Henning Bird

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1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

He has input into signings and whether we sign them or not. 

He probably fed up keep repeating the same old comments week in week out

Yeah he probably has some say but I’m beginning to think it’s minimal. He’s practically begging “the club” to not sell Gallagher which implies that the decision won’t be his to make. It’s all conjecture on our behalf although one thing I am sure of is that managers never get bored of repeating the same old comments week after week!

12 minutes ago, broadsword said:

One good thing about the man, he really is a straight dealer. Very honest. I to think he'll go, no decent manager would put up with shit like this for very long.

 

What an absolute clown shop shit show our club had become.

 

Diabolical.

100%

He's definitely the best manager we’ve had under the Venkys and I hope we don’t lose him for non-football reasons. Results need to improve but I don’t lay much blame with him. Nobody else could succeed at our club with players not being replaced and no investment. 

Whether Guardiola could win the league with a smaller club is an interesting question, and ultimately a question we will never have answered as I doubt he’d be interested in taking on a club without massive resources. 

Is it more impressive to win consistently at the top level or to win when the odds are overwhelmingly against you? Claudio Ranieri or Pep Guardiola?

I don’t think Pep has anything to prove by taking on a smaller team. He won the treble in two different leagues and the top league in three different countries. His list of achievements is incredible and will probably lead to him being remembered as City’s greatest ever manager and a legend to Barcelona fans. 
 

I don’t think he has much input into signings and I got a real sense of frustration on his behalf when reading his comments on transfers up until now. In his latest interview he won’t discuss transfers which indicates to me that he has been told to toe the line. 

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/24061770.truth-behind-jutkiewicz-links-tomasson-stays-tight-lipped/

He seems pissed off (again) in this interview and I wouldn’t be surprised if he isn’t in charge at the end of the season for one reason or another. 

2 hours ago, Bbrovers2288 said:

I remember years ago emailing red bull asking them to consider buying us, 

mainly because they were buying clubs and sinking lots of money in them , thought we would have been a good fit for their portfolio, ex league champs, their can has similarity to our top, our abbreviated name would be rBBr 

 

I was of course mainly joking however I received a totally serious email back from some management exec saying thanks for bringing us to their attention but they weren’t looking at an English investment at the time, however if they did they would consider us. Might be time to re-ask 😂

Waggott out!

Bbrovers2288 in!

On 05/01/2024 at 17:41, islander200 said:

Yeah 2nd series was even better than the 1st.Only hope there will be another after the production company went bust.

It was a brilliant finale to s2. I got straight on to google after it finished and apparently s3 has been filmed with a hopeful release date of September. S4 has been approved as well 😀

On 15/11/2023 at 22:14, islander200 said:

The Irish gangland series Kin is dropping on BBC iPlayer on Saturday,id highly recommend it to anyone who hasn't seen it 

Anyone give it a go?

Kin is excellent. It only improves for S2 when Bren is released from prison. He’s a brilliant character in the mold of those evil gits you love to hate in Game of Thrones. 

6 hours ago, broadsword said:

Bleeding ada, won the hearts of the fan base, Christ almighty.

 

It's like Winston Smith learning to love big brother.

 

I remember the scene where he goes into a back street pub thinking if there's hope it lies with the proles, then he realises the proles are an absolute state and there's no hope.

 

It's a moment of utter despair. Much how I feel at the moment.

 

We've never played in the fourth tier, does it really beckon? 

If you want to know what the future of Rovers is under Venkys, picture a boot stamping on a human face - forever. 

Just now, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Play all three in midfield in a 4-3-1-2.

Might work. But then where would width come from? 

Just now, Darwen Rover 007 said:

Our subs ALWAYS make us worse.

I said it after the Hull game we need to play with 2 x CDMs.. Tronstad and Travis... for now until we can get back some resilience... 

So then where do you play Wharton? He’s been the one bright spark of this season. He was excellent today with his work rate, first touch and passing range making him really stand out. He’s top quality in that position as he breaks play up well and gets us chances time and again. I wasn’t 100% sure before but he is a class act and will be a premiership player by next season. 

Too many players in that team who are not championship standard. Wahlstedt, Moran, Markanday, Ennis, Leonard, Hill, might all be good one day but they’re not what we need right now. The squad is just not good enough. We’re in an awful run and showing relegation form now but it’s down to missing so many first teamers and having to rely on loans, free transfers and cast offs to bolster our squad.

It all comes back to having no resources to replace the players we’ve lost and build a squad to challenge for promotion. Not the fault of JDT or Broughton IMO, the blame lies with Venkys. Sad times. 

Feels strange typing this but I can’t wait for Gallagher to get back into the side, and I’d put him down the right wing. Moran and Markanday have offered nothing in all the matches I’ve seen. 

What the hell was that from Markanday?

