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‘It’s a season of transition’ is Venky-poligist bingo up there with ‘’oo else is gonna buy us?’, ‘twenty million’… and the old classic ‘they were badly advised’.

I would hope not, whoever replaces es Ismael will also be "aligned" & complicit in our further downfall (they would not be employed if they were not) I like Duff, one of my favourite players for Rovers. Him being aligned with the rats currently in charge makes me feel ill

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Being a qualifying member of the old guard I have trouble understanding that position. I want to see my team trying to win games not add value by increasing minutes on the pitch.

Yes, I think it was him

Big if, but if Val was given the boot would good old Damien Duff be a good shout to be the next one in charge?

Instinct/past experience leads me to suspect Rovers will win one or both of the next two, relieving the pressure and allowing Ismael some breathing space to limp on. It happened a lot during the Kean protest period… the Swans game (funnily enough) springs to mind, as does the Anfield/Old Trafford double header. Coyle too, had the occasional flurry of points to keep the pressure off. The question then will be, has VI and the squad turned a corner, or will a couple of wins or a win/draw paradoxically weaken our chance of staying up as we slump into another run of poor form with games running out.

Another post written using AI and pasted onto Facebook and a load of rubbish. There is a decent chance of us getting relegated this season, that's not a transition that's a car crash. Was it posted by that 'Freddie' by any chance? King of the Venky Clappers. Does he get free hospitality or something for writing this mince?

Its this that winds me up the most Why is there no thought that maybe, just maybe, we could offer them competitive wages before the tail end of the contracts and then they may stay?

Problem is, our offer of wage contribution will be about 30% of his wages (he is apparently on circa £30K/week), If Ipswich do want to loan him out, they will find plenty of takers offering at least double what Rovers would be prepared to offer

From the Facebook page. I kid ye not..... Genuine question for rovers ‘fans’ what are your expectations for this season? We’re clearly in a transitional year. This is a rebuild with a largely new squad that needs time to gel, find the right formation, develop patterns of play, and grow together. The aim is to keep this group together and build on it next season. That appears to be the plan. So why do we have a new team in the first place? Because the club had little choice. Players like Travis, Brittain, Hyam, Szmodics and others wanted to move on. That’s football. They’re professionals, and like anyone in employment, they’ll go where the opportunity and pay are better. If they weren’t willing to sign new deals, the club was right to move them on rather than risk losing them for nothing. Given all that, expecting instant success with a brand new squad just isn’t realistic. Last season, when we went to Bramall Lane and missed out on the play-offs by a single point, there was no shortage of support. Tickets were in huge demand and everyone wanted to be there. That’s the easy part. Where was your boycotts then?? Real support is backing the team when things are difficult, during a rebuild, and when results aren’t perfect. This season is about patience, perspective, and getting behind a group that’s still finding its feet. Section of our supporters I actually think are the worst fans in the whole country I know every club has them but I think ours could be worst. So again, what do fans realistically expect this season, knowing where the club is and why? Below was less then 12 months ago, some of you are pathetic and need to pick up your dummies and toys and put them back in the pram…..

No harm in asking to loan Szmodics back in this window with a wage contribution.

Great post. I got to this stage last season when VI took over and went on that terrible run of defeats. I was happy with my decision and felt that it was for my own wellbeing. However, we then went on a winning spree and had the chance of the playoffs and I was sucked back in again!! I’m trying to stay positive, but finding it almost impossible to do so because even with the transfer window giving us hope that we could make signings that could change our fate, we just know that the clueless cheapskates who run our club will let us down once again. When we need to spend to prevent us from being relegated they won’t, because they seem to live a world where they don’t believe it’s even a possibility. The next two weeks are going to be crucial for Rover’s future, but I know deep down that they’ll screw it up and we’ll be ultimately relegated. I think that it is Venkies’ plan so that they reduce the funding to £10M pa and then they can truly forget about us. And so, with that in mind I’m preparing myself to “check out”, like Devon Rover, after 63 years of supporting my beloved Rovers through thick and thin. I deserve to be happy based on my own endeavours rather than the efforts of individuals who are only bothered about themselves. I’m getting too old to suffer anymore, I’ll leave that to you younger supporters to carry the burden and the fight to our terrible owners and management. I still live in hope that Venkies might see sense and sell up, but I’ll not hold my breath on that.

