Dreams of 1995

This is something you should be petitioning the local council for if you believe so strongly. You wouldn't ask Ewood Bikes to start weeding the canal bridge right by them would you? The problem with the weeds / litter on the council adopted roads are the councils problem. Clearly, looking after your area does stop on the boundaries of peoples' properties round there, otherwise they wouldn't have let it get in such a state. I remember when I used to walk to school down that road in primary school and people would be outside sweeping their part of the alleyway to keep it clean. Times have changed. It is the same around all alleys around that area now, they are just dumps.

With the prem comes money though. I bet they would. I don't know whether Kipre has been offered regular first team football, but the rumour mill would have us believe Baggies have him on the hook and are waiting for alternatives. That would make you think they believe there's better out there, and if he does sign it is simply a case of them not finding anyone else. It all screams of being unwanted. I can only speak from what little we hear on the outside though

Cedric Kipre is obviously after the move to a Prem club. Why he is letting them mess him about like that is beyond me. Money talks I guess. I'm going to bet that Baggies have doubled the wages he'd be on here. It is a shame because he'd be a guaranteed starter here, probably the main man in defence, and the move to a Prem club would probably happen if he continued the form he shown at Wigan. This is modern football though, and he is prepared to be messed about whilst they look for a 'better' alternative on the chance he can double his wage and if he has to sit on the bench to do that then fine.

If we sign Kipre can we all make a gentlemen's agreement that Alan Nixon is not to be spoken about on this board? He's a tubby little shitehawk who works for a rag. I think Steve Keans name was once censored on here if I remember correctly, can we censor Nixon's name to "Tubby Fud" please Cheers

Stop pissing on our chips RovingRover, we have plenty of other posters who do that. Although it is a bit more sincere coming from you, and so it feels a bit more like a betrayal Fuck Leeds and the ground they walk on

Looks like Tomlinson is a bit of a tool, which goes along with what was being said about him during his time here. He looks absolutely fucked on that photo of him playing for Accy. Got bags under his eyes like he's been putting in the hours, but more likely been burning the candle at both ends judging by his reputation. Crying shame really, never nice to see a boy with talent mess themselves about. The Mansfield fans claim he spat in a coppers face which, in the current climate, may even mean he will do time. I swear someone got sent down for spitting at a bus driver not long back?

I don't understand how you have come to that conclusion. Three journalists with actual connection to the club (Bayes, Sharpe and Myers) have all come out and said bringing in a defender is not linked with letting one go. But here you are, with no connection to the club and no direct contact with Tony, speculating the opposite. Of course your post is just conjecture, but nevertheless labelling it as quite alarming when it isn't based on any real tangible fact is a bit of a pie in the sky doom and gloom prediction that isn't really necessary.

Plenty? I saw 2. 2. Plenty.

Forget? He's only just signed! 300+ career apps, 27 years old, Champions League experience - yep, experienced keeper alright.

Everybody wants to rule the world - Tears for Fears What a classic

300 appearances, European appearances, league titles and domestic cup wins - the boy is magic. Can't wait to see him lift the Championship trophy next year. Tommy Safe Hands

I can see where the clubs are coming from. The home team needs to capitalise on away support for cash flow, so by charging them a reduced rate to watch online it means all parties are happy. It's difficult to see another way around it, otherwise you'll have to accept a loss of 23 home games @ average 1500 fans @ average 20 quid a pop. That could mean a loss between 650,000 - 1,000,000 for the club. In fact, we'd be hit harder by that as we benefit from large away attendances for certain teams.

I remember it being 1 signing after 100 pages last summer. We have broken the old record. Well done chaps, or should I say Chaddy, Mani, roversfan99, JoeH and Richard Oakley. You've been fantastic sports.

Not gonna lie I straight away thought of him. I thought we'd managed to bag a quality centre half with first team apps for City then! I should have known. Davenport: Superb free kick (starts at 30 secs)

Sensible decision. Cheers for clearing the air on that one!

