@Forever Blue @KentExile I will always be positive and upbeat. Its the only way to approach things in my opinion. I will say Its just over 4 weeks until the season and I am looking forward to the first game of the season as always. Proper Football will be back then

James Anderson last test match starts today. Interesting to see how Gus Atkinson and Jamie Smith play in their first test

Do you have figures for each stand please?

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Cos you look at their decisions and who we signed and whether they worked out as good signing or poor signing instead of doing what you do regular which is write them off straight away but then say If they signed I judge them in a Rovers shirt. We clearly made mistakes in last summer recruitment in terms of bringing a quality striker. They were other options we could have gone for and should have gone for. Bringing in players is backing but your point should be about the level of backing each head coach/managers get. Given what we have received in transfer fees, then it should have allow us to spend some money this summer which looks unlikely We paid 200k for Hedges and 500k for Markanday. Plus was Giles and Zeefuik cheap loans really? disagree. Its all about contacts, made quick decisions and having a proper plan. Yet again, who depends who these players are. Would you say Eustace has been backed if we sign Iversen(GK) on loan, Liam Cooper on a free, Campbell on a free, Chrisene on loan, Ayari on loan and Burke on loan? Or this scenario, If we sign Krul on a free, Dramah on free, Ebiowei on loan, Fraser on loan from Wolves, Plus another loan and free transfer signing? all depends who we sign and who others do.

Mowbray still bought in 5 signings which were Giles and Zeefuik on loan, Brown on a free transfer and, Markanday and Hedges were cash buys. We failed to bring in the quality striker we needed and If Undav had signed, I think we would have gone up. He was the missing link but he didn't want to come after talks with GB and JDT. My question would be to both of them is where was the Plan B target for the rest of the window We bought in 7 players including 2 strikers who both turned out to poor signings. My question why didn't we just bring one quality striker even if it was loan player. We bought in another 6 signings during this window and we spent 500k on O'Riordan, 3 loans and 2 free transfers. Ayari and Chrisene were good/loan signings and McFadzean shown his quality. So in summary, each time they have been back in terms of bringing in signings and allow to some spend money. I think we need to think how we used our budget and the type of players we want going forward, cos we spend around £!m a season ago on Wahlstedt and Telalovic. Looking back, could we have used that money better? I think so. Don't you?

I am more than willing to hold my hands up when and if I am wrong. I was hopefully we would spend money and back Eustace who I think could get us into the playoffs places this coming season

Abbey, I just been catching up with all the posts since last night and tomorrow and its appears that my hope that we would spend money is wrong(which I hold my hands and say I was wrong) and we are back to only looking to loans and free transfers, which isn't good news given the money we received and you would have hope that we could have at least some of it even if just £5m I agree. We can't take too many gambles to be honest and we need to bring in British based players or if we are looking overseas for free transfers we can't take risks like Telalovic type transfers

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The Ruddy Rumour turned out to be load of rubbish? Did it? So you know we didn't have an Interest or spoken to his agent? Krul is only 36 years old. Why write him off? What I meant by really experience keeper with loads of games and plus 30 years. I would be looking Hladky or Wilson. Both would be solid options for us. Hladky is on free transfer and would be first choice. He's top keeper.

We need a very experience keeper. There is 3 or 4 options out there we should be going for

You were commenting that we haven't got our budget in place, or our key staff, so I asked you a very simple question which you finally answered is there any players who you wanted us to sign and you felt we missed out and from answer not really every club has changes behind the scenes. Rovers have changed our personal in terms of recruitment and bring in someone will loads of experience which I am surprised you aren't happy with his appointment? We have Eustace as head coach and Waggott who have met during the summer to discussed targets according to the LT and Nixon. On Budget meetings, I already commented on it. No one predicted players in before pre season just what I would have like to happen.

