Also in the past we have tried complicated fixes and still gone behind.

Scott Wharton is a straight swap for Hyam, why shift another two players when you don't have to ? If the simple option does not work, that is the time for a more complicated fix.

If we win the games that he is out for, it doesn't matter

Are the Barcodes going to become more detested by football fans, than Manure ?

Because the recruitment staff think he is good enough to be a Rover. I hope that they are right.

Thats the idea of loans (try, before you buy). If you buy straight away then it is a reflection on the recruitment staff if the purchase fails. The level that purchase comes from is irrelevent.

Telalovic came from a Bundesliga club. What level he was playing for, at that club, was upto their manager.

If he isn't good enough now, then the recruitement team have fucked up, sell him and move on. If he is good enough for the Rovers, play him and let him show it. If we were still a premier league team, we might be able to afford the time to develop players, but I am afraid in our present situation we can't. Phillips for example.

Not as much as me.

In your scenario, he goes on loan to say a division two club where he is a success, what then. Do we just sell him to a club at that level ? The Rovers are not in a position to have "players for the future". We need players who can contribute here and now.

So you want to see if Telalovic has it in him to score at a lower level. I want to see if he can score at our level.

I long for the day that the Rovers are succesful again.

Do you think he will ?

If we win every week, yes

Did we take all three points ? So Leo's mistake did not cost us a point.

But didn't cost us a point.

how did the U21s get on against the Dingles today ?

So are their bank accounts

I think that at the moment, Rovers and JDT are a good match for each other. In the future that will change. I really like JDT but all managers leave eventually. I just hope that JDT leaves as a successful manager, in a few seasons.

I'd still pick Adam Wharton ahead of JRC. But then again I like three central mid-fielders, so I would have,Tronstedt, Wharton and JRC. I'd rest Szmodic and use him in the Swansea game.

That's a bonus.

If a ref gives someone a yellow card and they are sent to the sin bin, then the refs have made a decission. The sin bin is there so that people have ten minutes to decide if the infringement is worthy of upgrading to a red. The team of the player who has been sent to the sin bin, is being punished against the team that they have infringed against, not some random team later in the season.

So isn't it time to try a change ?

with a fully fit squad Dolan and Markanday don't make our starting 11. If I had to play three forwards, I would pick, Moran, Ennis and Sigurdsson.

Not the way JDT wants us to play.