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Indeed! It happens - past, present and no doubt the future.

Just a further thought on Gudjohnsen. Ismael has been hammering on about how many injured and how desperate we are to get players back - won't have gone unnoticed in football circles. If a key player suffers a longer term injury just a week or so before the window closes and you need to replace, you wouldn't want the football world to know as asking prices for potential replacements would rocket. Think we should know soon if Rovers playing 'a straight bat'.

Nope

My 'peppercorn' doesn't normally 'talk' to me unless I've consumed too much red before eating . If you mean 'source' then not the same.

Seems, and hope, someone has been a tad mischievous. You will note, I caveated with question mark and 'if correct'. Let's see where we are next week then. Surprised Montgomery might be back - weren't we advised 4 to 6 weeks?

A huge blow if proven correct. Yuri has been run into the ground - at risk, IMO, from longer term injury. Think we now need 2 more decent strikers to give us even half a chance.

What I've heard. Update atm Ismael's presser?

Gudjohnsen out for season? Heightens need for a proper number 9.

Don't think a decision will be taken until the window has closed or almost closed on Tuesday 2 Feb - and we know why! Think there's so much dross that needs removing including Forshaw, Henriksson and probably Baradji. Problem is that's almost a full team and illustrates, IMO, just how abysmal our signings have been. Further problem is who will buy such players!?!? Still think one or more of Alebiosu, Cantwell and Tronstad will go through the exit door. In most likelihood, this season's calamitous player trading will at worse relegate us or at best set us back 2 or 3 seasons.

Think we've had half a dozen with 'three thousand and odd for a League game'. Remember a league game in Bobby Saxton's reign against Cardiff where we just about scraped over 3,000 - think it was our last home game of the season and ended in a draw. I was there!!!!!

It's remarkable how Hughes seems to have lost so much of his 'touch'. In reality, done nothing remarkable since leaving Rovers (how he must rue the day) and some would say he has 'bombed' in a number of his jobs. Would take him over Ismael but feel he's very much yesterday's man.

Think virtually anyone would be an upgrade on Ismael. As for Mowbray and his mate Venus, personally wouldn't touch them with a sh1tty stick. How much did these two know about Waggot's plan to flog part of Brockhall and downsize our wonderful facility there? IMO, Mowbray is selfish and in it for what he can get and he is not the affable 'uncle' type character he likes to portray. Failed to save us from relegation, got us back up on by far and away League 1's biggest budget and then trod water for 4 years, allegedly turning down an offer from City to take Liam Delap on loan in a Jan. window when we had a great chance of play-offs. No thanks.

Even with our stooges Pasha and Gestede, there will be a breaking point that causes them to act. I expect Rovers to lose on Saturday therefore, for impact, it might well be better if Watford do a 'Norwich' (as they did at WBA) on us. if that doesn't do the trick, I think another defeat in the next match to Hull will. The window will then be about to close and a good time, from the stooges' perspective, to part company with Ismael but not before we see the departure of one or more from Alebiosu, Tronstad and Cantwell.

Hi Gav Hope you and yours are well too! Trust you eventually found Sean Dyche in La Manga and therefore back on board! Corrected your posting! Keep up old boy - 2/3 correct revelations in last week alone! You are right on one thing 'Venky's out and that's all that matters'! Fingers crossed, it might be sooner than folk think! KR M

Genuine question @glen9mullan, and apologies if I have missed in the thread, do the Raos know about Saturday's boycott and have you been in touch with them directly?