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It’s an independent fanzine sized magazine devised by a Rovers fan. 2 issues so far which have both been superb. Really good production quality, great articles, retro feel. On Twitter at @turnstilesmag and available at https://turnstilesmagazine.bigcartel.com/ Tends to sell out quickly, but I highly recommend.

I buy fanzines, programmes at away games, occasional print magazines like WSC or Fourfourtwo, and I’m really enjoying Turnstile magazine that’s 2 issues in and is bloody brilliant. I gave up buying our programme regularly as it was crap. Printed media still definitely has a place… has to be good though. Obviously it’s far easier to bin it completely and suits the general approach of everything at the club at the moment.

It’s not engagement though, it’s more empty words. Engagement would be responding to correspondence put to them. I wouldn’t read too much into who it is signed by. It’s clearly written by Waggott and hits all the key points he’s been spouting for the last couple of years. They committed to respecting the legacy of Jack Walker… look how that turned out.

Just a quick thank you to BRFCS and the posters on this thread so far. My head was about to explode reading Twitter.

I bet the same people reckon Gerry and Kate McCann are good parents because they took their kids on holiday. Well funded, terribly run.

I’m surprised it took as long as 9 words for him to mention “challenges”

I don’t know him personally, but by all accounts he still cares deeply about the club.

Because I think it’s an uncomplicated formation that is balanced and allows players to know what their job is and use the attributes that suit them.

Against Leeds the formation looked 5-3-1-1, almost a normal system with Dolan given a lot of Freedom. Today we started with 5–2-3, wing backs and wide strikers, nothing in midfield. We finished the game with Mowbray’s trusted 4-3-3. A week to go before the season opener and it’s impossible to predict what formation we will play, and at best you can only predict 4 of the starting 11 with any degree of certainty. And while we don’t really have a discernible playing identity, the inevitable loss of Armstrong will have to mean a fundamental change to the way we play. Ridiculous. Today was a real wake up call after Wednesday. As much as I raved about Magloire on Wednesday he struggled tonight and should’ve done a lot better for their second. If allowed to use his physical attributes and concentrate on defending he’s going to be useful though. We looked miles off it in midfield (numbers and performance) until the subs, all of whom looked lively. Dolan and Nyambe linked up well a few times, but seemed to both be occupying wide space and limiting our outlet for a ball into the box when we did break forward. Gallagher looking good getting on the end of crosses rather than putting them in. Good to see Brereton in the goals, he will need to be. The second was very nice.

Big difference between this showing so far and the performance against Leeds. We’re a body lighter in midfield and it’s showing.

1. Yes. Unfortunately. 2. Yes. Unfortunately. 3. Brereton will win it whether performances mean he deserves to or not 4. 20th 5. West Brom

I’m not even that bothered by the lack of signings at this point, and I’m certainly not surprised. We should’ve got whatever money we could at the start of the window for Armstrong and used it to pay off Mowbray, Venus, Lowe, and whoever else, as well as Waggott. A compensation package should’ve been agreed with Wycombe for Ainsworth and Tom Finn should’ve been approach with a sincere apology and a handsome offer to try and get the club back on track. Just a quick one on Waggott, if his salary was talked about weekly instead of annually, it becomes apparent he earns more than most of our first team squad. More than we are offering Nyambe. It’s ridiculous. I’d be happy going into the next season with no new signings, but with major changes in the dugout and boardroom, in fact, I’d be delighted.

I bought mine today, have to say the process was reasonably painless, especially compared to buying the game on Rovers TV last night!

I wasn’t so sure when you mentioned this on the stream the other night, but on that performance I’m definitely reassessing my opinion. Full backs getting forward at every opportunity is clearly something Mowbray wants, and for one they had adequate support. I’d still prefer a 4-4-2 though.

I really enjoyed that. Nyambe and Buckley were excellent, Kaminski picking up where he left off. Really impressed with Magloire, the lad is a physical phenomenon and those attributes alone mean he should be in and around the first team not shipped out in favour of other teams kids. Pickering has a lovely left foot but struggled defensively against a tough opponent. Garrett loves a tackle, Cirino looks like one to watch, Dolan was busy first half, and what a hit by McBride… the way he set the ball down it was always flying in! Armstrong looked like his head was in Southampton. Oh, and that Diaz lad reminds me a lot of Brereton we had last season. We’re obviously going to be reliant on a lot of these young lads at times throughout the season. What a shame that during what is probably the academy’s most purple patch since it’s inception, there is such an uninspiring manager at the helm. A dynamic manager with motivational skills might get these lads playing fearlessly and above themselves giving us something to get really excited about.

Still no stream. Another shambles

They never get the message. He’s been sending a clear enough one that he’s completely hopeless for long enough.

Rovers TV is shite. Billed three times, still no valid subscription showing to watch it. No doubt it will be “challenging” to stream a game. Waggott finds everything challenging.

That seems very reasonable 👍

I’d like that option.

Very impressed. Glad to see the forum hasn’t changed much, but the homepage and additional content are great. Well done to all involved! 👍

Reach out for me!

The same could be said for the fans consultation meetings, which the Forum seems to have become the de facto replacement for. The consultation meetings are supposed to be the place to ask the questions a lot of people seem to be wanting from the forum. It’s usually a very passive room and the questions always come from the same people. There is of course the issue that the meetings aren’t fit for purpose and rather than get answers from the owners (ha!) we are regaled with tales of Tony’s youth. Id like to see a few more posters off here attend the next consultation, whenever that may be.

I’m very surprised he hasn’t been included in the recent kit launch videos considering his newfound cult hero status. Actually, of course I’m not surprised the club aren’t capitalising on this in the slightest. Maybe if there is a third kit.

Agree completely. Big fan of this on first viewing and I might have to buy one. I’ll have to see it up close though, Macron’s quality of manufacturing can be very shoddy.