Well Wrexham is prepared to offer more money than we will and certainly have more ambition but that's true of just about every team in the League.

No they are declining in real terms.

Chaddy still doesn't know what "in real terms" means. I've done my best!

from our point of view---which doesn't count.

Travis/Tronstadt----crucial if we are to do anything next season. Not possible we could replace them like for like. Unfortunately I think they're also crucial to Venkys funding plans ( such as they are).

Let's celebrate 150 years with relegation!

No---the Club has run his contract down like so many before him. Maybe if he'd been given a review instead of being kept on the same terms he signed when a teen-ager we wouldn't have this problem. But that's true of so many others before him who've left on a free isn't it? This isn't an example of inflated ego or greed by a single player its a continuing story of administrative neglect and stupidity.

hoping we fluke it?

Good article on Rovers spending under Venkys. https://footballeconomyv2.blogspot.com/2025/06/just-what-do-venkys-get-out-of-owning.html

Just waiting for the classic "give him a chance---- FFS"!

But nobody dared to tell him!

Not worth the football authorities having a look though! My favourite dream ends when they order Venkys to sell the Club. Then I wake up!

Yep, Spurs had a disastrous season and it wasn't saved by a victory in a minor European tournament where their opponents were as bad as they are.

Its humiliating and soul-destroying to know that, whatever the promises or the links, in the last hour and minutes of the Transfer Window we'll be scrambling around trying to sign someone, anyone to get the numbers up.

Other factors---the stadiums and facilities for fans were terrible and hooliganism flourished. People expected better.

load of codswallop.

Chris Sutton posting on X ( I think he means "soul"! @allrovers_ “It was a great club, it’s not the same anymore it was a club with a heart and sole, with a brilliant owner and board.” Chris Sutton speaking on BBC 5 Live. #rovers

and also in the near future we'd be the first Div 1 to do that!

We may well get them in in terms of numbers but I don't expect them to be superio or even equalr in quality. If we sell Travis do you really think we'll sign someone for that position who's as good? We're on a downward projection.

Venkys will never get their alleged £20M a year back. That's money thrown away by incompetence and no new owner will pay that to take over a basket case of a club. The incentive for Venkys is they will get something back,( its a decent stadium after all, with an excellent training ground) and not have to spend any more time or money on a failed project.

Exactly so, I'd say he was popular. There are fans who disparage him but rarely during a game. More on discussion groups like this one---you know who you are!!

The problem would be, if that's the best team we can put out, what happens when we get the inevitable injuries and suspensions? Disaster I'd say.

I assume it will be a better club too---on the grounds that there are very few worse clubs right now. We are toxic.

but not enough...

and that will never happen till Venkys have gone.