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Quote from: SydneyRover on December 29, 2022, 11:08:27 amQuote from: DonnyBazR0ver on December 27, 2022, 09:24:51 amQuote from: GazLaz on December 27, 2022, 08:39:56 amJUST SIGN SOME PLAYERS THAT ARE GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.Fairly easy solution to it all. Exactly, even if some folk got their wish and forced regime change, which would take how long? It would still come down to this!I thought we went through that last time?When you lose the likes of Danny Andrews to your rivals, that set the tone for where we are now. Substantial fund were available last January and that turned out to be broken promises resulting in relegation.We have to face facts we are where we are due to decisions made from above.
Quote from: DonnyBazR0ver on December 27, 2022, 09:24:51 amQuote from: GazLaz on December 27, 2022, 08:39:56 amJUST SIGN SOME PLAYERS THAT ARE GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.Fairly easy solution to it all. Exactly, even if some folk got their wish and forced regime change, which would take how long? It would still come down to this!I thought we went through that last time?
Quote from: GazLaz on December 27, 2022, 08:39:56 amJUST SIGN SOME PLAYERS THAT ARE GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.Fairly easy solution to it all. Exactly, even if some folk got their wish and forced regime change, which would take how long? It would still come down to this!
JUST SIGN SOME PLAYERS THAT ARE GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.Fairly easy solution to it all.
Quote from: no eyed deer on December 29, 2022, 11:56:51 amQuote from: SydneyRover on December 29, 2022, 11:08:27 amQuote from: DonnyBazR0ver on December 27, 2022, 09:24:51 amQuote from: GazLaz on December 27, 2022, 08:39:56 amJUST SIGN SOME PLAYERS THAT ARE GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL.Fairly easy solution to it all. Exactly, even if some folk got their wish and forced regime change, which would take how long? It would still come down to this!I thought we went through that last time?When you lose the likes of Danny Andrews to your rivals, that set the tone for where we are now. Substantial fund were available last January and that turned out to be broken promises resulting in relegation.We have to face facts we are where we are due to decisions made from above.I don't think many people lost much sleep about Danny Andrew. Poor defender, questionable fitness record and only got some credit from the odd goal. I'd take Reece James over him anytime.
Is the memory of the trajectory of the glory years holding us back? That was a model built on taking players who were not getting a look in at other clubs / diamonds in the rough and developing them in to something greater (Stock, Wellens, Copps, Mills etc). Similar to the starting positions of our more recent signings (Hurst, Miller, Maxwell, Griffiths, Olowu, Mitchell etc etc). This transfer policy at present is not working.We should be looking more at the Dean Saunders L1 promotion season for inspiration but of course in a way that suits the game and the division at present. Solid performers and tough proven pros at the level (Jones, McCombe, Paynter, Spurr, C.Brown). It was short term success but did the job for that season. At L2 level, you would have thought that we’d have the budget for this sensible approach.Or am I overthinking it?
Quote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 03:32:54 pmIs the memory of the trajectory of the glory years holding us back? That was a model built on taking players who were not getting a look in at other clubs / diamonds in the rough and developing them in to something greater (Stock, Wellens, Copps, Mills etc). Similar to the starting positions of our more recent signings (Hurst, Miller, Maxwell, Griffiths, Olowu, Mitchell etc etc). This transfer policy at present is not working.We should be looking more at the Dean Saunders L1 promotion season for inspiration but of course in a way that suits the game and the division at present. Solid performers and tough proven pros at the level (Jones, McCombe, Paynter, Spurr, C.Brown). It was short term success but did the job for that season. At L2 level, you would have thought that we’d have the budget for this sensible approach.Or am I overthinking it?Stock wasn't getting a look in at a Championship team after impressing in League One to get a move to that level.Wellens was in TOTY for League One the two previous seasons.Copps was doing well in the Conference so we signed him after we were promoted to League One.Mills, yeah, young player we gave a chance to on loan from Man City then subsequently signed permanently.O'Connor, Roberts and Hayter were other players who had done well at League One and we ended up signing.