Another abysmal performance and defeat on Tuesday, might just up the boycott numbers. Really wouldn't surprise me if the club did actually sack him in a desperate last ditch effort to quell the unrest. The signing of Jorgensen helped a fair bit but all that work was undone after 3mins into yesterday's game.

Full flat line is setting in. What a shit time to be a Rovers fan.

This is something I considered this morning, because if Rovers lose on Tuesday and go behind against Watford on Saturday, then whatever small number of home fans are attending for that game will surely turn...BUT there's no way the club would be willing to pay him off, so it'd have to be a mutual consent of some sort, and I just can't see that happening while Ismael has that long contract. Its a deeply depressing situation because even if Ismael goes, which he absolutely should, we know the club is still rotten to the absolute core and the disdain they have for the fans is toxic.

Many other clubs, when they have sold £40M+ worth of players have immediately reinvested 80% + of that income to improve the squad and ensure that they challenge further up the table There is nothing stopping Rovers, even now (although the most opportune moment to do that would have been January 2025 when we were in the play offs... had they done so, Eustace would still be here for a start and he would not have taken half our old squad with him) from doing what Brentford have done in the past, or what Coventry did upon selling Gyokeres & Hamer, or what Boro do pretty much each and every season after selling some of their better talents (although that window of opportunity will soon be gone as it will not be long until the Wharton sale can now longer be included in the last 3 years rolling FFP) Those clubs have ambition. it may work out, it may not, there are no guarantees, but the odds are certainly more in their favour than Rovers purely on the basis that they are trying to improve and progress. Rovers have so far just used money from sales to justify not sending money over from India. And if it doesn't work out for Coventry/Boro etc, they have saleable assets on sensible contracts to recoup their investment. It is lazy, short sighted, and as someone has said in the past( (I cant recall who to credit them with the term) Venky Rovers are "penny wise, pound foolish". For them it is always better to save a few pennies now by not offering new contracts in a timely manner and at appropriate levels, and so instead end up throwing money away due to receiving vastly reduced amounts in the transfer market. But then again, as has been stated by Pasha et al, sales do not impact our budget, so what does it matter anyway eh? Those running the club are a terrible combination of disinterested & incompetent

In the current Rovers climate, could we not crowd fund some protest type murals. All the Venky quotes, Picture of Pasha saying its just a minority. He would hate that.

A real shame to read the latest update, Deecee. Not sure anything I could say would offer any comfort, but, you’ve obviously got some strength to have come this far and it’s really pleasing to hear that you’re staying positive. Keep the faith, you’ve got an army of supporters still behind you on here.

I don't fancy us to get anything at Swansea mid week. Would the club maybe try and sack him just before the Watford game to try and distract from the boycott? It might put some off some people who were on the fence about whether to boycott from participating. It's an option for them to try and relieve some of the tension in the fan base, as they might see it. Not sure how many that would wash with though.

I don’t think they’ll sack him yet if at all but a couple of more defeats and any manager with any self awareness would realise their position is untenable and resign. It has been noted elsewhere but this is where the decline in the influence of local newspapers and local reporters hits hard. The press of years gone by would have calling for change in 150pt bold headlines long before now

@JHRover was spot on with his analysis a few pages back. There’s a subset of supporters who see themselves as the old guard, holding court and gatekeeping expectations of the post-Walker era. Not only does this give their revisionism a sense of authority, it also functions as a coping mechanism to make the current decline easier to swallow.

Yep Kean started it every time he referred to 'book value' instead of talking about points. It continued under Bowyer 'squad value' and nobody did more shoehorning than ToMo 'creating value'. Every gaffer who has dared put points as priority and team building in transfer windows hasn't lasted very long. We are an agents vehicle that was part of the deal from the very beginning and its never gone away. Grow and sell grow and sell, a whol team if necessary. Only difference now is it has become more of a necessity due to owners pulling up their bridge.

How did she go from 'no idea how it works behind the scenes' to that?

Many thanks, it'll be reyt!