2 minutes ago, Forever Blue said:

If I put you on ignore I’d miss out on all those winnings by copying your bets😉

I’ve thought of a good idea.

Bet the opposite like me, I’m quids in. 

36 minutes ago, goozburger said:

That would be a good bit of Quinton Fortune. It would be Tim Krul to not get a positive outcome from this Carl Cort case.

I'd like the record for downvotes for that effort, please, so smash that old downvote button and let's make it happen.

I can’t Keith Hackett much longer.

1 hour ago, tomphil said:

Not sure them losing it makes much difference at all in the short term as the club is clearly under instructions to fund itself. Nothing much would change over this season but next summer the budget cut and cost cutting, players sales could be the end of us as a Championship club for a long time.

I'd still suggest we are way way away from an admin situation that would depend largely on the tax bills being paid and there's still assets to cash for that.

Short term, nothing would change. What would change however, it is the statement they have to make on the accounts, that they will no longer be able to make, as the club, is trading insolvent, if they can no longer fund it.

I would hope pressure is then applied (WATR I think are monitoring this) for them to accept that this is no longer a valid proposition for them.

We hear on a regular basis, that they never fail to sign a cheque, but this outcome would mean, they are not allowed to sign any more cheques, so even that line can no longer be trotted out.

This is a big day coming up for the club and could be the biggest in many years. 

2 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Managed to make himself the only Derry man to be disliked by Celtic such were his performances in green and white. 

A total boat hook will a massive W in front. W 🪝 

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

Could Tomas Koubek be an option in goal?

31 and just seen he’s a free agent after leaving Augsburg. Czech international.

Drop Waggott a line, but make sure you get the finders fee, not him or Suhail/Jerome.

Sw4aggot@rovers.co.uk

9 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

Extended highlights with thanks to, you guessed it, Norwich 

 

There is nothing like a good Desmond.

Hopefully we see the return of Alan Judge for this one, Jason Lowe or rumpole of the John Bailey 

Denis Law would have been making a guest appearance if it was yesteryear and the outcome is hopefully them having to pay the Johnny Price. 

4 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

Absolutely love this one, nice and simple and got to catch on 👌

Let’s get it out there. Loud and proud V Oxford. Ohashi daaaaays 

1 minute ago, BigBar said:

Ohashi days. 

1 minute ago, alexanders said:

Did we see the same game? Travis is back at his best 

Absolutely. That tackle towards the end was top drawer and took the pressure off at a vital time.

Happy with him today and MOM V Derby, not much more we can ask of him.

7 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

We’d instantly become a better side if we switched JRC and Brittain round. JRC not quick enough for the wing and drifts inside, Brittain woefully bad defensively.

Shocking for their opener.

New song Ohashi days.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olQrCfkvbGw

14 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Bit of a dickish comment that mate. ‘Tyrone’ is one of the few posters on here that has actually played the game to a decent standard. 

Not only that, I do agree with his opinion on Buckley. He does have something and just needs to be more consistent.

13 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

So what country do I need to travel to to watch?

If you are in Spain today, Rovers TV allows access. Log on around 3.40pm Spanish time.

3 minutes ago, den said:

Seems I’m in a minority here but I have serious doubts about both Ohashi and Gueye. We’ll  know more when they’ve both started a few difficult away games. That’s when to judge a player.

If those two do fall short, where would that leave us?

Like you say, it is early days and I think the vast majority are still open minded, but just praying we have unearthed some talent. 

12 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Some say he's still the man who advises their adviser in the shadows.

I would not be in the slightest bit surprised. Some of the players contracts that were run down, have always had me wondering, who was on the make. 

5 hours ago, philipl said:

Malta is now a country Rovers TV cannot be transmitted to so  I understand why I wasn't offered a renewal.

I ordered mine from Spain, but had to pop to Italy, to watch it last week.

I can watch from here me this week, so no need to travel anywhere, Very pretty nifty. 

2 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Which is why it's vital now they look for an outside investment channel or find us a suitable buyer because their time is over.

When the Walker Trust due to their own issues decided they couldn't fund Rovers anymore despite the money already spent and any remaining emotional and business ties they began to seek a buyer.

Many similarities to now so there's only two options, hold on and run us into the ground or sell, i'm not even sure they are happy not being able to write off 10/20 million a year.  It seems all the club served them for was as a money pit for whatever reason so it's of no use to them now other than still feeding some egos.

If we are to be self funding and gradually shrink to lower levels then we don't need them sat there in the background they might as well give the club away to a supporters trust/local business consortium and remain as shirt sponsors or something.

I wouldn’t be happy if they were sponsoring the bog roll.

Lets see them gone, lock, stick and barrel. 

