superniko

Really surprised to see people wanting us to offer Downing a contract. He slows everything down needing 3+ touches before moving at all. Playing him CM last season meant less time for Rothwell who has shone in the few games we’ve had so far. There’s ongoing talk about where Dack fits into our team currently, when you add in Travis (when fit) as well as Buckley is there any need to add to our wage bill with Downing. As for the mocking of Brentford it’s a bit embarrassing, they’ve made £50m+ on 2 players and will still finish above us. Bizarre comments saying we’d hate their model etc... Ah yes, it would be dreadful in comparison to what Venkys and Waggot can serve us up!

Well, that was screaming out for a player like Dack. Nobody looked like they had the quality to make the difference. - Nyambe was poor, offers little going forward (especially given Cunningham was on a yellow) - 3 clean sheets in a row regardless of circumstances is great - Johnson had a good game, hope he keeps this run going - Gallagher is so frustrating. Offers nothing as a threat and gives away so many silly fouls - Cardiff won’t be anywhere near the top 6 this year, maybe their style of football will be effective on occasion, but they have very little quality to vary it.

I can’t believe we’ve done nothing to threaten Cunningham since his yellow card.

Gallagher is so frustrating. Regardless of the fact he doesn’t score, he offers nothing else either.

Fantastic 2 hours, following up a 5-0 win with a 4-0 rout (it could have been 7)! Many were saying our opening run was difficult and we’re now sat in the playoffs after 3 games with the best GD and most goals scored in the league. Back to back clean sheets for Kaminski! Holtby was superb, as someone said above, some passes looked Tugay-Esque. My MOTM. Brereton closely follows, did everything but score and is usually the start of our hard press. I have to say we look a really fit team and the pressure we’re putting on the opposition with the ball is a joy to watch. We look a really unit. Enjoy your Saturday evening everyone.

Holtby has really shown his class since the start of season. Keep him fit, with our other midfield options and who knows.

Yeah Buckley for Holtby for me. Rest his legs and give Buckley a 15 mins in a game that’s already over

Whether you love the guy, or get frustrated by the guy (I don’t think anyone actually hates him)...You have to give Mowbray credit for the difference in Rovers now to when he took over from Coyle (and whilst lowering our wage bill). Serioisly though, who does Dack replace?

Brereton is having a great 20 mins. The lad is just missing a few goals.

+40 GD by Xmas!

We are oooozing confidence! 3-0!!

WHAT AM I WATCHING !

Shame that Breretons didn’t go in but great confidence for both him and Dolan there.

C’mannnnn

Derby having a bit of joy down their left in the first 10mins.

Like a certain Bradley Dack and Gillingham ? I do personally think it would be a luxury signing, plenty of areas in the back 5 need strengthening before I’d look at CM. Like yourself and others have said we have a good mix of players available there now.

The hours aren't bad either I bet! Not a bad gig if you can get it.

The GK coach salary is £84k / year

You've completely contradicted yourself in two sentences, congratulations. If somebody is paid £300k a year but doesn't have the ability to do the job I think we can all conclude that constitutes being grossly overpaid. Your original comment was regarding a CEO of a company Rovers' size, nothing to do with The Championship, you've just used another users post to try and justify your original, incorrect statement, when all that has done is confirm that all aspects of Championship football is overpaid. This is the actual headline of that article..."Crazy wages don't add up in the EFL with clubs on the brink... with the Championship the epicentre of the madness" Again, if you want to rely on that Mail article for your argument, look at the L1 average for a CEO...£89k a year. The guy had been at Coventry 2011-15 and Gillingham 2015-17 (6 straight years in League 1) before joining us, also in League 1!

This is incorrect. Rovers really are not a big ‘company’ in terms of turnover (perhaps in terms of the public eye they are) and £320k is a large CEO base salary. Mercer hit the nail on the head regards dividends, shares, bonuses etc. This is how most CEOs contracts are structured. Some incentive to improving performance Lets be frank, he is grossly overpaid and it is not justified at all.

I remember discussing the fact their share price had risen 400% since our purchase with someone on this board. They said it was based on mortgages on the land that Venkys own increasing 15fold in value, meaning they can remortgage for higher amounts etc. They went on to say the Indian banking system is having liquidity issues due to COVID and land value is decreasing so they may be less keen to invest actual cash.

Lovely ball from Buckley. When Travis and Dack are fit we’re going to struggle to know our best midfield!!

4-2-3-1 can blend into 4-3-3 relatively easily during the game. Fully fit I’d like to see ————— Kaminski ————— Nyambe - Lenihan - Ayala - NewLB ————Travis — NewCM———— JRC ———— Dack ————Dolan ————— Armstrong ————— Rothwell and Holtby could rotate in for the CM. Would like to see Whiteman sign though from what I’ve heard from my Doncaster friend. (Especially with Travis now injured). Perhaps a risk with Armstrong central on his own. With 4-3-3 you’d perhaps lean on Brereton and Gallagher more Left back certainly the priority.

I thought exactly the same... “He's a better player than Blackburns level. I'm still surprised he hasn't ended up in Brummie's unless there was a clash with Karanka.” What is that about? Birmingham who survived by 2 points and flirting with points deductions. Some hugely deluded comments in there. The good news is they highly rate him anyway.

We were linked to Kamil Jozwiak in January, he had premier league interest though, would surely cost £3m+? I would hate to think we're focusing on attacking players ahead of defence (again!), and spending all our budget there If it is him, it would also leave the question as to what our formation is going to be and how we fit in Dack, Armstrong, Gallagher, Brereton etc (considering we spent £12m on the latter two).