The Summer Transfer Window (Press Submit)

[TheRevAshton]

Eustace won't really give a shite as long as he's getting paid and gaining experience... the Club is an absolute mess.

Feels inevitable that i'll be boycotting this season...

- ST's are likely to be extortionate as usual.
- Anyone worth anything will be sold, with none (or very very little) of the money being put back in.
- There is absolutely no ambition, a mid-table finish would be considered a success to this lot.

I really can't think of a reason to give up my hard earned money. I adore the Club but will not support the muppets running it. I desperately hope i'm proven wrong about all of the above of course, but I highly doubt it.

We need Waggot, Suhail and the Owners gone.

Edited May 21, 2024 by TheRevAshton

[roverblue]

It feels like the club is in total crisis but publicly acting like its business as usual.

The last fans forum minutes read like a parellel universe from what the club is actually going through. Waggot especially is peddling complete lies about numerous things and needs to be gone this summer.

 

[tomphil]

46 minutes ago, phili said:

Gregg was removed as a cost cutting exercise. Budgets have apparently been reduced by 25% across the board for the coming season.

I would expect several other backroom coaches, data analysts, recruitment etc to be announced as leaving soon.

 

So that is nearly a 50% budget cut over 2 seasons if true, just what the fuck is going on there ?

Relegation is definitely the aim but we can pray the owners are beginning to ease their way to a sale i suppose.

[superniko]

4 minutes ago, tomphil said:

So that is nearly a 50% budget cut over 2 seasons if true, just what the fuck is going on there ?

Relegation is definitely the aim but we can pray the owners are beginning to ease their way to a sale i suppose.

Regardless, i'd bet my final pound that the clubs financial report will still be lurking around that suspiciously magic -£20m number

Edited May 21, 2024 by superniko

[Torgeir]

2 hours ago, Trinidad Rover said:

He will come back and the club will herald the new signing, like some sort of returning Mascherano. Imagine Travis won’t be too pleased to come back….

Think he's the perfect type for Eustace, but who's he gonna replace in our team? 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

And we’ll still lose the usual £20 million. Something isn’t right and we all know the reason why.

[tomphil]

1 minute ago, superniko said:

Regardless, i'd be my final pound that the clubs financial report will still be lurking around that suspiciously magic -£20m number

Yeah it's the cost of living crisis apparently.... 🤔

[Torgeir]

1 hour ago, Danny O.Brien said:

I like Travis and think he would do much better in this Eustace side then he ever did under jdt. He wasn't exactly pulling up trees at Ipswich and now they've gone up surely they'll aim higher. If they put a decent bid in though it should be considered, as long as it's a big increase on those insults Millwall bid last summer.

They won't sign him. Ipswich only signed Travis when Morsy got injured and put Travis on the bench as soon as Morsy was back fit. 

[Moptop1]

27 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

so you don't think Eustace wants to more us on and improve the club position and get promote in a couple of seasons? 

No, because they will do everything they can to sabotage us.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 minutes ago, Torgeir said:

They won't sign him. Ipswich only signed Travis when Morsy got injured and put Travis on the bench as soon as Morsy was back fit. 

They wouldn’t have signed Travis even if they’d have stayed down. He was only an insurance policy.

[chaddyrovers]

18 minutes ago, phili said:

Who has said he is being replaced?

Alan Nixon. 

Been right on the last 3 stories. 

[lraC]

40 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

so you don't think Eustace wants to more us on and improve the club position and get promote in a couple of seasons? 

I will go on record now to say, that no way in this world, will Eustace get us promoted in a couple of seasons.

I know we don't have a clue what the squad will look like yet, but I would almost guarantee that will will be in the bottom half again next year and be very surprised of we are not relegated.

[RevidgeBlue]

9 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Alan Nixon. 

Been right on the last 3 stories. 

He's at odds with the LT on both the rumours about Ruddy which were downplayed by the local rag and Jackson's assertion that there are no active plans to replace Broughton.

Be interesting to see who is more on the money.

Possibly the LT if philli's assertion about a further 25% budget cut is correct. 

[47er]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What’s a winger ? Remind me !

Duff

[martonrover]

2 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

We will have to wait and see who the appointment and how he will work with Waggott and Eustace plus who is behind is his appointment whether it's Venkys appointment through a football consultancy company or Waggott/Pasha are going to appoint him

No matter who is behind the appointment there will likely be further disharmony, as the individuals battle for control.

