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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2026 · 1H 2M

Rovers What If...?

from Rovers Returned · host Paul Worthington & Simon Burns

What if Venky's had never bought Rovers? What if we'd landed Robert Lewandowski in a world where volcanic eruptions didn't disrupt summer transfer plans? What if we'd spent the parachute payments differently after relegation from the Premier League? In this episode we step away from the history books and into the realm of counterfactuals, running the numbers on three alternate timelines for Rovers. We debate Allardyce's reign without a Venky's takeover, imagine an 18-goal Lewandowski season under Steve Kean, and rebuild the 2012/13 transfer window from scratch with the same £15m kitty.

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