Great examples. You’ve convinced me!

Looks smart and could work. As @S8 & Blue says Red stripes could look decent.

Whatever you do Rovers, do not lose this. We may have messageboard meltdown. Think I’m going to this match, and my away record this season isn’t the best. 3 losses out of 3 and 11 goals conceded. Pray for me! ?

The offer would have legs if the season wasn’t just ended yesterday. Difficult to sell a 6 match dead rubber ticket (albeit with 3 local derbies thrown in).

One of the things that irks me is that fans talk about playoffs like they are the land of milk and honey. Was anybody alive during the 80’s? Was it 4 or 5 times we missed out (I lost count!).

The Adidas stripes wouldn’t work with our kit really would they?

I agree. My point was that with the current scouting setup at the club the likelihood of finding hidden gems abroad was pretty much nil (because we don’t even look for them!). This means that with the current setup the most likely way we would improve unfortunately is spending heavily on proven Championship talent.

What a despicable sack of skin and waste of oxygen. The biggest lowlife to (dis)grace this great club.

I think we’re arguing over something we agree on. The recruitment needs to be a lot better going forward (in terms of quality and value for money) if we have any aspirations of progressing as a club.

Indeed, but only if there is a radical change in transfer policy at the club regarding foreign recruitment. Mowbray indicated that we don’t do any scouting abroad so it seems unlikely that this will be in place for the summer window. That inevitably means paying over the odds for established domestic talent, or going for more “project signings” that some in here like to turn their noses up at as it shows “a lack of ambition”.

It depends whether or not we intend to just stay in the British market to recruit players. If so then the odds of picking up bargains like Bowyer did only 4 to 5 seasons ago get slimmer and slimmer by the year.

To get better players than the ones we have, substantial transfer and agents fees will have to be spent. I hope you realise this?

The difficulty we’ve got at the minute is that to improve the first 11 than a lot of money needs to be spent. Not only in fees (which Venky’s seem willing to pay lately) but also in wages. That is the big issue. It appears that a very rigid wage structure has been implemented across the playing staff in order to get the wages/turnover ratio to a more sustainable level. This means that a lot of the domestic recruitment tends to be limited to these “project signings” as they will fall in line with the wage structure we have. This means that as a matter of urgency we need to be hammering the European market to try and find those hidden gems. Scouting in the Uk only is no longer good enough if you want to operate on a budget.

I agree that if we have aspirations over the next couple of seasons to get to the promised land then we do need to up our game in the recruitment department. However, the policy of a lot of fans is just “spend, spend, spend” Redknapp style which would just make things worse and leave us back at square one.

I agree that the Dack substitution was questionable and one I wouldn’t have made. However in December some folks on here were calling for Dack to be dropped from the starting eleven altogether. Others have today stated that he is our most potent threat (which I happen to agree with) but it’s banded about as one of the reasons we lost the game. It wasn’t, the reason we lost the game was p!ss poor defending of a set piece.

I’m astounded that a minority were questioning Mowbray for taking Travis off. Absolutely the correct decision but just shows that some will find any excuse to get the pitch forks out when we lose. That doesn’t mean I think Mowbray is exempt from criticism, but some of the daggers that people try to stab him with are dirty to say the least.

Very disappointing. We looked very leggy and laboured throughout the match. Lot’s of huff and puff but no cutting edge. Be interesting to see what Mowbray says after the match. However, let’s not lose sight of the fact that with pretty much the same side as last year we are in the top half of the Championship. In my opinion, performing above expectation. I find the culture of having a scapegoat for every defeat very odd. Just accept that we were beaten by the better side today, it’s healthier for us all. Planning for next season now starts in earnest.....

Very interesting and entertaining as usual. Keep up the good work Ian!

Well done Mogga and Arma! Fully deserved!

Medial knee ligaments can be a funny one to predict. Can range between 3 and 10 weeks, it all depends on the player.

? Wish I had! Could set Waggott straight on a few things.....

I think this hall of fame should recognise special individuals that have had a spectacular impact on Rovers both on and off the field.

I think we’ve said this in every pre match thread since August.....

It would be poetic justice looking back at this in 5 years time as a Premier League club remembering Mowbray guiding to the 2nd division title! ???

Maybe just as simple as a mid season catchup when they happen to be in Europe on business.