Ghost7

We can all shoot at goal... beating the keeper from open play is another matter. His technique is hurried and lacks conviction. (Dolan). His efforts on goal look more like kid in the back garden stuff to me. I can't stand watching him at this level but it isn't his fault I've had to watch him so much over the past 4 years. It's due to a total lack of investment in his position. Hedges is crap too. Sadly they're both a huge reason why we've not made the playoffs in recent years... Nowhere near good enough.

Hedges and Dolan need dropping from the team for a good few weeks.

Really poor from Pears, he's hardly busy and when called upon is weak in many ways. The Twine free kick was ridiculous against Bristol, the shot tonight gets a good hand from a better keeper and the Preston goal was avoidable. His defenders expected him to save all 3, we're quickly heading towards the Pears of last year.... and we can't afford it.

The message from the club is clear and in response they will lose hundreds more season ticket holders.

Clearly there was no backing from India.

Embarrassing state of affairs...... shame they didn't book John Fleck in for an 8pm medical last year. Time for Waggott to go.

TIME TO GO!

They've spent the equivalent of about 2000 season tickets.

It's absolutely disgusting.

A reporter doesn't need to ask where the players are, they simply need to ask where is the money, John? Look forward to Rudy Gestede's interview... Another scapegoat for Waggott and Suhail.

As a fan I suspect Adam Wharton will be pissed off at how his money was spent... or wasn't

There's also a big difference between getting in the playoffs and having what it takes to win them. We are simply miles off it, and it's largely a board mentality/ ownership issue. After today I'm pretty confident there will be no hiding for them, from even the happiest of clappers.

Shaping up to be one of the worst windows in recent history given our league position, and revenue generated through player sales. 👍

For anything significant to occur at Rovers it would need to be agreed now. As I said when Nixon broke the Egyptian "interest"... No chance. Not with these owners. He isn't here now and he won't be here on Tuesday. It's head in the cloud stuff.

I’m posting in the transfer thread, about transfers. What’s the point in deflecting to something else? Clubs around us are putting Waggott and Rovers to shame, re transfers. A big problem with Rovers fans is repositioning real problems to soften the argument against our owners. Other clubs are putting Rovers to shame. Including Plymouth.

The teams around Rovers are putting Waggott and the club to shame.

No chance. If this is the player we’re “chasing” I’m now even more confident we’ll get no one else in. Time wasters. The executives at the club don’t have the ability to pull off a transfer like this. In fact I’m not sure we can sign any player where there is a serious interest (at an equal level) elsewhere. Name me one we’ve landed recently. They are too incompetent and the green light for anything significant never comes.

There's a big difference between getting to 5th and finishing 5th.

Agree... honest and steady can be useful at times but I will never not think you need someone better than Pickering (to go for promotion). Beck has it IMO and will likely only get better.

Some of Gueye's hold up play was outstanding last night and if Amari Bell can play in the Premier League then Callum Brittain wouldn't look out of place in it. Top right back at this level and our player of the season so far. Another thing that stood out to me again was how much more dynamic and mobile Beck is compared to Pickering. I like Pickering as a steady and honest player... but he hasn't offered us much bite at all for years in defence or going forward. We will miss Beck massively.

I thought Emil Riis looked useless tonight for what it's worth ...

The not receiving the full fee logic is insane btw as a reason not to sign players. Considering the buying club still acquired their player. You do what they did you moron. It isn't a surprise to most fans that the full sum doesn't arrive in one go, just as it doesn't go out in one go.... If you can't spend the amount you want though, it isn't a good offer is it? In that it isn't structured well enough for you to use it, so you don't accept it... but the reality is that isn't the real reason they didn't spend much in summer. So that was more Steve Waggott drivel. People eat this up. That was a £17.4m sale, those are the facts.

or if it's being received in instalments 😂 absolute jokers.

Rovers also getting totally sidetracked at how piss poor the central midfield backup is, and a potential left back crisis. Needed a lot more agreed before now. 👍

Ah this one is absolutely perfect for Steve. Ambitious attempt, we can even make it an imaginary loan-to-buy right at the death for the perfect excuse. Strap in! "We did everything we could".