We are going up this season - I also guarantee it! We are 16/1 for promotion which is unbelievably generous. Money to be made, get in there. £20 will give you a great trip to London to watch us win the play off final. 3/1 for Rovers' win again very generous and gut feel is that will be the score in our favour - lumped on Rovers at 9/2 at beginning of week. Tough game tonight but think we'll have too much flair and energy for their defence to cope.

Strange appointment Bilic - managerial career been on downward spiral for some time. Not sure Wilder will do much better.

We are on fire and with confidence and adrenalin surging through the camp like an exocet missile this will be another win. Rovers 3-1.

What a sensational week for Rovers. For years, I thought my fire and passion for Rovers had been doused for good. Feckin hell, this is like the 'good old days'. Make no mistake Sheffield United are right up there for a reason - a very good side with aggression and a touch of nastiness (ridiculous they finished up with 11 still on the field). Rovers today were everything a supporter wants to see in their team. Gritty, determined, passionate (the essentials) but structured, exciting and skilful. To a man, we were excellent with no one worth less than an eight and a number worthy of a nine and even pushing for a ten! Defensively excellent. Pears now looks sound, and JRC and Carter look revelations, Pickering much improved whilst I can only assume Nicola Sturgeon selects Scotland's football team when the magnificent Hyam is not part of it! Travis is reborn and even Buckley looks half a player! Thomas and Szmodics give us great energy, Gallagher is contributing far more to the team in his rightful position as a centre forward and Dolan is just sensational and I think he will get better and better. Been a helluva a day so far and goodness knows what state I'll be in following dinner out tonight and further bevvies!

Feckin brilliant! On to the champagne now - caning the bookies. We are going up!

1 up at half time, would have settled for that. Blades certainly look a threat. Think we've another goal in us. Need to look after the ball more when in possession. Got my feet up and opened a bottle of Chat-du-Pape. Not worried - will stick with original prediction, Rovers by a single goal.

Think you miss the point on Waggott. IMO, he adds no value and as such the club is not progressing as it needs to and he should be removed. If only law was so simple!!! We will see. ??? - wake up and smell the coffee!!!

"They've cocked up sure" = negligence preventing execution of contracts. Bosman was a ground breaking case. This could also be a ground breaking case should Forest decide to test it in the courts.

IMO, Waggott himself has to go - full stop. I do not think Waggott has moved Rovers forward one iota as CEO and showed his true colours with the Brockhall shenanigans. You had a meeting with him and ever since you seem to have been blinded by his bullsh1t. Forest wont be suing us - just how the feck do you know? They have 'lost' a minimum of £500k (employment costs over loan period) to a potential of £20MILLION (transfer fee and wages) should Rovers get promoted. Frankly, I would be staggered if they don't seek redress. Take a coffee or two this morning!!!

Execution of contracts was prevented by what could be construed as negligence by Rovers' personnel. Forest and O'Brien have suffered financial and other damage as a direct consequence. I think those two points are quite indisputable. IMO, the arbitration appeal before William Norris KC has done Rovers no favours, portraying the club in an unprofessional light. I think some of the conclusions were quite damning which would not help in any future court case. You should note that Case Law is based on judicial decisions concerning unique disputes - and this could well turn out to be one of them creating a new precedent for the football industry if it went to court (remember how the Bosman ruling came about). Should Forest and / or O'Brien come gunning for financial recompense, I think counsel would be advising Rovers to reach out of court settlements - then again, having read the 22 page report from the appeal, I am struggling to believe that counsel actually thought this was an appeal worth pursuing. Maybe after the Berg, Shaw legal debacles and now this escapade, Rovers should be considering where they source their legal expertise.

JDT seems to have a knack of churning out a result when least expected. See nothing to fear - Rovers by a single goal.

Semantics!

We will see! I have offered my thoughts and observations and having very good contacts in the legal field, I feel confident in what I've written.

Disagree with your legal perspective. Law is either statute or case (established by precedent and there always has to be a first case which becomes a precedent and this could be it!). Feel certain Forest or O'Brien or both will have a pop at us. All parties had signed contracts and execution was only frustrated by one body failing to meet the timely requirements of its regulatory body. I think negligence could be construed to have caused financial and other loss. Only the next few days / weeks will tell but I strongly suspect Rovers haven't heard the last of this.

You would think our owners and Pasha would want to know why we keep losing 'legal' cases, Berg, Shaw etc and now EFL. Both costly and embarrassing.

The contract could not be fulfilled owing to Rovers' established mismanagement of the process. I don't think we have a leg to stand on.

The contract was frustrated by Rovers negligence / incompetence as evidenced by the arbitration appeal report headed by KC. It's that simple.

Well for starters, Forest are now paying wages and employer's NI at 13/14% that they wouldn't have been doing should he have joined Rovers on loan. Seemingly, Rovers were meeting O'Brien's wages in full so that's at least £500k over the loan period. If Rovers get promoted, Forest would have pocketed a £10million fee and would have freed themselves of the remaining obligations on O'Brien's contract - that's likely to be no less than £5million. Then you have what O'Brien might want for Rovers stalling his career and maybe putting it into regression. Should Rovers narrowly miss promotion when O'Brien might have given them an edge then that's perhaps a £500million opportunity cost including parachute payments in the event of relegation. What a sorry and potentially huge financial mess. Wake up and smell the coffee.

I posted the same on here at the time but one or two posters thought it was ludicrous. Well I think the chickens are about to come home to well and truly roost. I think the report is damning and the Rovers haven't a leg to stand on. Very much doubt this will end up in court but I would think there will be very, very substantial compensatory settlements.

Have read the report in full. I think it's an absolute embarrassment for Rovers. Almost certainly costs will be awarded against Rovers and given widespread use of KC in addition to other legals, would think cost of this will run into six figures. It's damming and, IMO, both Waggott and Silvester have to go for such a farce, it's indefensible.

To me, it's written in the stars. Home draw against Burnley in the quarters. And yes, we are going up through the play offs. Something has changed over the last half dozen games or so.. Absolutely loved last night and it's years and years since I felt like this about Rovers.

Still buzzing after last night. Our best performance in years. The benchmark has been set. Maintain that performance level and many fans will return.

Almost speechless. Just bloody brilliant. Had £25 on Rovers at 11/1! Just opened a Veuve Clicquot. Like the days of old!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Not a chance tomorrow. Threadbare squad at breaking point and too many key players missing. The Ainsworth factor...........!!! Gone for QPR at 6/5 and more than 2.5 goals at 13/10. At least recent winnings have ensured I have copious quantities of fine reds to dull the pain of a Rovers' loss.

and Wales' manager for good measure!