Feck me - 'a terrible Championship' but 1 in 3 in the PL and chased by both MU and Chelsea..................................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He wanted 6 or 7 BEFORE losing Batth, Dolan and Weimann so presumably he wanted 9 or 10! TBH Chaddy, reading your posts about Rovers is like living in an echo chamber with you merely regurgitating everything that emanates from Rovers, bullshit or otherwise. Get a life and post what you TRULY THINK instead of just the sh1te from Rovers.

Middlesbrough have made two signings now - Alfie Jones from Hull for a fee which could reach £3million with add ons and Abdoulaye Kante (defensive midfielder) from Troyes for a fee reported at less than £2million. Clearly, reinvesting the Hackney money. Will they now deliver a knockout bid for Brittain to thwart Eustace and Derby.

You rubbished Ipswich's signing of Delap and look where he is now! I understand Mowbray turned down the chance to take Delap on loan from City in his last January window with Rovers!!!!!!! What is Ismael very happy about? Do you honestly believe he would come out in public and say 'really, we need another 5 to 6 QUALITY additions'. In all fairness to Moyes he's done that at Everton. I think you are incredibly naive and gullible and just post parrot fashion whatever bullsh1t comes out of Rovers.

and if one or both get injured / suspended! Absolute folly to think we have Leonard in reserve - needs loaning out to League 1 or 2 to see if he's fully recovered, can put a run of games together and can find the onion bag a few times! He's no longer a youngster at 22 and 25ish senior games over 4 years is pitiful. Time for the lad to sh1t or get off the pot!

A few pinning their hopes on Tavares. At 23, his only real senior experience, other than 30ish games over 3 years for Porto B in Liga 2, came last season with Moreirense, a lower half league team in the 5th rated Portuguese Liga. Last season, his stats were hardly convincing starting in only 15 games of which he managed to complete only 4. Think he only has 1 or 2 goals to his credit over his career so far (read somewhere he had just 1 goal and 1 assist to his name last season) so he's not going to give us much there. Beyond Travis and Tronstad, we look goosed in midfield with only Tavares, Buckley, Forshaw and Montgomery in reserve. We desperately need another seniorish central midfielder with some proven ability whether that be Baradji or someone else - if Travis goes then we will need two!

The thought fills me with horror. Think re-signing Forshaw was an act of desperation as we'd only landed De Neve at that point. Already injured, played little or no part in pre season and wont be fit for the big kick off. As for 'Jason Lowe' Montgomery, a Lazarian footballer who has risen from the sixth tier of English football (Marine and Chorley) in the blink of an eye. Seen little to suggest the lad offers much beyond athleticism. Wouldn't like to start a match with him in our midfield.

Think there is considerable 'pitch rolling' from both Rovers and Jackson about the number of signings to come. Ismael said 2 or 3 and now Jackson saying 2. Many fans think even 3 is at least 2 short of what we require, however, some gullible fans will buy into all the bulls1t from Rovers and Jackson and convince themselves, and try to convince others, that 2 or 3 will be enough.

I can't understand your first point. Can I suggest before you fire off post after post, you sense check what you have written so folk may be able to understand! As to point two, how do you know there have been no new bids "since Boro bid over 2 weeks ago" - if my information is correct and I believe it is, you are plain wrong. Chaddy tells us he no longer drinks alcohol. He now prefers the intoxication of my posts and he just can't get enough!

Agree, Endean was terrible but he was only part of the deal. You need to remember Ken Furphy was manager at the time and he loved to wheel and deal. He brought in a couple early doors he had at Watford (Endean and Garbett). Other early Furphy signings from memory included McNamee, Field, Arentoft (Rovers first foreign player?) and Price.

Well, I am told Brittain will be gone this week and atm, Derby are leading the way. We shall see.

Chaddy doesn't gamble at all? Have you not seen him post about the football bets he has made!!! Is that not gambling? Why do I make such offers? Well @chaddyrovers makes posts with such apparent certainty and if he was convinced about such certainty then surely he wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth!!! If I'm pretty certain about something, I put my money where my mouth is. Simple as.

Eamon was a mercurial talent "they call him Eamon Rogers, they call him the king of the land, his hair hangs over his shoulders tied up with a blue and white band". Played nearly 200 games for Rovers and his goal record was about 1 in 4 (mainly from midfield). Moved to Charlton with 'Dumper' Endean coming the other way as part of the deal. Sadly, affected by injury after leaving Rovers and I seem to recall he was forced to retire from the game 2 or 3 years after leaving Rovers. A class above anyone we have now.

