him now and he's replaced by an inferior player. Money won't get reinvested. We wait a year and he goes on a free, same situation just one year later. We also have a player in the team not fully committed because he's already mentally detached. Just the usual where we get shafted either way.

Normally I would complain about losing important players on free transfers. Of course in normal circumstances a few million in now rather than nothing in a year would be an important factor, because it could affect our budgets and FFP compliance. But we are well past normal here. As above, we aren't interested in getting better, reinvesting, protecting our assets. We have made no effort to keep him - we want rid. Normal footballing considerations that just about every other club and fanbase focuses on are not in play here. We are in a crisis situation and different rules apply. The reason we want rid isn't because they want to improve the team or spend his money on new players. They want rid because the owners want to save themselves money and are liquidating our assets to do so. The sooner they can't do that the nearer we get to breaking point. The less money they are able to collect from player trading the more they have to cough up in Pune and the more has to go into the Indian bond. I don't want us to sell another player for as long as this Regime owns and runs us. I want this club to drain them of funds to the point they can't do it any more and have to give it up. I want the whole rotten setup to collapse as soon as possible. I am living in daily fear of Adam Wharton leaving Palace, because it probably means a windfall of £6-10 million for this lot which will be like winning the lottery. Unfortunately a lot of people still think this sort of cash is going to make a difference to us and our squad. It clearly isn't.

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