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The increased instances of players signing new long term contracts since Broughton arrived would indicate that someone is aware of these facts and is actively trying to rectify things moving forwards.

If Eastham is too old for U21s level at 22, Hilton is a relative geriatric at 24, lol 😉 The contract decision for Eastham does look strange given which level he has ended up at on loan

Jordan Eastham has gone on loan to Hyde in the Northern Premier League. Seems to have been replaced by a 16 year old Michalski in the U21s now. Easthams height has always been against him being a sub 6ft (I think) keeper

Jason Steele is their keeper, so anything is possible 😉

To be honest, if you look at Brighton's transfer business in recent years (numerous players bought in for £10M-£20M and then sold on for massive profits within 2/3 years such as MacAlister, Caicaido, Burn, Cucurella, Bissouma), A plan for Rovers to sell players to Brighton could be a real money spinner (as long as we include a sell on fee) https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/brighton-amp-hove-albion/alletransfers/verein/1237

Would be a decent back up to Tronstad 😉 Although would imagine his wages and signing on fee (since he would be moving on a free) would be too high for a back up player

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/january/05/rovers-switch-the-ideal-fit-/ “I love playing forward and I’d rather play forward and lose the ball than play backwards. My style is offensive midfield and getting into the final third," Sounds like a cheap back up option to Szmodics/option from the bench. I have seen him a few times at Coventry, and did look very lightweight and struggled to impact the game. Personally speaking it means we still need a back up to Tronstad (deeper laying midfielder) and not sure if Ayari offers anything that Moran does not

Yep, but even more lightweight Coventrys form has improved massively since they took him out of the team https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/yasin-ayari/leistungsdatendetails/spieler/667287/wettbewerb/GB2/saison/2023 For those who wonder what Cov fans thought of him https://www.skybluestalk.co.uk/threads/ayari.155786/

In my opinion, he should only be sold IF he can be replaced by someone better suited to how Rovers play for the same (or less) money, my above point was not that he should be sold, but that he is not seen by JDT as a defensive midfielder (at least not in the mould that JDT wants a deep laying midfielder to play) Edit based on the above posts about a loan move to Ipswich ... Unless we are getting a huge loan fee and bonus based on Ipswich getting promotion, this is a very strange decision

Fair enough, I would have presumed that Adam Wharton (rather than Travis) was JDTs second choice for the deepest midfield slot, as he played their at the expense of Tronstad in the early weeks of the season. I would agree that if we sell Travis, he needs to be replaced with another midfielder (either box to box or a deeper laying player to allow Wharton to operate further forwards) due to the injuries to Buckley and JRC for the rest of the season

As Garrett and Travis have both only played as box to box midfielders (or 8s if you prefer) this season that would still be the case. We can agree or disagree with JDT that Travis and Garrett are best as defensive midfielders or box to box midfielders, but we surely cannot dispute that he has not played either of them as defensive midfielders this season.

Also not forgetting the new, long term contracts for numerous players signed under his watch... even if we do include Phillips and his low release fee (which was considerably more than Rovers would have got if he had not signed the contract and left for a compensation fee instead)

and the loan fee/s

Finneran and Tyjon (both age 15) both have a few appearances for the U21s as do Michalski, Davies and Atcheson who are all first year scholars, so the U21s has been a very young set up. This in turn means that these players have not featured as often as they perhaps should have for the U18s, leaving the U18s under strength

U18s FA Cup Match vs Wimbledon tonight at 6pm, Finneran and Tyjon (who are both still 15) starting Live on YouTube for anyone interested

I read it at first as as a few weeks (as in some time in December) that Gallagher is likely to be fit Reading the quote again, it could be taken either way, JDT maybe being non committal about things, maybe (in hope rather than expectation) to force us into a (probably loan) signing of a centre forward who can maybe be the difference for us for the rest of the season and hopeful play off shot https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/december/08/trio-back-available-for-whites-showdown/ “Sam Gallagher will need more weeks, Tyrhys Dolan just got injured and we’re still losing a lot of players with a lot of quality. “Sam wants to help the team and we’d like to see him back. I hope it won’t take too long. He’s working hard to get it sorted, but these things take time," he added.

And I am out of date as of this evening, even better news 🙂

Both Adam and Scott Wharton have contracts until 2027, both signed under Broughtons watch https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2022/september/12/adam-wharton-signs-long-term-deal-/ https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/march/29/scott-s-staying-/

I have a season pass and its working If you are having issues, it may be worth contacting the email address that the club supplied in the link roverstvsupport@streamamg.com

You are most welcome, glad to be able to (hopefully) help out a fellow Rover 🙂 Fingers crossed for all of us with regards streaming tomorrow, we can but hope

I don't use the ap, (I just login on my laptop), so have no idea when it comes to the ap sorry. If you are having issues, it may be worth contacting the email address that the club supplied in the link roverstvsupport@streamamg.com Just a guess but are you trying to log onto the ap with your old (saved) account details rather than the new ones you would have set up yesterday? (apologies in advance if its not this)

Have you registered a new account using your original email address? https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/november/22/online-services-update/

Apparently you have to register a new account using your original email address https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/november/22/online-services-update/ I've done so and it seems to work fine now That article is pretty buried on the site though, should be front and centre to make things easier, so posting here in case it helps anyone

PNE will be playing 3-5-2 (or 5-3-2) depending on if you count wing backs as defenders or midfielders, but that being said, pretty sure that you are right with their gameplan of long balls and crosses

Watford 😉 Yes, I know you meant Rovers