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Would be ludicrous not to offer something more come summer

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[Wheelton Blue]

38 minutes ago, ... said:

https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/march/04/ribeiro-feeling-the-love-from-the-stands/

 

Would be ludicrous not to offer something more come summer

'Ludicrous' is one of the few things that the club is good at.... 🙂 

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, ... said:

https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/march/04/ribeiro-feeling-the-love-from-the-stands/

 

Would be ludicrous not to offer something more come summer

Won't even be on the clubs radar.

We'll be actively seeking a cheaper option already.

[Atko's Engine]

4 hours ago, ... said:

https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/march/04/ribeiro-feeling-the-love-from-the-stands/

 

Would be ludicrous not to offer something more come summer

He's definitely feeling the love in this photo!!

[simongarnerisgod]

he`s a class act,dereliction of duty if we don`t sign him on a longer deal because we certainly ar`nt signing owen beck permanently

[G Somerset Rover]

Our contract situation - of pretty much the whole squad - makes a mockery of the accounts. 

It’s no doubt all back pats behind the scenes as the Wharton money is going to keep us going for the next year or so, but what then? Even if someone has a breakout season next year it’s likely they’ll go for relative peanuts due to not being adequately protected. 

The end is slowly coming unless they do a massive 180 - it’s just a question of when. 

[rigger]

10 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Our contract situation - of pretty much the whole squad - makes a mockery of the accounts. 

It’s no doubt all back pats behind the scenes as the Wharton money is going to keep us going for the next year or so, but what then? Even if someone has a breakout season next year it’s likely they’ll go for relative peanuts due to not being adequately protected. 

The end is slowly coming unless they do a massive 180 - it’s just a question of when. 

My end is coming - it's just a question of when.

[islander200]

13 minutes ago, G Somerset Rover said:

Our contract situation - of pretty much the whole squad - makes a mockery of the accounts. 

It’s no doubt all back pats behind the scenes as the Wharton money is going to keep us going for the next year or so, but what then? Even if someone has a breakout season next year it’s likely they’ll go for relative peanuts due to not being adequately protected. 

The end is slowly coming unless they do a massive 180 - it’s just a question of when. 

Do we really think the end is coming?

Personally I think they will put the minimum money in again to keep the club ticking over and them in control when the transfer income runs out.

[simongarnerisgod]

7 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Do we really think the end is coming?

Personally I think they will put the minimum money in again to keep the club ticking over and them in control when the transfer income runs out.

i do,we`ve run out of playing assets to sell,the academy is`nt producing (in all honesty,every academy has quiet periods) ,the contract  situation is a farce (we`ve been there before when we let key players leave for nothing) and the chicken murderers ar`nt interested

bet swag retires when the brown stuff is about to be fallen into

[JHRover]

I'm increasingly of the view that this is all part of the two stooges doing whatever they can to make their own 'performance' appear healthier to the Indians.

I am convinced that both are tasked and rewarded based on the cuts and savings they make - once glance at the circus they have overseen in the last few years supports that theory - as does the massive pay hike for one (or both) of them in this years' accounts.

It certainly stands out as odd that for a club supposedly without cash, trying to manage on an even keel and cutting costs all over the show that in the space of a year someone has got a 30%+ pay hike for doing the same job.

The fact that when Broughton came along he was able to quickly and effectively sort out recruitment and contracts in little time at all - and the fact that since he was sidelined nobody, not one, has signed new terms, suggests that it is a deliberate policy to run these contracts down.

I am asking myself how this works - get to the start of June - another raft of loans, short terms and contract expiries off the books - the stooges toddle off to the annual summit meeting and get themselves a big old pat on the back for their handling of the finances. Nothing to worry about, we can just get Ismael and Rudy to sign a load of loans, frees, academy lads to bring in.

Pay rise next year sorted!

 

[rigger]

Don't buy season tickets.

[Upside Down]

On 03/03/2025 at 22:58, JHRover said:

Sales of Carter, Travis, Hyam, Tronstad and Brittain should net them £10 million+ which in their eyes is another year of losses Venkys don't need to cover. What's not to like?

Achieving this whilst also selling some season tickets and not getting relegated from the Championship could be tough so suspect they will have to try and hit some middle ground.

They can dress most of it up under the guise of Ismael and the new era wanting to put a new fresh stamp on the squad and get players suited to his style of play. Then they will also turn the tables on the players themselves and make them the enemies by suggesting that they are refusing to sign new deals and therefore forcing the club into an impossible position where a sale is the only realistic option.

Of course most of us know that there are no new deals on the table, they have no intention of offering these players improved extended terms because that costs money.

Unfortunately quite a lot of Rovers fans will just accept it and shrug shoulders. 

This is the main reason I'm done with it now.

It's so transparent and predictable, anyone with half a brain can see what's happening and what's going to happen.

Then you've got the lemmings saying we should be grateful. Fuck off. Brain dead chumps.

I really don't give a fuck anymore, if the fans are too stupid and bone idle to do something then I don't see why I should waste my time with this.

Imagine 'ard as fook' northerners being completely outdone by a bunch of poshies from Reading. Pathetic and embarrassing.