v WBA (a) - 9/8/2025 - The Big Kick-Off!

[roversfan99]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

FFS, back to this crap again. Ismael told you straight yesterday he wants one more signing and anyone who leave can be replace. Sound like we hit our limit on wage budget and after we sign the Right winger we hit our limit. Maybe actually look at what has been said by Ismael, instead of going on your little soap box again about I want x and y and Z. We can't just keep adding players to our squad without getting rid of players we don't want

The only person who doesn't think it was Penalty is you and you finding excuse after excuse not to agree with everyone who said it was a penalty. Moore got one yesterday for less contact Ohashi got. It was penalty all day long so I suggest you take those anti tinted Rovers glasses off

good for you, if we have got that penalty and scored it, it probably be a very different game after it. 

I mean, at least you are considering that it might be financially restricted rather than just a case of exactly what Ismael wants.

But you have just summed up that you just copy off what Ismael says/what happens. What we NEED and what we will GET are 2 different things. I am focusing on the former, you just willingly accept the latter.

I said it probably was a penalty, why I would spend so much of my time following Rovers if I was anti Rovers and actively wanted penalties not to be given for us? I would accept any decisions going our way, but I am more concerned about our performance rather than pinning it all on the referee.

[LDRover]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

As you're well aware we've competed and finished far better than that in the pre Jack days albeit under better but much poorer owners and dare I say it, better managers.

And, especially in the late 80s, a better quality league.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

The first BRFCS POTM this season is Sean McLoughlin for yesterday’s game against WBA.
Congratulations Sean…👏👏👏⚪️🔵

He made the least mistakes so I’ll go along with that.

[RevidgeBlue]

13 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

so I suggest you take those anti tinted Rovers glasses off

🙄

Oh dear.

[den]

2 hours ago, RoversTilliDie said:

We've some big lads in the team, we need a decent crosser of the ball, finding them in the box.

Gueye is such a poor header of a ball. Being big or tall means nothing.

[Hasta]

Just now, den said:

Gueye is such a poor header of a ball. Being big or tall means nothing.

I said that yesterday. Being big doesn’t make a great header.

Samba was a big lad, could read the flight of the ball and had a decent leap.

Shearer wasn’t the tallest, but he could read the flight of the ball the moment it left the wingers foot.

Gueye is just tall. He naturally will get his head on things, but there’s not a lot of control on it. Then again, as we say about a lot of players, if he could leap and head it like Duncan Ferguson he wouldn’t be here.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

21 minutes ago, Hasta said:

I said that yesterday. Being big doesn’t make a great header.

Samba was a big lad, could read the flight of the ball and had a decent leap.

Shearer wasn’t the tallest, but he could read the flight of the ball the moment it left the wingers foot.

Gueye is just tall. He naturally will get his head on things, but there’s not a lot of control on it. Then again, as we say about a lot of players, if he could leap and head it like Duncan Ferguson he wouldn’t be here.

 

Gestede could head a ball as good as anybody. He needs to take Gueye under his wing.

Edited 2 hours ago by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Bbrovers2288]

Just on recruitment after yesterday, our best “new” player was McLaughlin, who CB should come as no surprise as he has champ experience, I definitely think we should have been after a few more of this type. Josh windass for example, we have gambled with this new lads from inferior leagues taking the step up. None of them came out with any credit yesterday if we are honest. Worrying.

Does anyone know if gestede is signing on analytics or is it just a throw of a dart on who is landing on his desk 

[chaddyrovers]

3 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

The first BRFCS POTM this season is Sean McLoughlin for yesterday’s game against WBA.
Congratulations Sean…👏👏👏⚪️🔵

Well deserved but Alebiosu did ok on his first taste of Championship as did Miller.  

3 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I mean, at least you are considering that it might be financially restricted rather than just a case of exactly what Ismael wants.

But you have just summed up that you just copy off what Ismael says/what happens. What we NEED and what we will GET are 2 different things. I am focusing on the former, you just willingly accept the latter.

I said it probably was a penalty, why I would spend so much of my time following Rovers if I was anti Rovers and actively wanted penalties not to be given for us? I would accept any decisions going our way, but I am more concerned about our performance rather than pinning it all on the referee.

Listen to Ismael and he hints that players will leave and be replace. He wants one more signing as RW but if Travis goes then we can sign replacement or Pears go we can sign a replacement. So its seem that the budget can afford another signing but after that we need one out to one in. Which is fine and we can not keep stock pilling players and players Ismael doesn't want

2 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

Just on recruitment after yesterday, our best “new” player was McLaughlin, who CB should come as no surprise as he has champ experience, I definitely think we should have been after a few more of this type. Josh windass for example, we have gambled with this new lads from inferior leagues taking the step up. None of them came out with any credit yesterday if we are honest. Worrying.

Does anyone know if gestede is signing on analytics or is it just a throw of a dart on who is landing on his desk 

Problem signing British is wage demands but also inflated transfer fees. 

Ismael has spoken alot of profile of player and what he wants for each role. So that's be the aim to sign players which match that type of player skill and role wanted. Ismael wanted a left foot centre for better balance in the centre back area for example.