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That will never catch on!

I should have laid more thought on this, I mean could it literally be more Rovers than to sort the pitch out ready for League One at the cost of strengthening the team to stay in the Championship.

My understanding is you can switch up the 25 man squad as much as you want during January. You still need to comply with the home grown rules etc.

There isnt any money per se, like at every other Championship club. Every club needs an owner/benefactor model, ours won't spend the money needed to be continually competitive in this league.

The pathetic penny pinching nature of this club screams out that we couldn't sign a striker until somebody took Gueye of us. All on the chumps running recruitment now.

They've paid at least £1m because it is pocket change for the vast majority of teams in this league, it is the going rate for a squad player. At our club that figure is used to take a punt on somebody from a far flung league to be in our starting eleven, in the hope the fee will multiply ten fold. We are the outlier.

I suppose I have to be happy we have signed somebody. Hopefully he comes good. We are beyond desperate for a striker, we have either kept somebody well under wraps or its looking worryingly quiet.

The one or two extra games isnt the problem though is it? I'd think it is reasonable to assume Cantwell and Baradji are not fully fit, Ohashi must be due a rest and is literally the only fit striker with first team experience at the club. I'd say Miller has played more football than anybody in the league with his international games added so is at high risk of injury. We are having to protect the squad rather than writing off a game. The balancing act of not losing more players has to have some thought, well unless we get Val's list signed off and sign a few first team ready players for Saturday.

Got to agree with you there, I've never been one to "throw" a game but our squad strength is so bare we just cannot take the risk during a season that relegation is a very real possibility. I'd add Miller to that list too, the lad has played every international break.

I can hear the manager peddling Gestede's lines already about how that list has had to be binned due to injuries. We have to spread the budget thinner on loans/signings due to the stretched squad and that is why things are taking longer.

It is a free hit all around. The manager wouldn't get any stick, as who the hell else is there to play? No matter how bad a rep the big mean Rovers fans get, the young lads are treated well by the fans. It is a free hit today with how low expectations are.

We've had that before, id say this manager is too grumpy to blag that one.

Well we needed players on Thursday, what are our predictions for the first signing? Any first team ready before Hull on the 11th?

Litherland out for a couple of months according to his social media. I don’t know if I have it in me to watch Miller playing wing back on Sunday, miss hitting every pass.

I just cannot bring myself to play a comparison game with Wrexham or Derby etc, good luck to them. I just want our owners gone and to give us a fighting chance of some self respect.