Quote from: DonnyOsmond on December 29, 2022, 04:37:05 pmQuote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 03:32:54 pmIs the memory of the trajectory of the glory years holding us back? That was a model built on taking players who were not getting a look in at other clubs / diamonds in the rough and developing them in to something greater (Stock, Wellens, Copps, Mills etc). Similar to the starting positions of our more recent signings (Hurst, Miller, Maxwell, Griffiths, Olowu, Mitchell etc etc). This transfer policy at present is not working.We should be looking more at the Dean Saunders L1 promotion season for inspiration but of course in a way that suits the game and the division at present. Solid performers and tough proven pros at the level (Jones, McCombe, Paynter, Spurr, C.Brown). It was short term success but did the job for that season. At L2 level, you would have thought that we’d have the budget for this sensible approach.Or am I overthinking it?Stock wasn't getting a look in at a Championship team after impressing in League One to get a move to that level.Wellens was in TOTY for League One the two previous seasons.Copps was doing well in the Conference so we signed him after we were promoted to League One.Mills, yeah, young player we gave a chance to on loan from Man City then subsequently signed permanently.O'Connor, Roberts and Hayter were other players who had done well at League One and we ended up signing.Fair enough. I guess we’re just tight b*starts now then
Quote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 04:42:20 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on December 29, 2022, 04:37:05 pmQuote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 03:32:54 pmIs the memory of the trajectory of the glory years holding us back? That was a model built on taking players who were not getting a look in at other clubs / diamonds in the rough and developing them in to something greater (Stock, Wellens, Copps, Mills etc). Similar to the starting positions of our more recent signings (Hurst, Miller, Maxwell, Griffiths, Olowu, Mitchell etc etc). This transfer policy at present is not working.We should be looking more at the Dean Saunders L1 promotion season for inspiration but of course in a way that suits the game and the division at present. Solid performers and tough proven pros at the level (Jones, McCombe, Paynter, Spurr, C.Brown). It was short term success but did the job for that season. At L2 level, you would have thought that we’d have the budget for this sensible approach.Or am I overthinking it?Stock wasn't getting a look in at a Championship team after impressing in League One to get a move to that level.Wellens was in TOTY for League One the two previous seasons.Copps was doing well in the Conference so we signed him after we were promoted to League One.Mills, yeah, young player we gave a chance to on loan from Man City then subsequently signed permanently.O'Connor, Roberts and Hayter were other players who had done well at League One and we ended up signing.Fair enough. I guess we’re just tight b*starts now then Or were spending money like water then.
Quote from: Glyn_Wigley on December 29, 2022, 04:49:39 pmQuote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 04:42:20 pmQuote from: DonnyOsmond on December 29, 2022, 04:37:05 pmQuote from: ncRover on December 29, 2022, 03:32:54 pmIs the memory of the trajectory of the glory years holding us back? That was a model built on taking players who were not getting a look in at other clubs / diamonds in the rough and developing them in to something greater (Stock, Wellens, Copps, Mills etc). Similar to the starting positions of our more recent signings (Hurst, Miller, Maxwell, Griffiths, Olowu, Mitchell etc etc). This transfer policy at present is not working.We should be looking more at the Dean Saunders L1 promotion season for inspiration but of course in a way that suits the game and the division at present. Solid performers and tough proven pros at the level (Jones, McCombe, Paynter, Spurr, C.Brown). It was short term success but did the job for that season. At L2 level, you would have thought that we’d have the budget for this sensible approach.Or am I overthinking it?Stock wasn't getting a look in at a Championship team after impressing in League One to get a move to that level.Wellens was in TOTY for League One the two previous seasons.Copps was doing well in the Conference so we signed him after we were promoted to League One.Mills, yeah, young player we gave a chance to on loan from Man City then subsequently signed permanently.O'Connor, Roberts and Hayter were other players who had done well at League One and we ended up signing.Fair enough. I guess we’re just tight b*starts now then Or were spending money like water then.Was lots of money spent (relatively) in the Dave Penney era of back to back promotions? I was only young at the time
Quote from Dickos Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the leagueIf that’s the case then the level of these players is not good enough. We are 12pts off the automatic promotion places and do not look as though we can win enough games or score enough goals to get there. So we have wasted money on players if you are and others are right about one of the biggest budgets
Quote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?