I ain't trynna argue he's a better keeper but just that stats can be misleading. Belgians play 29 games per year, Championship is 46, which would indicate that Walton faced over twice as many shots as Kaminski. That's a lot more margin for error, to say there's only 6% in it.

I bet it is easier being in goal for Gent than it is Rovers though. How many shots did they face per game? I'd imagine Walton got more at him, ergo more room for error

Good. After years of seeing keepers flap at the ball I want to see a bloke take men out and come out of it on his feet with the ball in hand. Hopefully the correct ball though, we don't have many centre halves as it is. Anyone remember Freidel annihilating Egioghu (or however ya spell it)

I'm looking at clubs like Bournemouth (https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11743/11426730/bournemouth-agree-4-75m-settlement-with-efl-for-breach-of-ffp-rules#:~:text=Bournemouth will pay the EFL,the Premier League as champions.) and Leicester (https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43146018#:~:text=Leicester City will pay the,loss when they won promotion.) and seeing that they decided there are ways around the FFP rules if you want to be shrewd, and open to the risk of a pretty meagre fine in the grand scheme of things. The sale of the ground is another, but unfortunately that loophole is closed to us because we can't trust this lot with a pound coin let alone the keys to our stadium. Inventive ways around financial rules occur quite a bit in all industries. I'm unsure what the rules are regarding sponsorship, but Man City recently got away with inflating their sponsorship deal with Etihad. In truth RoverCanada I am not the man to come up with the loophole, but almost every season we hear of how a club has managed to exploit a loophole some how or other in order to get around it. I don't really advocate that kind of stuff, but the argument was put across that the only thing stopping them from spending whatever they want is kind of squashed when you look at what some owners are prepared to do to back their club financially. I think it is a convenient excuse to hide behind for what is a terribly run club. Putting aside all talk of financial corruption though, if they were really as hamstrung by the FFP rules, you'd have to think their priorities would be increasing revenue, which hasn't happened any year since they have been here. There's been no real push to get people in the ground, STs always late, kit is always late out, communication between club and fans is broken and in general there hasn't been a push on the playing staff side of things to operate the club in a progressive way. It's a shell of the company it once was, operating on the bare bones and producing just enough to survive another year. I don't buy the whole "they want to but can't" argument. Never have, never will. As @Silas mentioned though, it will be interesting if the FFP rules are removed for a time, to see whether or not they do turn the taps on and whether we see this miraculous investment we are always told is coming.

Paying the bills is their obligation man. Why should I leave my hatred aside? They are running our club into the ground. Meanwhile, amidst all this glorious generosity and financial clout of the mighty Venkys our club shop looks like a scene out I Am Legend. Things like that don’t happen at clubs where the owners care. You are not kidding anyone Paul, and I often find myself agreeing with you on football matters, but when it comes to the Venkys you have us all completely wrong if you think we are grateful for them pouring money into “shares” to cover the losses they have exacerbated.

I bet you there’s a fair few ex directors of Rovers that would disagree with your comments there. They’re lazy when it comes to us. We are archaic, and under their watch we become less and less an operating club and more of a stagnant cash black hole. All this ask and you shall get rubbish is a load of shite if you ask me. Look at the DROSS that has gone through our doors since they have been here - you think they’d have happened if it was a “get what you want” kinda deal?

Give it a rest Paul, that line doesn’t wash Plenty if billionaire owners circumvent financial fair play rules - Venkys just don’t care enough

Bit OTT. If a manager doesn’t play wingers it is pointless him signing them. Chaddy has half a point with that one. Problem is, he plays the wrong type of wide player, and then expects his full back to do the work of a winger. It might work if you have world class full backs a la Liverpool but when you have Bell and Nyambe whipping a ball in it is all a bit frustrating. Also makes Chapman a strange one.

You are just as much on the wind up as he is. A wonderstrike? Any professional player worth his salt would have put that one in the back of the net given how much of it he could see and how far Raya was from his line. Always with the dramatics

Shock.