2 hours ago, Devon Rover said:

I agree he does - but perhaps still in flashes, rather than as consistently as you look for in a premier league player in his position? Without knowing what he (his agent) is demanding, wage-wise, I can't be sure we should be just agreeing to it. But he would definitely be a huge loss because he is a special kind of player.

I think the inconsistency people often cite can now be put to bed. I'd attribute any inconsistency in the past to the sporadic nature of his appearances, being played out of position or playing in a dysfunctional side. Put Rothwell with better players and he'll look even better- in my opinion, which obviously you're welcome to disagree with.

On 12/12/2021 at 10:54, Armchair supporter supremo said:

That could read as the owners giving up Rothwell, leninhan and Brereton

 

The only way I can see those players signing new deals with us now is if we get promoted 

Offer them a new contract with a promotion clause- significant increase in wages IF we go up, if we don't pop realistic release fee's in their contracts.  I could see the latter upsetting a few fans but it's better than them walking for nothing....

39 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

The saves he has made are down to him NOT the defence, he deserves every credit he has been given

Yeh, but for Pears the outcome of the game could have been completely different. He looked confident and dominant on crosses too.  I'm not saying I don't want Kaminski back, but surely Pears has done himself no harm in his performances. 

What's happened to Stergiakis?  He came with quite a good reputation, Eastham was on the bench on Saturday I noticed ahead of him.

1 minute ago, JBiz said:

Enjoying this stage of “the journey”

This!! Enjoy the moment, lads. It might go tits, it might not, but bloody hell, I'm loving every moment!

Wharton has made a tremendous difference, the guy's a class act. There was a moment in the first half were he showed great feet in a passage of play that led to a dangerous opportunity.

We could do with another right back, and an extra creative midfielder imo incase Rothwell gets injured.  Got to keep this side together and go for it now. 

I take my hat off to Mowbray, after the Fulham defeat I called for him to go- well, he's proven me and many others wrong. Credit where credit is due.

Offer the players new contracts with promotion clauses indicating a significant rise in wages in line with the Premier League money.

I was never keen on Robinson, he had a tremedous kick and was fairly agile but his positioning was very poor- got beaten quite often from long shots.  Non-the-less, a steady(ish) enough keeper. We've had much-much worse, Steele has got to be the worst keeper I've ever seen in a Rovers shirt.  I'd go as far to say that if we'd have dropped him sooner the season we went down we'd have stayed up.  No idea how we managed to flog him to Sunderland, but I think it's little coincidence they went down too the next season.

Great result in the end. If Stoke lose tommorrow there's a bit of a gap developing between us and, dare I say it, 'the chasing pack'.

At this point I would be offering contracts with a few conditions,  if we get promoted there's a hefty increase in salary- a bit of a carrot to stay and get us up.. And if we don't go up, their wage has been bumped up a fair bit, but there's a release fee in their contracts so any would be suitor can offer market value and take them off our hands...

 

To me at least it's quite simple.

I'll give an analogy.

I have a couple of houses, I've run into some unexpected fiancial difficulties that means I am struggling to pay their mortgages..

I can either borrow some money to continue to pay the mortgage whilst I arrange sale of my assests then pay off the remainder of my outstanding debt and have a bit left over.

Or I can choose not borrow speculatively to protect my expensive assets and lose them for a pittance.

If you translate that to football. We have multimillion pound assets on the cusp of leaving for a pittance. You just need to speculatively borrow the money, offer them what they want, then if you can't afford that within your budget sell them for a premium. Surely that makes better business sense than losing them for nothing....

The fact we have so many assests running down is a major cause of concern...

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Rothwell's move to Rangers looks off now Gerrard has moved on. 

Have you seen @Paul Mani's comments after his chat with Waggott?

What's Mani said?

Lost for words.