44 minutes ago, not exactly Scarface said:

It's a good deal for us.    Good price, an exciting player, whether he can bring that Championship form from last season into the Premier League remains to be seen but he's someone I've wanted to bring on board here at Portman Road for some time now.      We've made a number of new signings since end of season in hope to strengthen the side and now that we've all but got Smodzics, (then) some of the others now don't seem entirely necessary.

But - you've been done over I'm afraid.     9 million for a player of that potential and shown ability, it's a derisory fee for Rovers fans and you've every right to feel anger or injustice.    We signed Hutchinson from Chelsea a few weeks earlier on a proper deal after a loan spell and for twice the amount but I don't feel he's quite as exciting a prospect as Smodzics.     The fault lies with your owners and directors for allowing the player away so cheaply.    All things considered and in today's market where it's often hard to put an actual valuation on any one player I would have expected to see Smodzics leave for nothing less than 15 million and think that was the original price you put on the player but your owners have obviously reneged on their initial promise and allowed the player to go for a cut of the intended fee.     It's great for us of course but there's a player there who's worth considerably more than that.

We've now got  forward players I feel we just don't need.    Delap is supposed to be a big signing but questioned it from day one and with Smodzics now in the team how often will he even start or feature.    Others like Harness, Ladapo, Al Hamadi for example can contribute but with some of the better attacking potential we now possess, just can't always see them needed.

I think we'll do OK next season in the EPL.     Won't be whipped each and every week and would hope to give a good account of ourselves or even provide some respectability to our involvement back there again. 

I think you will get whipped every week actually, but not as badly whipped as us lot by the owners and directors, doing us over, yet again. 

21 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I suspect that with another £15 million landing from Raya and Szmodics this will negate the need for Venkys to send money from India.

Convenient, and will enable them to kick the can down the road on the court proceedings hoping that by the time this money runs out there is someone else to sell. 

It's being paid at £15 per week, over a million weeks, so we still have no transfer money, you know. 

11 minutes ago, J*B said:

The excuse, I would hypothesise, is if they lose the court case on Tuesday or the same restrictions remain, the money generated will cover us until the next appeal ergo can't be spent. 

They can't possibly lose the court case can they? There is no impediment for them funding, so they will get all of their bond money back, be told sorry by the judge for bringing such honourable people to court and advised to crack on regardless.

All of our woes will be behind us, but of course, it didn't actually involve the club anyway.

We are going up, we are going up. 

4 minutes ago, Spankus Munky said:

Most of those are pushing a decade ago... the only one of recent times in there is Akpom, and he was in last year of contract so again proves the point we had our pants pulled down over the fee. It should have been £12m with another £3m in add-ons, that I would say is a fair enough deal. As it is our directors have shafted us once again

This screams of desperation and tells me, they fear the worst next week. 

As we know, several days ago, they gave Ipswich a deadline of 31/07/2024 but that didn't prove to be the case, in the end.

49 minutes ago, JHRover said:

Just like with Adam Wharton we all recognise that as a Championship club we will be vulnerable to interest from Premier League sides in our best players..

Nothing new there, nothing unique to Rovers, nothing Venkys or no Venkys will do about that, it's a tale as old as time.

It is the surrounding situation however that is unique to Rovers and is unique to the ruinous pondlife in India.

These sales are occurring not because the club has been presented with irresistable bids, but because the club is desperate for cash because they are trying to find ways of funding the club and avoiding the need for the pondlife to divert their own funds over whilst putting down the equivalent bond. Wharton and Szmodics ensure that and then some.

Other clubs would reluctantly sell those players but do so for good amounts of cash and would immediately set about reinvesting a large portion of the proceeds back into the club and squad to reinvest and go again.

No such intention here I suspect. We've already seen it with the Adam Wharton money 'mumble mumble running costs' bye bye £20 million.

That's the problem and that's why Venkys have to go. If we can't improve and invest from this position we never will.

No doubt as per the shite spewed out by Waggott last week, he will convince people we will receive this in instalments, so it is of little value for transfers.

No mention of it working both ways, or that it is needed for day to day running of the club.

Assuming net week goes against the owners, I hope he is getting well and truly called out for the no impediment bull.

It’s on Sky plus, not the red button 

1 hour ago, longsiders1882 said:

 

 

 

It’s only one game - we need another 40 performances like that. Whilst it was a bit of a relief - going into the game I was genuinely expecting a tight game, possibly a loss - first games aren’t really indicative of the season to come, or at least it doesn’t automatically follow.

Out of interest why should we piss the league rather than Sheff Utd, Luton, Norwich who’ve alll got parachute payments or indeed Leeds who seem to have endless supplies of cash? Sheff Utd doing lots of business at the moment with some signings who look very good.

I don't think you will actually.

I think a couple of Rovers fans, were quite rightly impressed with the performance and result last night, but as we all know, it is a long season and Luton may not be the force, some think the might be.