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Nobody playing Henning Berg ?

Thanks for that Merc. He’d have to be a lot better than Tyjon to get me out of my seat.

I am at a point where with Ismael I don't think even a tonne of better players would make the difference anymore. He is out of his depth tactically and has no ability to motivate the players. His media skills and excuse culture are the worst since Kean. If we loan some young wonder kids they will drop off a cliff after losing a few in a row. We need a new manager and a raft of experienced championship pros ASAP to keep us up.

I remember this being included in the last fans forum minutes DM asked RG that while he had stated he thinks we will have a good season, what if we don’t? Since Steve Waggott left the structure at the club is unclear and if there is a decision to be made on the future of the head coach, who is responsible for that? SS stated it would be the owners decision, but they would propose it. DM asked specifically who would propose this as it is unclear where people’s remit starts and ends, and it was unclear who was assessing the performance of RG/SS or VI. RG stated that AO was responsible for assessing all coaching staff at the club, which extended to ValerienIsmael.

I would have thought coming here to play under the current shit show would be character building for any young player. If you can thrive at Rovers in its' current state, then you'll be OK anywhere.

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I've a feeling we will be looking at someone like Chido Obi, Biancheri or Reigan Heskey

Friedel (USA) Emerton (AUS) Samba (CON) Hendry (SCO) Zurab (KAZ) Tugay (TUR) Nzonzi (FRA) Duff (ROI) Bellamy (WAL) Pedersen (NOR) Shearer (ENG) Midfield a bit slow but could see Nzonzi and Tugay bouncing off each other.

There abound be a study on our injuries this season, I’m convinced it’s all part of a defunding. Every injury is seemingly 5-6 weeks or more and I’d hazard a guess that some of that is due to misdiagnosis or mismanagement of the initial injuries. It’s never just a knock that is a game or two and then back

With the way the tv money is vastly expanding and the financial gap between Premier League and Championship widening its more about timing really. The resources to bridge the gap and growing year on year. There are a bunch of clubs who made it the mid to end 2010 and have managed to stick or yoyo (Brighton, Brentford, Bournemouth, Palace, Burnley, Sheff Utd, Wolves). But recent years the only new club in who has stuck a bit is Forest and they spent mega money. Will be interesting of Leeds and Sunderland can last.

Why Rovers? A short term deal, 'guaranteed' game time thereby gaining invaluable experience and becoming 'battle hardened' in a challenging and competitive league, we have something of a track record with promising young loan players (Elliott and Van Hecke to name but two) and as @islander200 points out, the parent club may prefer the young lad to be loaned to a club close to home for clear reasons. This would not be about money (loan fee, savings on wages etc) for the parent club but would be about hastening the development of a real young talent. Why not Rovers?

Football isnt all about physical attributes, but Cashin seeming to be both slow and relatively small is a big hurdle to get over. Its very puzzling as we brought in Pratt as we thought Riberio and Pickering were too small and slow for LCB but then have pulled in Cashin. Feels like maybe we have knee jerked to bring in experience, but not fully considered the implications.

We know there's some atrocious refereeing in the Championship, but a decent team would put the result beyond doubt, with a few goals.

Abso bloomin ‘ lutely Really irks me more than anything when small minded Rovers fans see clubs like them (and Brentford etc) as “above our level” and say we can’t compete with them. They’re not and we can What they are though are well managed clubs with good owners and executives with ambition, confidence and drive and nous. Burnley have shown what is possible. Has to be said but Rovers need to be run on the Burnley model.

Will prem clubs really care about the behind the scenes chaos? Both Manchester United and Manchester City have sent promising young players to Sheffield Wednesday. It depends on who the plsyer is and what other clubs we would be competing with. It may be a young player from one of the North West clubs who would rather the player was loaned to a club close to home

I think it's fair to say if we already are asking for this lad, others are too. I hate to say it, but there isn't really any reason Rovers would be at the top of an exciting young PL talents list. Surely they would be much happier starting for a team without the behind the scenes circus.

What's with the crappy attitude dude? Guys just shared something as a heads up. Stop being a wetwipe because he's not told you every detail. If its true great, if not then ... then its not. Nothing happens.

‘Happier times’ when Van Hecke was here and the owners declined to go for promotion despite being up the top at Christmas. ’Happier times’ when Hill was here and JDT would rather walk out on his contract than stay a minute longer.

Happier times is when we would send our young players out on loan to lower league clubs like Brighton and Bournemouth.

Could have played 11 v 8 and wouldn’t have been in that match.

Then like Dennis they get hurt and can’t play until the final match

Right so there about 0% chance we get him. Don’t doubt the rumor just the reasoning that hed end up here

We will likely sent Pratt out on loan to stager experience in league 1…where he’ll start for us in the fall

“ Defenders are coming” used to be our war cry. Now it’s “Attackers are imminent”

Do whatever you want, I couldn't care less. All I'm saying is that it's not information worth reading if I don't learn anything. You know something, cool. Good for you.