What a strange game. We look like the players have only just met each other. Defensively all over the place. Keep giving the ball away. But two great goals, especially the first from Szmodics have me feeling glad that I didn’t turn off in disgust at 2-0 (it was very, very close). Turned out to be an exciting match, a real advert for the championship.

Chaddy called it

Garrett has been very good. Travis good at LB too surprisingly. Ennis is getting almost in the right places lol just looks like he’s not 100% on the same page as his teammates. Entertaining first half, we’ve been the better team and the score line is about right. Great goal from Wharton who has been excellent. What a good young squad we have. Great when it all comes together like this. 

2 hours ago, CP Company Dresser said:

Not a day for dressers today lads.Just a navy berghaus, CP woolly hat and dark blue Adidas Munchen with M&S dark blue blue harbour jeans today. I still look very impressive and much better than the local riff raff.

 

1 minute ago, booth said:

Handball from them in the box. Ffs, robbed by the ref again.

He was standing right there too. Shocking decision.

1 hour ago, Rogerb said:

Interview with David Raya in today's guardian.

Grim reading for a Rovers fan. Doesn’t seem to feel any attachment to us as we’re not mentioned although he takes the time to mention how much he loved his time at Brentford, Stockport and Arsenal. The only reference I could see to us was when he was snapped up after a trial but we’re “not exactly Barcelona”. Fuck off. 

1 minute ago, booth said:

Let’s be fair, the referee allowed that to happen. If he’s not going to book him for constant deliberate fouling he’ll keep doing it.

The referee was definitely not fond of the cards but I think this will have been a good lesson for Moran. Have to earn the right to play football at this level. 

5 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

Injuries and lack of depth have fucking killed us tonight.

100%

Travis is not a RB. Moran showed some class but was dominated by Potts. Wharton needs dropped for a while but who replaces him? Three players that are not good enough at the minute for a team that wants to be in the top 6. 

On the positive side I thought Dolan was very impressive, full of energy and drive. Szmodics is a very good player. Brittain was one of our top performers too. Tronstad also impressed me at the start but I didn’t see much from him as the game went on. We hit the bar twice and I thought the final ball in for their goal was offside.

So we aren’t far away but as you said it is our lack of squad depth that is holding us back, we are missing that extra 10% that would push us to the next level. It’s a bit worrying that we’re suffering from lack of bodies at this stage of the season though, we’re going to really struggle in the new year as more players get tired and injured.

14 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

He can speak the language, very well.

That quoted comment is based solely on his performance today. Obviously the smallest of samples. If it said, he doesnt look up to standard so he never will be, different argument. But we only have today to base it off, just as if he scored 2, people would say wow he looks incredible which would be equally flawed but wouldnt be jumped on so quickly. We get our first look at him, most naturally gain a first impression. As long as that is an opinion that would change if and when he does well, then no problem.

I just think a more constructive way to have debate would be to counter by saying actually he did this or that well, and actually talk about the game, rather than trying to shut people down because they are judging so soon. Its obvious that its based on one game.

Hes come from such a low standard and is 23 so young but not really young, and he has come straight into the squad so hes not a kid for later on. Today might be a sign of whats to come, or just part of a settling in period.

I’m not going to spend days arguing back and forth with you mate.

All I was saying was that people can be overly harsh in their criticism of new players. You disagreed and asked for evidence, I provided it. I’ve already stated that I can’t comment on his performance as I couldn’t watch the game. 

Anyway, good 3 points today and hopefully telalovic kicks on and we can all get behind him 👍 

5 hours ago, Bethnal said:

Telalovic does not look the required standard, sorry.

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Can you show me where he has been "written off" by quoting anyone who has been so conclusive. Not saying it didnt happen but most are just commenting on his performance today.

You clearly didnt watch as he played for alot longer than 10 minutes. My opinion was that it was a bit of a struggle for him, he looks very raw and like a player who has been playing in a very low standard division. He made one superb pass but in the main, he struggled to get hold of the ball, looked slow off the mark and missed a sitter. I say all that because it is very reasonable to comment on his performance.

Not a fan of people shutting discussion down because their personal stance is not to judge a player for a specific period of time decided upon by themselves. By all means say actually I thought he did x well or provided x to the team. Had he come on and bagged 2 those same people wouldnt reserve judgement so its purely "negativity bashing."

I don’t know why you are picking this hill to die on but as others have pointed out there is no doubt that people using this site can have a harsh judgement on players. And that is hardly a controversial statement to anyone other than yourself.

The post above was made 10 minutes in to the match, that’s what I meant when I said that people were writing him off after 10 minutes of his debut. Tbh it’s a pretty mental thing to do, especially when criticising someone who doesn’t speak the language, has never played at this level, has only been at the club for a couple of weeks, and has less than 45 minutes to impress.

I honestly don’t know why you are arguing this point but I hope this is the end of it!