Whilst in theory, that would be correct, I have seen enough press conferences to know that is not the case

If the question is answered the first time it is asked, it won't be asked again.

The high press is what I am very anxious about too. We will piss ourselves in defense if we try to play it out from the back. Hoof it as far as we are able to and keep tight, at least for the first 30 minutes.

I would suspect that his post Rovers career will follow a similar path & trajectory to Owen Coyle & the Odious One Managerial career 2003 Falkirk 2005–2007 St Johnstone 2007–2010 Burnley 2010–2012 Bolton Wanderers 2013 Wigan Athletic 2014–2016 Houston Dynamo 2016–2017 Blackburn Rovers 2017–2018 Ross County 2019–2020 Chennaiyin 2020–2022 Jamshedpur 2022–2023 Queen's Park 2023–2025 Chennaiyin Managerial career 2010–2012 Blackburn Rovers 2013–2017 DPMM FC 2014 Brunei 2021 Melbourne Victory 2023– Torpedo Kutaisi

If the opposition are good at pressing, then don't fuck about with it at the back, this only plays to their strengths.

Goes back to a key / fundamental question - what made or makes Gestede suitable or competent to be running our recruitment and in such a key role? If he left Rovers tomorrow, would other clubs be interested to recruit him in a similar role…?

*until they’ve left us and then believe it as gospel!

When it suits him/the Club! Don't expect honesty from any admin person at Rovers on a regular and consistent basis.

I remember listening too radio Lancs one Saturday afternoon and the dingles were getting battered about 5 or 6 nil at home. Several players had been substituted at half time. They interviewed Stan Ternent after the game and he said words to the effect - “ There were players out there today that will never play for this club again as long as I am the manager “. And they didn’t. Like him or loathe him Ternent got them from being a joke club to being a serious proposition again. We could have done with that approach in the past, we might not have been in the mess we are in now. They are several players I can think of who should never have played for this club again after some of the performances. i like people who tell it like it is. If certain people get offended - tough.

Ideally we should have both, Vals ability wasn’t the debate so strange post 👍

The Young Rascals - How Can I Be Sure

..They have their fingers on the Pulse,Owners who are interested in Success Our gobbins?😟

The irony of it all that arguably our two best signings last summer were Batth (33 when he joined) and Weimann (32 when he joined), both on free transfers, yet out of them we got a rock and organiser in defence and 9 goals in 30 odd appearances from Weimann including vitally important strikes e.g. away at Burnley and home v Norwich (the club are quite happy to regularly post the video of his rocket at Turf Moor). This arbitrary and ridiculous approach of not signing over 30's or only giving them 1 year deals. Just madness in this league. No amount of stats and fancy talk from Gestede and other clipboard / laptop carriers will deliver better value for money than those two delivered last season.

I suspect that Wrexham have this one season to get to the Premiership before FFP/PSR regulations bite & forcibly curb their spending next year. I believe this will be the case regardless of how many millions they spend (or don't spend) this season, so they may as well go for it Given the money that they have raked in over the past couple of years, Rovers could be doing the same. It wont be long until the Wharton, Szmodics & Raya money "falls off" the accounts as it will be more than 3 years ago, and then they will be back to claiming that they want to spend, but their hands are tied & their lack of spending is due to FFP/PSR regs (again)

Saw some highlights of their midweek cup match against Sheffield Utd. The pressing out of possession from Gray and Furuhashi was intense to say the least. Can easily see us concede within the first five minutes if we're not prepared for it and try to play it out from the back.

Its called investing heavily with an aim for PROMOTION..our pillocks dont know the meaning of it.

Yes,the greatest supporter this Club has ever known will always be never far from our thoughts but by christ to see these present day Shysters revel in his glory while at the same time dismantling everything he fought and strived for makes me want to retch. Their Brass Neck is bloody astounding.

I’d rather have a good manager than someone that “tells us how it is” just my opinion 👍🏻

I can't at this point sorry, though hopefully will be able to at some point in the future

Can you elaborate on what's going on with the lawsuit?

It wont be It was only on last saturday due to the TV deal saying Sky could broadcast all first and last game of the season. apart from those, Saturday 3pms (when there is a full schedule) are a no go Edit - if this is useful to anyone, this is Sky Sports list of Rovers fixtures, which they keep updated (after they inevitably switch games around for TV), and they add what channel it is on (assuming it is on TV) There is also an "all football (live on Sky)" version

Is the game on the red button?

I can understand the standpoint of contracts for players over 30 however there needs to be some consideration to games played at the level of(or comparable). We have an average age of 26.5, which is right in the middle of the champ average squad age. 25 years olds who've played a lot of games are great, however I'd prefer a 32 year old with 400 games over a 21 year old with 20 when considering the nature of the championship. I'm sure Gestede, etc will point to data, ceilings, etc but the one thing with football data is good analysts also use context and most importantly their eyes. I listened to an excellent podcast last week with the Head of Recruitment at Coventry, Dean Austin. He was highlighting the importance of context and using what you see in front of you with data playing a supporting role. He gave an anecdote of a player from overseas Coventry were all in on, so much so he went over to do a physical scouting exercise. The data on the player was all there, ticked every box. Going over was seen as merely due diligence and confirmation on what was going to be a big outlay. He watched 2 games and 2 training sessions and went from being all in to all out. Because no matter what the data was telling him, his eyes saw something different. And herein lies the problem with Gestede, Suhail et al they seem to be working purely on data and looking for a certain profile of player (i.e. age, height, running stats, recoveries, etc) and not taking into account contextual factors.

Tried posting something and it came up 'hidden'. Never seen that before!

I suspect when he says 'double' it's just the spin Gestede or whoever has put out there although it means little with the way Rovers now go about things. Could mean twenty grand a week, could mean they are offering 3 years whilst Rovers are offering year extensions or it could mean overall contract including signing fee, wages and bonuses. Whatever it is we know he'll be better off at a key stage in his career although as usual it's taken on a world of its own in social media land. 'Travis is our highest paid player and Derby are doubling it, could be 40k a week, he's a greedy bastard doesn't love the club feck him' Idiots pure and simple idiots.