If GB is to be believed, they met the valuation we placed on him, having initially put in a bid that was quickly dismissed.

More of a reason was he wanted to leave. Had the chance to go to the top division. For anyone who suggests we should just reject all bids and keep him, not only does it mean an unhappy player but probably squad. Nobody would renew without a release clause if they thought the club would prevent them going up a division

I hope the clauses for Raya to Arsenal have all been met and are binding after that howler

Cost cutting most likely was a factor but you don't think he wanted game time and therefore also wanted the loan? He'd barely made a match day squad in the league.

Try emailing or giving the store/mail order dept a call. Would have expected this to be back on 'standard' sale.

Go on the Rovers site, under Fans then Fans Forum. All the minutes are published there and you can read past ones if so inclined.

A moment after contact but yes it was clearly offside

The suggestions are we received bids of £8m last summer but wanted around £15m. If we had sold him for £8m the fanbase would have been in uproar, particularly given how much Arma went for.

amongst an article on religious issues in India is this snippet on the government's approach to illegal business dealings...

Those expecting/hoping for Rovers to release information critical of or providing sensitive information about Venkys are not going to get it. Firstly SW and GB et al may not be aware of all the going ons in India. Second, even if they are, they are employees of the club and therefore the owners. If the owners don't want to comment publicly, you won't hear from the club or representatives.

On the bench for their opener. Also note he has their number 9 shirt.

Have you not been watching Japan? Surely the most impressive team so far.

It was but he's made some decent stops this half.

I'm sure nobody was thrilled with the front line but whoever said it is the least threatening frontline in 30+ years must be eating some humble pie.

Yep would suggest at least one size up, maybe 2, depending on how tight 'standard' sizing is on you and the fit you want on the shirt. Ideally get to the store to try sizing, or try another Macron team's shirt if you find one in a local shop

Notice Travis is still captain. Doesn't support the fall out talk that's been rumbling over the last few weeks or so.

Club shop seems to have a decent amount of home and third shirts available, but no sight of the away kit today. Not great but not a complete disaster in terms of availability for the opening game.

Lightly raining now. Gone into the stadium and hoping this isn't a sign of things to come. Prices on the Riverside concessions haven't been updated and they're charging more on the til. Not fussed about the additional 30p on a coke (although it's 10% on the listed price) and not the fault of the staff working the stalls. But one of them was a moron, saying I needed to tell management - I had to slowly explain it was in their interest to get the matter sorted before queues for dozens/a hundred are kicking off about being charged incorrectly.

Would a halved design like this be accepted, particularly on the home shirt? Personally I'd say it's fine, still clearly halves, but I get the impression there'd be some pushback.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2023/august/01/have-your-say-on-our-style-/?fbclid=IwAR3ltbDk-CvpMmH31uHcBYvshJ3Zkk-nllx5L0YusvK1Q6BMewhRr35B_Lo

The club have put out a survey for input on the designs for the following 2 seasons. Covers a decent range of aspects - collar type, shade of blue, colours to be used. I expect the most divisive question relates to if the blue and white halves have to solidly separated.... At least the club is trying to get some input on it.

The reversed halves on the back seems popular with some on the basis it's our tradition. Granted the attached doesnt show the back of the shirts but how has it been defined as to what is traditional? From what I can see we didn't even start with halves and then most early designs had the blue and white the other way to how they generally are now.

You don't have to go back many seasons to when we had loads of surplus kit at the end of the season and struggled to shift it. Club needs to find a better balance and I'm sure they previously said they've increased the stock this season so let's see if it turns out any better.

As previously said by the club and in this thread, initial batch available on launch day, rest of the shirts in time for the wba match. As for other clubs.... neither Barcelona nor real Madrid have their 3 kits out yet. Don't think man u or Liverpool do. Chelsea's home using available until mid Chelsea. Lots of clubs don't have all of their kits out yet.

The club have said, several times, that they air freight in an initial batch of shirts to sell on launch day. They then put shirts on pre order, with the remaining stock expected to arrive in time for the wba match ie the start of the season.