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I agree with every single thing you’ve posted here in the last 24 hours - there is absolutely no way LOB or Forest have a leg to stand on RE any form of compensation. Essentially we proposed a deal and - through our own negligence - didn’t get it approved by the EFL. The contract is worthless until it’s signed by all parties AND approved by the league. Forest could have told him to come back to Nottingham at any point on Deadline Day and there was nothing we could do. Reading through the order of events it just makes me even more infuriating that Waggott was at Birmingham that evening. There isn’t a single explanation which I’ll accept about what on earth he was doing there - and I certainly won’t accept “there’s an unwritten rule that the CEO attends every game” which was the explanation at the time. To be absolutely clear we had our CEO and Owners Representative in Birmingham, our Secretary at Ewood and our DOF in Manchester (then Brockhall) with the player. Absolutely astounding. They should have all been at wherever is best placed to deliver a transfer, whether that is Ewood or Brockhall. We put LOB through club media in the key hour period between 9:45pm and 10:45pm where the EFL where waiting for details of the transfer - INCREDIBLE!!! Do the fecking media the following day!

Yep - @DavidBrent please PM me a new username which you’d like and I’ll change your name. This is causing confusion 🙂

I think the context of the size of Venkys is important, what are we - one of 156 businesses they run? How much time and resource are they putting into understanding Rovers? I don’t think they’re being manipulated, I just suspect they have at most a touch-point input into the club… What is the cost? What are the problems? What do we need to do to fix the problems?

That isn’t the issue in my opinion, the issue is Waggott will have told them “I will ensure this club doesn’t cost you more than X per year” and that’s the budget everyone is working towards. Venkys will have: 1) No idea the pitch needs replacing 2) No idea how much it costs 3) No idea they can do it without breaking FFP

Oh piss off.

10PM tonight is the cut off - plenty of time yet, order another 😉

Very very proud of JDTs super blue army tonight. He’s one hell of a manager to get these kids playing like that.

Hopefully Huddersfield go down because I'd sign Thomas based on what we've seen so far. He doesn't really fit how we play but I see that as an advantage, he's gone one trick... get past the defender and put a good cross in.

Brittain, Buckley and Thomas out. Pickering, Morton and Hedges in. Pears JRC Carter Hyam Pickering Travis Morton Hedges Szmodics Dolan Gallagher

Is it a Cup, Trophy or Shield that you'd get for that btw?

I was told the police won't let them get promoted at Ewood (i.e. will insist that the game is moved) but would let this happen, FYI.

FA Cup every single time.

Probably not, which is even more reason why they’re welcomed here.

New left back, new centre back, new central midfielder, BBD replacement, number 9. In priority order: BBD replacement Number 9 Central Midfielder New left back New centre back

We only recognise top level trophies here my friend.

We’ll beat these if we play our full strength side - they’re in all sorts of problems and their minds will be elsewhere.

The more you buy offer - one adult ticket is £20, two is £30, five is £50, ten is £75. Encourage groups to get together.

Edited - my bad.

We’ve played three of the weakest teams in the league and got nine points. That’s a good return and makes a welcome change from Tony’s February, but I’ll only start being positive if we get three points and outplay Sheff United. Bookies make us favourites to finish eighth at the moment.

Man, I was bored of this Nyambe chat 12 months ago. I’m even more bored of it now. Mani doesn’t rate him, didn’t rate him and thinks both Brittain and JRC are better. Can’t we just leave it there and avoid keep repeating it?

This is close to a sell out now. We’re proudly sponsoring the match ball - if you can get down we urge you to!

Any team in the league would - he’s the best striker in the league by a distance.

Coventry away for me. I’ll never forget how predictable that game was as it played out and how Tony did absolutely nothing to turn it into our favour.

He’s back fit now, training this week.

Just done my MOTM voting - given 8s to Travis, JRC and Brittain.