Paul Mani

Agreed. Managed. Decline.

Remember when I said, I thought we might sell Hyam and lean onto Carter, Miller, McLoughlin and Wharton @roversfan99 ??? Call me Nostradamus 😩😉🙈

This didn’t age well…👀🤣

Yup, being reported by reputable source in the target location = VERY likely! I watched his reel this morning and he looks good. Clean striker of the ball, left and right foot. Resembles his dad with a couple of cute finishes too. PS - before the naysayers come on saying he hasn’t scored many in the last year, if he had….hed be worth 10x what we’re paying. We have to sign them at this stage and hope they hit that curve whilst playing for us.

Watching the managers interview - I’d agree with you!

Eh!? There’s no chance this is being leaked by Rovers.

Leonard is as good as gone. I reckon VI has refused to admit it because they won’t rubber stamp that deal until they get the one they want. Elliots source probably closer to the player.

Yup, makes the striker links more realistic. We’ve likely agreed something with someone to allow Leonard to go. Interesting next few hours…

My opinion. If he stays fit, he will be a far better player than either of our current incumbents. Which in itself is a red flag…time will tell.

Posh don’t buy shit strikers mate. Wouldnt surprise me in the slightest to see them polish him up for a season or two, him score a bucket load of goals and get sold for a princely sum to a top Championship / Lower PL team. Watch this space. 🙈

Nah mate. You’ve only got to have watched him and listened to his coaches to know that his ceiling is VERY high. If he’d been fit, like Bucko and not hitting the heights then I’d have happily waived him off. But for a million quid, why not just loan him for a season? If he can stay fit and score goals, we’ve got a great lad coming back to us next summer. If he flops, and / or continues to breakdown, then he’s had his chance. Like I said, this is the one I’m gonna stick my nick out in and say, well regret!

Harry Leonard - Top player, injuries have blighted his career so far but if he can shake them off, has a VERY high ceiling! I’m gonna stick my neck out and say this will be the sale we will live to regret. We shouldn’t be selling him. Arggghh

Re Smit… “It’s a big risk!!!….” Ermmmm yes!! Every signing we make is a huge risk because we don’t have the money to have someone nailed on. If he had scored 22 in the second division and then 15 last season his price tag would be 5-10m now. The lad who’s signing for Newcastle went to Stuttgart for free last summer and is about to be sold for £69m! With every one of these players, we’re hoping to pick them up and hit that hockey curve moment. At least at 22, the Dutch lad has time and room to grow. I still don’t reckon we’ll sign him or Soumane. The art of misdirection…👀

I really wish we’d sign Jizz Hornkamp! Wow, what a name! 🤣🤣🤣👀

It’s just a hunch and not aligned with what the club or manager has said. I just feel someone will come and test our resolve for him. Plays every game, very consistent, just called up for Scotland….

I don’t think we target players or clubs who do that. I don’t know for sure….just looking at the way our transfers seem to pan out.

Here’s my take…we’re probably now having lots of conversations with lots of agents and clubs as the demand rises. Any that are reported other than LT, or from the actual source (Think Elliot but in the source country / region) are likely agents or clubs trying to drum up interest. I’m not saying we won’t have had a conversation about Browne, he may have been offered to us but it’s more likely he wants to come back to the North west and his agent is using Nicko apply some pressure on his former employers… Rovers, as we have seen will be keeping their cards VERY close to their chest because they know they can’t get into a Willy wagging contest with anyone on fees or wages! I’m expecting replacements in the squad for all leavers. I think those will be Pears, and Leonard. So, that’s a new Keeper, Striker and Midfielder (for Buckley). In the event that Hyam is sold, I think we may ‘stick’ until January and work with Carter, Miller, McLoughlin and Wharton. Interesting few days ahead!

Nothing strong as of this moment. However, if you look at the way 99% of our business happens, it seems to start with UK (Nicko etc) speculating on a couple of targets (Afaloyan and Soumano) which I reckon are used as misdirection for the actual target. The ones you know are happening generally break from reputable sources in the target location / country and are basically already agreed. I wouldn’t be surprised to see several names mentioned between now and the weekend and then Sunday night, Radoslav in the Czech Replublic starts bleating on about a completely new name who is about to sign! Lets see!

Mate, do you go and watch the games!? Kinel, I’ve heard some sentimental stuff in my life but this is insanity!

He wasn’t vague at all. He said exactly what he wanted to say. He doesn’t need to divulge EXACTLY what went on. It’s been toxic for years at Rovers. Years and years in fact. I don’t doubt that lots of people are disgruntled, but I’m also careful to reflect on the context of those who are complaining. Those bleating loudest are the ones who don’t fit the mold. I wonder how ‘toxic’ Yuki, Mori, Miller and Baradji are finding it? Truth is, no one likes change. We’re definitely changing. God knows if it will work or not.

Nah, not when it comes from the manager. The club, yes! But IF that’s made up, VI has committed suicide in front of the lads and it’s already over for him. They will do whatever they can to get him out….and I just don’t see that. Managers rarely step over that line unless they have to. Eddie Howe hasn’t publicly shamed Isak or even blamed him in that whole saga. For VI to publicly say that Trav has “Let down his team mates”. Also, honestly….based on the conversation I had with a Venkys employee (same level as Pasha) last year in Dubai. A) Venkys don’t really care (we’re just a line in the group P&L) and b) Pasha certainly doesn’t care what we, the fans think. Venkys are the WORST thing to ever happen to Rovers but I believe you and many others are barking up the wrong tree here. My understanding is that the problem is, they just don’t really care either way.

For the manager to call him out like that? I don’t know what’s gone on, but why would you choose those words if you weren’t making a point?

Top class message from Trav. Wish him all the best.

I stand corrected. I saw that episode and cannot recall him saying we would get a striker. Then the narrative from the manager throughout the summer has been that we wouldn’t either. If we are to get one, I’d like them to ensure this one is better than what we have. I don’t want competition for Ohashi and Gueye.

In terms of what has been said, I look at the scenario objectively and with a level of understanding about how clubs and dressing rooms are run. I genuinely don’t know what’s gone on, but for VI to go that hard, there’s either a really valid reason, or he’s DEAD. Because the lads will stop playing for him if he’s lying. Based on what I’ve seen and heard, VI seems like a reasonable chap, and the lads obviously played (very well) for him on Sat (post said incident)…so I’m just saying if he very surprised if he’s made it up. Whatever Trav has done has REALLY pissed them off 🤷🏽‍♂️