7 hours ago, DE. said:

I'm sure his experience here will stand him in good stead going forward, and if he can improve on his weaknesses then he's already shown here that his philosophy has the potential for a huge upside if all the pieces are in place and he's properly backed by the club's owners. 

Which is why it's bizarre he's taken the Sweden job - went down in my estimations with that completely unambitious move

Do we know Sammie doesn't have a release clause in the new deal he signed? Might we still lose him on the relative cheap?

17 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

In the past weve been very lucky with goalscorers stepping up but theres definitely no one internal who will score a high number should Szmodics go.

Gallagher and Dolan would be the obvious 2 because unlike the rest theyve scored at least a few goals per season over a number of seasons, Gallagher usually gets 8 or 9 and Dolan less. But neither has it in them to suddenly start banging them in. Markanday is not good enough and needs moving on if anyone will have him. Leonard isnt ready for regular Championship football and there is plenty of hype around Gilsenan but he has only played a couple of league minutes and he might have scored a decent amount in the kids league but its a massive step up, see Vale as proof of that so if he becomes a first team member we have to treat it as a bonus rather than something we bank on.

You're forgetting Sigurdsson. Will he get 30+? No. But he has the pedigree to get 10-15 if everything falls right for him.

17 minutes ago, JustARover said:

I don't think he will but I'm hoping we find a way to utilise Sigurdsson

But he's been dreadful and seems to have no confidence when he's playing. 

He doesn't commit or run at his fb and he barely crosses it into the box

Maybe we should try him through the middle but would that even work

Don't think he's been dreadful, he's scored 8 goals-ish, right? Second behind SS. Definitely has something about him. With a proper pre-season and played correctly I could see him being an important player for us.

3 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Dolan is actually the opposite - he wants (and is best) to play centrally. 

Out wide he simply doesn't have the pace to worry FBs.

He works really hard and often finds himself in excellent positions but then inexplicably turns back on himself into trouble rather than passing or shooting. Drives me nuts watching it. Needs to get that indecision out of his game.

Branthwaite looked miles off it at Rovers and yet is on the verge of an England call-up now. Sometimes loan players work out, sometimes they don't for different reasons including age. Too early to write off the likes of Moran.

7 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Surely not.

A Yes man, if he genuinely said that.

From 4m53s in the 'so proud' video here: https://www.rovers.co.uk/videos/

Interesting comments from JE, says we don't need major surgery just two or three quality additions 

Plymouth aside Mcfadzean has been brilliant for us

So Leicester were still hungover after all!

Just now, superniko said:

The worry for me is that Hull and Norwich results affect each other.

Hull losing means Norwich don’t need to try which means more chance for Brum. 

We basically need to hope Leicester come out the same as that for the 2nd half and we cling onto 0-0 

West Brom winning so Norwich need a goal to not finish 6th

Rovers chromecasted to the TV, Norwich v Birmingham on the laptop. One of those days.

Norwich and Hull to both do us a favour i think

2 hours ago, GaryC said:

Going to be a tough one to call, you would hope that Hull would do us a favour as they are still in with a shout of the playoffs, Norwich might not as safely in playoffs as two teams are definetely not going to catch us, i think we will lose at Leicester but stay up just

Norwich will go full strength at Birmingham as they will want to finish 5th 

On 30/04/2024 at 23:16, Bbrovers2288 said:

Ben Davies, Kieran dowell and Tom Lawrence all told to find new clubs by rangers, they aren’t sexy signings but they are all champ worthy , fairly steady eddies that would improve our squad 

Didn't Tom Lawrence already play for us once

10 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Lancashire telegraph. 

He basically wants to get to 100 points. They aren't sitting back

They were still on the piss at lunchtime today according to some reports so hopefully they'll be hungover come Saturday

Just now, arbitro said:

https://www.efl.com/news/2024/april/29/three-games-chosen-for-sky-sports-broadcast-on-sky-bet-championship-final-day/

It hasn't been selected for live coverage.

Bit weird. Do they not want to see the title winners lift the trophy.

Bialkowski leaving Millwall. Probably a bit old now but a good Championship keeper in his day

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/cz4xrvgjlrdo

3 hours ago, all you need is duff said:

Will the game be available to purchase on RoversTV with it not being Saturday 3pm?

Be surprised if it isn't one of the Sky games

5 hours ago, Groundhog said:

Some bloke was given Brittain stick from the Riverside at the final whistle, no matter what you think of Callum, whatever was going on didn't look pleasant and Brittain was clearly pissed off. Am I right that I didn't notice him coming out after?

Just to pick you up on this as I was right there. Brittain was asking fans on our side what the scores were in the other games at the end. He was told Birmingham Hudds was 1-1, then said "what about Sheff Wed". When he was told they'd won, he swore and slouched down with his hands on his knees all dejected. So pissed off, yes, but not with any fans.

Better if Leicester get it done today. Might field a few kids on Saturday.

We're very lucky that Hull and Norwich still have a lot to play for (Norwich will definitely want to finish 5th and get the easier play off semi) Agree we won't get anything off Leicester but it's Birmingham or Plymouth to drop for me.

Absolute howler from Raya in the north London derby

34 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Same reason Huddersfield are down. Although obviously I hope you are right.

Regardless of Hull, Norwich will want to finish above West Brom in 5th to avoid Ipswich or Leeds in the playoff semis I would expect. Southampton out of form so i think they'll think that's their best bet.

The key with Wharton is whether we have a sell on. That could easily push the deal close to £25m. Haven't seen it reported anywhere though and it's something Jackson needs to get an answer to asap.

Hull's #9 looks brilliant. What a bit of pace can do.