We’d press the wrong button and bring Duncan Shearer back instead.

If we do go for Saka, will Eustace play him off the left or right?

I think Matty’s right, the discussion will always go down the finance rabbit hole. Links only is a good idea, as long as the links are also put in here for discussion as well as the links only thread.

Your last sentence is the relevant part. The rest isn’t. If he was made promises about budgets that aren’t kept he will be unhappy. He won’t give a shiny shite what has gone on before he arrived at the club.

Home. Away. Third.

That’s all irrelevant. What is relevant is if he was made promises when he took the job about budgets this summer.

so is the manager

He did say it, but not in the context you’re implying.

I saw the same interview. The challenge that Deeney was on about was Rovers staying up. Eustace would have also seen the statement from the club about the funding issue being resolved. My guess is that like JDT last summer, Eustace is now realising he’s been sold a pup. He is quoted as saying he needs 4 or 5 quality signings. He wouldn’t say that if he didn’t think it was realistic.

Or he took the job based on promises around finance that have proven to be bollocks.

That’s fucking beautiful, man.

Unsurprising. The ‘yes man’ stuff was all a load of nonsense based on fuck all.

He’s one of the great strategists is Stevie.

Jackson hasn’t reported that. He’s reported that’s it’s due to how the pay is structured.

At what point does Eustace think ‘feck it, I’m on a hiding to nothing, I’m done’? He must be starting to get very concerned. Even Jackson has said he thinks JE is getting ‘twitchy’. I’m guessing he’ll at some point start to put feelers out to see if there is anything of equivalent value out there for him to go to. A bit like JDT did last summer when he wanted to resign.

JE is on record as saying he likes to play attractive football and he wants fast exciting wingers. It’ll be reet!

The club tweeted he didn’t play as a ‘precaution’

I’m not normally one for conspiracy theories, but I wouldn’t put it past the people who run our club to deflect from reality by chucking a few names out there. Transfer tittle-tattle is opiate for the masses!

I’m sorry. We will never ever sign a CM.

BankEnd Rover told me off the other day for suggesting we may sign Brannagan if we can sell one of our own CMs for more than Brannagan would cost. Or maybe Rover Insider is right and all these names are just a smokescreen and we’ve no intention of signing any of them.

I presume Baker is the Nixon story?

1 down in the 2nd game. Tyjon is playing

They’ve spent about £8m this summer without selling anyone. That’s ambitious owners for you.

Yes it we’re very lucky with injuries and don’t sell Sammie. So, no.

Do you think it’s good enough for the top half?