Mattyblue

Not the way NZ are playing. Their batting has been atrocious last few games, Williamson aside.

Swansea have already had theirs, so imagine their wage bill has plummeted.

On the surface Bennett has it made.

New contract 

Plays every week

Popular in dressing room (seemingly)

Good relationship with fans.

Only reason would be he’s been told he is now down the pecking order...

Supine local press don’t help. Sharpe was informed of the discrepancy and said he would follow it up with him... he didn’t.

7,200 sold so far. 10,000 target.

https://www.lancs.live/sport/football/football-news/season-ticket-sales-matter-much-16527660

Waggott still saying 8,800 sold last season, contradicting Fans Forum minutes that said we sold 10,000+

https://www.rovers.co.uk/contentassets/d47edf0f19cd47dea3a73e898f8da69c/ff-minutes-7.1.19.pdf

He’s now gone further and said we’ve NEVER sold 10,000 since relegation.

More lies as we had every season up to 2015/16. Selling nearly 11,000 in 2014/2015

https://www.rovers.co.uk/siteassets/pdfs/fans-forum-minutes/13th-october-2014.pdf

Either he is lying or the club was massaging figures previously, I.e perhaps counting freebies as sales? Who knows, all very strange regardless.

Just now, Rochdale_rover said:

It was Nixon he now saying Hanley loan unlikely so gone for Dann

Some scouting network this!

Just now, Ossydave said:

If you're so into 'checking back' we lost 1 game to Norwich from April onwards and we probably should have had a point there in all fairness. If last season had carried on another month we'd probably have been in the play offs. 

Would we hell! We were 14 points adrift!

6 minutes ago, Paul Mani said:

A bit more in the LT about Raya. Seems the keeper coach was a big reason and that Raya was motivated to leave. 

 

What about the GK coach? 

8 hours ago, Stuart said:

Granted, and in the context of the thread that’s fair. I just hope that Mowbray’s head hasn’t been turned.

The trouble is that he’s the kind of manager who spends £7m on someone whose biggest achievement was that he gave Conway and Williams a hard time in one match.

Feeney and Williams, get it right.

Just now, 1864roverite said:

Thing is he hasn’t spent £7m has he it’s a deal with increments Merc and when people accept this they can move in

You keep saying this yet won’t prove any evidence.

We’ve paid 5 million already as a downpayment, shown in last years accounts. In all likelihood the rest will follow in instalments.

So it will be 7 million, as confirmed by Mowbray too.

No scouts involved with Adam.

He rang Mowbray himself...

Just now, blondie said:

Any link to cover this?

https://mobile.twitter.com/SkySports_Keith/status/1147543124627116032

Thread on Adam on the Stoke board. Quality player, legs gone is the jist:

http://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/287865/charlie-adam-departs?page=1

A lot of it is ‘basics’, improvement comes from working on your weaknesses over and over.

Well none of us know about any coach behind the scenes. 

But it is a fair summation to say Raya’s all round game hasn’t improved. The goalkeeping coach is a specific position and spends a lot of 1 to 1 time with his GK. 

Perhaps there’s a correlation, perhaps not, but if I was TM I’d certainly be looking at to why Raya stagnated.

Just now, Exiled_Rover said:

The overreactions on here are hilarious.

Unless I'm mistaken, Charlie Adam hasn't signed a 5 year, £50k a week contract with us. No harm in giving him a run out in the preseason and seeing what he has left in the tank. 

You know what’s more annoying than overreacting, hysterical meltdowns?

Posters banging on about other posters’ overreacting, hysterical meltdowns.

Just now, Scotland1 said:

What are other teams in our division doing pre season? Are they playing plodders? We did this last year and we looked unfit come start of the season and lacking sharpnesss

We played Hibs, Liverpool and Everton, no?

Just now, MarkBRFC said:

Chapman's hamstring gone again?

Ill according to the official site.

Think he still lives in Lytham from his Blackpool days, so car share with Mulgrew to training...

No jobs in Brunei going?

20 hours ago, JHRover said:

Monk has left under a cloud and strange circumstances from all 4 of his jobs when at the time results weren't particularly bad. Maybe he's the modern Billy Davies who despite good results at all his clubs seems to never last anywhere and falls out with people.

In The Times this morning that it was the use of his agent in all club transfers that led to his sacking at Birmingham.

Plus, Leeds banned the agent from the training ground and Monk from being involved in transfers.

Up to his neck in it by the sounds of it... bet the training ground was jumping though 

Just now, Paul Mani said:

I said lots not most and I don’t have to back anything up to anyone on here. That’s my opinion.

Your opinion about lots of other people’s opinions?

Just now, Paul Mani said:

I’m not re-writing anything. This is opinion and I remember lots of people wanting to replace him throughout the season. Now lots of that same group appear devastated that we’re losing him. Some going as far as to compare him to Friedel!? 

Raya is a good Keeper with the potential to be a very good one. But he won’t be hard to replace this season.

Difference between wanting more competition, as I remember it, and wanting him sold.

You know they really, but always an excuse for a wind up.

Nobody was ‘desperate to get him out’. He was a young lad making mistakes, the coach got as much grief as he did. Everyone saw his potential.

I’m not massively bothered about it, but don’t try and re-write History.