Any chance the Owners will mark the occasion with a public appearance? 😂

Is it April 1st today?

It'll be 9 months and a payoff then onto the next one.

Are those who are saying Toth is worse than Pears basing that on inside info from the training ground as it surely cannot be from only 3 first team appearances. If he cost a few hundred thousand he should surely be given a few more matches to show he's not up to it?

Lose at Stoke as they will and this thread can certainly be closed.

Hamstring is usually 6 weeks so season effectively over for him as it is for the entire club anyway.

Five defeats in the last six away matches and all of them with dismal performances back to front. Scarcely looked like scoring in most of them. Just four efforts on target today against the worst defence in this league. Already I've decided I won't be going to any more away matches this season.

Looks like the players are as uninspired by this appointment as I am. He will find it difficult to reboot for next season when this one finishes as dismally as seems likely. Ismael was a poor choice as he has no track record of success other than a single season at Barnsley 4 years ago. He's been sacked in each of his last 3 head coach posts after less than 12 months. Did they all get it wrong?? Add to that, his assistant Whitehead, hasn't held a coaching position anywhere for more than 6months. Compare that to the vast experience of the previous assistant Keith Downing. Giving Ismael a three and a half year contract was crazy and clearly motivated by trying to show the owners are looking long-term when they obviously aren't.

Pears is undoubtedly the worst keeper at Rovers for at least the last 60 years I've been supporting the club. There may have been one or two worse but they played less than 10 games and could not be considered as first choice eg Ramsbottom, Collier and Dickens. Pears has absolutely no presence and no clue how to deal with high balls in the box. Whoever - we know it's Benson-is responsible for scouting and prepping the keepers should be out of the door. But we all know it won't happen under this regime.

Will be gone by Xmas when we're rock bottom. Then again Venkys won't want to pay 3 years of compensation so he might hang on a bit longer.

He missed some matches a couple of months ago with what was described at the time as a recurrence of an old injury. The meniscus was probably the issue then.

Hopefully in L1 where he belongs.

Just like Hedges it was difficult to remember anything of note that he ever did apart from a spectacular shot into the top corner on Boxing Day 1970 v Brum. A bit like Hedges single wonder goal v Watford

I would imagine they'll be very happy as both Brittain and Wood had the standout season of their career to date.

Spot on analysis. The players contract situation is irrecoverable now in most cases. That ship has sailed.