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Just now, SkipDonoghue said:
Reading 0-1 Rovers
Nuttall pen 2mins....great start
Surely Nuttall has done enough to at least earn a squad number. I only saw him briefly in pre season but he certainly looked like he has something about him, Big, strong, mobile and as has been proven since an eye for goal. Given the dearth of quick players in that position the answer to that question could well lie within.
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I'm sure I read that they have sold 2500 1875 memberships which means (at that time) around 5500 had opted not to join. I wonder is some of these might not buy tickets for the Burnley match because they don't want to join 1875.
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Could this be brought up by the Fans Forum at the next meeting? It would be nice to get the rationale behind this and as Cheston generally disregards emails he should be put on the spot.
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49 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:
I thought Neil Yardley was very good, passionate about the club and considering it was an in house station he could be critical.
I don't doubt his passion but when it came to hard hitting and searching questions of managers I thought he was very weak. Too many managers got off lightly in my opinion.
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I believe that for recent league meetings between us and them the planning starts months in advance with meetings between both clubs and police. Given the short notice I wonder if the normally rigid travel arrangements might be relaxed as they were for the FA Cup replay over a decade ago.
I would love Rovers to restrict the ticket allocation to them to a bare minimum whatever that is. Last time we went there we only got just over half of the Shittyfield End but that was a league game. As somebody said earlier the pound signs will be lighting up in Chestons eyes.
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2 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:
Yep. I always remember Nicky Campbell's comments on 5 Live, when the FA Cup semi final draw had "secured" Rovers v Chelsea and Utd v Watford.
"What a surprise!"
The balls in the microwave certainly worked that day. For the first FA Cup final at the 'new' Wembley why would they want Rovers or Watford there.
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Winning is the most important thing in every game. Dig below that though and we did look really susceptible at the back particularly in the first half when Raya made a couple of smart saves. I am far from convinced by three at the back. One of the main differences between Saturday and last night was the width we had going forward. The passing was a lot better than at Southend. Mulgrew hurt himself early on and carried on for much of the game although he went straight down the tunnel when he was substituted for treatment.
Coventry were decent but the third goal killed them off and spared us the agony of extra time for what was a road work Laden drive home.
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2 minutes ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:
By the looks; she hacked his Twitter account i.e. managed to gain access to his account, however she posted screenshots of conversations she's supposedly had with him by text message. It's now been deleted.
Thanks mate.
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18 minutes ago, Tom said:
Looks like his twitter may have now been hacked and posting messages he sent to a girl saying how badly he's messed up and wants to kill himself.
Not a great 24 hours for him here
I don't understand Twitter and hacking. Are you saying that Dack actually sent these or somebody else did using his account to make it look like he wrote them.
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Exactly right, winning is a great habit. However I think Mowbray will make wholesale changes as he seems to be influenced by what is in vogue like fancy systems, squad rotation and resting players. All nonsense in my opinion. Another defeat tomorrow irrespective of who he plays could really damage us.
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4 minutes ago, RockinRover said:
Because no one here has never been out drinking after a bad shift at work.
If you hadn't finished your bad shift and gone home early due to an injury (which could well have been aggravated by not resting it) then no.
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15 minutes ago, Bigdoggsteel said:
What did he do wrong in that article? Footballer need to have a life. If that involves going off with birds out of Love island, thats their choice
Now for playing crap, thats a different issue.
Also I am concerned that he is out in Essex. Does he live near Blackburn yet? I saw an interview with smallwood lat week and he said that he is still commuting from his old home near Rotherham. We need the player to settle quickly
He went off injured on Saturday with a tight hamstring which will only have been aggravated by spending several hours in a nightclub, maybe standinot around or even dancing. He should have travelled back with the team and had treatment first thing yesterday.
Have we signed another wrong 'un.
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I watched the Bolton game yesterday and in the build up they listed a series of restrictions imposed on them due to their perilous financial state. The one that struck me is that they are only allowed to pay players up to £4.5k per week. I assume this applies to new signings and new contracts. They are not allowed to make season long loans and only have a 23 man squad.
Seems that fourth from bottom will be a success for our friends from Horwich.
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An interesting article below conducted by the FSA. The PL spokesman comments are typical of how out of touch the authorities are.
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2 minutes ago, Claytons Left Boot said:
The sooner it implodes, Tony, the better as far as I'm concerned. If Rovers somehow worked their way back to the top flight under this lot, I'm not sure I would bother going. Meanwhile, over at Witton Albion, the bucket gets passed round and a few coppers get thrown in...
I remember talking to an Accrington Stanley director a few years ago when they were playing at Macclesfield. I asked him about a young striker who seemed decent. He told me the player was on £120 per week basic and bonuses were only earned when he was in the first team. I always think of that young lad (I can't remember his name) when I see some of the fees and wages of today's players.
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3 hours ago, J*B said:
Neymar set to join PSG for a world record £196m paid upfront - the minimum release fee in his contract. Announced today because his father (yes you read that right) was due a payment of €25m for his son's loyalty to Barcelona on August 1st.
Barcelona are complaining to UEFA its a breach of Financial Fair Play. The President of La Liga is threatening to sue.
Incredible.
What is incredible to me is that clubs are actually prepared to pay obscene amounts to these people. I harbour real hope that the whole thing implodes at the top level and some of the big clubs go to the wall. I read today that Neymar will earn £650k per week tax free. These ridiculous fees and wages are likely to increase year on year. How long before we have a player earning £1m per week?
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6 minutes ago, Mike E said:
It's the name of the game tbf. Need shootout players to be Super Troopers rather than Dancing Queens.
I really regret posting that now, I do, I do, I do, I do.
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A new system for a penalty shootout in the Carabao Cup called the ABBA system. Presumably the winner takes it all.
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Just now, Dunnfc said:
One things for sure he can only improve from in on here.
issue I had was contracts, 1year deals with an option of a further year based on performance. Go up this year and we will excuse my French but need to shed the @#/? to make way on the wage bill.its all fine and well looking at promotion this year but you can run a club or business especially how rovers are trying to do without looking at the life cycle cost of things and that goes on after promotion looking at the length of these deals.
But you can't just have a mass clear out after promotion because some players might be deemed not good enough. Of course a club will need to strengthen its squad but this is done gradually. For most promoted clubs from any league the objective must be consolidation before kicking on. A two year deal is about right and gives benefits to both parties.
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Before last week I doubt if any of us could give any kind of appraisal on Smallwood (or even heard of him) but now we have detailed analysis of him and a high number of fans have already written him off. Step forward the new Jason Lowe, Keith Andrews, Jason Wilcox et al.
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I just hope he hasn't got the Murphy attitude of I'm too good for this league. League One is physical and most clubs play with intensity and a bad attitude will stand out like a sore thumb. He certainly has ability though and harnessed correctly could be the difference between winning and losing.
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44 minutes ago, Dunnfc said:
No you've got to have a bit of leeway to an extent but ffs we've got to have expectation, in 7 years our club continually declines season upon season.
Oeople get off Scot free because half the rovers fans just shrug there shoulders and go "ok". There is no demand no pressure on the team to perform from the fans. So average is readily accepted.
to raise the bar you have to raise your expectations
I have faith in Mowbray and under our ridiculous circumstances is absolutely the best we could hope for but there are far too many variables in football to simply say he has to win eight of the first ten games. Given the numerous past lies and broken promises from the Indians the chances are they will do it again. We will be lucky if an honourable man like Mowbray is still here after ten games.
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Academy & U21s
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Thanks for the updates - are you at the game? I can't find anything on the official website.