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YES! But that hasnt stopped you obviously!

So if that's the criteria on which we're judging players, Tronstad REALLY isn't that good either then? Can't even drum up any worthwhile interest in him.

It's the only slight criticism I would have of Trav. When he indulges in the shithousery I think it's to the detriment of his own game. When he concentrates purely on the football, great player - at this level.

Waggott no longer on the premises?

Feel really sorry for Travis. The Club are actively trying to offload him because he's one of the higher earners yet just to rub salt in the wound the manager has taken the very unusual step of coming out in Public and stating "he's let everyone down" for some unspecified reason. I think from Travis's point of view, maintaining a dignified silence is probably the best thing to do. Just get out of the place without resorting to stooping to the Club's levels.

In devil's advocate mode: You can't (and don't want) authorities intervening because Clubs are being run badly per se. Clubs have be left to live and die (figuratively speaking) by their own mistakes or good management. It's only when their viability starts to come into question that the Authorities should intervene. Manchester United were atrocious last season and finished way below where they should for a Club of that size. Does that mean the Authorities should have intervened?

Not aimed at you specifically, but I swear some people would prefer it if we signed Usain Bolt in his prime over Tugay in his prime. Pace is useless unless you can do something with it.

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Exactly - a spirited defence of the regime of the sort we've come to expect at around this time every transfer window from Mr. Mani. But you can summarise it all by saying the alleged "upgrades" (the T2000's) are slightly cheaper to purchase and a lot cheaper to run than the originals (the T1000's)! Will it work? Who knows? I doubt it myself, I think we're more likely to end up in League 2 or lower than achieve any success. But you can see why we seemingly had trouble sourcing a new manager before we happened upon VI who was happy to work under these conditions. "So Gary" (O Neil) "What we're going to do is get rid of all the established players with Championship experience and use a Moneyball type approach to source value out of players such as ones who have just been relegated from the more minor European Leagues." "Gary?" "Gary?" "You still there Gary?"

So.....we could have had a very productive window in terms of sales once Travis goes. Brittain c£3.5m Travis c £4m if Wrexham get him. Buckley and JRC c £1m each. c £9.5m.

I think Tony makes a fair point. The players you list aren't Premier League level but they're good level Championship players and relatively speaking have some sort of affinity for the Club which always helps. Of course if their replacements turn out to be better it matters not one jot where they come from but that remains to be seen.

He's one player, if he could refind his love for the game, I wouldn't mind us having a buy back option on because there is a real talent in there somewhere, his main problem seems to be the six inches between his ears.

Ah OK thank you. If you say so! I just dont get the concept of Twitter/X at all or understand why on earth anyone would possibly want to be on it. Unless you're on there for monetary purposes earning an income.

Im sure you have the facility to put me on ignore if you dislike my posts that much.

Ah, got you. Thank you I dont understand why if it's a Twitter/X post from Rovers aimed at the general fan base it's necessary to send it to Buckley personally, it's hardly a glowing tribute written straight from the heart. I'll leave it there though, Im sure there'll be a lot bigger things to complain about soon as Emerald says.

Then you get people coming on here moaning about people moaning for no apparent reason. Obviously, it's by no means the most important thing you could complain about but to me it's just symptomatic of the lack of class running throughout the Club. They just can't seem to strike the right note with anything.

I've no idea what you just said there. 🤣 "Tag him" is he wearing an ankle bracelet or something? Why can't they just call him "John"? Sorry for being a saddo old person who doesn't use Twitter or X or whatever its called now.

Yeah, "Sorry we forced you out after 20 years mainly because you're a high earner. Now if you wouldn't mind saying a few nice words about the Club before you leave....... Then don't let the door hit you on the arse on the way out. Ciao."

I Is it just me being old or does anyone else detest being referred to as "@jbucko" etc. As far as I know the word "at" doesn't appear anywhere on my birth certificate. It's really annoying. As far as the Buckley tribute is concerned I think calling him "Bucko" is fine, "@jbucko21" is cringeworthy.

I thought everyone was referring to Kargbo's assist for Hedges' goal

I dont know, but Id guess VI is on roughly the same as JE, and RG is on a LOT less than the eye watering £562k Waggott paid himself according to the last lot of accounts.

Means nothing until the player signs on the dotted line. You'd have a very unhappy player on your hands though.

Must have forgotten how he "accidentally" scored two own goals in one game.

Looks like he's up before the firing squad or the hostage in a video making a ransom demand or something. We've done well if we've got £1m for him Id say and financially it's probably a very lucrative move for Buckley.

Depends how you define "spending money". To me selling £7m worth of players and spending £7m on players coming in is spending nothing not "spending £7m on transfer fees". Im very easily irritated by anything the Club does these days but it also irritates me when the official site parades someone as "the 8th" signing of the summer etc making it sound as though it's the 8th outright addition when in reality including departing loanees there's probably at least that many if not more gone out so if anything Id guess we're slightly down on numbers.