Fair enough pal.

You go down today, Matt? Sure you did mate.

I'm pointing out what Hughes did, of which you've questioned, isn't that's relevant mate? I'm not arguing with you pal, just brings back some great memories for me mate

To add to this, a one off okay, but we certainly don't expect similar every other fucking week.

Samba, Nelsen, McCarthy, Santa Cruz, Savage, Ooijer, Bentley and Zurab all signed for a combined, what? £15mil or so? Nothing short of fucking brilliant mate

We are going way off topic here. The premier league sides we had shouldn't even be coming into the equation when compared with these weak as piss players, the awful infrastructure of the club, the lack of realism from the chief exec and the lack of enthusiasm from the fan base. We have the same awful defence that we've had since the likes of Hanley and Duffy left, bar Amari bell. It needs sorting, simple. The manager hasn't sorted it, simple. if Graham is injured now, we are fucked, we should have a replacement, the manager hasn't brought one in, he's relying on an awful player in nuttall. if dack is injured, the only replacement in Palmer has gone. if Travis is injured, we have to rely on a very poor player in Smallwood, managers loyalty to poor players costly.

The pitch should have suited out weak as piss full backs, goodness knows how they'd cope on a big pitch, oh yeh that's right just as bad.

Bennett isn't good enough full stop. People love him, and I understand why, he's a grafter, but he's not a good player. The whole back 4 isn't any good though, lets be honest. The whole teams panicks on the ball, which puts even more pressure on our weak defence.

Their a far better side than rovers, I knew that before the game kicked off, but yet they were 10 places below us, it's a funny league. I suspect if they'd have kept the fella who went to villa, they'd be well in contention for play offs. Very good side, sawyers, benrahma, Watkins and maupay would all get in our side, and so would their whole back 4, but i think 80% of sides in the league, id take their whole defence over ours.

If that was the case he'd have done the same at Blackpool. But he resigned.

Doubt it, Mowbray has a job for life here if he wants it.

It was a pathetic fall apart, again. Weak as piss away from home, the defence needs sorting. No other words for it really. They'll have to make up for it next week.

Over 3 seasons I thought 27 goals (13 nearly 50% of those goals were in his first 6 months). wasn't a great return for the money we paid, I didn't mean HE was crap, I just think it was a waste of £8 million apart from the first 12 months, mate. I think after he left he scored something like 30 goals in around 110 games, but to be fair he was well into his 30's then. Stuart Pearce said when he had him at city that "he was great to bring off the bench if we needed a goal" - maybe we could have used him more in that way.

16 goals and 6 assists and played 26 games. So involved in a goal every 1.1 games.

Isn't it funny how all our 'expensive flop' signings seem to be for the same figure. Brereton, Grabbi, Davies all for £7million, Andy Cole was also £7million and apart from the first 12 months was also a waste of money, although he did bag in the final.

He went back to forest, but now signed on loan again for rochdale. Not sure why he went back to forest. Maybe injured or initial loan had finished.

Would that be before or after he suggests that the walker famiiy and john williams are to blame for brexit, world war 1, world war 2, the Faulklands, austerity, recession and anything else he could think of?

Pffft tosser.

What comments? Must have missed this?

No! Just stop it.

Rather have laurel and hardy.

But you didn't work sales when it comes to football fans did you. There are 3 massive examples of it working which have already been mentioned, Huddersfield, Bradford and forest, nearly 50% increase in attendances when charging way lower than they have before. Yes I accept it might not be what happens at rovers, but it was would certainly add a few thousand on. Who then might keep coming back, short term loss for long term gain.

But that extra spence is a reality, whether the club or you like it or not. Most people do factor that in.

Wouldn't say it was squabbling, just stating the obvious. Disappointment, not sure about others, but this is Rovers, you get used to it.

That's that then. Downing and Palmer out and Chapman, who won't be fit for a couple of months in. So arguably finishing the window slightly weaker. Hopefully another academy player can step up if we have injuries.