Szmodicz will be going to Ipswich, to even suggest a rumour that he isn't keen to go there is completely ridiculous.

One of them would be fine, don't see the need for both though. A younger left footed option would be my preference like the lad from Hull, along with one of the experienced guys.

If there's competition for him, he won't be coming here.

Not expecting any to be honest. And even if we do, I won't believe it until I see them on the pitch. And even then, I won't really believe it unless they play a few games and we're not pulled up for playing an ineligible player.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/july/30/sky-selections-announced/ Fixture changes until January 4th. Seems we have gotten off pretty lightly.

Ayari is going to Sunderland regardless of this I think.

"Blocking pathways" is the new nonsense in phase that everyone at Rovers now uses to justify cost cutting, signing nobody and using academy players. If the academy players are genuinely good enough they will get to the first team regardless.

Agreed, but there is very little chance we would be able to pull that off.

If we could somehow move out Hyam and bring that left footed center half from Hull we were linked with and James Hill back on loan I feel our center halves would be sorted.

I've always thought that nothing can be announced until it's confirmed that Szmodics and now Gallagher leave. Suppose we'll see today as surely if there were medicals etc yesterday and yet nothing is announced today then something is up.

Lots more bluster and talk by the looks of things, yet nobody signed and nothing over the line. 10 days until kick off with Jack Vale leading the line.

Siggy with another "groin strain" too. That will be him out for a while, he just doesn't fancy it IMO.

I feel like Baker, Gueye and Dembele are absolute pie in the sky links. Just not going to happen.

What for?

There's a reason people are complaining about selling him, and it's not much to do with his ability. You get this, right?

Only if he stays in this country. Really can't see Hyam or Sigurdsson agreeing new deals. How can we commit to salary's like there's for past this season when our owners can't fund the club?

Extras might never happen. How can we clear £12m right now for Szmodics to bid for these players like he is suggesting?

How many players have we signed so far that "nicko" has linked us to?

Correction. He also saying we will bid on these players as we "could clear £12m on Szmodics" Didn't he say yesterday the fee was 8m?

Nixon is insulting everybody's intelligence here. Not one of those in that story will happen.

Imagine saying in the summer of 2010, after a comfortable mid table premier league finish, one of the best home records in the league, a semi final of a cup, and an average attendance of over 25k that in just over a decades time you will be losing your best players to Luton (who were in non league), Crystal Palace and Ipswich for relative peanuts while struggling to hit 9k season ticket holders. Venkys, everybody.

As soon as I saw he had been appointed to the board I did wonder if supporting the Rovers trust was for me anymore, a man completely detached from reality to the situation.

Venkys is Rovers. Why don't you understand that?!

Let's see how that fanciful swap deal for Baker happens, bet it doesn't.

I think we go more 433 when Szmod goes with JRC, Tronstad and Trav all in there. Hedges right and Dolan left. JRC maybe give more licence to get forward than the other 2?