Exiled_Rover

I think it was 'tanker' and he's ultimately proven to be right. Granted we've had anchors like him weighing us down.

I've got no problem with a Manager being about the players / his staff (heaven knows Eustace was!), just don't verbalise it! The fans will turn on you in a second.

Then have your say - don't put out cryptic "glad we're both out of there 🤪" posts on socials. That stuff happens in every walk of life and in every walk of life people move on for other jobs - as Brittain et al have done. A select handful have called them snakes, but then a select handful emailed the GM of the Miami Dolphins and wished his daughter died of cancer - so, y'know, there's nutters everywhere.

Who's said that?

Not a single sniff of a transfer rumour today...

Brought in that Spanish coach, no?

Eustace didn't like him either.

Massively overstayed his welcome, especially when it was clear he had zero ambition. Brought us some stability then should have been replaced.

That's because he's the only one in recent memory that has been good enough to care about.

Need a CM and a CF or we're relying heavily on a handful of players to stay fit / in form / hit the ground running.

He's been given chance after chance and failed to deliver. I'm delighted he's been shipped out.

Couldn't afford him. Will also never forgive him for hiding on the wing for 6 months.

I'm glad we're not paying money for loans - so we may look very attractive to PL clubs, but we wouldn't be at the front of the queue.

Pretty much. The amount of times in the last few years I've thought "man if there was just a CM making a run into the box here they have the freedom of Ewood to pick their spot in the back of the net". Hopefully one of the two CMs will push on now. I know Tavares wanted ten goal contributions this season...

Lots of those in this league.

He's spent a lot of money assembling that team.

Y'all love your straw men. Setting expectation at Playoffs or bust is hilarious. We're clearly not that club under these owners - look at the money Wrexham and Birmingham have spent. We also have 3 parachute payment teams and Sheffield United hanging around too. We'll be mid table, adrift of the automatic promotion spots by Christmas and just generally making up the numbers unless Gestede is a genius and all of these new signings are excellent.

The non-reversed halves in those highlights trigger me something fierce. It's just not a Rovers kit.

That and his highlights look shiiiiiit.

I think from a pure numbers standpoint we need another CF. Ohashi and Gueye will get injured at some point and / or lose form. You can't then just pick the other as the default starter. They want Leonard out the door (and he's not a #9) and Tyjon is too young (and not a #9 either). The balancing act is what player you bring in - you should always be aiming for better than you've got, and it'd be nice to have some pace - but can we afford that? I've said from the beginning that I'll judge Gueye (Target Man) and Ohashi (Poacher) when they get consistent service - with Kargbo, Morishita, Cantwell et al they might actually get that now. They'll be different propositions entirely this season I think.

I mean the analogy started because I expressed my disappointment at having a painfully slow winger in the team. It went downhill from there.

He's definitely answered honestly. We've also definitely not offered him a suitable contract extension. We're both in the wrong and both in the right.

I get the impression he's an introvert - which is why he's not a good captain

I'm definitely at the point of double checking the spelling of names before posting - hopefully they become second nature before Christmas. With regards to the outgoing players - Travis is a loss, but Buckley and JRC (he never recovered that form he had during JDTs first season) aren't and quite frankly I'm glad we've been ruthless and moved both on.

Could you imagine him trying to play against Tugay? 🤣