25 year old pays £125 more than a 65 year old in the BBE.

Sign of the times that the 65 year old is far more likely to afford a full price ST than the 25 year old.

Maybe clubs (not just Rovers) need to look at the reasons why discounts are given to seniors rather than making it more affordable for young people.

7 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

he`s part of the waggot crew,he won`t say anything that steve might find uncomfortable,we could lose 10 in a row and he`d still be on the same positive line,he`s set his statement of intent when he uttered "we don`t need a rebuild" to me thats basically saying,we`ll try to survive and if we finish 4th bottom,it`s been a good season

Depressing. That lack of accountability just filters down to every area of the club, including the team.

Eustace is quickly going to lose the fans if he comes out with more of this rubbish. 

Why can't he say we have lost wharton, might lose others (sammie) and we will need to recruit well to replace them and also avoid being down the bottom again next year. Not difficult. 

24,000 on at Bolton. Smiles all round, pitch invasion as they reach Wembley. Any scenes of celebration like that feel a long way away for rovers.

On 04/05/2024 at 18:15, Neal said:

Surely EVERYONE is relieved Hyam didn't play, regardless... 😂

Don't underestimate this. Eustace was lucky to be able to bring in Fadz who is far more solid and organises the defence. Plus Chrisene was a constant outlet on the left. IMO if Hyam plays we lose.

How's about he wins a home game before the talk of celebrating.

Yes, Euseless has inherited a poor squad

But that isn't an excuse for some of the dire performances and shockingly weak mentality shown under him.

The lack of concentration and weakness under pressure by Hyam and Pears isn't caused by Gallagher rather than Messi plodding around upfront.

You've just got to watch other teams when they have conceded a goal, they are urgent and determined to get one back. We fall to pieces and give up.

Not to mention JE playing 5 at the back and inviting pressure on at home.

Let's be honest, no one is paying any fees for Pears or Leo. They have destroyed any sort of value with the bad mistakes this season. Best we can do is just let them leave for free and get the wages off the wage bill.

Silvester was retiring anyway wasn't he?

The "investigation" will now be swept under the carpet. IS will probably get a nice sweetener into his pension for taking the blame on the transfer fiasco. We all know full well that the application was 'saved' and not 'submitted' because venkys didn't allow it.

19 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

JDT’s last 15 games = 14 points

JE’s 15 games = 14 points

At the moment it would appear Johnson is keeping us up (behave!!)

Swapped one poorly performing manager for another. 

It's plain to see that Eustace hasn't been able to organise and motivate this side. Huge contrast to other new managers in this league (QPR being an example).

That said, I wouldn't be bothered if none of this team were around next season, bar Sammie they have shown minimal determination to get us out of the position we're in. Eustace is only shooting himself in the foot by defending the dire performances.

12 minutes ago, DE. said:

Ipswich have a decent wage budget tbf, Brandon Williams was probably on a fair amount as well before he went AWOL. Not sure if they're still paying those wages or not. 

Anyway, they're similar to us under Mowbray in that they have the ability to pay decent loan wages/fees, as we did for the likes of Elliot, Tosin, Reed, etc... but less to spend on actual transfer fees. 

Where they differ from us is that they have owners who are ambitious and a manager who is a winner. Two things we can only dream of. 

Waggot/GB quite happy to throw £15k a week at Fleck who arrived on crutches, left on crutches.

2 minutes ago, DE. said:

What a strike. Great time to get a goal.

Hutchinson on loan at Ipswich from Chelsea. Quality loan players are out there, yet GB gets Moran etc 

The big problem is the timing of the tax case - August. An effective transfer window needs to be underway in July. I can see nothing happening until August, when it will be too late.

Buckley.

The problem with a lot of the squad is the lack of pace. We'd still be caught out in L1 unless we make some signings.

Yet Useless will pick Pears and Hyam for the coventry game. 

Any other club they would be out of the team straight away. 

There's just no accountability at the club top to bottom.

One thing is for certain, this bunch of bottle jobs won't have the stomach for the fight out of league one again. No fighters like mulgrew, smallwood, dack this time.

Clearly under investment overall, but crucially awful investment of the small amounts we have spent, that is down to GB. 

Also poor management of assets we did have. Who wouldn't swap Nyambe and Bell for the dross we have at full back now? both being criticised and frozen out.

7 minutes ago, Gav said:

You can’t replace quality players with free transfers and loans from Premiership youth teams. If you do, the clubs heading for the lower leagues. 

Zero transfer funding from the owners, you can’t replace Kaminsky and Diaz with a handful of magic beans.

The owners gave Broughton £1million and he spent it on Wahlstedt.

We know he's working with a useless, spineless squad, but what's worrying is the endless positive rubbish he comes out with after performances like that.

He's been in football long enough to know it is going to annoy the fans.

He obviously doesn't care what the fans think of him.

We have been here before (Kean, Coyle), and it is worrying. He's a yes man to Waggott end of. 

He's been put in as a shield to Waggott and will Inevitably start taking flack if/when things don't improve. One more layer between waggot/GB and the fans' anger.

Only 1 player in the starting XI from the last 2 transfer windows. Sums up Broughton's contribution to our current situation. 

"Feels like a home game" says the sheff wed player. 

Well done waggot.

3 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

Well I always like to give the manager time and a decent run of games before coming to a view. But I think its fair to say hes not got it.

We're not a brilliant team but we have the leagues top scorer and essentially the same set of players who finished seventh last year. If the first XI was disassembled I am pretty sure every player except Pears will get a contract at a mid table Championship club.

With the team he should have had two or three more wins by now on the board minimum. I really thought after Leeds he had shown something but a performance like that today is not acceptable.

JE isn't out on the pitch. The effort and individual performances have been pathetic. 

Best thing he could do is come out and slate the players for this. Distance himself. 

Gallagher on a cool 0.1 goals per game in the league this season.

Is Gallagher on the pitch?