We are so far behind in terms of funding and ambition for this level, yet a minority still amazingly want Venky’s in. Mind boggling stuff. Suspect we’ll be eating Wrexham, Birmingham and Swansea’s dust in no time. Rovers have billionaire owners with first team investment level of barely millionaires and it will only result in one thing.

Lies lies and more lies.

Yep, how can it be advanced talks when you can't afford the fee.... Waggott heading to a slightly early retirement isn't enough either. Suhail Pasha OUT!

Also bizarre to report "advanced stages" as a local journalist and then not follow up on the story with any kind of update.

Good to see Rovers didn't mess around and got the defender who was in "advance talks" over the line. 🐖✈️

Absolutely. The irony "You didn't turn up"... what like the owners for the past 15 years? The club's a commercial disaster. That won't change until new owners come in.

Not relied upon in League One playoffs by the underdogs. Get rid. Take whatever you can get.

Certainly is always more of a gamble at Rovers due to the lack of significant loan fees paid for the better talents.

The poorest bit of recruitment for me last summer was Amario Cozier-Duberry. That "prem" winger loan was absolutely crucial, suspect the club thought they'd brought in a tricky Saka type player that could make the difference. I thought they might have. Turns out he wasn't up to the mens game at all and it resulted in us relying on Dolan again in nearly every game. If they'd got this loan position right, with an Omari Hutchinson or Rak-Sakyi type we'd probably have made the playoffs...... but those loans cost money. It really does feel as though £500,000 - £1,500,000 cut here and there from season to season has damaged some of the best chances we'll ever get of getting back to the Premier League. As others have suggested when you look at the margins and how we've been closer more often at crucial points in a season than many other teams - without ever quite taking it seriously enough, going up really doesn't appear to be the goal.

I wouldn't be offering him that. Dolan needs a contract incentivised by goals and assists. Ability wise his basic wage should be £10,000 per week, £12,000 at a push max. Anything above that is ridiculous IMO and I'd let him go. A flurry at the end of the season doesn't make up for a year of frustration... he has work to do.

It's incredible people still take these links seriously. Any signing like this would need to involve different owners.

Appears to be true. The Raya sell on was a £4m bonus last summer and had no impact on the budget or squad. Could have signed a top goalkeeper. Szmodics sale didn't impact the striker signing quality. Wharton hasn't even been fully replaced with a quality CM. Bonkers stuff.

How is the Head of Football Operations not aware if the club has a sell on % in the Adam Wharton deal? That's a major influencer in transfers, future budget and generally.... just basic knowledge you'd expect anyone with transfer responsibility new or old within the club to be aware of.... on their first day. It doesn't matter if the deal happened before your time. Palace could sell him this summer. You're telling me he seriously hasn't asked this? A potential £10 - £15m future windfall for the club. There should have been no doubt. Absolute bunch of clowns... I'd say there isn't one. Gestede looked scared to say no.

"The budget will remain the same" Is all I need to know. One of the lowest in the Championship. No ambition and no backing in the market is the conclusion.

They didn't take the Tronstad injury seriously enough and cheaped out on Forshaw. A total nothing signing - not one a team in 4th should have ever looked at. Unless they simply weren't being backed at all.... An extremely predictable and costly decision. Incompetence in the boardroom and no cash from the owners derailed our season.