Quote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league
I think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.
It is the Manager's job to motivate the players to perform, to develop a winning style of play that utilises the individual player's strengths and to create a winning mentality. The whole should be greater than the sum of it's parts. At the moment we do not appear to be achieving this. Either that or our players are just not good enough.
Quote from: mushRTID on December 28, 2022, 01:49:58 pmQuote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?I’d add to that, knoyle and molyneux, these 6 players will Be amongst the best paid in league two. That’s pretty obvious
Quote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?
Quote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league
I think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.
Spending the wage doesn’t guarantee success. There will be good deals and bad deals to be had.Swindon have just signed Charlie Austin.
Quote from: dickos1 on December 29, 2022, 11:41:48 pmQuote from: mushRTID on December 28, 2022, 01:49:58 pmQuote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?I’d add to that, knoyle and molyneux, these 6 players will Be amongst the best paid in league two. That’s pretty obvious Knoyle can’t have been on much at Cambridge. Was probably happy with a modest increase and L1 football when he joined us. I would then expect those wages went down on relegation.Molyneux it was said was waiting for higher league offers but none came off. Again I expect he accepted a modest increase from Hartlepool.When you say among the best paid in L2 what you saying? Top 10, 20?
Quote from: mushRTID on December 28, 2022, 01:49:58 pmQuote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?I’d add to that, knoyle and molyneux, these 6 players will Be amongst the best paid in league two. That’s pretty obvious
Quote from: dickos1 on December 27, 2022, 11:44:48 pmQuote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league Does make me laugh posts like this. Written as though you know all other 23 L2 squads inside out. Maybe you can list detailed squad comparisons for those of us who aren’t experts on the other 23 clubs. Should be easy as it’s “blatently”From what I can see, Rowe, Anderson, Taylor and Close i would expect to be the biggest earners…everyone else I would expect to be very modest wages.Surely other teams have a handful of higher earner too?
Quote from: Daniel_Smith on December 26, 2022, 10:48:11 pmI think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.Guff about the biggest budgets in the league? Just open your eyes and look at our squad compared to the others in this league and you’ll see it’s blatantly one of the most expensive squads in the league
I think it's easier to answer why we find ourselves in the position we're in rather than try and figure out how we get out of this mess, and you have to put that down to those running the club.All the recent managerial appointments we've made have been internal candidates or external unknown quantities. They weren't the easy options - they were the cheap options.I certainly don't fall for the guff about "one of the largest budgets in the league" or "we'd pay the manager a high wage regardless of who we hired". It's gaslighting by the board pure and simple, and unfortunately plenty of fans are happy to listen and believe those comments despite evidence to the contrary.Would getting new owners in solve the issue? Depends who you brought in and how ambitious they'd be. The answer is - probably not. Doncaster isn't a Southern club which seem to be the clubs attracting foreign investors - unless you're a Northern club with a previous Premier League pedigree.We don't get enough fans in ground even when we're doing well, so gates are always below par. That puts off investment. Remember John Ryan's constant rallying cries when we were in the Championship?So you need a local investor(s) who is a lifelong Rovers fan and isn't bothered about losing money. I don't see that person or persons coming frankly.
Well, I think I've found the answer: win 2 games on the run and everyone is happy!!Some great comments on the thread though. Just shows how much difference a week makes
Quote from: mrfrostsdad on January 03, 2023, 08:50:11 pmWell, I think I've found the answer: win 2 games on the run and everyone is happy!!Some great comments on the thread though. Just shows how much difference a week makesSome people are easy pleased, same as they are easy displeased
Quote from: Upton Rover on January 04, 2023, 12:41:29 pmQuote from: mrfrostsdad on January 03, 2023, 08:50:11 pmWell, I think I've found the answer: win 2 games on the run and everyone is happy!!Some great comments on the thread though. Just shows how much difference a week makesSome people are easy pleased, same as they are easy displeased Including yourself in that?