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Britain obviously wasn't.

I think it's where the forward/s will come from.

"we are still dealing with situations from the past . Now we have a clear line internally" Now, it seems obvious to me that he blames what went on before Gestede, ie Waggott. if you think Gestede is included in Ismael's criticism, then that's your prerogative, but I'd say you, and others, are just convincing yourselves for whatever reason.

"We made a good deal but we missed the chance to extend Callum before my time. I think if we made the same offer one year ago, we wouldn't have been in that situation . We are still dealing with situations from the past . Now we have a clear line internally, we tried everything to keep him" After the game in Holland .

Thanks, it was the top one. It was the "mistakes from the past" bit that I wanted to clarify.

Any chance you could find the Ismael interview after the Stanley game Chaddy please, sounds like a job for you,the one on the terrace.

I didn't,it didn't come across like that.

That's one way of looking at it, but Ismael doesn't strike me as someone who suffers fools.

It wasn't me who said it, it was Ismael.

No, but he said it was down to past mistakes, ie not Gestede.

It does feel different,it's the most important factor.

Quite looking forward to when the loans start happening,it's shopping at a higher level than we can afford without the risk. Wonder if we might try the foreign loan market , if that's allowed.

No reason it would be unpopular if it's true. It actually looks to have been a good pre season,like you say we'll just have to see now how good, or not,the new lads are.

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Doesn't bother me.

I didn't read it as embarrassing, more that they took a late chance to play a good level of opposition prior to the last week of build up. There are many things to worry about, Rovers travelling on a coach and coming straight back isn't one of them.

The music lads are dusting off Appetite for destruction as we speak.

Could be, it just seems to me it was a hurriedly arranged opportunity which suited both clubs.

Yeah

Looks to me like they just took advantage of a good level friendly at the last minute. No need to over analyse it.

Didn't see the game, but there's no need to overreact over one defeat any more than 4 wins. For those who did watch, how did Toth do? I'm hoping we can count on him.

Good

Opposition wise, it's been as competitive a pre season as I can remember. It looks like we couldn't have had much better preparation.

Looks like it

It's the 12.30 kick offs which are the worst for me,they can clash with the grandkids footy.