I remember going to Watford away that season in midweek. It was my Birthday. Livingston scored 2. We won 3-1 I think .🤔

Hugely relieved that Dike is injured They have Keeper issues and the sale of Heggem this week is likely to help reduce but not resolve a significant PSR problem.

Does that credit extend if those 3 are simply straight replacements for Brittain, Travis and Tronstad? I wouldn't give too much credit for bringing in inferior players. Obviously if they did turn out to be better, credit would be due. I sort of agree that we seem to appear to know certain players are leaving and we're getting warm bodies in to replace them first. That wouldn't have happened under Waggott imo but it doesn't count for that much if the players coming in are a lot worse.

I didn't see the Stockport v Bolton game but this sounds familiar I might add ACD into that. I imagine people will be saying how good he was but he cost us the first goal and didn’t do the defensive work needed generally. Stockport targeted that side. And they also worked out that we are vulnerable on the transition when he cuts inside and loses it with JDC on the overlap. This is the thing - things can look brilliant pre season but look decidedly less so when under the scrutiny of proper football. https://the-wanderer.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=27882&sid=31e3981ecaee6d011972e04223feb43e&start=240

Not the debate the fact he’s labelled a massive loss I disagree when beck started last year we won 8 and lost 8 when beck was out of the team we won 8 lost 8 beck is better and likely to have a better career but we have enough to cover the void as shown above

Strange that we still haven't announced Miller or Boro with Brittain?

Starting to be really irritated by derby. They've got our best fullback from last season and our best centreback. Eustace is really fucking us over

Again, the original response was based on bringing in Miller, Baradji and Henriksson. If they all come in before the next home game then you have to give Gestede (abit of credit) that's it. I'm not relating it to anything else he's done/said.

all depends on who we get in before the window closes,as it stands with our current squad,ide`e say we`ll definately be in the bottom six

He brown nosed his way into head of whatever he is with no experience behind him and gota job he isn't qualified for Plus as per the podcasts he was in he is behind the owners "vision" for the club and us peasants should be greatful for it. If I was head of football or whatever he is I'm sure I could bring in signings that we don't appear to have had any competition for We haven't signed any attacking players like, I'm not counting De Neve as he seems to have been played in a more defensive position at his previous Clun

I am afraid we will be in the relegation mix and a battle might be the most we can hope for. So bas Brittain left the building or is the Boro price and link just paper talk at this point?

It obviously depends on how good they are but signing players permanently is undoubtedly preferable so I would agree on that. You also open the door to selling them at considerable profit in the future and then continuing the process. Thats where we fall down here. I also have said in the past that we had under utilised the foreign markets. For a club like us that are unwilling to spend much money, its makes sense to look further afield. You look at the fees we are paying, they wouldnt even afford the players that Charlton are buying who have adopted a policy of signing many of the stand out players in League 1. So you have to look in places where other people arent looking, as everyone will know domestic players. More risk of signing total duds, but also more potential reward in signing players of which an equivalent domestically would be well out of budget. Those League 1 players are not guaranteed to step up themselves. The key thing though is that we have to accompany these type of players with a core of proven Championship quality players. We have a few of these already in Hyam, Travis and Tronstad in particular and we have to pay the going rate to keep them to give us the foundation of a team where we can then add these potential assets around.

Hopefully the new S&C fella has better luck keeping him healthy, perhaps that is why VI fetched him here, after recognizing himself that the soft tissue injuries were too frequent.

Think he goes next summer. Won't be many takers for him right now. Rudy and co praying he has a decent season so they can get him off the books next summer.

I replied to a poster who commented on how quick our business has been, compared to other windows. In that respect you have to give Gestede credit...I'm not saying he's the next messiah. Also let's be brutally honest here, it's not his job to decide on who gets to stay and go, that is in fact the rat he reports to.

I still think we will see Cantwell leave too. Really surprised it has been so quiet with him.

Baradji is at the game (as per his instagram story) so maybe he's just injured.

I liked Beck a lot as a defender, not many did him last season. There was one fella, can't remember who ir who he was playing for but he gave young Beck a torrid time, more than any other. Good in your face full back, played a lot bigger physically than he actually was. Derby will do well.

Yeah Beck was certainly better than those 2. He was really good, not only going forward but defensively. His main issue is injury proneness and I dont think he is fit now. The 2 we have now are average Championship standard I would suggest. Not a position we need to look at though. Beck is top end when fit, would be very difficult to get someone as good.

Watching Leicester - Fiorentina now. Leicester are miles ahead off us. What a squad and A. Fatawu is going to rip the Championship apart if he can continue like he has done today.

i prefer to follow what i see on the pitch ,ribeiro is a good player but beck is better in every dept,he is injury prone but that because of the way he plays

Stats would suggest similar levels and similar results - it’s ok if you prefer a player over another but there’s no direct correlation in rovers form or results with beck in or out of the team. hence me saying as we have cover there it’s not a massive loss

I suspect what he says in public and what he thinks in private are two entirely different things.

Sore foot?

At the minute, and I'm including Pears, Buckley & Leonard and just replacing Brittain for Miller, we would need to register 22 of the current players in our first team squad. We also then have the likes of Goddard, Michelski, Duru, Atcheson, Litherland, Batty, Montgomery and Tyjon on the fringes who don't need to he registered.