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I can unequivocally state, nobody has been pushed through any doors. Life is short. He will signing a 4 year deal worth at least 5 million, and that sort of opportunity might seem easy to turn down for many here, but I’d argue IRL, 95% would fully understand - this is life changing for him and his family. There are plenty of good points about his potential, thus his value could skyrocket. It’s still worth remembering he could snap his ACL at any point. Good luck Adam.

What really, you? Never.

Absolutely spot on. The part that I would add, this is a chance for us to break free from this bollox cycle of needing funds to cover a meagre amount of ambition. The ball is most certainly at JDT and GBs feet.

Where is @RoversCanada when you need him!

We don’t even help ourselves either - I mean how many goals come from losing the ball in our own half, sometimes own final third? The bloke is either stubborn or stupid. Surely a plan B, when we’ve a makeshift defence, would involve clearing your lines first if we’re deep in our own half being pressed. Absolutely no chance of that. Opposition managers have figured out “if we give them the ball, they’ll more likely hurt themselves”

Nobody taking responsibility, nobody winning their own individual battle and nobody putting their body on the line. You could’ve said that about every goal other than the Asante bottom corner one. JDT either doesn’t want too, or cannot seem to make us anything but “weak as piss”. I think it’s time for him to go.

Each to their own, I’d take 1.5m for Sam G Yes, he’s experienced and he obviously is a better option than Harry et al. The only problem is, he’s made of cottage cheese. The main position he occupies is the physios bed.

I’ve always wondered why we don’t have agreements with league clubs where we can send 2 or 3 to one club at a certain level. Easier to settle, know someone in the squad and potentially play together at a higher level than u21s. Stanley for example. I guess the reason for this is we need fee paying loans.

I take the second paragraph back. Enjoyed that from start to finish. Massive props to Pickering, Leonard, Hyam and Carter. How good did Adam look when he came on. Up the rovers

First time this morning, actually excited about a couple of beers in the EWMC and a match! I predict it will take approximately 10 minutes of self defeating keep ball around our own box before I go back to hating every other second at Ewood!

Yea, I vividly remember walking away from that game with KHod around the 60th minute rather embarrassed! We went on quite a good run after I recall.

I remember frustration about creativity or final ball (I’ve had a ST for donkeys years and watched those games btw) and I certainly remember head in my hands defending…. However, I do not recall ever sitting there thinking “wtf are we even trying to achieve?” I would say that we’ve shown at times exactly the Russel Martin nonsense argument - especially at home, especially this year. The relentless short passing from set pieces in our own half has caused so many issues and perseverance with it fills me with dread. It doesn’t need to be the exact opposite either, a style that relies solely on physical stats and set pieces. I’m sure even some minor aspects of “Pulis” in our approach would help, like a good old fashioned “when in doubt rule”.. I appreciate the business aspect involved in sustainability, where the “value added” stuff belongs - and the only way to evaluate that is long term, hence why I’m no in anyway trying to advocate any changes of personnel. I don’t do that anyway. I just can sense this is going to be a long fucking season. Please prove me wrong.

I’m not bothered about directness, wing play, a number ten, 3 at the back - whatever. Not fussed, I don’t know enough about tactics to have a stake in that argument. I find this particular brand incredibly boring at times to watch. As a fan. No amount of repeating yourself (I mean how many times do you want to type “highest league finish since relegation”?) is going to change that. I want to be proven wrong and excited about watching rovers.

I don’t recall ever pinching myself to stay awake watching our defence and goalkeeper pass it around then. Remember, this entire discussion started because I find the football boring. I can agree with everyone about giving someone time and the scenario also of being first in English leagues, arriving late etc. I get all of that. I just cannot stand this dot to dot stuff. I know yesterday was only pre season, but the first 30 minutes just felt like a prelude to more frustration.

Many loose and unnecessary passes + weak as piss unorganised defending against basics = the whole issue I have with JDTs “journey”. The end. I hope I have to eat these words ASAP.

Exactly the same points total as 21/22

No I wasn’t. TM didn’t inherit a team challenging for the playoffs previously. Besides this is not just about the result being the same (points / position / lack of playoffs) Im talking about the style, I find it boring. Over a full season on average. Maybe JDT can improve that this season and the results. I’m not convinced

I’m just saying that I find it boring. I appreciate that overall the job was a decent one. I’m just saying that this specific style of football is hard to watch. Over a season though - those things work out. There are a few complete no shows, that made just as much as an impact on our finishing position - simply listing all the unlucky things, forgets about times when we looked completely out of our depth. I agree we could improve this season but I guarantee that the patience won’t last if we don’t.

Again, the stat that counts is points / finishing position. I wouldn’t call last season a success.

“I’m not patronising but you can’t answer a simple question”… that you’ve already answered. To repeat myself for the dim witted - I’m not bothered about the style of play, I just preferred it when our tactics primary job where to win, get points. This setup’s first responsibility is to “add value” and I find it boring in the main. Either deal with it and move on or find someone else to quote.

Don’t be so patronising. There are 50+ games to look at. Only a blithering idiot would base their opinions on the two best performances.

I am looking it as a whole, it was mainly boring and tepid. Some of the games got me off my seat - the Sheff United game in the league and the cup stuff but ultimately; He got the same amount of points as the much maligned Mowbray. With a style of football that bored me to death. Each to their own.

Islander - just look at the very last competitive game we played. We had to come back from a deficit caused by our ridiculously bad decision making with the ball in our own half. All caused by playing out from the back. It might be worth upping the spectacle prescription.

Yea Luton at home when we desperately needed points was “excellent football”… we only scored after throwing away the game plan. Spanked off Norwich, who let us pass around for as long as we wanted, played a direct ball and cut us in half. Hull at home 0-0 on sky at 8pm, easily the most boring game of the season. Same against Coventry at home and Preston - whilst you can argue we had some misfortune in all of those games, we didn’t get the result. So I’m not sure which games you watched - the only top performances I would’ve picked out, Huddersfield away (but remember our shocking weak as piss defending) and then the stomach punch of Burnley at home.

What a surprise. Go on, I will bite. Possession football is further up the pitch, what we do is not that. This constant playing out from the back is never going to be safe, because we don’t have players technically good enough. Im all for pressing, but our play generally is depressing because teams know they’ve probably more chance of beating us by letting us have the ball. All I want to see is a team setup to get the best results. Ours is predominately setup to add value to players first. Most of the football in the last 12 months has been dull, imo.