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8 minutes ago, philipl said:

They are not going.

Pune might be a city of 5 million but in reality it is a village of a few billionaire families who watch each other like hawks with petty jealousy. 

That is the millieu that matters to our owners. Any embarrassment at relegation or forking out £20m per year is long gone.

Instead in Pune and indeed in India they are the only family living there who have outright control of an English football club and in a town where Empire was most visible in causing distress in India. (Why else did Gandhi come to Darwen?).

Not being in the Premier League doesn't matter and in fact I am convinced the Premier League was the only sports body ever to call them to account no matter how half heartedly. There would have been hell to pay if Kean hadn't achieved the objective of getting us relegated when he did.

The loss of face in divestment of Rovers would be far far more painful for them than the current pergatory.

Grim.

10 hours ago, KentExile said:

I am sue it is just him being greedy of course,

And, of course, he misses Scotland , his Grandma is ill and he wants to go home!

10 hours ago, M_B said:

We can, but players running/being allowed to run their contracts down is also a fact of football life.

I wish he'd sign but if both parties are at loggerheads, would you sell or keep ? 

But it seems to happen more often here. Another fact of football life.

1 hour ago, wilsdenrover said:

A well run club would have targets for various budget possibilities. 

Well yes but we're not a well-run club and our financial woes mean they probably won't be much good aka De Neve etc

9 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

That happens everywhere and would be naive to suggest it doesn't.

If Rovers were as ready as they claimed, then they would know if the player wanted to join, and what the fee would be for him.

If they have had a bid rejected, it shows they haven't really done any planning at all.

Probably more that they know their targets but the budget doesn't allow them to get them.

31 minutes ago, aletheia said:

I thought so (though obviously the majority including me were not persuaded) -perhaps plenty was the wrong word but half a dozen persistent voices saying that they were excited by all the changes. I remember arguing with them 🙂 

"plenty"?

19 minutes ago, KentExile said:

Lancs Telegraph comments have some more gold

 

Someone complaining on Jacksons review of the year that he is focusing too much on past events

Genius

 

forever_roversSubscriber1 hr ago

Quite a long and dull article, preoccupied with past events. My first Rovers game was in the 70s and we were in the second division then. I’m proud of my club. We’ve a long history including the top prize of several league titles. The club treats the fans well and the players are down to earth and approachable. I’ll be there today, enjoying the dark humour and match day excitement. I’ll be dreaming of promotion, but not expecting it. We’ve a great top team with Rudy & Val. I believe in them.

They hate Jackson on there. Only Venky lovers welcome. And they truly believe they represent the majority of Fans.

I hope they don't!

1 hour ago, allanncd said:

If any other clubs are interested above L1 then he's not coming here. We all know that from experience.

You'd think so wouldn't you?

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

Plenty on here were excited by the summer.

Really?

1 hour ago, KentExile said:

he did well, Rudy will be pleased, value added

 

Next one to go in the summer. System working perfectly!

8 minutes ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

Val said last week that prep for jan is done they have sat down and there is a list

on that list there should be a striker hopefully two

we should be acting on that list based on priority and the priority requirement for our team at present is goals or lack of. So I’m saying I don’t see how or why we should be looking at an area that’s covered for the time being before what we actually need. If there’s a list drawn up then the first offer for any player out there should be for an attacker it’s not that hard to understand 

We have a list every window and we are linked with good players but they never actually arrive. Be sensible and don't get your hopes up.

4 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Nobody is going to sign Carter until they’ve seen him play at least a dozen games without him breaking down again. 

I'd stop at "Nobody's going to sign Carter."

There's only one club which regularly signs crocks and its us!

If he ever does get fit at any point in the future we should keep him.

3 minutes ago, Lancaster Rover said:

Raising all of £3.68

and spending of £2!

24 minutes ago, Elrovers said:

Mori out for 3-5 weeks. Another one to add to the long list of injuries…

Yep we're the unluckiest team in the country!  😦

23 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

VI

”a win against a Wrexham will look good” 

yes mate but also if we can’t get a win against bottom placed SW how do you think we will beat wrexham

But this tine we're at home------------oh wait!

3 minutes ago, KentExile said:

 

and a shit one at that

Castoff United---new name for the Club.

2 minutes ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Ohashi was the worst player on the pitch for me.

Frequency of games catching up with him. Needs a rest and that's where lack of depth in the squad is a significant factor.

But he's not in any sense a traditional striker and boy do we need a couple!

They seem to bond with the fans though and certainly aren't totally absent and silent like our tossers!

4 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

How the fuckity fuck fuck fuck would an Aussie consortium or an American ‘understand the supporters and local area’? 
 

 

Wrexham?

7 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

From my interactions with them both on the FF and from speaking to a couple of people I knew at the time who thought similar.

I have to stress that's a compliment to Finn as opposed to a dig at Williams. I can't believe my opinion on the subject is of any interest to or matters to anyone.

Edit: Just as I can't understand why me saying

"I think Tronstad is ordinary BUT I KNOW OTHERS DON'T AGREE"

seems to be so controversial.

Its cos you are so obviously dead wrong!

3 hours ago, aletheia said:

Great post.

Was that when he returned to the team after he'd broken his leg? He definitely took a while to recover and was often caught in possession.

An idiotic section of the crowd took to booing and jeering him, I remember being appalled at the time. 

Same with Ronnie Clayton when he lost his pace late in his career. Astonishing that fans would react like that to 2 of the greatest servants we have ever had but they did.

3 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

You made a number of good points there but you cant expect owners to keep footing the shortfall every time. You can increase the commercial revenue streams especially if you have the correct contacts can make their shortfall less. Plus player trading aswell 

Anyone with knowhow could improve the revenue stream but not this lot! These owners have created the shortfall so it's right they should pay for it. If they are not prepared to pay for it they should sell.

Instead their minions just try to make false economies everywhere (like the pitch, the stadium etc) and the Club goes down and down.

Surely you can see this? The signs of decline are all around you.

4 hours ago, JPTSwindon said:

Suspect we need to lose a few players to free up any sort of budget (transfer fees / wages etc) so could be a challenging January.

That's the hard bit alright!

16 minutes ago, LDRover said:

Exactly this.

We are a team better when we can be reactive rather than proactive.

Acknowledging that KHod made the same point a couple of weeks ago tbf.