There was any early bird offer last season at £140 too, they just didn't advertise it (as far as I saw), I only just grabbed it in time before the price increased Hence why I started the thread. I thought at least we can keep a collective eye on Rovers site and social media so that those who do want to pick up a subscription (assuming its available) can do so at the best price

Rudy - "If we make you an acceptable offer and invest in the squad, would you be happy to sign?" Brittain/Travis/Tronstad - "yes sure" Rudy - "great, it sounds like we are close to a breakthrough. What if we offer you slightly less than that and do not invest in the playing squad?""

The way I read this, it can be any point from 12 months after signing (which I suppose means that Ohashi cannot technically be converted until the end of the month, although they may waive that given that there is no football to be played before then) https://analyticsfc.co.uk/blog/2023/06/21/introducing-esc-the-new-gbe-guidance-opens-up-recruitment-post-brexit/ " The goal, in many cases, will be for the ESC player that has been granted a work permit on that basis to convert to a non-ESC player. This process can take place after twelve months. At this time, if a player fulfils the autopass criteria for GBE or if they now meet the 15pt threshold through the calculations that have been in place since 2020, then they become non-ESC players with a GBE. This means that the player can continue to play in this country, and the club regains the use of that ESC slot. However, there is another way for the player to convert to non-ESC status. If the player plays in 25% or more of the club’s EQP qualifying matches over the twelve month period or if they play the required percentage of available minutes then they can be converted to a non-ESC player and the club regains that slot. That required percentage of minutes differs according to the level that the club play at, and the age of the player. The exact details are as in the table below:"

should do, yep Toth & Kargbo are the others, who can hopefully both be converted by the end of this coming season assuming they play enough

Should have one, Ohashi played enough last season to be converted to a standard work permit,which frees up his slot

You would have to hope, that given he turns 17 in 2 months time (and can therefore sign a 3 year pro deal at that time), that this deal also included negotiations about locking that down too

With Eze signed up, this leaves our u21s & U18s options as below GK - Michalski, Barrett, Goddard, Honor, Kahn, Thompson, Wolsoncroft, Holt CB - O'Riordan (currently loaned out), Atcheson, Litherland, Pratt, Davies, Olson, Eze, Decandia, Kelley-Quinn LB - Batty, Powell, Pates, Leeming, RB - Duru, Houghton, McIlroy (technically a centre back, but has played right back for the U18s last season), Odugun CM - Garrett, Montgomery, O'Grady-Macken,, Dunn, J.Edmondson, Farkas, Vare, Mansbridge, Potter, Ball AM/Wingers - Tyjon, Wood, A.Doherty, Strich, Dlamini, Leatherbarrow, Sergeant, McCoy, Clanford, Lister, Mullarkey-Matthew S - Leonard (presumably to build fitness), Boggan, Mafoumbi, Joseph, Higgins, Cryer

Sam Barnes

Which one?

Does anybody know when this is made available? I just checked and cannot see that they are available, but I had bought one by this point last summer

As Mark said, he was released

He did fine on loan at the same club in the same division the season before, and last seasons loan was a half season loan, based off the strength of that. He featured in 4 games in under a month, scoring in his final appearance, before injury cut short his loan, and he only played twice for our U18s after that The previous season (aged 17) he was a regular for the U18s, and played a few minutes for the U21s too, before his loan at the end of that season. Hopefully that season is more indicative of his ability & durability than last season The midfielder you can't remember is Isaac Whitehall

"hot shot" seems to mean something far different than I would have presumed 😉 He is an 18 year old without a senior appearance to his name I would assume he would be a signing for the U21s for whoever signs him

Not quite, League 1 & 2 spending is limited based solely on income. As far as I can tell the new rules just mean that if a rich owner wants to spend £60M on players at a League 1 club he also has to spend £40M on infrastructure Championship spending is limited based on profit/loss Mental though to have different rules

Not sure that the rule change stops an owner who is determined to splash the cash, it just ensures that they have to also spend on infrastructure "It means that should an owner of a League One side invest £100m in their club they could only spend just over £60m on players." Unless there is a more recent rule change also?

I am sure that there would have been

The most mental part of that is that if it is for the Louie Barry loan, he was only there for 4 months! So a loan fee for a promising youngster who has not yet performed above League 1 level is £250K a month!

Gilsenan has moved to Grimsby (League 2) on a 2 year deal https://gtfc.co.uk/zak-gilsenan-is-a-mariner/ Hope he does well and builds himself a career, he has had terrible luck with injuries

Hardly featured last season, either on loan or for U18s/U21s. I am assuming he was injured & the 1 year deal is his chance to see if he can push on to U21 level after a year out. But just as easily it could be Rovers not wanting to commit on wages more than 12 months into the future

Personally think he will get a top end of League 2, or bottom end of League 1 loan

Probably at a very low wage (albeit more than he would earn at a league 1 or 2 club), so he would only agree to a short term extension

I think there are either UEFA or FIFA guidelines on compensation, but they are pretty minimal

The talk i saw from Stoke fans was that they would love to have him back in any capacity if possible, but there was no way on earth they could afford him "our primary target has to be replacing him with another behemoth, either permanent or on loan. Without that Phillips replacement, we're gonna leak goals like an incontinent pensioner." "Good CB and big career ahaead. Good luck to him. Seemed he cared when he was here to. Which i like." "Would love to see Phillips back next season as he was the stand out defender last season IMO. Can’t see it happening though, however would hate to see him team up with Souttar at Sheff Utd as we’d be looking on thinking of what might have been."

Yes, right footed, right back, although has played left back on occasions (from memory mainly when Tripper has played right back)