Ghost7

Some nice ideas but not feeling the "wear all black". That will go unnoticed and is largely the colour of winter football grounds anyway. Really like the missing 15 years graphic, also agree this needs to hit home in India somehow if at all possible, not Pune. They are mad about English football out there and probably have no idea what Venky's have done to this club. It's time to turn the heat up on the owners... 15 years we've wanted them out for, all they've done in that time is brought shame.

Not removing Ismael? The issue is I don't think anyone at the club will regret that decision, even when we go down. They aren't in it to see Rovers do well. Pasha and Gestede that is. It's also incredible they are the two names "in charge".... they shouldn't be anywhere near the club and are a far cry from the people we've seen in the past. This isn't about having the best manager to get results, it never was, we're shackled by incompetence enabled by absent owners. I'd like to know when a member of the Venky's family last checked the league table... or had a look who the current CEO is, can they name our strikers? Can they name the last player they genuinely signed for over £2m? There aren't many managers that would have been happy with our summer business, particularly the timing of the Hyam sale. In fact I think nearly all would have challenged it. Instead he pretended to be happy with their inept business and so is a perfect fit - they'll stick with him as long as they can. The fans were right and usually are but soon there'll be none left.

Yep a fanbase beaten by totally absent unwilling to sell corrupt billionaires and legal threats.

He was an underwhelming and shitty appointment at the time and the best a bad bunch could come up with. Shame on the owners of this club. You're responsible for them all.

That fee was 100% made up to make it seem like we were investing above 500k on individual players. He wasn't even a starter at Moreirense. I suspect the only player we paid more than 500k upfront for this summer was Morishita. This is largely a team of 500k players from lesser leagues and unsurprisingly it's incapable of winning any Championship fixtures. If there was anyone in charge they'd have removed Gestede a long time ago and fired Ismael without hesitation after tonight.

Ismael wanting Baradji doesn’t change anything I’ve said. All that does is make me doubt him further as a manager - even if he turns out to be a good player. Other positions needed to be a priority and every player had to be able to play. I also didn’t say proven Championship striker. I said proven goalscorer. I’d expect it to cost £3 - £4m today realistically. If you’re interested in doing reasonably well in this league. A good centre back I’d expect to cost £2m also, for what it’s worth. Javov Medic at Norwich and Wrexham’s Hyam being good examples. We left ourselves in a position due to further boardroom negligence where too many players exited at the same time, meaning the budget was spread too thin across high risk, cheaper players. If an owner was interested they’d fire whichever individuals put them in that position in the first place and I’m talking proactively - as it was happening. Interested owners would know it was happening and wouldn’t allow it. If it did happen they’d fire whoever was responsible. I’m seriously starting to question who owns the club. Something isn’t as it seems.

Agree but the people in charge appointed Ismael when we were in one of the most desirable positions you can be in mid season, with plenty of good managers available who they chose to not pay for, they probably didn't even speak to them, he was the best they could do - who do you think they'll find now in the hands of Pasha and Gestede? The current "board" is incapable of landing the right manager at the best of times.

I'd have more sympathy had he been upset about the club pulling the rug from under him with the sale of Hyam. The board downgraded our defence majorly at nearly every opportunity and the manager pretended he was pleased, without any pressure on those above him to do more for him. The summer should have started with a top centre back coming in. We were linked to a few ambitious ones (probably falsely) and they never happened as per usual. We now have a Hull 3rd choice, playing alongside a RB at CB or Scott Wharton (who previously wasn't getting in the side) - this is the reality; they are either making mistakes or can't manage the workload and the result is a new pairing each week or month. The fans knew Carter and Wharton couldn't play regularly once a week - and even if they could play 90 minutes twice a week, which they need to be able to, I still sensibly questioned in pre-season - were they good enough. Are they? Really? Compared to the rest of the league? I have my doubts. Decent backups... but now nearly all our centre back pairings feel like backups. Gestede, Ismael and Pasha all have to go. Ideally starting with Gestede and Pasha but none are fit for their respective jobs. The minute we ignored spending solid money on a proven striker and a high quality centre back, combined with recklessly selling Hyam - we were doomed. Dolan was never replaced and we instead loaded up on attacking central midfielders - when our best player plays there (Cantwell)... bizarre strategy since we were clearly weak on the wings, needed to replace Dolan and upgrade Cozier-Dubbery and Hedges, adding to that being short of a proven goalscorer and needing more quality in central defence..... Now piece in the Moussa Baradji transfer (for a fee!) and tell me where that fit into a strategy to start the season strongly? It didn't. There was none. Naivety and arrogance led by Gestede. Further to that they bragged about ignoring the loan market, something that has arguably kept us in the league many times in the past. The fact we're now even more reliant on Ryan Hedges tells you all you need to know about our summer recruitment. It's that poor our manager has no idea what his best XI is (understandably difficult when the majority haven't played at this level)... and we can't see where the goals are coming from in any front 3 combination, that simply can't shoot with conviction at goal or beat a man - how was that not showing up in the pre-season data? Yet a need for an injured Moussa Baradji was - along with Henriksson both as competition for Cantwell? Underfunded and not taking the league seriously enough is the theme in the departments that matter most behind the scenes at Rovers. A low wage cap will never work in the Championship if you plan on winning games but yes it will get you relegated - you get what you pay for - other teams have goals and we aren't getting any. The irony is we're over reliant on the one man (Cantwell) that costs more per week than what Pasha is willing to spend. The board, the owners, the agencies and the current manager have all got to go. We are going down and deservedly so for how the club has chosen to operate and hire.

Signed us up for League One in the summer this guy. He should be making brews and filing papers for a proper CEO, not anywhere near having a say in a club like what ours used to be. Shambles still off the pitch........ no results on it. There's a good few senior people that need firing, including the manager. Problem is there's no one interested in doing it. Not sure how that ends in anything other than relegation yet again.

Sounds like the perfect manager for Rovers to me.

Always thought the telegraph was too kind to the club and didn't dig into its poor operations enough for obvious reasons. Quite pleased they've fallen out. We might finally get to enjoy some better journalism and more truths... UNLESS the club goes crawling back with its tail between its legs and I suspect it might.

I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve here? Fans (in the ground and on here) are already on his back after about a game and a half. I heard someone insist he was a dud 30 minutes in. Spreading negativity about a player when they've hardly seen them play isn't backing them - neither is writing insulting comments online like we've seen tonight. Some of the reactions to Gudjohnsen are irrational, too soon and are well beyond being critical, so I'm glad the people making them aren't anywhere near the training ground. My only real point was we're guilty of trying to judge players too soon... it's a fair and reasonable point. Certainly feels it since some are already ruling him out. Szmodics should be enough to make everyone think twice. Brereton too.

You're confusing critical with being completely unreasonable. I too think he should have scored.

Let's not pretend now. I've read... "Gueye has more footballing ability in his big toe than Gudjohnson has in his entire body." "Losing patience with Gudjohnsen". It's pathetic.

Personally think the club (and fans) need to stick with Gudjohnsen, you have to back your own transfer business, if you did your job right. Let's hope someone did. Strikers feed off regular game time and confidence.... I'm glad he wasn't dropped for today. Despite not scoring he's already looked handier than George Hirst ever did for us and he played in the prem. Way too early to judge... or get on his back. Give it a rest and get behind him! If you can judge a player in 2 matches then go get a job in professional football, you'd be invaluable to any club 😄