How about this. If Brittain is still with us when the season kicks off, I will pay £100 to a charity of your choice. If Brittain has gone when the season kicks off, you pay £100 to a chaity of my choice.

They have done more than we have then!!! Our only signing with Championship experience is a bang average McLaughin and certainly none of our signings are world beaters! With Brittain about to leave (and Travis to follow) and the paucity of our recruitment, it will be Rovers fighting relegation.

'Gilly' was a strange one. Think he had a 1 in 2 record for Huddersfield but seemed to struggle with his back but strangely, went on to play over 200 league games when he left Rovers! Read somewhere he's now one of football's dementia sufferers which is no surprise given he was an 'old fashioned' centre forward. West Ham certainly sold us a pup in Britt - think it was a training injury after a coming together with Bobby Moore. When we signed him, remember my dad saying to me during his first match 'we've signed a dud here' - to the experienced eye, it was clear he couldn't jump off his injured leg which was a bit limiting for a centre forward!

Bobby Bell! Came from Ipswich as part of the Allan Hunter deal and was then transferred to Crystal Palace after just 2 or 3 games for Rovers.

Jimmy Kerr was a phenomenal talent who joined Rovers for £60,000 from Bury at the age of 20. He'd already played over 100 games for Bury with something like a 1 in 4 goal record - some record for a midfielder. A knee injury did for him after just about a dozen games for Rovers - a crying shame for a terrific talent.

Side effects from cosmetic surgery are not uncommon ranging from pretty minor stuff to much more severe stuff. For elective surgery, I certainly wouldn't be going to Turkey! Also, heard some horrendous stuff about folk who have had dental work done in Turkey.

Yes Brittain certainly played for us yesterday but I haven't seen any confirmation he flew back with the main party today that would negate the rumours flying around that he came back on an earlier flight. I think it's certain Brittain will leave and if he has a choice, I think it will be Derby over Middlesbrough.

I don't think Rovers have spent any money this window. Sale of Schaper and JRC would bring in about £1.75m. Fees for Alebiosu, De Neve, McLaughlin and Tavares would be no more than £1.75m up front plus fairytale 'add ons' for when we win the PL etc With Brittain heading to join Eustace's Rovers renunion party at Derby for £2.5/3m, we are quids in. If you believe the fantasy figures quoted for our signings then I'd look out in your garden tonight for the fairies!

We lost Szmodics - one player! From last season's squad we have lost half a dozen players who had proven Championship ability: Batth, Beck, Sanderson, JRC, Dolan and Weimann (4 of them big players for us last season). So far, we have not signed one replacement, let alone additional team improver, of Championship ability. Your comments in bold just underline to me that you are just trolling - have you really nothing better to do!?

Think most of us were surprised how last season went based on the previous season. I think at the moment we are considerably weaker than we were last season when comparing the number of players of proven ability at this level we have lost with the cheap and unproven foreign players we have brought in . Without at least 3 quality additions who automatically command starting places and improve our starting 11, I think we will struggle. That is my opinion as you are entitled to yours.

Think we need a minimum of 4 plus a replacement for any departures (will be surprised if Brittain and Travis are here when the window closes). CB: Carter seems to be made of glass whilst we have to see how Wharton goes with his knee (Wharton has also missed long spells with other injuries as well) CM: Tavares is unproven, a washed-up Forshaw (already injured) should never have been re-signed and Montgomery has proved nothing yet other than he is an athlete (as was Jason Lowe!!!) RW: A desperate, desperate need. Hedges offers almost nothing offensively (was it 1 goal and 2 assists last season?) CF: Leonard needs loaning out (L1 or even L2) until at least the Jan. window in order to see if he can hack game after game and score goals - after looking so promising, he's missed so much football over the last season or 2 and after his back problems you do worry if he will ever be fit enough for the rigors of professional football. Just don't see how Ismael would be happy with just 2 or 3 more. 3 more of REAL QUALITY and we MIGHT get by but 2 or 3 more of the likes of Alebiosu, Tavares & De Neve (Alebiosu and De Neve look average at best and don't improve our starting 11 whilst Tavares is unproven with an unconvincing last season at his previous club) and we could be in real trouble.

Sterner tests to come. We certainly look fitter and more energetic but we can't pretend to play like that for a full season with the squad we have - need more depth and quality otherwise we might have shot our bolt before September is out. Noticeably, more long ball and direct. Can see Kargbo and Gueye roughing-up a few defences this season. Impressed with everything Toth has done - indisputably our number 1 now. Tyjon a bonus. Of the new boys - McLoughlin bang average, Alebiosu and De Neve are 'athletes' but not footballers who will hold down a place in our starting 11 and wont improve the team.

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