To do what exactly? The owners simply don’t care

So to determine if a player is good or not there has to be live and continuous interest in them? Silly take

Anybody on here who believes we bid for that player needs their heads looked at

No idea I’m just going by their profile alone in stating I wouldn’t be surprised if a club whether it’s champ league one or abroad could offer close to 1mill weve just bought a relative nobody for close to that amount at the same age

Wasn’t used/in the squad the last 5 games of the season. Would take some turnaround

In this day and age I truly wouldn’t be surprised, I could easily see a team offer close to if not 1mill for either

Prime ages massive experience id say ya would fetch at least 1mill each

Firstly I don’t think we will pay any significant fee for any player this off season but playing devils advocate here maybe funds are available for the sales of possibly Buckley / jrc / Dolan compensation / picks? although history does suggest itl likely be someone we don’t want to lose ie tronstad/ travis

Forgot it was a cup game but it’s still a win and an away win same with the draw away to Leeds and Sunderland at home I didn’t say the return was decent but what I’m saying is is that there’s isn’t a direct correlation to trav not playing and bad results

Draw against Sunderland - promoted draw against Leeds - promoted Defeat to hull - awful defeat to Burnley - awful / promoted Defeat to Oxford - poor defeat to Coventry - poor / playoff team wins v boro and Pompey wasn’t an easy fixture list and would have been better if he was playing but I don’t buy that because he was out of the team that’s the main reason for the dip in form as you can see we still picked up decent results

Love Travis want him to stay actually desperately need him to stay however trav played every minute in that 8 game debacle of 6 losses and 2 draws 2/24 the previous rough patch over Xmas he missed 8 games - 4 losses 2 draws 2 wins 8/24

And again just stating that I find it funny how we have went full circle on him that’s all your overthinking my post

Then technically no player is or can be written off until their career is over and in that case it’s not written off it’s a conclusion or evaluation of their career it wasn’t supposed to start a mass debate tbh I just found it funny that some of the same poster who this time last year didn’t want batth near the club are fuming he isn’t getting a 2 year deal now nothing more nothing less than an observation

So what would you call saying ‘don’t need him’ ‘not good enough for Norwich not good enough for us’ ‘too old’ ‘too slow’ and similar comments - that’s writing him off is it not and if it’s not then I don’t know what writing someone off entails then

Absolutely we can form and have opinions no doubting that at all o have many and got many wrong myself but it’s to do with what they do in a rovers shirt and the overall point I’m making as stated above the majority of this forum didn’t want batth and the same folk now want two more years from him.

There’s a greater point to my post and it’s more to do with writing players off before they kick a ball for rovers. Granted the transfer pot were playing in isn’t top tier or even second tier and some of the names linked are unknowns or maybe not super inspiring but batth prime example that in some cases (certainly won’t be in all) let’s judge on their output and performance for rovers as opposed to other clubs fans views/youtube etc

It’s funny how this has all come full circle in 1 year. Many poster on here actually the majority of posters on here were sceptical of his signing last season said he was past it his injury record was a concern couldn’t get on for Norwich and was done. Now there’s an uproar he can’t get a two year contract (some of the same posters too) brilliant

Who it harms I’m not sure all Iv said is that I’m not totally against them being reluctant in handing a 35 year old a two year deal - as like anyone on here it’s a personal opinion. Of all the madness and low balling and crap they have put us through and continue to put us through this would fall at the bottom of my list would I like batth to stay yes of course but merely saying if it’s a 2 year deal or nothing scenario with him then I’m fine with them moving on

Don’t disagree with anything you said but as it stands my response to you saying that’s guesswork is correct

And there’s the guesswork - how do you know that hasn’t been offered? How do you know batth just point blank wants 2 guaranteed years of financial security before he retires? Not just possibility with options etc guessing…now I fully agree this ownership and club are a shambles but I’m certainly not overly mad at the fact they are holding tight on offering a soon to be 35 year old a two year contract now if it comes out that he accepts a derby deal one year rolling with options then yes il retract but it’s all guesswork at the moment all we know from any source is he wants two more years

Tbh you’re just guessing here using your anger to form an opinion. Batth is very likely to want 2 years to gurantee/see out his career and for all the badness/madness this club has put us through I do agree with their stance on this given his age and previous injury record

His agent is just being an idiot like most agents are

If we signed the sheff wed right back and Thompson on free from Stoke two bit part players with injuries records past their peak there would be uproar on here gk and charlton rb good signings

Wrexhams current squad isn’t good enough for promotion to the premier league. A lot will depend on who they actually sign

Hard to know JDT played very open leaving the defence exposed quite often in matches. Think batth suited/suits a more structured set up