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Gudjohnsen fills me with dread, a poor goal record in a high performing team. Not a good sign

This exact rule has just been explained to the dingles on the radio

I thought Alebiousu was decent today, he’s very athletic and works hard, looks like he’ll be a capable championship right back in a crap side. Is he an upgrade on Brittain, not for me

It would be peak Venky’s to get relegated in what should be a milestone year for the club

But chaddy loves his honesty. Which is weird as if he was honest his post match would have been saying how utterly inept we are and that several of the new signings are miles off it. That’s the honesty that was lauded last week when he chucked Trav right under the bus so surely we want the same now

Remember last week when people were starting to put it out there that Gestede buys were successful. Ohashi is the only one who looks like he can cope at this level

True, on reflection maybe it is best he doesn’t tackle then. First half was reminiscent of big club second goal where he ran alongside doing absolutely nothing to halt anyone’s progress

Held our own to the tune of 3 points form a possible 12.

I’d be genuinely surprised if Tavares has made a single tackle in a Rovers shirt.

Especially when Arnor plays for Gent, who are in the top 6 every season and dish out some real pastings…..

To be fair to the referee I reckon 99% of the crowd thought it was a pen, certainly looked in the box in N05. Regardless, we got done by a big straight ball over the top and should have been 2 possibly more down prior to that. Whether it was a pen isn’t really the issue, it’s the fact that we were truly woeful first half. Tavares didn’t get near their midfield, McClean played the first half in his pyjamas

I don’t think the ref is the reason we lost, could have easily been 2 down before the penalty and it was a stonewell pen and red.

Absolute pony. Kargbo and Tavares are woeful, Gueye stealing a wage

Our total lack of structure and inability to press or screen played a massive role in them looking like this in that game. It was VI’s first game and the first 45 minutes was embarrassing, we basically let Duffy walk the ball through the middle of the pitch half the time

A player from a relegated team in a league way below SPL in the coefficient, can’t say I’m excited.

I'm sure there are plenty of clubs who would consider themselves to have bad owners, until you know the ins and outs of all clubs it's difficult to pinpoint many outside the obvious. I'd wager than not many day to day football think we have particularly bad owners, we don't make headlines we bumble along apart from the recent managerial debacle but even that causes not much more than a ripple on Talksport for an afternoon.

that's the thing with rumours, you get to pick and choose which you believe

Same question everyone I know has asked, they don't seem to have any obvious business to promote so the latter option seems the most logical

His son is a cracking player too..........

Checked it out, xG is based on xG measures the quality of a shot based on: Distance from goal Angle of the shot Type of assist (through ball, cross, etc.) Body part used (foot, head, etc.) Defensive pressure Shot type (open play, set piece, etc.) The person taking the shot has no influence on xG, I suppose this is where the comparison of xG vs actual goals to judge a players worth is useful.

"Trust us", and subsequently bin bagged an experienced (although difficult to like) manager for a man who has no mens game/pro managerial experience (admittedly holds an A license) and is the same religion as the new owners. Now I have no problem what religion, ethnicity, etc a manager is however to clear an experienced one out who has stood by that club through it's darkest hours to replace with one who wouldn't appear on paper to have been in the running anywhere else doesn't seem a great foot to get off on.

I know mate, purely putting the info in there as some contrarian will use it against me at some point I'm sure

I probably need to look into whether xG is influenced by the quality of your strike force and whether their likelihood of scoring influences the xG. if you create 10 tap ins but you have Ashley Ward up top does that then drop your xG to 2 rather than the 10 it would be if you had Haaland.

running costs are the same as any other club, whilst they don't own their ground per se, they own the leasehold from a trust/covenant - the JB Christie Trust. But in terms of a saleable asset the ground isn't included within the sale only the fixtures and fittings. We all know Rovers would be snapped up the minute it was for sale, championship clubs are a huge investment opportunity, it's just the plants and ostriches that don't see it or want to see it

When you've got someone buying National League Morecambe who have no players, a cat 3 academy (for a year until EFL cat 3 status is removed), no training ground and don't own their own ground for £7 million quid (plus 6million yearly operating costs) the idea than nobody would buy Rovers is absolute nonsense. I know we're talking completely different levels there but if someone is sinking £13 million with absolutely no chance of a return into a basket case national league club with a terrible catchment area then surely Rovers looks a cracking investment!