Paul Mani

Agreed - of course we should consider context (if there’s ongoing beef between the fanbase and a player etc) but when a transfer like this breaks and the fans come out going mad because “he’s our best player” then that’s a great sign. Defo a winger too, based on that video. Looks like he can play of the left or right and off both feet. Hopefully get this one done 🤞🏽

Unless we’re signing Morishita and Afolayan!? 👀

The Legia fans are losing their SHIT about selling this Morishita. Which is a good sign….from the video’s looks like he plays as a right winger and is right footed? 🤷🏽‍♂️

If Gueye played as many minutes for Rovers as Gally did, he’d score double the goals and miss another 100. For the final time, I’m not saying he’s a top player, but he does get chances every single time he plays and that alone makes home better than Gally.

Just common sense mate. 👀

This is the second time I’ve agreed with you in a month, what’s happening!? Hahah Absolutely true. I don’t know if people actually remember how many games Gally played where he literally ran around and never had a single chance. I’m not even saying Gueye is a great player, but he’s MILES better than Gally. Just by the fact that he’s in the positions to get a chance. Gally plays up front with the goal instinct, and touch of a centre half. Piss poor.

I appreciate that some people feel the club manipulates the narrative. They absolutely do, as do all clubs to varying degrees. But I cannot see for the life of me what VI has done wrong to have people question his handling of the Travis situation. It would appear that he’s simply telling the truth. Derby did bid for him and he did say he wanted to leave. And just because Trav wanted to protect his own legacy by not divulging the fact, it doesn’t mean that VI has to lie for him. In fact, based on the reference to “an extremely unsettled last two weeks internally” as referred to by VI, I would surmise that there’s probably even more to the Travis fallout than what we know and that it’s become toxic, to the point that he was no longer welcome. VI hasn’t disclosed anything. Neither Buckley or Trav have been mistreated as far as I can see. One hasn’t been good enough for a couple of YEARS, the other has a better financial offer and wants to leave - both can jog on. The club owes them nothing and needs to protect itself and its own interests first and foremost. Football is a series of revolving doors, one player leaves and another comes in. We’ve sold the likes of Shearer, Sutton, Duff and Bellamy. Rovers will go on without Trav and Bucko.

Not many left tbf…Hyam the highest profile with a year left on his contract. Pears and Buckley the others….cant see anyone else going.

HMS piss the league ⚓️🚢

Yeah, it’s not a difficult concept to grasp mate. I’m not saying we’ve played well before today, in fact I think we were relatively poor offensively in those first three games. My point was that in spite of the churn in players (‘Transition’), and those poor results, we’ve looked solid and well coached. Which isn’t easy to achieve in the current circumstances.

I disagree - The first game, we probably didn’t do enough but could’ve easily nicked a draw. The cup game was lost in the first 2 minutes and we suffered with the rotations, but we were well worth the win vs Birmingham. Aside from the results, the point I was making was that in spite of losing Batth, Brittain and now Travis. Then replacing them with random foreign lower division imports, we’ve looked solid and well coached. Thats not easy to achieve in the circumstances.

The result was better that day and we defended like trojans. But the team performance was better today.

Agreed. Could’ve been 5. Can’t think of the last time I felt we should’ve won 5-0 at home, never mind away!

The best Rovers away performance I’ve witnessed for years. Defensively excellent. McLaughlin flawless and Alebiosu very close to my MOM. The power and pace of that guy is crazy. Sonny back to being Sonny and Tavares doing things that Trav can only dream of. Those passes round the corner freeing up the likes of Cantwell etc were beautiful. Kargbo and Hedgey both fantastic and Yuki off the mark. The choice of Cantwell as captain looks inspired (well done Chaddy and Big Val). Special mention for Christi Montgomery who I thought did bloody brilliantly when he came on. Final, final one - In the circumstances, the manager gets a huge amount of respect from me. Having watched all four competitive games, we are very well coached from what I have seen. Organised defensively too. Well done Val. Happy days! What a start to the weekend.

I do often see these two (Chaddy and RF99) like a marvel match up. Hope vs Doom! 🤣💪🏽

I have to say, whilst I understand the idea of scouting good players out of the lower level European leagues, I genuinely think we are now playing with fire. To add the players we have and then kept Batth, Travis and Brittain, I would would be mildly excited to see how Tavares, Alebiosu, Henriksson, Miller and Baradji would fair. But to now be reliant on those players fitting in and doing a job leaves a LOT of questions. I just hope those lads settle in quick enough to prevent us getting dragged into a relegation battle and the toxicity that would create.

