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He'll end up signing a one year extension with a 2 million release clause. Which with the way things are here now is probably a good deal for both parties.

Waggot said if he was to leave there was a period of notice to be given from either side so he's probably still serving that and maybe still doing some duties. They'll change the companies house when they've found the correct stooge to place in front of themselves.

Offensively Cantwell at no 10 should be good but his workrate and tracking back is unlikely to be great.

Bad advice, they'll get it right give them a chance at least they fund the club 20 million a season or we'd be Bury lad........

Yup anything and everything is about the £ now we are completely run by outsiders and not even a Waggot who being a North East fella at least had a modicum of football in his blood. The prospect of Suhail, Gestede and the Indian finance fella having carte blanche to run this club the next few years under ever increasing constraints is horrific. They understand nothing except basic maths. As for the Derby game it should be fans day again and £10 a ticket with kids a quid but almost certain they'll kill it with ticket prices and it'll get moved for the telly box anyway.

Nice enough but nothing special or unique about it, people really go over the top with this 3rd kit lark these days. Marketing men's wet dreams £££

They are recruiting a new 'CEO' to do the odd jobs the other two can't do, whilst they both hide behind him/her.

We have been supplemented by still having players brought in on decent wages like Cantwell etc but no doubt that will go out of the window now. Its been rather counter productive when they started this policy seemingly by not paying others the going rate which they'd proven to earn, so we lose them without fees.

Promoted into the first team because they'd grown up together and formed a great youth team. Not thrown in because the first team was so short on numbers and skint. It'll be a different kind of history this club writes.

Also a point worth noting we are quite unique in terms of we have one of the biggest stadiums in the Championship yet one of the smallest towns but surrounded by plenty of places people used to travel from to watch. Now if you can't offer Prem football or even a top class Championship team - despite 200 million and billionaire owners - you have to do something radical to get more in regularly, because they are out there, thousands of them. What do the clowns running the club do ? Everything possible to shrink the fanbase and token gestures just to try and maintain what's left of it. Fans on social media need to consider this instead of just slagging off the attendances for 'likes'.

Who benefits from such a consistent turnover of players and staff i wonder ? Because it seems club policy again here now.

The 200 million pounds question. Plenty theories that might make sense but non proved so far.

Whilst the systemic managed decline is obviously cranking up a gear i think it's all designed so they can continue this fruitless ownership under a far lower cost lower hassle model.

All depends on how this window finishes and expectations aren't good. Poss losing Travis & Brittain alongside Dolan, Batth and Weimann with no tried and tested replacements so i'm sorry but Mr Positive from Positivevill having his most positive day still wouldn't talk up our chances of having anything more than a rotten season. BUT they could surprise us and actually recruit and keep together a good team however with this club nobody knows, not even them.

Doesn't matter how they are paid if you agree to the asking price i.e 2 million plus in Sammies case and maybe there were add ons or sell on's on top. Meanwhile signing players from foreign leagues on deals 'of up to 1,8 million' is a different scenario. You've committed to 2 or 2.5 million for the likes of Szmodics whatever happens, deals 'of up to' you haven't because they have to hit certain triggers.

I do have to laugh at them they'd give Leeds a run for their money their delusion is on a par with Coventry fans all thinking how 'massive' they are. Whilst most of us are narked at losing Batth and Weimann to them it needs pointing out both came in here as squad men yet you'd think they'd just ruined our team by paying 5 million a piece for them reading some of their lots comments. Seem more happy to piss Rovers off again than your average dingle.

I don't think he's in a position yet where he needs to grab the first contract offered to him. His next move will probably define his career.

We are skint when was the last time they made a real investment in a player ? Not one for a few hundred grand per year payment or 'a fee of up to' which means lots of add on's to a low original price ? Szmodics probably ? And that was on the back of sales the previous year so maybe there is a slim chance this summer of laying some real money down on one player with Championship or league 1 pedigree. As for Batth and Weimann yes their loyalty was always to Eustace not Rovers but funnily enough BOTH stated they were happy and really wanted to stay here. Jackson in the LT highlighted both were brought in by Eustace on low wages last summer with a point to prove. They proved their points, now they are at Derby...... no doubt on better wages.

Lets throw a name out quickly before news breaks Dolan has signed for Derby or even Bristol City ....

This 100% and i'm sure it was said Waggot did these deals and apparently Eustace was his man. Talk of power struggles behind the scenes at that point also and now we know who has won those. Gestede's AI machine now tells him he can get two loans for each wage of an experienced player so the bot wins the day. I'm sure big Val would have been happy to keep both but he's the new yes man and they gave him the cheapest one back in Forshaw to appease him a bit.

My take on it is Rovers are expecting to sell Travis for around 2 million give or take so won't commit to any bids higher for anyone else.

To be fair they were proven players albeit in different leagues and of course there's always Gueye who i think if he applies himself better can have an impact as the number 1 back up striker. Likes of Leonard could learn a lot from guys like Weimann in the squad imo, another reason to have experience in the house if you actually want to develop players. He's gone though so on we move....hopefully.

I think that proves my point really, you know what you are getting from the likes of Weimann as long as they are fit but with the kids and cheap punts you just don't. Might look better on the physical stats but you need those 1 chance 1 goal old heads in your squad if you can find one. Might not be great on the running around heat map but worth their weight in gold when it comes nicking the odd games and points.

There aren't many floating about like him on frees these days we needed an experienced back up striker for years, get one then hes gone again. So it's likely we are praying Leonard stays fit and starts finding his feet or some kid from an U23's somewhere turns out decent but i won't hold my breath on either.

Weimann banged in 7 goals and a few assists in 30 appearances which isn't half bad for a 30 odd year old freebie whose legs are on the way out. Considering the punts on so called development players to make money on like Ennis, Telo etc and a few of our own kids kind of puts into perspective the flaws of the way they keep trying to go.