Indeed. It's an impressive first half to the season for Rovers, but there is a long way to go.

they are doing well at the moment, but the squad lacks strength in depth if they pick up a few injuries

credit to Morgan though, his signings (except Crossman and Mills) have all been exactly the players he needed, and he wasn't afraid to say 'thanks but good luck' to several players who won him promotion either, because he knew he had to replace them.

we are going to suffer the hangover of Peter Sharps poor recruitment for another couple of years yet. All we needed in 2006 was an impact prop and a replacement for Blacklock (I let Sharp off for Cooke because noone could have predicted that) we ended up with the past it Sing and Hutch Maivia!

I am sick and tired of that bollox excuse.

If Hull had morgan and Dobson we would be be doing simalar to them IMO.

Not a great deal between the teams, but in very key areas.

Credit has to go to rovers as a club for the position tehy are in.

Certainly, on the field.

he tied most of the squad down to long deals, I'm not convinced about Agar, but its hardly like he can just show half the team the door.

Sharp main signings: Manu, Sing, Maivia, Godwin, Tickle, Dykes, Berrigan, Cusack, Byrne

of those I'd only class Manu and Berrigan as successful

the others are either players who we just didn't need, or were just awful

How about off it?

What rovers have done in two seasons just makes us look even more pathetic, if that's possible. They have set out a plan of the squad that they wanted and have executed it almost to the letter through, on the whole, very astute recruitment. They take the pi$$ out of us at every opportunity...Cooke, Briscoe, Dobson etc..

In the meantime we have gone from an established top four side with realistic aspirations of being the very best in the country to a less than mediocre side that nobody wants to watch while KH and JR sit back in the luxury offices counting their money.

Kear, Sharpe and now Agar have consistently taken us further and further backwards to the point were we are no longer a force in SL, we have zero chance of any success and we are a very poor second even when it comes to our city's bragging rights.

Can it get any worse ???

BTW through gritted teeth, I have to say credit to our sickly little neighbours because they ARE a good side and they've actually made it look pretty easy to put together a successful SL squad with limited resources. That's what happens when you have people at the top who actually care and prioritise on-the-field success rather than off it !!!

We shall see.

Is this one of those cloak and dagger replies which rather than show any truth, only shows your last glimmer of hope that something might not be quite right at Rovers?

I love it.

Spot on

How do you spell desperate man?