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He is clearly a man of principle but in this instance I completely agree that it was a stupid stance to take and one that warrants criticism. That being said, it is the way that people have escalated it to ridiculous conclusions. I have no doubt that he did always try his best and actively want to do as well as he could for the club. Its suggestions that he was actively trying to avoid promotion which clearly make absolutely no sense and are a figment of peoples imagination.

Just as a side issue, has the site been updated? The skin looks vastly different on my phone today and the ability to like/dislike posts is no longer there?

Haha, that's quite a scathing article for the BBC. This is why Martin rubs people the wrong way. He sounds like some kind of deranged cult leader - and even worse, he has zero evidence to back up any claims that his system will bear fruit at any point in the future. It's never delivered anything more than mediocrity. Even at a parachute payment club in the Championship the best he could manage was 4th - and whilst they did ultimately achieve the bare minimum of going up, their PL campaign was so bad that if they'd kept Martin they probably would have broken the record for worst ever points tally.

£5m seems way OTT for this guy - not that there's the slightest chance of us paying anything like that. Any idea who the next target is?

Happy to have a different opinion Rev. Clearly we don't know the guy so we judge him off his public persona. You don't care for him, I do, I'm not interested in persuading anyone, just my opinion, though I do tend to think pretty deeply before saying them out loud. Wouldn't argue with 'crafty old goat' line, quite endearing really.

I'd be more confident if you said better at finishing than Gueye!

Screengrabbing this & diarising for May 😉

Do you have another highlights video, cos the top one on YouTube doesn't show that at all!

Disagree there quite strongly as two of them i'm convinced Pears doesn't save, great reflex saves that you probably wouldn't expect bank average keepers to make.

Hope they move on to the next target his club started asking for offers around 1 and with the sudden interest they keep moving the goalposts … He reminds me of a more mobile version of Gueye but who’s better at the hold up play side of it ….

Aside from the bickering and the grumbling is there any firm transfer news or even speculation? It's gone very quiet

Gueye picks up yellow cards for fun, is tactically undiciplined and can't finish. He's be a £10m+ player if he could finish just a little better, but seems to be too hot-headed to ever become composed enough. Soumane with one good season in Ligue 2... not sure he's the answer but it shows how difficult (and expensive) it is to bring in a goalscoring striker these days.

How does being a "decent human being" equate with not doing the best thing at all times for the Club which was literally his job? He's a crafty old goat. He's got everyone completely fooled with the "Jumpers for goalposts/Cuddly old Uncle Tony" routine.

Just listened to Mowbray on tippy tappy, when asked why did he not ask Venkys for more money when we had a chance of promotion he said I didn't want to ask for more, they are lovely people etc etc. Oh an he thinks Pasha is a good guy

You've either misunderstood or you're deliberately being awkward. How many players have we lost for nothing? If a player isn't going to sign ,or the manager doesn't want him, then he should be sold if there's a decent fee involved. As opposed to losing them for nothing, which has been the way for some time. If bringing £6/7 million in rather than nothing isn't good news, you'll need to explain.

I would be amazed if most of the above are not still involved .

This is just recycling my earlier words but what the heck I still believe it. TM saved our club. Just look at the scum bags, miscreants and crooks that had there fingers in our pie. Things had reached the breaking point, the club and support were being skinned alive. TM stumps up and we turn the corner. There's lots to disagree with on with his approach to some of our matches so on a purely footballing sense I concede he didn't always make the right calls. For me he stands out as a human being and the world is short of decent people. Circumstances present themselves, you make a call, you live by the outcome, it is what it is. As long as you have standards that's all that matters to me. What would life have be like as a Rovers supporter if say we had had a Joey Barton or a Sam Morsy in charge, both equal footballing talents to TM. Perhaps they would have achieved more but it would have been without me on board.

Yep. Think they should split the difference between Gueye and Ohashi and get a quick striker that can run in behind.

I agree to a point but whoever the replacement is will be a downgrade and as been for 15 years !

Not disputing the contract bit ,but if the player isn't signing, then sell them.

To be fair, having just listened to the podcast, whoever submitted the question originally gets it wrong that Mowbray gave Wharton his debut. Now, Mowbray doesn't correct the record after the question is read out to him, but he doesn't say anything himself about giving Wharton his debut or getting him into the squad (scanning back, I think Wharton's first bench appearance was in the FA Cup vs Wigan on 8 Jan 2022, which was under Mowbray...). He actually downplays his role in Wharton's development at the end of his ramble. He rhapsodises about how good Wharton was in training, hanging onto the ball with Travis snapping at him, etc., and that he was keen to keep including him in senior training, but that he still needed to develop physically. A slightly interesting tidbit is he mentions he was taking calls from Palace (and maybe one other club?) about Wharton even back then. Of course further highlighting the insanity of Suhail's 'nobody know how good Wharton was going to be' quote...

I have a feeling that they'd sign Soumano and Gueye would end up still being a better option. They're not getting enough out of him. Would still like them to sign another striker though.

Spending £5m on that lad would undo all of the thrifty work we've done in the summer.

Nixon reporting we've had a bid turned down for Soumano of £2m + extras. Not over and we may well go back in