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I'd have no view on it at all because whatever the tax laws of the Country might be at any particular point is completely out of my control.

Surely to God they won't register Hedges either?

I know others disagree, but I dont think he's worth THAT much. Personally I wouldn't go beyond £2m for him and that's an absolute stretch. I think the Club would be keener to offload Pears if only because he's probably on the higher wage of the two.

I find it hard to believe that a Company can not off set losses from an overseas division against profits at home as long as it's all part of the same group of Companies but I'll bow to the knowledge of someone who knows more about it like Herbie or Wilesden.

Im quite surprised an Alebiosu, Cantwell or Tronstad hasn't left yet. Let alone someone who isn't being used like Pickering/Ribeiro/Pears Nothing whatsoever surprises me anymore with this lot. I wouldn't be altogether surprised if they panicked and spent more than expected before the end of the window or we saw another last minute Hyam style departure without a suitable replacement despite our predicament.

Whilst I don't think it would take a huge amount for one or more of the Clubs to claw their way out of trouble, one win in the last 14, two home wins in 14 all season, we're going to have to improve dramatically to have a chance of staying up - and I just don't see it under this manager. So near and yet so far..........

Your point being? Also can't losses sustained by Rovers be offset against profits made elsewhere within the Venky's organisation?

For me Bennett and Evans were the polar opposite of likeable and by his own admission Graham didnt take the job very seriously at times and had slowed to a virtual standstill by the end. We could badly use a striker of his type near his prime now though. The others I'd agree with, especially the brilliant Harrison Reed who couldn't even get selected in front of Smallwood and Evans. I agree that the current squad are very unlikeable. The only two I like are Scott Wharton and Alebiosu. Gudjohnssen and Jorgensen I'm neutral on until I've seen a bit more. Ohashi and Moreshita seem nice guys but unfortunately just haven't been very good. I think of all the pelters Dolan used to get but he was far more consistent and effective week in week out than those two have been.

Fair points but to all intents and purposes he is the COO of the Company so I dont know what else you're supposed to do if he tells you it's not for sale or the offer is unacceptable.

I dont buy that at all. Rightly or wrongly the takeover was passed at the relevant time 15-16 years ago and as long as any potential purchasers are legitimate and get approved by the Authorities, what concern is it of theirs?

You've no more idea than I have, (none) but I'm not sure why you find it that hard to believe, who'd want to keep him on if the Club was taken over?

Pure guesswork.

You'd think so wouldn't you? That's how we made big money on Szmodics. Maybe as modest as they might be, the wage demands rule us out.

Or perhaps, exactly like the poster said, Pasha blocked the approach.

It's going to be the lamest stumble to the line in many a year. Out of the five sides realistically vying for the last two relegation spots - they have four wins between them in each of their last five games. Twenty five games! Portsmouth have two wins from the last five games Charlton have one Oxford have one Us and WBA have none. It wouldn't take much for one team to get out of trouble and if we sacked VI and got a bit of a bounce it could make all the difference. Still think we'll go unless we sack Ismael. Couldn't really pick the next worst out of that lot.

Maybe a bit of an overexaggeration but was it just the existing squad we have now plus Cleary? Bit optimistic to think the addition of one player is going to shoot us up the table. We have a terrible Head Coach however.

Assuming you're right for a moment 1) When you say they'd walk away "unscathed" are you claiming the entire amount of their "investment" in the Club consists of borrowed money from BOI ? 2) What would constitute a "favourable climate"?

And you'd imagine it IS coming soon.......

Has to. TV income would be down £6m or £7m on it's own now without anything else being taken into consideration.

Probably not, but we're not even in the same ball park on the fee so any talk of him coming is ludicrous imo. If that changes and we land him, fair play.

Perhaps you should convey that message to your glorious leader! 😂😂

Sounds feasible. Still don't agree with it - you should be picked on merit alone and in the long run we're better playing Pratt. And if you're that worried about costs, wouldn't cost any loan fee at all.

Pretty sure they wouldn't have at the time. They might be worrying about it by now. Of course proper owners would be ringing the stooges up about now playing holy hell because we've recently dropped into the bottom 3. Whether our lot care enough or have even noticed is of course very much up for debate.

I dont know if it's true or not. I've always thought it's more likely with these things that rather than a written agreement that "player X will play a minimum 80 minutes every week" etc there more of a general understanding that said player will get a good amount of games time every week or any privileges will be withdrawn etc. Im not in favour of either. The fact Cashin was brought straight back in after just one game out does nothing to persuade me that something fishy isnt going on frankly.

If we're the only suitor for him maybe. If not and If we're going down, (which I think we are) what's the point in him moving unless we're a better long term prospect? (eg Derby v Rovers) Im not even sure we're that at the moment either. All likely to be hypothetical debate anyway as we won't pay the fee for him.