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Post by lostinspace on Mar 10, 2022 16:24:16 GMT
He is not exactly known for his predictions though, is he ? Even if we did go up, can you not see that we have a ton of contracts up and loan players to deal with. Regardless of what happens, we will be lucky if we retain Evans and we have others who are being watched. Evans has made it abundantly clear that he wants top class football, as soon as possible. Regardless, if we somehow do manage to sneak promotion then we will need to start to bring on our own players and not be in this situation again, that is unless Wael is happy with the current situation and is happy to continue to fund it. I’m lucky enough to have watched Rovers when we were second tier but with our own players, plus one sub. This is not a sustainable path and that word keeps being bandied about yet we are seemingly doing the opposite, with the team We love to hear talk about sustainability but questioning the existence of a plan to achieve it is quite another matter. The fall back position is always, in your words KP, "Wael is happy with the current situation and is happy to continue to fund it". I wonder if anyone has considered whether the presence of between 18 000 and 40 000 Russian nationals in Cyprus could have any effect on Rovers' finances ? [b And according to the ONS in 2020 there were an estimated 73,000 Russian nationals living in the UK... |
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Post by swissgas on Mar 10, 2022 17:28:50 GMT
We love to hear talk about sustainability but questioning the existence of a plan to achieve it is quite another matter. The fall back position is always, in your words KP, "Wael is happy with the current situation and is happy to continue to fund it". I wonder if anyone has considered whether the presence of between 18 000 and 40 000 Russian nationals in Cyprus could have any effect on Rovers' finances ? Explain what you mean regarding any effect on rovers please. Because Wael's income from AJIB and METICO is a matter of public record we know those sources do not provide nearly enough to cover Rovers' losses. Therefore everyone accepts he must have income from other sources which are kept private. However there is a divide between those who think "who cares where it comes from, I have faith that Wael will always have enough money to fund Rovers" and others who are concerned that Wael may be digging himself into a financial hole and think it is in Rovers' best interests for him to know that Gasheads will be supportive if this ever turned out to be the case. Cyprus is a legitimate offshore financial centre and AJIB have a presence there. But because Russian nationals make up a disproportionate amount of the population, and I daresay provide a disproportionate amount of revenue to Cyprus's banks, the current economic sanctions could have a knock on effect to anyone who derives income from those sources. |
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Post by rowdenhill on Mar 10, 2022 17:32:17 GMT
And Mongolian exports to Andorra amounted to $254 in 2018.
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Post by swissgas on Mar 10, 2022 17:37:46 GMT
And Mongolian exports to Andorra amounted to $254 in 2018. That's our hopes of the play off's b*ggered then  |
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Post by vaughan on Mar 10, 2022 18:58:41 GMT
Explain what you mean regarding any effect on rovers please. Because Wael's income from AJIB and METICO is a matter of public record we know those sources do not provide nearly enough to cover Rovers' losses. Therefore everyone accepts he must have income from other sources which are kept private. However there is a divide between those who think "who cares where it comes from, I have faith that Wael will always have enough money to fund Rovers" and others who are concerned that Wael may be digging himself into a financial hole and think it is in Rovers' best interests for him to know that Gasheads will be supportive if this ever turned out to be the case. Cyprus is a legitimate offshore financial centre and AJIB have a presence there. But because Russian nationals make up a disproportionate amount of the population, and I daresay provide a disproportionate amount of revenue to Cyprus's banks, the current economic sanctions could have a knock on effect to anyone who derives income from those sources. Now I am worried... |
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Post by baselswh on Mar 10, 2022 20:22:41 GMT
Explain what you mean regarding any effect on rovers please. Because Wael's income from AJIB and METICO is a matter of public record we know those sources do not provide nearly enough to cover Rovers' losses. Therefore everyone accepts he must have income from other sources which are kept private. However there is a divide between those who think "who cares where it comes from, I have faith that Wael will always have enough money to fund Rovers" and others who are concerned that Wael may be digging himself into a financial hole and think it is in Rovers' best interests for him to know that Gasheads will be supportive if this ever turned out to be the case. Cyprus is a legitimate offshore financial centre and AJIB have a presence there. But because Russian nationals make up a disproportionate amount of the population, and I daresay provide a disproportionate amount of revenue to Cyprus's banks, the current economic sanctions could have a knock on effect to anyone who derives income from those sources. Hmm. Well Swiss,I don't know me bottom me elbow when it comes to this sort of thing. Cyprus,it's holiday trade,banks and what have you have apparently survived the pandemic and so it appears tough and durable. The banks won't have too many Russian eggs in th er ir basket,will they?It's a big world and they'll have plenty of other 'eggs' in their basket.Won't they? |
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Post by tenniscourtgas on Mar 10, 2022 21:21:12 GMT
Understand your point KP, about how Belshaw is too often our saviour.
I can remember Brian Clough, or Peter Taylor,making a comment about Peter Shilton saving Nottingham Forest about 10 points per season, and this was when it was two points for a win.
The Barrow game, in particular, was a good example of Belshaw at his best, when Barrow went berserk in the last few minutes looking for an equaliser, with Rovers hanging on like a boxer trying to see out the final round of a contest, when a knock out looked inevitable.
At Crawley in the first half, several of the chances Crawley had were self inflicted by Rovers, poor touches or headers leaving clear shooting opportunities, some saved by Belshaw, others hit wildly wide, or over the bar.
The last 15 minutes at Crawley were certainly nerve wracking, but earlier on in the game, Rovers were clearly going for the win, and dominated much of the midfield play.
At the turn of the year, I didn’t think we had a strong enough defence, that might still turn out to be the case, but we have only conceded 9 goals in the last 14 League games, a big turn round from earlier in the season, when we seemed to leak two per game.
I think Connolly and Taylor are clearly the best central defensive partnership this season, Hoole and Anderson have played really well lately, but we have ridden our luck, but you always need the run of the ball to achieve success.
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