Rudy Gestede

[Mattyblue]

We went into that season with a load of optimism, real buzz around the ground that night… of course we fell away.

[Guy N. Cognito]

Just another in a long line of chancers who never would've got a look-in pre-Venky's. Out of his depth and just looking to use Rovers to monkey-branch his way to a better gig. The fact he went on protest here as a player merely adds to the unsavouriness of it all.

[scotchrover]

If Venky’s don’t want us in League 1 again, he goes (along with Val) tonight.

 

[OnionBalaji]

Hopefully Rudy is getting ready to make the call and get rid of his best pal Val this morning. 
 

if it happens - let’s turn the heat on him and Pasha - these three individuals have to go. The list of fuck ups, awful decisions, downright neglect is already so long it’s farcical they can keep getting away with it. 

[MarkBRFC]

14 hours ago, scotchrover said:

If Venky’s don’t want us in League 1 again, he goes (along with Val) tonight.

 

They do want league one though.

All there actions so far have shown this.

It will all be much easier and cheaper to run a middling league one club than a middling championship one.

It's all about bringing the club down to a level thats comfortable for them to manage. As things stand the club is far too big for them.

Edited 5 hours ago by MarkBRFC

[Dreams of 1995]

1 hour ago, MarkBRFC said:

They do want league one though.

All there actions so far have shown this.

It will all be much easier and cheaper to run a middling league one club than a middling championship one.

It's all about bringing the club down to a level thats comfortable for them to manage. As things stand the club is far too big for them.

I don’t think it will be easier to run a league 1 team for them. 
For one - any shortfall in the playing staff wages cannot be made up by directors loans. They must actually lose cash. They run rules similar to the EPL - called SCMP 

Edited 4 hours ago by Dreams of 1995

[Guy N. Cognito]

2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

They do want league one though.

All there actions so far have shown this.

It will all be much easier and cheaper to run a middling league one club than a middling championship one.

It's all about bringing the club down to a level thats comfortable for them to manage. As things stand the club is far too big for them.

In theory it sounds plausible, but on closer inspection I am not so sure. We're a Championship club with the legacy of a Premiership structure. Although things have been starved on the playing front, we have a 31,000 seater stadium and Cat 1 Youth Academy. You have to factor in the structural costs of running the club, staffing levels, maintaining the ground (even if it is half-empty) and the less tangible cost of fan expectations. Even if a contingent of our supporters have been beaten down, the rest won't settle for following a League One side.

It would take some SERIOUS restructuring for us to function at third-tier level. If the goal is cost-control, then League One is a terrible place for Rovers. Like I said before, this is pure neglect from disengaged, disinterested, and disgraceful owners.