1 minute ago, jim mk2 said:

One rookie who will play in the u-23s, one an unknown from abroad, one injured for the rest season, one a cheapie who struggled to impress in Scotland, and the other a loanee who hasn't arrived

Some folk are easily pleased

Compare and contrast to Bournemouth

Exactly 

18 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

The signings of Hedges, Markanday & Zeefuik seem to be being ignored…I know Markanday got injured but who could foresee that ?

Giles in, Rothwell retained…that would be decent surely ? 

Still missing another striker 

This is actually disappointing... Even without selling Rothwell, Mowbray said that they are close to bringing players in. 

If we are serious about promotion, then we should have been aggressively trying to strengthen this squad. Not saying sign 5 or 6 players, just 3 quality in key positions would have sufficed. 

3 hours ago, pick32 said:

Luca Toni is getting a meal deal at Tesco bank top

Newbies wont know about Luca Toni 

10 minutes ago, 1864roverite said:

I disagree, tey can flex their muscles all they want but out of the top 6 they are not the best team and certainly not the favourites to go up in second spot. Too many additions, too many players upsetting the applecart and the current squad at bournemouth doesnt sound the best option to me.

Agree here. It could work for Bournmouth, but what happens to the regular playing staff. Are they just pushed to the bench, and will they be happy to play second fiddle to a new player. 

1 minute ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Bournemouth getting Kieffer Moore too.

Its quite ridiculous - they’re signing everyone. They sure as hell can’t sustain that wage bill if they don’t go up. 

Well at least they giving it one helluva go.  

54 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Pete O'Rourke saying Cantrell might be on loan to Bournemouth. Are they just out to sabotage us?

Nah, Bournmouth know that if they want to get promoted, they have to bring in quality. If Venkys dont let Mowbray and Parkes get their players in, then we cant blame anybody but ourselves for the failure to strengthen

12 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

The man who has us 2nd in the table is a "twat" that youd drive to a promotion rival for free? Deary me.

Never knew that Twat played alone ie 1 against 11 

39 minutes ago, magicalmortensleftpeg said:

I disagree with the notion that we’re ‘letting’ the players contracts run down as if we’re not attempting to do something about it. Clearly Rothwell, Lenihan, BBD, Nyambe all think they can attract PL interest and have refused to sign improved contracts. Apparently we offered Armstrong the best deal we could possibly afford and he turned it down, understandably because he wanted a prem move.

We don’t know the numbers involved but if the players mentioned above are determined to hold out for a big move (Rothwell’s antics this week seem to confirm that..), there’s next to nothing we can do about it.

If you were in Brereton’s position, would you sign a new deal with us on any terms?? No, obviously not, he’d just be making it harder to get out in the summer. Is that our fault too? Or should we have tied him down 18 months ago when he still had 3 years left on his deal and could barely get in the team? Fans would have been furious.

It’s easy to blame the club but if the players are refusing to sign new contracts, what more can we do??

Those players refusing to sign, are pretty selfish if you ask me.. 

Signing a new deal, doesnt mean they need to stay with us next season. But at least it allows the club, to generate some money, instead of losing them for nothing. Sign a 1or 2 year deal, and give us at least an opportunity to generate some funds. But by not signing, they putting us in a position, where we stood by them, gave them opportunities to show their worth, helped through the youth system etc and not making anything off them. 

11 hours ago, West Yorks Rover said:

Never mind folks Dacky will be back in a few weeks, that'll cheer us all up.

If he can stay fit until the end of the season well be fine.

IT will be like having a new £ 10m pound player on the books.

Who? 🤪

Khadra better anyway 

Fuck Joe Rothwell! 

10 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

I don't think we're going up. 

If we dont sort ourselves out, then im afraid its going to be tough to even make the playoffs. This is not the right time to lose form, because any mistake, and we let another team in..

Its amazing how some people still rate Gallagher. Sorry guys, for a big like him, to not be able to get into physical battles is concerning. 

After 10 to 15 mins, i would have hauled him off, because as a manager, you shouldnt be afraid to make those sort of changes, whether its 10 mins in or 50 mins in.. we got undone by poor officiating, but also undone by a strange team selection, and poor performances by the players. 

I cant believe this 

25 minutes ago, briansol said:

Now you are just trying to be difficult. 

It's not everyday we are able to pick up the top Academy performer from a top PL club where all their fans are up-in-arms for losing him. We usually struggle to loan these kind of players, let alone buy on a long contract.

As for no senior experince, Rheda showed it's still possible to make an impact. It should be possible to keep a long term perspective as well as bringing in more players with more senior experience.

And dont forget that young Liverpool player we had here, whats his name now again? Harvey somebody 😜

man i would love it, if we asked Man United about Amad, Elanga or Hannibal. 

This re arranged fixture is making me nervous 

18 minutes ago, davulsukur said:

Assuming Markanday signs, where does he play and how does he fit into our current system?

Replaces Ben, after we sell him for 30mill

Where is Dele Ali at the moment? Still at Spurs? Not playing? Personal issues? 

2 hours ago, BigUts said:

Is this the new "seen looking at houses in Clitheroe"?

seen in a Range Rover down the M65 (i have no idea if there is a M65) lol 

1 hour ago, islander200 said:

Nyambe has been performing well.He doesnt deserved to be dropped.

Zeefuik should have to earn his spot in the team

We could just use Nyambe down the wing, and Zeefuik at RB. Sorted

5 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

If they don’t back us now they never will. It’s as simple as that really.

Do they even know whats happening this season?

2 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Given we sold Armstrong for a headline fee of £15m before Newcastle's chunk and the owners completed the exercise with the training ground, I would hope that the reluctance to meet the fee for Maja is down to concerns about his fitness rather than ones about the size of the fee per se.

With our best chance of going up in years, (and quite possibly for many years to come) on offer,  If we're not prepared to reinvest such a small chunk of the Armstrong proceeds on the chance of promotion it would be hard to escape the conclusion that no-one at the Club is really that serious about promotion.

A gift horse has unexpectedly fallen our way, let's not look it squarely in the mouth!

100% 

If Venkys cant be arsed to provide what is needed to go up, then im afraid they should just sell the club to somebody, thats willing to back Mowbray

4 hours ago, had.e.nuff said:

my son used to train with an ex pro Ted Burgin with over 400 games and he was only 5`7 he even made the world cup squad

Here is a short legend for you