There will be hundreds in the corporate lounges in the Jack Walker. So they’ll all be sat JW upper central.

Must win. Cant see a world where you can play ACD and Dolan on the wings, neither offer any credible defensive support. Team picks itself for me: Pears Brittain Hyam Batth Beck Tronstad Baker Dolan Cantwell Hedges Ohashi

I'm sure he's had a superb 10 years Mike.

On the counter, I don’t think we’ll sell those final 1,000 tickets if we get a poor result against Sunderland and Leeds.

Could be. Or, it could be we are actually interested in him. We’ve scouted him, put him in front of the manager who’s gone “YES!”, then we’ll approach his club in January and ask if they’ll give us him on loan and pay his wages for us. They tell us to piss off, he signs for a club ran by proper management, we buy another German sixth tier striker who’s miles off the pace, our manager is furious he thought he was getting proper players and questions the clubs ambitions, to which point our CEO says his target is to stay in the league despite being 5th in January. I’ve seen all this before, which is why when it all plans out in the same way it always does I’ll be annoyed at our fans.

Beck has an illness, wasn’t up to starting.

I wasn’t going to, but given they’ve requested flags I’m going to bring my 16ft “Venky’s Out, Waggott Out” flag.

Playing for Como in Serie A under Cesc Fabregas.

Tifo was left last minute so won't be there, I heard

Probably. I'm not sure what with, or how long for. He's been out for ages and only made 4 appearances this season.

I think I'd give serious thought towards a Ross Stewart gamble in January. He's been out ages and is on 20K / week at Southampton, but I wonder if they'd be open to a loan, he's clearly not going to be able to play for them. If we could get him fit he's proven he can lead the line at this level.

I can feel some optimism in the air and if following Rovers recently has taught me anything, it's to have serious alarm bells about what's coming next...

I was convinced we’d let a hugely ambitious and positive football manager leave and replaced him with a small budget Big Sam. How wrong I was!

I’m pretty convinced it’s all a clever ploy to get corporate tickets sold to away fans. After all, what’s 3,000 extra away fans if you can have 1,500 away fans in the corporate section? Limited to number of away tickets ✅ Price corporate tickets in a way which they’re affordable to a keen away fan ✅ Put corporate tickets on sale to Burnley fans, let them wear club colours ✅

I'm speculating but I infer it's a bond, which acts as a guarantee.

As always, appreciate the WATR board giving up their spare time to try and get some sense out of these people. Based on those minutes, I gather... 1) Waggott said there was no obstacles in the owners funding the club... apart from for every £ they send, they still need to deposit £1 to the Indian Government as a bond. 2) Waggott is speaking to some companies about the cost involved in safe standing. I'm guessing his ingenious plan is to continue with the previous suggestion of Rovers fans fundraising for it, despite having billionaire owners and over 40M of transfer fee income in the last 3 years. 3) Waggott would like the fans (again) as well as the National Lottery (???) to fund the most expensive bits of the 150th year celebration of our football club. 4) Waggott still doesn't accept or understand that a £319 season ticket is too expensive, never mind the £399 offering. 5) The price of season tickets is a pretty easy equation to get to: The total revenue target set by Venkys / The number of fans that will back the club regardless = The price. As an equation, we're looking at: TR (Target Revenue) ÷ F (Fans) = £P (£Price). 6) Waggott continues to dangle a carrot of a mysterious shadow board 7) WATR's season ticket proposal doesn't agree with my theory on how to sell tickets, which for clarification is: Have them on sale immediately after the last home game of the season Take them off sale the day before the first home game of the season Have them at one price between those two dates Max adult prices no-more than £287.50 in all stands apart from the 'premium' offering of Jack Walker Upper Central Use an accessible finance partner that allows that season ticket to be paid over maximum 12-months i.e. Klarna.

2,478 tickets still available on the website.

Glad it's not me this is seriously grating on now!

Make a deal with Stockport that they get Markanday to cover him.

Apologies, messed up the wording whilst rushing. Should read “a striker like keiffer Moore that scores 10+ league goals between Jan and the end of the season”

January makes or breaks teams outside the top 2/3 (who are usually too good with parachute money) and the next 10 teams who all could get into the top six. The key is a strong squad with game changers on the bench, both in attack and defence. The assignment is simple, in my opinion: Loan: James Hill, Louie Barry Sign: A striker that scores 10+ league goals, Keiffer Moore?

I personally love Gueye. He’s a terrible footballer, but every time he comes on he’s incredible value for a yellow.

@K-Hod can you please ask for clarification on the clubs approach to nutrition? Specifically are the players still having tailored hot food cooked on-site by Rovers employed chefs after training? And if not, why not?

I imagine that’s the case too. I’m not sure who’s on the committee, though. Which is fine, but for me it should be clearer who has come to these conclusions and whose opinions I’m reading. I’m unsure as to how the Trusts represents its members if it doesn’t consult its members on strategic decisions. Or at least, hasn’t consulted me as one of its members.

The Trust have issued a statement on season tickets: https://www.roverstrust.com/news/season-tickets-2025-26-proposals Flexi tickets for those more than 25 miles away is odd, in my opinion. And the statement doesn't headline the biggest issues in my opinion - they’re too bloody expensive! Where any Trust members consulted on their views? Interested to see exactly whose conclusions and/or opinions are included here. I know I haven’t been asked.