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55 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Alebiosu is v. quick too.

Looks powerful to me 

43 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

Mate, ffs….since when was there an “expectation that people hold their hands up when they’re wrong” ?? The amount of absolute shite that gets peddled in here and then is consigned to history the day after is huge.

I can count on one hand how many times I’ve seen anyone accept anything! 🤣

One thing is for sure though, a low risk (basically free) move to Espanyol is NOT proof that Dolan is any better than Rovers or any other mid table Championship team, and with due respect I trust my own eyes over 100+ games over your opinion. On a personal note, I would’ve been 50/50 on whether I offered him a contract at all. Same with Hedges. Poor players.

So once again, why don’t we wait and see if this all works out or he’s on loan at Derby by January.

As soon as someone makes a comparison between Dolan and Hedges, I completely dismiss their opinion because they obviously haven't watched them play. 

4 minutes ago, Bohinen1983 said:

Wouldn't mind Hedges as a wing back- but as a winger, his decision making is appailing.. If it wasn't he'd be playing for an EPL side.. That's how poor is!

He did play Britain in with a lovely ball for the Everton goal

2 hours ago, arbitro said:

https://www.chorleyfc.com/blogs/news/super-15-season-tickets-launched

Imaginative initiative from non league Chorley. They have lots of standing room which undoubtedly helps but with us supposedly allocating safe standing areas it could work. 

The key sentence for me is 'You asked and we listened'.

Suggested it on here last season, got told it wouldn't work. 

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Not wanting to shoot the messenger but he's a lot better than that surely.

I thought that, it can't happen anyway until his injury is finally sorted apparently. 

Got told from the Stanley end that they're after Leonard on loan, Rovers are looking at it. 

Granddaughter played a good few Friday nights last season, along with her Saturday and Sunday teams, so I actually watch a lot more live (young) women's football than men's. 

10 hours ago, roverandout said:

Can anyone honestly say its been a good window so far? I can't 

I couldn't honestly say cos I've honestly never heard of all bar one. 

The proof of the pudding and all that. 

Best team easy last night overall, thoroughly deserved to go through. Dominated large parts of the 90 minutes and virtually all of the extra time. 

7 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

How can anyone be pissed off with John Eustace? I genuinely don't understand.

He left us because he wasn't backed.

Cherry picking players he knows who got him into the playoffs.

As well as spending £5m(?) on a new striker?

He's upgrading on the club he manages 1000fold

I love him

I've got his picture on me wall, got his name upon me scarf.  

13 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

You keep saying "how little he played".

According to Wikipedia he made 24 appearances for us last season. Was that that bad?

My own recollection was that he picked up a couple of injuries but it's not like he was a sick note.

Just for comparison, Gallagher according to Wikipedia, played 188 games in 5 seasons, an average of 37 games a season.

1 hour ago, Exiled_Rover said:

To play which position?

Any to be honest. 

3 hours ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

This list is a bit wild

Khadra was better than Dolan but unfortunately he’s gone the Dack route. Two ACLs

Kargbo we have barely seen.

 Giles is a full back and Denis is a centre forward

You did well to try and pad it out but the only person who belongs on the list is Sigurdson. For all intents and purposes he looked better than Dolan - could certainly finish better - but for whatever reason didn’t cut the mustard in other ways. Maybe fitness.

But what a low bar set. It will be interesting to see how Dolan does. I am in the camp of this will be his peak. If he moves above us and sustains it I would be surprised. He may get a decent move here on a free but his overall game is too poor for the top leagues, and he isn’t good enough for a top table championship club either. Derby seems the obvious choice. 

If you're offering me Dolan or Sigurdson for next season, it's Dolan every time. 

Been saying it for ages, anyone who comes out with the "Dolan and Hedges" tripe mustn't actually watch them playing. 

8 minutes ago, KentExile said:

The sub keeper was Nick Michalski, fairley highly rated, has played for England U18s

Lorenze  Mullarkey-Matthews came on wide right, put himself about quite well, was on loan at Bamber Bridge at the start of last season, but think he got an injury so missed a lengthy spell

M-M did well last week when he came on. 

13 hours ago, Andy said:

He did a Q&A at the kit reveal down at Ewood this morning and I thought he was really clear and focussed on what he wants from the team, what his preferred style will be and what our approach will be.

I'd asked him directly what the aim/goal is for the season and, whilst I didn't get a straight answer, he did commit to saying that we'll look to emulate how we finished last season and we'll aim as high as we possibly can.

Generic words I guess, but he comes across as honest, I think.

I did like the interview directly after the Stanley game,it felt right to me. I quite like him, let's hope we can start the way we finished last season. 

5 minutes ago, neophox said:

Bali Mumba is a great shout... would be an superb addition for any team. But think he will be expensive.

He got relegated, he's not allowed. 

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

thomas muller spotted in the golden cup,apparently the deal is very close,he`s just nipped out for a pint while his agent completes the finalities

Close, or Klose? 

45 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

You are fixated on policing specifically on my "negativity." Another poster literally described the player as terrible yesterday.

I think its a decent enough signing and the above "issue" was simply a neutral observation. He wasnt the first choice.

The comment about experience was more across the board, experience going out and none before this coming in. I said when the link came out that McLoughlin will help to address that.

You couldn't possibly know whether he was or wasn't first choice. 

11 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

 

 

Did he slip?

Did his "cover" in front of him do his job properly ? Had he been left with 2 to mark? 

Did these successful dribbles result in poor delivery, because Mclaughlin had pushed his man onto his "wrong" foot?

4 hours ago, bluebruce said:

We didn't release them. We lost them.

They weren't ours to lose, they were out of contract. 

I don't think anyone can on the one hand complain that the bar has been lowered on signings, then go mad about releasing Batth and Weimann.

It shouldn't be beyond any decent recruitment department to fill those two spots with players of equal/better quality. 

2 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Relegated from the first to the second division.

Ta, bit of poetic licence going on somewhere. 

So were  De Neve's team relegated from the 2nd division, or to the second division ?

I keep reading they were a relegated 2nd division team, can't make head nor tail of them tables. 

41 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

I genuinely think they make a list every window of players they know they can't afford then just make phone calls to all the various agents who then in turn tip off the media or twitter accounts.

Linked with every player under the sun in certain price ranges but sign non.

Then it's but we tried but X offered a bigger fee, Y offered bigger wages and Z's club wanted way too much.

All lapped up by cries of 'but we only get 12k' if all the fans came back we'd.....

For a club which doesn't care about what it's fans think, you do seem to come up with a lot of ways that they're trying to make us feel better.