NeilInBristol

Wow 1 & 1/2 years since a renewal!! What changed after Jan 2023… hmmm!

Thanks for sharing careful management and good sports science and nutrition makes sense - do we have confidence in the club investing in the right medical and sports science department? Does the club have that level of foresight? Or is it a case of oh he’s available and cheap sign him and we’ll figure it out, and then he will be poorly managed and then eventually leaves us (obvs different but suddenly siggy is a regular for his new side despite being injured for us for months)

Does anything make sense at rovers?? It’s all illogical

Plan+ venkys???! dont think it’s in the vocab

Can he cut it in the championship?

Wonder if VI has any say in this deal. Maybe he is a player he likes/ fits into his plans?

Bit like the rest of flanks.. and the board Sigh

Does anyone bother paying for LT? Every article I click on these days is unreadable because of their paywal.. apart from scrolling through our constant chat (no complaints, I love our forum!) any good /reputable pages to keep an eye on for Rovers news? Not that there will be news I bet

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Here here

Yeh I think the u21s isn't about comparison between England and England u21s they are definitely a different category but like islander says it's all about recognition. Mainly it's that opportunity to play with quality players who are a cut above the rest and from different leagues (usually prem) so hackney is decent and has got something about him and is rated but he is no Wharton. I also wondered if the costs and value have changed in the past 18 months. If a club were to buy hackney in Jan 2023 it may have been 15m.

Genuinely curious here. If they are on an embargo how come they can sign these guys? I feel like we are on some kind of embargo tbh. In recent windows, Cantwell was the only signing I was excited about and he hasn't exactly blown us away

Agreed. Whilst Hackney is good He is not the level of Wharton so we should have sold for way more.. and we are still yet to see that reinvestment Clowns out

No doubt VI will be off as soon as a better offer comes in. No one sticks around us for long because they can see through the BS. Change is required Otherwise we will just have another VI or JE or Jdt come and go and come and go. Get rid of the scum please

It's a bit of a joke isn't it. As much as many people didn't like Dolan..he was a first team player. Don't think we have replaced let a lone upgraded

Or our wage structure is abysmal for a championship club

Lol. I see your point though and loyalty in your situation indicates your employers valued you. Imagine working under this ownership.. !

Eustace signing Beck... Derby are starting look very familiar! Reminiscent of Rovers 24/25 squad

Agree re stock A quick look on transfermrkt and nothing major has changed since we sold him valued around £2m ish same as when we sold him Another loan at Stoke when spurs playing in 4 comps next season says it all really. May as well have stayed at rovers for a couple of years but we probably offered him a terrible contract and he moved. Sad really

Poor business from all around really Poor decision to sell Poor decision for spurs to buy Poor decision by his agent (s) Shame to see one of our own unnecessarily play for Stoke (especially when you see Adam doing so well at Palace)

Ashley Phillips has re-joined Stoke City on a season-long loan from Tottenham Hotspur

Id take Callum Wilson or Dominic Calvert lewin on a free... Oh wait, we couldn't afford their wages. Is jack vale still available?!

Agree. There aren't enough staff in the club to cope with a tour logistics and signing players.

Obviously that's not going to happen and you can't take comments as literal mate. Pears will be back but im implying in an ideal world we don't have to depend on him because he's proven he isn't good enough. We obviously need a decent gk and a decent back up

Oh. Damn. Thanks for the update. Hopefully pears remains injured for the next few months