v Stoke City (h) - 4/10/25, k/o 12:30pm

[Exiled_Rover]

Probably not going to bother with this one - the pitch can't handle any amount of rain and it's rained for days with a yellow rain warning on the way. 

[chaddyrovers]

21 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Baradji is doing well and in "10 days" we will have a timeframe.

What a joke of a signing.

we know this would be the case when we signed him. Ismael wanted him and got him finally 

Edited 3 hours ago by chaddyrovers

[Exiled_Rover]

22 hours ago, Hasta said:

12.30 Kick off you say 🙄🌧️

Imagine the embarrassment if it happened again.

I'm no longer embarrassed by this club - it isn't the same one I committed my allegiance to as a boy. 

[G Somerset Rover]

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

we know this would be the case when we signed him. Ismael wanted him and got him finally 

You can back a lot of things Chaddy, but backing the signing of Baradji surely can’t be one of them.

[M_B]

10 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Probably not going to bother with this one - the pitch can't handle any amount of rain and it's rained for days with a yellow rain warning on the way. 

Could actually do with it being postponed. 

[simongarnerisgod]

8 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

we know this would be the case when we signed him. Ismael wanted him and got him finally 

are you 🐠ing????

you can`t defend signing an injured player (baraji) who we won`t see till december at the earliest  and one who`s legs have gone and is also injured (forshaw)

[London blue]

5 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

You can back a lot of things Chaddy, but backing the signing of Baradji surely can’t be one of them.

Just watch.

[MarkBRFC]

29 minutes ago, ... said:

If the rain holds off through the night to a certain degree we'll be good for tomorrow 

Thats disappointing.

[davulsukur]

Just saw this on twitter 

[because of boxing day]

4 hours ago, Mercer said:

Would love to know what, if any, addition preparations and precautions Rovers have made to ensure the match both starts and finishes.  I think the answer will most likely be the square root of sweet feck all. 

"Oh ye of little faith," Merce. Maybe baby steps but i saw groundsman yesterday pm using a machine that appeared to be punching deepish holes in the playing surface every metre or so presumably intending/hoping to avoid the pools that formed during the deluge in the Ipswich game.

 

[Rogerb]

1.06m at 5.45pm rising rapidly 

[davulsukur]

2 minutes ago, Rogerb said:

1.06m at 5.45pm rising rapidly 

Must be getting into the realms of the outfall being submerged by now?

[roversfan99]

41 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

we know this would be the case when we signed him. Ismael wanted him and got him finally 

I know we did. Which makes the deal an absolutely stupid one to do.

Im guessing based on the above that you dont agree that signing a player with a long term injury in an area where we have lost our captain is stupid?

[chaddyrovers]

50 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

You can back a lot of things Chaddy, but backing the signing of Baradji surely can’t be one of them.

I judge a signing on what he does on the pitch. We knew he wouldn't be fit to play when we signed him and its would be 2 or 3 before he played here, yet some of us get yourself in twist over it when it was clear what the plan was for this signing injury wise and operational wise 

14 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

I know we did. Which makes the deal an absolutely stupid one to do.

Im guessing based on the above that you dont agree that signing a player with a long term injury in an area where we have lost our captain is stupid?

Ismael wanted him and Rovers signed him, I thought you wanted the head coach in charge of signings or is that when it suits RF99's opinion? 

We knew what the plan was Baradji signed and it would be 2/3 months after the operation he wouldn't be available, so I don't why you expect anything but this, when the plan was clear.   

 

[Waggy76]

4 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I judge a signing on what he does on the pitch. We knew he wouldn't be fit to play when we signed him and its would be 2 or 3 before he played here, yet some of us get yourself in twist over it when it was clear what the plan was for this signing injury wise and operational wise 

Ismael wanted him and Rovers signed him, I thought you wanted the head coach in charge of signings or is that when it suits RF99's opinion? 

We knew what the plan was Baradji signed and it would be 2/3 months after the operation he wouldn't be available, so I don't why you expect anything but this, when the plan was clear.   

 

What will you say, if never kicks a ball for the Rovers? 

Personally, I think it is an agents signing.. 

Edited 1 hour ago by Waggy76

[roversfan99]

3 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I judge a signing on what he does on the pitch. We knew he wouldn't be fit to play when we signed him and its would be 2 or 3 before he played here, yet some of us get yourself in twist over it when it was clear what the plan was for this signing injury wise and operational wise 

Ismael wanted him and Rovers signed him, I thought you wanted the head coach in charge of signings or is that when it suits RF99's opinion? 

We knew what the plan was Baradji signed and it would be 2/3 months after the operation he wouldn't be available, so I don't why you expect anything but this, when the plan was clear.   

 

Again, the same points.

What makes you so insistent that Ismael has specifically picked this bloke out from a relegated Swiss team as the specific player he wants? You cant possibly know that.

But either way, thinking that the manager should pick which players he was doesnt mean that I have to agree with every individual player.

