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We’ve gone backwards at an alarming rate from being cheated out of Wembley in May 2019 to the shitshow that trudged off today in December 2022.
The root cause of Rovers' demise is simple and obvious IMO.Any organization that continually appoints inexperienced, unproven individuals to key managerial positions is only going to go one way.Backwards.The answer is therefore equally obvious.Either those in charge learn from this continuous error and correct it or they are replaced by people who will.Only then are Rovers' fortunes likely to sustainably improve.
Quote from: Branton Red on December 26, 2022, 07:43:06 pmThe root cause of Rovers' demise is simple and obvious IMO.Any organization that continually appoints inexperienced, unproven individuals to key managerial positions is only going to go one way.Backwards.The answer is therefore equally obvious.Either those in charge learn from this continuous error and correct it or they are replaced by people who will.Only then are Rovers' fortunes likely to sustainably improve.To be fair Branton, I don't think even Pep could get this lot playing well because the great majority are completely and utterly hopeless
Without going on a huge rant the answer to the problems is propper investment. Loans and frees will keep us stagnant forever.
Seen a few things on Twitter this last week saying there are parties interested in taking us over.Yep. I know it’s twitter. We desperately need some new energy and ambition I’m afraid.
Bite the bullet, go out and sign some players with a bit of pace and a dig in them who like a battle, and can play a bit. There are players that would not cost the Earth, are ambitious and like a battle and not necessarily household names. Any outlay would be covered just getting better results and in the play offs
The biggest failure was throwing Wellens under the bus budget wise. Moore leaving was awful, but I understood the logic behind putting Butler in charge. Problem was, Moore just kept signing loanees, so when Wellens took over, we had 7(?) players. At that point, that had to be above average outlay as we needed to build an entire squad. Instead, they provided a continuity budget, so instead of spending a transfer budget on 3 or 4 signings to improve, we had to spend the same money on 13 players, thus the quality was lower. We keep trying to spend money on doing up the squad bit by bit, but without the baseline, you can't do that.SOD built his team over a few windows, but he had Penney's reliable squad to fill in whilst bringing in his team. We haven't had a baseline for a while, yet keep trying to build bit by bit. Or, as what's tended to happen, try and build a baseline, but because we've had to spread thinner it's wholesale every year.As annoying as it is, if the board won't overspend, we need to tread water in League 2 and upgrade the squad 2 or 3 high quality players at a time, not sign a dozen every window, whilst crucially keeping the nucleus (Knoyle, Miller, Molyneux) at the club.