Don't forget the thousands locked out ! Or is that Burnley ? I'd get the two confused except Leeds sometimes nearly back up their claims, Dingles never do.

Maybe we've been paying them too much and now they are asking for more it makes it unrealistic. You just never know with Rovers and their odd wage bill. I'd say a comfortable wage for established non marquee players is probably about ten grand a week.

Nyambie spent two season being told to keep possession like the rest of them so no surprise he struggles a bit with releasing the ball quicker. If anything he tries too hard he needs to relax a bit but nobody can question his workrate. Plus the way we play it often means when he breaks down the right there is no center forward to aim for in the box. Also it's not that long ago he set up a goal but it's always been my concern that we ask a right back to be a main creative force. Get a winger in there and you'll get crosses.

I think the real figures down the years will tell the story those ends there don't hold big numbers i don't think.

I'm sure any contracts have promotion wage rises included just like relegation reductions. Also don't forget the big one off bonuses allegedly being dangled.

We've not had over 2k ish there since Souness was here i reckon.

Seems a bit of a coincidence that some of the longer term Nyambie bashers are ones who claim 'sauces' close to the club. Of course though we know whenever a player leaves Rovers it's down to no one but themselves !

I don't think they were setting out for where we are now for one min, i;m not saying it's a fluke but i'd wager its surprised everybody. Imo we were gearing up for another mid table plod and rotation policy involving the likes of Buckley, Poveda, Clarkson and Khadra etc. So in a normal Rovers season he'd have had a lot more time whether he was good bad or indifferent. Thankfully this squad and its natural leaders had other ideas.

Some muppets are still calling them poor crowds, i really do wonder at times about the grasp of reality of some of our lot. Still the crowds getting applauded is better than back in the day when 4 reasonably packed terraces got announced as 10 or 12k. To the cries of '#### ###' from the BBE ! Bill Fox knew how to pinch a penny or two from Mrs T.

Cole and Rhodes - 8 million a piece i think. It was more in the Cicco Grabbi 6.75 million range i think, which was worrying at the time. Big credit to the lad for turning it around ( especially for someone so undone by mythical abuse ). Maybe big Ben was actually just a little bit peeved at himself knowing be could do better than he was showing. Now he is and he looks very happy as are the fans because we finally have a c7 million quid player.

Its kind of proved my point that BB was rated higher value wise and it wasn't surprising fans were disappointed with what they saw. Not that it matters now.

Not really, i think he cost Liverpool considerably less initially although i'll stand corrected.

How old was Harvey Elliot ? To expect a bit more from a 19 year old with about 30 championship appearances, that prompted a club to agree a 7 million pound deal isn't unreasonable in the slightest. To expect him to be consistently great is but then nobody did really did they history is just being rewritten now to suit.

Having a bit of quality or even just a proper winger to bring on today down that right hand side could have a made the difference.

Stroud - Typical jumped up ex Prem ref wanting to 'run' the game rather than referee it. How many times do we have to be on the wrong end of these idiots. That wasn't incompetence which is often the case. It was just downright ignorance and arrogance. Had the Rovers players incensed and having a go, had the crowd having a go, just decided to reply with his own petulance ! As for the game it was always going to be a tough one but we kept them down to very few chances even though we couldn't really create owt. Think they were more than happy to protect the point they started with if truth be told. We though do need to be able to shake things up with better use of substitutions. Like the last game the old TM is bubbling away not far under the surface he needs to be far more creative than repeating the same things. Good crowd again all things considered, anyone saying otherwise is a bit of a clown imo.

Best thing for Clarkson would be back to Liverpool then they can sort him out another few months elsewhere. If we fall away badly though he'll get games here when the rotating starts again.

Where are the league 1 winners now ? They seemed more happy to have beaten Rovers to it than actually winning it.

Can see them bringing 3k plus but i think five thousand plus might be a bit of a stretch. You never know though and it's great to see both our clubs up there scrapping for top six points. Who would have predicted that of Rovers and Huddersfield in August.

Mowbray has to take his share of credit for this season and the turnaround but there's also nothing saying a new manager wouldn't have this squad in a similar position. This is a good lively hungry group of players i think they pretty much motivate themselves. Tony hasn't turned into Pep overnight but he's got things to click, hard work starts now though trying to keep up the pace and resist going back to tinkering way too much.

No issue with them retaining Gally longer term the world of football is crazy especially in the Championship. One good season and some would come sniffing but it would look a damn sight better if they got one or two of the others tied down pronto as well.

Bottom tier or half of it c2400 ?

Gallagher might well have had something written into his contract for early renegotiation. Or maybe his advisors are just easier to deal with and more grateful this player has a contract offer on the table. As for the transfer window it would be nice if a statement was sent out that we are serious about being contenders. Not just happy to make up the numbers and exist just to produce players to sell. This is when you look for final bits of the jigsaw, although i agree with a few others that we don't want to be upsetting the balance. Its taken years to finally find one.

Rothwell first on the Rovers calender followed by Nyambie for Feb. Used to be good fodder for a bit of conspiracy 🙂

Yawn....yet again it needs pointing out at least 6 thousand fans bought tickets to this game. That really isn't poor, 9k v fulham is, 14k plus v barnsley isn't. Are you another who doesn't quite 'get' Rovers ?

But if you keep putting them up again it can end up being counter productive. All well and good saying we are doing well so more are now coming regardless of price but it still isn't the numbers it could be. Also it wasn't the case a month or two ago and wouldn't be the case if we hit a rough patch again. That's the whole point of the pricing debate, we want regulars back not fair weather form driven we'll pay anything fans. The latter need turning into the former and 30 quid plus tickets won't do that.