KentExile

Don't waste your money, Venkys et al always slow to act, (Coyle got until February...and Kean got a pay rise), would fancy Norwich to pull the trigger on Manning before we jettison Ismael

sounds like the first team

For "trouble makers", read "people who know what they are talking about and are not afraid of voicing their opinions"

Good luck to you guys too, I hope that you have a much better season than the one that it appears that Rovers look to be about to encounter

U21s lost too, albeit the highlights indicate they played ok match report

Ismael is not the root cause of the problem (*), the cause of our problems is way above him, He does seem to set us up fairly well (given the players we have) to start games, however, he seems completely incapable of changing things (in a positive way) once other teams/managers adapt to our tactics and get on top in any given game. My issue is that whoever replaces him will just be (like the players) the cheapest option, maybe we drop lucky and get the manager/head coach equivalent of Alebiosu , but the likelihood is that we don't * edit - although he did sign up to this ridiculous "project" of offloading our Championship performers and replacing them on the cheap, so he is complicit.... but so would any manager/head coach who comes in to replace him as long as they are working under Pasha/Rudy, and ultimately Venkys

I imagine that Pasha & Rudy have studied this method to help improve team spirit

He will have doubled his wage from what he was on at a 2nd tier Belgium team (he was on loan in Scotland), and will have put himself in the shop window for a move to a well run club paying proper wages by the summer (or possibly even January)

fixed it for you 😉

Disappointing, but not at all surprising Standards are through the floor "Dion De Neve returns to the team having dropped to the bench against Coventry City at the weekend, with the Japan international taking the place of Ryan Hedges, who's available as a substitute if needed."

De Neve for Hedges, Pickering back on the bench in place of Tavares

Goddard, Litherland, Dunn, Boggan & Mullarkey-Matthews all missing (injured I think.. as you say), presume Michalski is with the first team as 3rd choice. Sergeant wasn't involved with the u17s earlier was he? so could have been an option, but yes, not many options

Ismael presumably decided that having a centre back on the bench v Sheff Utd this evening (instead of playing Montgomery there) wasn't a useful allocation of resources as Atcheson starts for the U21s v Solihull Moors

Am I right in that Pitt is actually a right footed right back? Albeit he was playing on the left today. I seem to recall him being used more often as a right back Captained Wales U17 last week too

I couldn't find any mention of this one on line until this post U21s play Solihull Moors later today

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/october/21/igor-included-in-young-lions--world-cup-squad-/

Starts this evening for Edmondson - won 1-0 - played the full game Pratt - drew 1-1 - played the full game

Walton Steele was originally a loan too

If that happens, we should all lump on Sheff Utd being awarded a hat trick of pens

Probably the case, although one of Oldhams centre backs was sent off this weekend, which may open up an opportunity for him If he doesn't feature this coming weekend, he probably never will

17 minutes (+ injury time) from this weekend's game, and I think he has only been available for 2 games after signing on the 10th Oct, Although that doesn't make your overall point any less true

It will not matter to the owners what League we find ourselves in, they will just keep cutting more and more costs to compensate for the decrease in income

6ft 2 is the best I can do 😉 to be clear, I am not saying he is about to break through

He has played on the left of a 3 when he was in Poland. Cant see Ismael having 3 left footed centre backs in the same 11 though, even for 10 minutes

Yep, Rovers are too nice to play against