Andy

Just now, BRFC4EVA said:

Don't forget Berg, Atkins and Le Saux! 

One of my favourite come backs about us 'buying' the league is that we built our entire back 5 defensive line for less than Liverpool paid for Phil Babb..

Yep, either Babb or Scales (or either).

It's an absolute lazy opinion and does the amazing work done by Kenny/Ray/Tony a massive disservice.

2 minutes ago, superniko said:

Wrexham have spent a fortune, then I looked at their 11 today and it looked absolutely dire. Would love them to drop straight back down 

Spending lots of money absolutely does not equate to success.
We've seen time and time again; you can't just throw a load of expensive signings together and expect them to gel/work.

Look at the side Kenny built. Alongside the likes of Flowers, Shearer and Sutton we had the likes of Gale, Wilcox, Slater, Hendry and Sherwood (all either free, or small value signings).

Wrexham and Birmingham will both finish in the bottom half of the table this season for this very reason.

3 points off the play off spots...👀

Tell you something, that's a good win.

Carter and Wharton were excellent today - we've missed that combination of aggression and quality on the ball.
Keeping them fit is the challenge, of course.

Having a proper GK behind them makes all the difference as well.

Pleased to see Morishita score on his full debut and impressed with Gudjohnsen's cameo also.

Tavares is such a strange one - he's very languid, which means that he should have more time on the ball.

But he seems very poor in his passing, decisions, anticipation...pretty much every aspect of the role.

I know it took Sondre a while to adapt, but I'm not sure he was this bad, this early.

What a goal.

Actually didn't mind that first half at all.
Had the better chances and looked the better side.

I'd stick Gudjonssen and Kargbo on for O'Hashi and Hedges in the second half - some pace down the wing and some strength in attack.

Sorry to hear this, thoughts with your family.

36 minutes ago, Ossydave said:

And? He's more ability in his penis than Mr Offside 

That's a very specific piece of knowledge, which raises questions that I'm not sure I want the answers to.

I had it on in the background, as I did a bit of work on the laptop - I think I must have glanced at the telly 3-4 times in the 90 minutes.

Dreadful, turgid stuff.

Outside of major tournaments, international football is the absolute pits.

On 02/09/2025 at 14:26, Bohinen1983 said:

No way am I terminating Pears contract. He's a more than adequate number 2 at this level and if Toth gets injured then he'll have a point to prove..  if he's off I definitely want a fee and competition for Toth.. Ideally Benson is pushing him hard to improve and be ready.. He's definitely worth a fee, million at least...

I'd have never agreed in a million years prior to this window.

But as we've managed 7-figure fees for JRC, Buckley and another one that skips my memory, it's plausible that we could con someone into paying a million for Calamity.

28 minutes ago, alcd said:

Rovers didn't get a tune out of Hirst - but Ipswich clearly did. O'Riordan is excelling on loan at Donny. Apparently Telalovic has moved on for a profit. Only Ennis has flopped.

I think Wahlstedt and Ennis can be seen as flops, but the rest certainly not.
And even then, we made no financial loss on either.

Hirst and Telalovic didn't do it for us, but they've gone on to bigger and better things; the potential was clearly there.

Szmodics, Tronstad and Hyam don't need explaining - all 3 of them have won our POTY trophy since being here.
And, as you say, O'Riordan is showing a lot of potential out on loan, so we can't make a real judgement either way on him right now.

You'd be reaching (at best) if you were trying to make out that Broughton's transfer record was more shit than good.

Surprisingly decent 2nd half, but that 2nd goal was always a possibility.

Feel we've been unlucky in those first 2 home (league) games and didnt' really deserve to lose either.
But, football is a game of momentum and form and you can't get into a losing habit.

Regroup after the international break, see who we bring in before the close of the window and hopefully start to pick up some wins.

Park up on the Fernhurst / Oakdale estate - keep off the double yellows and don't cause any obstructions and there's lots of free parking on a nice, safe estate.

Half a mile walk to the stadium and easy access to the M65 afterwards.

50 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Did he specifically claim credit for giving him his debut?

I will listen tomorrow.

No, the opposite - he makes a point of saying 'I can't take any credit for him, other than involving him in first team training', more than once.

8 hours ago, Emerald Isle Rover said:

He isn’t going to be taking that much of a pay cut 

Well, at the moment, his salary is £0.

1 hour ago, Armchair supporter supremo said:

Has he gone to Derby yet😄 Read their number one could be on his way out to Brentford 

Please make this happen, it would be hilarious.

But even Eustace appears to have had enough of Calamity at the back end of his tenure here - I'm not sure he'd even go with this, despite his fetish of all things Rovers.

I think, with whatever money is left in the budget(!), we need to throw it at a young, talented Prem forward who needs a season in the Championship.

I'm not overly familiar with all things Prem these days, but there must be one who fits that profile.

No idea on whether Morishita is any good or not, hadn't heard of him before yesterday.
But the Polish fans being devastated at him being sold is a promising sign.

41 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

I  thought selling players wouldn't help our transfer fund.  What changed?

I'm sure the club advised of a c£5m budget this summer - and we've spent just under that, so far.

Maybe Travis leaving has finally freed up a bit of additional funds.

I think most of the frustration from Rovers fans were down to us believing that there was a player in there - he just never seemed to grow out of the unnecessary stepovers and pivots.

Had he stuck to the basics and worked harder on things like crossing and finishing, he'd be much higher rated.

However, hopefully a fresh start for him will help him kick on.

18 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

JDT is the best manager we've had in the Venky era.

He just wasn't a yes man and got sold a dream that turned into a nightmare 

Hard to disagree with this.

He clearly had high standards and, if you didn't either buy into that and work hard, or didn't have the talent, you were out.

Players like Szmodics and Wharton thrived - both of whom have spoken publicly in positive terms about JDT's influence on their development.

If we'd have backed him and Broughton properly, we wouldn't be pissing around in the Championship still now.

If we get a similar performance to Hull, we'll beat them quite comfortably.

But, as ever with Rovers, we're never quite sure what we're going to get.

1 hour ago, roversfan99 said:

Players obviously like playing for Eustace because hes a very good Championship manager and a 

But he doesnt have this gravitational pull to the extent that people make out. Money and challenging for promotion will out rank that.

Ipswich wont let him go anyway.

My concern with any player signing for Derby to link up with Eustace, is that he can't hold a job down for longer than 18-24 months, so they'll not have long with him before he jumps ship to his next job.

1 minute ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Yeah because there's been absolutely no difference between Tugay and Cantwell in his time here, the last couple of games excepted.

ROFL.

Way to miss the point.

Both have/had long hair and wore hair bands.
One has been criticised for it, the other hasn't.

ROFL.