yes, which makes him either 15 or 16 years old, and hopefully signing a first year scholarship at Rovers in the summer

Sergeant signed as a first year scholar last summer if that's what you are thinking of? Those groups are based on school years so he is definitely 16 or 17 now Higgins is the year below, so should hopefully follow suit this summer

Is their no chance that we can petition them to wait until the second week of April?

In their defence, they both have time on their side. Sergeant is either 16 or 17, and Higgins is 15 or 16

If only those in charge of the club spent as much effort on running the club in a sensible and efficient manner (player contracts, reinvestment of transfer fees received, management succession planning etc) as it did trying to vilify a former employee

based on his age, and how many games he has played, I would be amazed if it is under £1M Obviously assuming he stays in this country and that Rovers have offered him a contract on more than his current one I think this is the rules as of last year (April 2024),but its based on the following The status of each Club The age of the player The amount of any transfer fee paid by the former Club on acquisition of the player and the length of time the former Club has held the player’s registration The terms of the new contract offered to the player by each Club The training and development of the player at the former Club (specialist coaching, education, welfare) The player’s playing record and achievements Substantiated interest shown in the player by other Clubs Other costs incurred by the former Club directly or indirectly attributable to the training and development of the player, including any relevant medical or rehabilitation costs Attempts made to reach an agreement concerning the amount of compensation due (evidence of any written correspondence as well as details of any phone calls or meetings between the two clubs will be required)

According to the Plymouth manager, Forshaw was celebrating in front of his family who were in the stands directly behind the Plymouth bench I cannot see any reason why the Plymouth manager would state that, if it was not the case

November vs Chelsea kids in the EFL trophy If we are looking for a League game, it was for Rovers when he came on vs Stoke last season

Was released by Man Utd a couple of years back, primarily a central midfielder, but has played out wide and also as a full back this season Out of contract this summer, but Orient have a 1 year option which I am sure they will trigger https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/ethan-galbraith/profil/spieler/433991

Starts this weekend for Saadi - won 1-0 Garrett - drew 1-1 - withdrawn after an hour with the score at 1-0 O'Riordan - drew 0-0 Olson - won 1-0 Montgomery - won 2-1 - withdrawn at half time with injury Eastham - won 2-1 Barrett - won 1-0 Honor - drew 1-1 On the bench Markanday - won 3-2 Duru - lost 3-2 - returned to bench after injury, came on for the last 10 mins with the score at 3-2 Wood - won 1-0 Not involved in matchday squad Mafoumbi - drew 0-0 Vale - lost 3-0 - faces a lengthy spell out after Achilles surgery Batty - lost 2-0 - injured Goddard - lost 2-0 - has a broken finger Bell - lost 2-1 - loan ends this weekend

U18s won 5-0 today vs Liverpool

U21s lost 2-1 away to West Ham this evening. Boggan with our goal. Kahn subbed off before half time, presumably with injury Zak Gilsenan, Tom Bloxham, Igor Tyjon, Adam Caddick, Paul Murphy-Worrell and Isaac Whitehall are all injured

Mafoumbi is not involved for Lierse in their 0-0 draw this evening 2 more loans out Kristi Montgomery to Chorley (tier 6) for a month Jack Barrett to Workington (tier 7) until the end of the season

And yet still messed up again within a year of his departure Its like those in charge are attempting to speed run Rovers' demise

relegated

Since the 5-0 to the Dingles, their record is W3, D1 L0 the draw was away at Sunderland, they beat Millwall, West Brom, & Liverpool, all at home Some would say that it has started to click for the new manager The optimist in me says that their winning run is only home games (so far) https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/plymouth-argyle/spielplandatum/verein/2262

Wellens is in a job, so surely he, along with anyone else currently in employment, is very unlikely to happen When was the last time Rovers paid compensation for a manager because we had poached him from elsewhere? I can only think of Appleton during the entire Venkys saga, and that seems to have scared them off doing it again

The new favourite then, cheaper than Boateng

Yep, in the academy 2018 apparently, originally as U13s coach, wonder how many of those he coached are still here? They should be about 19 by now, so maybe Litherland, Atcheson etc https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2018/september/boateng-joins-academy-coaching-staff/ He was gone within a year to Villa though https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/rovers/news/17800970.rovers-youth-coach-leaves-aston-villa/

Its going to be him isn't it? Because he is likely the cheapest option in terms of both his own wage, and also he wont have his own expensive managerial team Not saying he will be good/bad/meh/whatever, but cost is going to be the primary factor

No apologies needed 🙂 RE the bold bit - That would be the case if we had owners that had any ambition, There is potentially another "lower effort" way If there are no (or very few) players on realistic Championship wages (and unless things change, by the summer of 2027, there will not be), then the size of the sale/s needed to remain self sufficient becomes much smaller, especially if the majority of the squad is made up by academy graduates on a few hundred or a couple of grand a week. Obviously this is Venkys/Waggott etc all, so they may not have factored a further drop in income from attendance/merchandise etc as more fans lose interest It is also entirely possible that your final paragraph is the case

I said I think that "something " will happen in 2027, not this summer, my hope is that Venkys pack up and leave at that time It could just as easily (and probably more likely) be that the "something" in summer 2027 is that is the date that the club has to be completely self sufficient in Venkys eyes, hence no senior players are contracted beyond that point

I genuinely think that Venkys either cannot or will not commit to these, which is a major part of why Eustace is no longer here Edit - The fact that all but 2 players are not contracted beyond 2027 (and no effort seems to be being made to extend contracts beyond this point), seems to me to indicate that (barring an unlikely promotion by that time) "something" will happen that summer. Hopefully that "something" is Venkys planned exit from the club

Limited minds you say? A few there suggesting he is given the job for the rest of the season

Something along those lines