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Tyjon has turned down Man Utd offer which he could have taken but we have convince him to stay here, play some football at first team level instead of moving to PL club where he will stuck in under 21 football or loan out time after time plus massive wage rise. I think it is right decision by him to play football not chase money. I voted it down cos I said his career will end up like Ash Phillips time which I don't agree. I respect Eddie's opinion but respectfully disagree with him. If I had wrong I will hold my hands up and say I was wrong

I would say Yates would improve our forward line and would be starter for me over Gallagher.. I disagree with your opinion on Hedges, Gallagher and Dolan not being good at this level. Sigurdsson is a good player but we need to be fit more and playing more. So you are complaining about us not moving quicker in the transfer market but none of the players that have moved so far you wouldn't really want and wouldn't improve our starting 11(in you opinion). Has the budget only really sorted really affect us when you consider the amount of changes that has happened behind the scenes? Also who says that Eustace has been left clueless as anyone by the gaps in communicate? any info what has happened to form such your comments on that?

How did it massive hindrance around our neck when we were changing our head of recruitment, scouting staff, Our Director of football leaving, appointing a new head of Football operations and new Head of Technical Development? You can still come up with different target.

I didn't worded my post properly, My point was we didn't need that type of signing or Ennis when we could have got someone on loan who would have been much better signing and actually played more. Well he has been right all summer on the behind the scenes changed. I would take Krul and Rak-Sakyi. Not sure we need Paik Seungo-Ho but if JRC is going to play from the right side then we need another centre midfield

its shame the ref didn't enforce the law on fouls and give our yellow cards and red cards when the fouls warrant it

No where Have I said everything is wonderful at Rovers, I will continue to back my Rovers, attend games and buy Rovers merchandise. My passion in supporting and backing Rovers will never waive Onto Burnley, He will have to cut the squad cos its massive and he will want his own signings in also.

that didn't answer a very straight forward question which yet again you don't answer, just waffle a loads of nonsense about this and that. The question was, Is there any player who has signed for another championship you wish we had sign so far this summer? I would have taken Yates All points made every season but given that we have made massive changes behind the scenes would it made any difference to our targets this summer? probably not. Yes we would all like to know the budget before the season finish or just after but you know that rarely happened. I was replying to JHRover not

The 4th official had no problem just the silly arse ref. Stanley managements weren't arsed either. It was a testimonial game/Friendly

Tyjon has a big future for us and I do feel for Telalovic alot cos it wasn't the type of signing we need at the time but Rovers need another striker cos Ennis wasn't fit, I do think GB should have sign just 1 striker not 2. I hope Semir Telalovic has a good career if he moves on. It just hasn't worked out here for him

Most clubs have this level have limited funds and make massive season losses.. Another factor is us massive changing our recruitment team and appointing John Park as head of recruitment. That's put us behind cos he will have different contacts, seen different players and want to bring in his own staff.

I would have deffo took Yates. It was very simple question and yet again you just do the usual waffle stuff instead of just answering a very simple straight forward question. Why do I really bother! Cos that Pasha job and why does everyone need to go? Pasha is the Chief Operating Officer at Rovers. Other clubs haven't signed players so are they poorly run? I always like to get 2 or 3 in early but not always possible. Players want to wait and assess their options firstly, clubs don't want to sell yet until they get their signings in. A trip to India has to happen cos that what the owners want despite what we might want or what we would do. Maybe McFadzean is waiting and assessing all of his options first? Plus he might have other things to consider like moving home or Children moving school for example You know the reasons why we sold Wharton and where his first instalment was used for so why keep asking where it given. Also with a fee for Wharton it will be paid in instalments not all up front. We will paid similar when paying for transfer fees ourselves I agree we should be able to spend some money in the transfers but if there is problems still in India will Venkys sending money to us then we will have to become used the money we have in, I don't whether they can or not. God knows and none of us know. Yes I would like us to be pro active but I don't want us over spending on players to get them in early. Hopefully now the Euros are almost done movement is starting to happened.

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