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And how will the Happy Clappers twist things if we don't?

6 foot 4in for a start!

Very scaled down versions! Isn't Downing a bit "pedestrian"?

EH? This post reads like every one's getting stuck into a highly unpopular Tony Mowbray who'll get slagged off whatever he does! How on earth did you come up with that? Who'd be a football manager? He would, he loves it. "We all know that we need a nasty centre half" so why wouldn't TM get appropriate criticism if he doesn't sign one?

You need 4 centre-backs, all able to play in this league. I think we have two. Disaster beckons if it isn't fixed.

One with a lethal forehead would be nice!

I don't find him negative in the slightest. Just because he doesn't think everything in the garden is rosy doesn't detract in the slightest from his loyalty to Rovers and his football knowledge and nous. One of the very best contributors on here, I always find his contributions thought-provoking and honest. Prefer him vastly to those dicks who simply want a reaction.

Well said.

Let's suppose we finish 14th/15th this coming season. Not unlikely. Will that attract bigger crowds than last year? I think not. Will the like of Dack and Lenihan be satisfied with that? Doubt it. Therein lies the danger.

There's another issue you haven't mentioned------lack of height up front.

Chelsea's list must be ENORMOUS! They come heralded like Di Santo then gradually disappear.

I suppose Huddersfield is a model here. Had loanees galore it seemed but it doesn't matter how you get up if you get up. Once up, they managed to stay and can now spend the sort of money they could only dream of before. The problem occurs when you loan players just to stay up.

I still think Armstrong will end up with us by the end of the window, one way or another. Nobody else seems interested, Newcastle don't want to keep him and are facing cuts of their own by Ashley, he was popular here (including with the other players) and wants to be here. So, its either a loan or a fee lesser than Newcastle are seeking. Just a feeling I've got, no knowledge whatsoever.

No, got to wait till we see the final squad.

Is Downing?

And why loan Wharton out?

You mean we can't discuss the transfer budget in the transfer thread?

Davenport is a permanent. EDIT Oh I see! You mean only permanent signing for the rest of the window?

Easy----strikers are the most expensive so we prefer to hire them. If there was a radio Rentals for footballers we'd be at the front of the queue!

Moreover we are looking like we will be over-reliant on loans, a position TM said he didn't want to be in.

Bizarre isn't it?

Which hopefully is the most stupid chatter ever chatted about Rovers. Sorry, I shouldn't dismiss him till we've given him a chance!

I'm not an idiot or a sheep. I don't believe very word that comes out of his mouth. I haven't lost my critical faculties. If his budget is adequate where are the targets he identified before last season's end? He's having to wing it with loans isn't he? I've said all this and more and I'm sick of repeating it so stay sycophantic and put me on ignore.

Fax machine switched off right now!

EH? Venkys control is achieved by the size of the budget, which they alone determine. If they upped it TM could get his targets.