For any system to work and be conducive to success, everyone has to be singing from the same hymn sheet.

The only semblance of harmony and stability since Venkys took over have been the periods without a DOF / whatever Shebby’s title was.

All the role does at Rovers (under Venkys) is create more chaos and infighting.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, phili said:

Gregg was removed as a cost cutting exercise. Budgets have apparently been reduced by 25% across the board for the coming season.

I would expect several other backroom coaches, data analysts, recruitment etc to be announced as leaving soon.

 

I know an easy way they can save £300k without losing any functions.

[lraC]

18 minutes ago, 47er said:

Duff

I take it you mean Damien and not what we will end up with this coming season.

[chaddyrovers]

59 minutes ago, phili said:

Up until their money troubles have been sorted, the sole target is staying in the division and that is all the ambition is.

How many looking to increase commercial revenue and lower ST prices then sell more and create a better match day atmosphere for the fans base instead of cut and cut 

26 minutes ago, lraC said:

I will go on record now to say, that no way in this world, will Eustace get us promoted in a couple of seasons.

I know we don't have a clue what the squad will look like yet, but I would almost guarantee that will will be in the bottom half again next year and be very surprised of we are not relegated.

If we sign the players Eustace then I think we finish around 12th next season

12 minutes ago, martonrover said:

No matter who is behind the appointment there will likely be further disharmony, as the individuals battle for control.

For any system to work and be conducive to success, everyone has to be singing from the same hymn sheet.

The only semblance of harmony and stability since Venkys took over have been the periods without a DOF / whatever Shebby’s title was.

All the role does at Rovers (under Venkys) is create more chaos and infighting.

They should forget about battle of control and wants the best for BRFC. 

 

[lraC]

1 hour ago, roversinmyblood said:

Another 25%, are they actively trying to get us relegated? 
If things are that bad they need to sell up fast and go!! 
It doesn’t sound like “funding will not be affected “ rings true. SW lying again, shock, horror, hold the front page. 

So what is it this year, a change in the Indian National Insurance laws?

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, phili said:

Who has said he is being replaced?

Up until their money troubles have been sorted, the sole target is staying in the division and that is all the ambition is.

I believe that will be the brief to Eustace next season. The budgets will once again be trimmed and the extra revenue from Sky will be used to keep the lights on. I too was told that Broughton was effectively made redundant and as such cannot be directly replaced under employment law. There could be an appointment but it won't be like for like. 

It's a real mess.

[martonrover]

1 hour ago, roversinmyblood said:

Another 25%, are they actively trying to get us relegated? 
If things are that bad they need to sell up fast and go!! 
It doesn’t sound like “funding will not be affected “ rings true. SW lying again, shock, horror, hold the front page. 

“Yes, but we need Venkys and the club would cease to exist if they didn’t own us “🤮😡

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

8 minutes ago, martonrover said:

“Yes, but we need Venkys and the club would cease to exist if they didn’t own us “🤮😡

We’ll cease to exist at some point with this shower in charge anyway.

[tomphil]

Like most things here under this ownership the DoF model is never going to work and it's pointless wasting money and adding another layer to replace Broughton.

It only works if you let the DoF do his job, give him some budget and follow his directives OR you bring in a guy experienced in working with nothing and probably already a pal of the CEO.

Otherwise it's nonsense and considering they've brought in a well qualified guy from Brighton under the title Football Administrator suggests to me they are following the cost cutting process and going back to dual roles. A bit like Venus being assist manager and some kind of DoF only this time it'll be Rudy learning the ropes plonked in between gaffer and Footy Admin guy/Waggot/Shadow director.

[Exiled_Rover]

1 hour ago, phili said:

Gregg was removed as a cost cutting exercise. Budgets have apparently been reduced by 25% across the board for the coming season.

I would expect several other backroom coaches, data analysts, recruitment etc to be announced as leaving soon.

 

L1 budget. Expect L1 football.

[tomphil]

5 minutes ago, Exiled_Rover said:

L1 budget. Expect L1 football.

They obviously know the massive gamble and don't give a shit the Barnsley model is the one on their minds now.

One this will all be over.