This is a brilliant post. The most interesting part of this forum is sitting back watching grown men have full blown meltdowns about something they have zero control over, or very little actual knowledge about. How could we unless we worked for the club? The reason, as you say that Chaddy is often factually right in the end is because he’s the least emotive. He just pieces everything together, minus the emotion, plus optimism and usually ends up in and around the right area. Interestingly also, his ‘arch enemy’ and kryptonite RF99 (only joking) is also un-emotive and therefore usually gets closer to the truth. Minus emotion but with a side of doom! Haha…in another world, they would be best mates! Here’s how I see it… The Mission - Sustainability. Reduce reliance on the owners whilst maintaining status quo. The strategy - Cost cutting, penny pinching and maximising sale opportunities. The Method - Cut back on cost (people, and wages). Use the foreign markets to buy diamonds in the rough, for lower cost on smaller wages. Then sell for high multiples. Rinse and repeat. The result - Managed decline.

So, fwiw they must REALLY like Baradji, to the point that they’ve obviously waived the injury issue but negotiated the deal down to mitigate the potential risk. Travis is replaceable, I hope this guy fits the bill (when fit). The winger from St Pauli must qualify with enough GBE points because we don’t have any esc slots left. Im really hoping we don’t lose any more of our key players and we get a couple of Prem forward loans after Baradji and the supposed winger 🤞🏽

Wow, that was a kick in the bolloxks. Solid performance, completely nullified Birmingham and never ever looked like losing the game. A day of 7’s across the board and we defended well. Tavares tired in the second half and the tackle for the penalty, though harsh, looked a tired one. The second goal was scandalous. Whoever agreed to put every player in their box with zero defensive cover needs shooting. Overriding - we’re a decent championship side, but we have next to zero in the final third and the subs are even worse. We will be relegation fodder unless we sort it. I’m fuckin wounded I decided to part with £500 to punish myself like this until next May!

Tbf to the guy, he can’t have trained that much to even know where he should be in those defensive set ups. Either way, I want our attacking players to show attacking intent. We need to be able to hurt teams and I think, an undercooked Henriksson looked 10x more dangerous than Hedges.

He looked more dangerous in 50 minutes vs Bradford, than Hedges has looked in every minute of his Rovers career combined. I’m talking about him seeing a pass, being in a position to thread a pass or taking a shot, having intention to play the forward in, running at speed into space and getting in front of a defender. Actually ‘looking’ like there’s a goal in you. I stand by my statement.

No way. Henriksson was a little rusty, sure. But there’s a player in there, he found more space in between the lines, threaded passes in behind, and looked more dangerous in 50 minutes than Hedges has looked in his entire time at Rovers.

Good lad he’s bang on, I took my girls…9 and 13. Absolutely devastated that we got beat but resolute about coming again on Saturday and still shunned the guy who turned up at our house this morning delivering for Evri with a Burnley top on! My youngest actually began ‘wretching’ as he walked up the drive. I just smiled and thought..”My work here is done!”

Midfield: Not as worried about losing Trav since watching Tavares. Hes a good player, much higher ceiling. Now shitting myself about cover because Forshaw cannot be first sub and Montgomery isn’t ready - Baradji for Trav. RW: Needs bringing in asap. Replacements for Buckley, Pears, Hyam? and I reckon Cantwell also need to be sourced, if and / or when they leave. I’d also do a couple of forward / creative loans too because we look light on goals. So, that’s potentially between 2-8 players in and 1-5 out. In the next 20 days. What could go wrong? 🙈🤬🤣

I agree that rolling Buckley, Forshaw and Montgomery into one player wouldn’t make a Championship midfielder. I have a strong feeling about Tavares. Elliott’s assessment of what he’d seen behind closed doors and how highly he rated him pricked my ears this week. He wouldn’t be third choice if Trav stays. I reckon he’d dislodge one of Trav or Sonny anyway. He’s a good player. The interesting one is Henriksson. He looks a little messy and hasn’t clicked yet. But I think there’s a player in there. He found lots of pockets and linked the midfield and forwards well. What I will say off the back of tonight, which aligns with you is that Tyjon isn’t ready, and based on tonight’s squad, Leonard doesn’t appear to be in the picture, so we need a RW, plus a striker and another wide forward for me.