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King would have been injured. Beckham wouldn’t have got back. Mourinho had it right - he wanted to sign Gerrard and intended to play Gerrard and Lampard as CMs. “They’re good enough to work it out over time”, he said in a later interview. No need to be too clever, play your best 11 players.

You’d expect them to go back for that “Steve Kapuadi” in Poland, given they tried to get him all summer and I assume (?) Toth is now no longer an ESC slot. At any normal club there would be a significant January budget given we’ve not spent anything like we have generated from sales for years now. Alas, I’m sure we have no money.

They’ve always needed time to settle in. But time to adjust? They tend not to when you sign the good ones.

What did you see last season in Dennis that makes you think he’s anything but a complete waste of space, out of interest?

It will end like it does every year when the games come thick and fast and our squad size means we can’t put out a competitive 11.

Just a reminder for anyone else that’s opened this thread and wondered if they’re in the twilight zone: Yes, we’re still 19th in the league. Yes, we’re coming into the most strenuous part of the season for a squad. Yes, we still only have one fit centre back with experience at this level. Yes, despite that, we’re playing 3 centre backs. Yes, our net spend is still hugely in the red. Yes, the club is still controlled by Suhail Pasha and Rudy Gestede. Yes, we are still owned by Venky’s.

That’s a truly horrible kit and whilst club staff continue to read this forum it’s worth hiding before they get any more stupid ideas.

Exactly a Carrick.

Wharton’s far more defensively aware than Scholes. Although worth saying before this is posted somewhere on X, clearly not as good a player.

Pointless thread, won’t be visiting again.

Cant wait for this in the fans forum notes. “SP: If fans want shirts so much why didn’t they buy them last year?”

I came to this thread knowing you’d fall hook, line and sinker for this. Can’t you see what they’re doing to you? They’re manipulating your intelligence through emotion. Rovers lose, the 150th anniversary is a net-failure, so what do they do? Leak a story to a journalist that will play ball that the fans want to hear to get you excited again. It is SO frustrating that fans like yourself fall for this every single time. I can hear you posting it now: “We just need to get to January, three new signings are coming”. I can’t work out what is worse, the way they treat you or the fact you continually fall for it.

I’ve long since accepted this. They get what they deserve.

Alas Rudy, what you cannot accept is the exact reason you will not be successful. It’s our training ground, you are the guest.

How quickly can you turn around a white kit with a blue maltese cross, with a 135/15 logo on the inside, sold with an independent assessment of the last 15 years of Venkys ownership, at less than £90? I notice rumoured 150th anniversary kit has no trademarked items on it.

Big occasion, good sales (by Venkys standards), a bit of a grudge match, former players starting against us. I've watched enough of Rovers-under-Venkys to know what happens next.

Can you upload pictures of the two pages?

I wrote a long post here about this process, but have just deleted it because it's a convoluted way of saying much simpler: This is insanity. The entire point of minutes is an agreement from everybody in the room about what was said. If the minutes don't reflect what was said, they should never be agreed to.

I’d be more open to the idea of you starting a game for Rovers than Gueye and I’ve no idea who you are.

@booth

I’m not a lawyer but if they’re sold at cost I reckon it falls within parody.

The staff wellbeing break to Hawaii is ON.

It’s not the day before a match until the club releases a nonsense statement entirely of their own doing.

Steve planned this, Steve planned that. Lip service taking advantage of fans. If he wanted to put a plaque up or do some painting he had the authority to do so.

BRAG got Tugay and about 5K in the stands for a random match, I reckon there won’t be as many for this.