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I don't think Sharpe know his arse from his elbow - IMO, a hopeless journalist.

Fortunate enough to see 'Pick' when we were leading Div 1 - didn't understand the 'politics' as only a young lad. However, do remember my dad discussing with friends and fans were in uproar. This followed on some 2/3 years after the abolition of football's maximum wage and the gripe was Rovers said they needed to average 20,000 to make a go of it and I think we were averaging circa 22,000 at the time. Seemed like lunacy of the highest order and many fans never forgave Rovers.

I'll pay for the petrol!

and if we don't sign replacements? Presumably, egg on face for Mowbray and co!

Understand Luke Freeman on Rovers' radar with offer tabled around the £0.5million mark. Not worked for the lad at SU, contract up in summer and Mowbray a previous admirer.

It never rains but it pours................. Rich Sharpe @richsharpe89 1h Sam Gallagher was coughing up blood and will go for a scan, while Tayo Edun is in a protective boot after an injury to his ankle. Reda Khadra picked up a minor hamstring injury in training on Friday.

Disagree - his stock is now too high and clubs will realise what's gone on. IMO, there's no way back for Rothwell now. Never one of Mowbray's favourite sons and the tenuous umbilical cord will be well and truly severed, IMO.

and you get consistency with a good run of games and you aint worried that if you miss a track back the manager will haul you off and consign you to the bench for the next six games!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'll say again, IMO, Rothwell has been grossly mismanaged by Mowbray since the day he arrived from Oxford.

My argument would be, prior to this season, he's never been given a fair run to establish himself. He was in and out, shunted here and shunted there. It was clear to me from day one the lad had real talent and could excite the fans. When you have a talent like that, you nurture and give lots of tlc and then you end up with something special and a player who recognises what you've done for them. When you think of some of the nonentities who've curried favour with Mowbray and the way he's looked after them, it's a real sickener.

Glad you enjoyed your day. Personally, I think it's a dump of a ground in a dump of a town. No happy experiences for me there.

Point in bold is nail on head and why I think we will also lose Nyambe. Argued from day 1 that Rothwell has something special about him. He's a game changer. Needed nurturing and some tlc. IMO, Mowbray has seriously mismanaged the lad and If I was Rothwell, I'd feel I'd been messed about. Take the £6million as outcome for Rovers could be much worse if he walks for nowt. Keeping him against his will just wont work - he'd be half arsed and frightened of getting a serious injury.

He's 23 this year!!!

Good point in the circumstances. If anyone had any doubts, think today confirmed Butterworth will never be good enough for Rovers. We need at least three shrewd signings on Monday - four if Rothwell is off - otherwise we can forget promotion.

Bored with this. Just put £tenner on 2-1 Rovers at 37/1. Off to pub.

Nail on head! Very noticeable.

Seems like Khadra out today. Looked like a hamstring to me earlier in week.

IMO, echoes of how Rothwell has been treated prior to this season and also Nyambe. Raya was the same. Harrison Reed was another. Nurture talent and make such players feel special otherwise they get p1ssed off and eventually p1ss off at cost to the club.

Funny how the LT's Rich Sharpe is keeping his head down! You aren't telling me he's not aware of all tonight's speculation. If it's all crap, he could kill it at a stroke (and probably would be asked to by Waggott). Think his silence says it all. IMO, the big surprise will be if Rothwell is still a Rover on Tuesday morning.

Think he's with the Murdock Group. Ex Rover Marlon Broomes also works for them.

Don't do Instagram but told there's a family photo on his Mrs' account showing the family (including Joe) enjoying some family time just an hour or two ago.

He may well have, however, living and working in a lovely environment, great quality of life, financially set for life and a happy wife! Persuasive factors. Acid test is tomorrow. If Rothwell doesn't play he may well be offski.

Jacquob Crooke playing catch-up!!! Understand there's a real chance now of landing Bearne on loan before the window closes.

Any deal Rothwell moves for will dwarf his contract here and the bonus on the table that may or may not materialise. A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush....................................!

I don't believe this. Think if Rovers offered £4m+ for Rothwell with less than 6 months to run on his contract and, seemingly, not interested in signing a new contract then he'd be gone. IMO, Mowbray trying to drive the price up for a last gasp sale.

Think at the end of this transfer window, we will know just how serious Venky's are in getting us back to the PL. I don't think Mowbray has much more , if anything, to play with for permanent deals. To me, I think the best we can hope for is to hold on to what we've got and add a couple of quality loans. Sadly, I very much doubt that will be enough to get us up.