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How long are we in Portugal for? Guessing there won't be much in the way of transfer activity if Broughton is out there as well?

Never is though.

I think that would be absolutely fine Mike. Once we actually get the "3-4 solid signings" we can all breathe far easier. Maybe we'll find it a lot easier to get deals over the line than we have in the past with Broughton doing the negotiating as opposed to Mowbray/Venus/Waggott. On the loan front, if we do bring some in, more quality and less quantity required. Need everyone to be a hit like Van Hecke and not misses on 10k p.w. like Poveda or downright flops like Douglas or Trybull.

We can bicker on here all we like, but the bottom line is we are three key players, five loanees and possibly BBD down from where we were by the end of the January window with around one month to go to the start of the new season. So potentially NINE players down and no real sign of anyone coming in! Why havent we for example got our ducks in a row and a couple of oven ready players ready to come in after June 30 th? If anyone who isn't concerned by that, I want a pint of what they're on!

The story changes completely when the first version of events didn't turn out to be true!

Hang on, this was the bloke that was going round telling people in the lounges that DL was about to put pen to paper last Autumn wasn't it? Brand new category 1 Academy also promised prior to that in a space that wouldn't support it and a new pitch promised after a game was called off to placate people which never happened either. The guy can't lie straight in bed.

Absolutely no idea what your beef with Gary Smith is and playing devil's advocate we are possibly seeing signs of the good things certain people were promised 18 months or so ago - New manager and management structure - Substantial work done on the pitch and supporting infrastructure - You yourself posted some remedial works are to be carried out to the stadium. As far as Waggott is concerned though, couldn't agree more. Absolutely bang on with your points regarding him.

I'm very pleased to hear it. How nice for them. Even taking your word on this lad's ability though, it's of no relevance whatsoever to us unless he ends up here though is it?

Completely agree. Absolutely gutted to be losing Nyambe and for me he will be by far the most difficult of the three to adequately replace. We'll end up having to spend money to bring in an inferior replacement. Three key assets walking out for nothing though. That's absolutely criminal and Waggott and Mowbray have so much to answer for. Mowbray, has gone, thankfully, but what on earth does Waggott have to do to get the sack?

So you are are effectively announcing, or alleging, to all and sundry that he's been breaking the rules? 🙄

To use Sharpe's terminology "It is understood" there is no sell on percentage (and at the price we paid there bloody well shouldn't be) but I'm not 100% certain on that.

Venus was supposedly in charge of negotiating transfers at one point. Probably why we could never get any deals over the line or, if we did, why they were on such massively unfavourable terms.

Sounds feasible given he has only 12 months left on his contract and is player number 4 out of 4 Waggott has failed to convince to sign a new deal but I suppose what you're being told would also be in total contradiction of what Broughton said about there being a very healthy budget. Or whatever the exact wording it was that he employed. Would be a very bad start for him if he said one thing and the opposite was in fact the case.

The point being..........? Surely he can observe a previous training session without taking an active role in it?

Grow up Glen.

There's only so much you can do to polish a turd. I was rather more hopeful that JDT might jettison Gallagher in favour of someone decent and add an extra dimension to BBD's game if he's still here this season.

Well, he certainly has charisma and presence, could hardly be further removed from Mowbray in that respect but of course ultimately it's results on the pitch that count. When they saw Brockhall, hopefully they were thinking "Wow!". Not: "I wonder how many houses we can fit on here".

Calm down dear, it was a joke. 🙂

You'd better have your "Carlo" Carvalhal tattoo removed!

Disgraceful if that's what happened Mike. Fielder is a relatively recent appointment isn't he? Wonder if we got that one wrong? Why can't these people on several hundreds of thousands of pounds a year tell us what they CAN do to fill the ground and increase revenues rather than what they CAN'T?

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Personally, I haven't seen enough evidence of change YET, to say whether you're wrong or right on this. It's not happening quickly enough for me, I want things to happen yesterday when it comes to Rovers BUT........ We've seen a change in manager which everyone seems to be broadly in favour of and a change in management structure. I think this is absolutely huge and the importance of it can't be underestimated. We've seen the excellent Community work in recent months. Although no-one seems able to agree on the exact scale of what's happening, we're seeing improvements made to the pitch. I've always said the litmus test of all this would be the quality of the managerial appointment after Mowbray. I'm slightly more enthused than not before a ball is kicked. The next crucial test will be the extent of the backing he receives. So.....some way still to go, but, green shoots?

Having met darrenrover I'm absolutely certain there's no ego's whatsoever involved here, just a genuine desire to help the Club do better and ultimately prosper. Not particularly wishing to speak for him, (he's more than capable of doing that for himself!) but personally I don't think he's guilty of anything more than being unable to resist the temptation to react to something he sees posted on here he perceives as being completely wrong or unfair having discussed various matters with the Club and having formed an opinion on what they have to say. Beyond that the implied understanding that matters discussed will be kept confidential and common decency prevent him from going into further detail.

I'm sure he will in future given the reaction he's been getting on here!

That is particularly harsh and completely unfair imo. Has no - one ever heard of the concept of mutual trust and confidentiality?