Signing a player you know is out for months is an absolutely ridiculous move, whoever has decided it. I know they knew about the injury, I know that we were told about the injury, it doesnt mean that it any less ridiculous. Its only you that cant bring yourself to criticise it. You seem to think that because they knew he was injured, and because they told us, the deal is immune to criticism. If they knowingly signed a 60 year old and told us that they were doing so, that wouldnt be normal either.

 

[Hasta]

8 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Again, the same points.

What makes you so insistent that Ismael has specifically picked this bloke out from a relegated Swiss team as the specific player he wants? You cant possibly know that.

But either way, thinking that the manager should pick which players he was doesnt mean that I have to agree with every individual player.

Signing a player you know is out for months is an absolutely ridiculous move, whoever has decided it. I know they knew about the injury, I know that we were told about the injury, it doesnt mean that it any less ridiculous. Its only you that cant bring yourself to criticise it. You seem to think that because they knew he was injured, and because they told us, the deal is immune to criticism. If they knowingly signed a 60 year old and told us that they were doing so, that wouldnt be normal either.

 

It’s bonkers. And for all the quotes of “he should return after the international break” which Chaddy kept quoting, it’s suddenly turned to “longer term”.

So either they didn’t understand the severity of the injury. Or, get this, they lied to us.

Edited 1 hour ago by Hasta

[chaddyrovers]

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Again, the same points.

What makes you so insistent that Ismael has specifically picked this bloke out from a relegated Swiss team as the specific player he wants? You cant possibly know that.

Read Ismael's comments over the player, similar to why he wanted Morishita. Ismael probably has contacts to people in Switzerland. 

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

But either way, thinking that the manager should pick which players he was doesnt mean that I have to agree with every individual player.

like I said when it doesn't suit your opinion 

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Signing a player you know is out for months is an absolutely ridiculous move, whoever has decided it. I know they knew about the injury, I know that we were told about the injury, it doesnt mean that it any less ridiculous. Its only you that cant bring yourself to criticise it. You seem to think that because they knew he was injured, and because they told us, the deal is immune to criticism.

so you knew about the plan and how long he would be out but weekly you have a rant about it.

we knew the situation when he signed and I don't see the criticise at this stage as this was plan all the time  

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

If they knowingly signed a 60 year old and told us that they were doing so, that wouldnt be normal either.

 Embarrassing 

[lraC]

It’s simply indefensible that signing and I find it hard to believe a Rovers fan wants to defend this crazy signing.

[roverandout]

5 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Read Ismael's comments over the player, similar to why he wanted Morishita. Ismael probably has contacts to people in Switzerland. 

like I said when it doesn't suit your opinion 

so you knew about the plan and how long he would be out but weekly you have a rant about it.

we knew the situation when he signed and I don't see the criticise at this stage as this was plan all the time  

 Embarrassing 

Wasting time and money on a midfielder is all well and good when you have a strong squad and he's just there to fill a gap especially when you look at rovers desperate situation now, you can't say its Been a good signing in the current circumstances 

[Mattyblue]

Big Val with contacts in Switzerland, presumably his Zurich bank manager.

[roversfan99]

7 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Read Ismael's comments over the player, similar to why he wanted Morishita. Ismael probably has contacts to people in Switzerland. 

like I said when it doesn't suit your opinion 

so you knew about the plan and how long he would be out but weekly you have a rant about it.

we knew the situation when he signed and I don't see the criticise at this stage as this was plan all the time  

 Embarrassing 

I also moan about the horrendous way in which the club is run regularly, because it is warranted.

So to clarify, you have no problem with us signing him (a replacement for our captain) despite a long term injury, because they explained as such when he signed?

[JCRovers]

You loan a player because you're taking a bit of a gamble, be it an experienced player who is lacking match fitness or a young talent from a bigger team/ higher division. You don't loan a player to replace a regular, let alone someone who was captain last season. Why didn't Baradji's parent club let him have a surgery during the summer? Why did we accept loaning him in, pay for his surgery and have him ruled out until November-December when basically half of the season is already gone? Either you play him straight away like Yverdon Sport did or you move on to another target.

Sorry to say it but the club has reached a new level of "naivety" (correct phrase is 'cost cutting'). Tavares is struggling, Forshaw and Montgomery aren't good enough for this level, Gardner-Hickman is being asked to cover two positions simultaneously because we're low on numbers and/or quality (central midfield and right back) and Tronstad hasn't reached the levels from last season. No wonder we have lost five matches already with a midfield looking as weak as ours.

 

[London blue]

37 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

I judge a signing on what he does on the pitch. We knew he wouldn't be fit to play when we signed him and its would be 2 or 3 before he played here, yet some of us get yourself in twist over it when it was clear what the plan was for this signing injury wise and operational wise 

He hasn't been near the pitch. That's the entire fucking point.

[Miller11]

Signing an injured player does look as though it was the plan. Obviously it’s an absolutely shit plan though. The plan has contributed to us being in the relegation zone by the beginning of October, was that the plan?