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Brilliant strike by Reed yesterday for Fulham

Looking at the league table, and some of the results we have that just isn't true. Wednesday are by far the worst, then I think Oxford will finish 2nd bottom. Last spot is us Charlton or Portsmouth. I think we will just be ok, but it's going to be a tough watch.

Cantwell is the best player we got, yet he gets over criticise by people. His pin point cross straight onto Baradji's head for the 1st goal yesterday He has 4 goals only 1 was penalty Birmingham's goal was a right foot volley from edge of the box Hull's goal was a left foot shot curled in the goal Swansea's goal was a header. The Oxford goal was a penalty. He is least of our problem. 15 games, 4 goals and 2 assists. His quality is there to see. He worked out, yes a moaned at times when he think he should have a free kick but he has step up this season

One thing that is genuinely mental amongst the ongoing craziness and ceaseless Rovers ineptitude is that we have an ex footballer, uneducated, inexperienced and without any track record in the role running and leading our transfer negotiations. It is utterly baffling how he's done it....

I think 1 was a penalty. Who would you be bringing in for him?

No one knew he would be a good player apparently.

The owners are hell bent on relegation, you are right though, the fans will be blamed!

I watched the highlights of their latest match. To say he looked disinterested is an understatement. Didn't pick his man up once. Has his head been turned?

Cantwell has 2 assists all season. He's meant to be our talisman our creativity. 4 goals but I'm pretty sure all of them are penalties?

Realisticlly two places up for grabs highly likely between us norwich oxford portsmouth and charlton

https://as.com/futbol/internacional/wharton-minimo-70m-y-sueldo-galactico-f202601-n/ Translated via google from Spanish It wouldn't be surprising if, during more than one Christmas lunch in England, the question arose of why Adam Wharton isn't yet a regular starter for Thomas Tuchel in the England national team, while the fever for the Premier League's hottest midfielder is already spreading beyond its borders . Crystal Palace is watching with anticipation the upcoming bidding war for a player for whom any club that signs him will surely have to surpass the €65 million they received for Eberichi Eze and offer him a galactic salary commensurate with the potential and interest generated by one of the best prospects in modern midfield . He is not only considered a potential signing for the Premier League's 'Big Four' —Manchester City, Liverpool, Manchester United, and Chelsea (excluding Arsenal, who recently signed Martín Zubimendi, and Tottenham, due to Crystal Palace's excellent form)—but also for Real Madrid , a club that rarely ventures into the British market and is in need of a player with his characteristics, either as an alternative to Tchouameni or as a complement, allowing, for example, Güler to move out of his central midfield role and play further up the pitch to link up with Bellingham and Mbappé. The Englishman has been offered to Real Madrid, who are not currently considering the move. He's not a pure playmaker like Vitinha or Pedri, but rather a midfielder who is both a playmaker and, increasingly, a creative force. A pragmatic hybrid, tactically impeccable, with a significant impact on the game thanks to his intelligence and discipline—although as a midfielder he's not yet fully mature—more mature than his 21 years suggest . This is evidenced by his meteoric rise over the last year and a half. As the infographic below shows, he has nothing to envy in the top five players who occupy his same position in the Premier League, including Zubimendi, Moisés Caicedo, Rodrigo, and Casemiro. Wharton's 90-minute metrics compared to the top five players in the same position in the Premier League. BeSoccer He's the best in defensive duels, committing half the fouls needed to do so, and he's also excellent at making progressive passes. In short, he has an innate ability to steal the ball and break lines with his left foot. And he does it vertically, without any frills, as he himself describes it. Frank Lampard has already requested that he take the reins for the Three Lions, and his teammate Declan Rice was impressed in training: "He's top , fantastic." A magnet for praise The same left foot that someone who knows that position like Pep Guardiola so well praised: “He’s an excellent midfielder; his impact is incredible .” Rio Ferdinand compared him to Michael Carrick and the BBC , while The Athletic likened him to Sergio Busquets for his low heart rate in critical situations. Glasner, his manager and for whom he is vital (88% of the starting eleven), highlights his “pre-planning ability.” He has a mental scanner. He knows what needs to be done before winning the ball back. What better endorsement for someone who, in just six months, went from Blackburn Rovers in the Championship (the English second division) to being called up by Gareth Southgate for Euro 2024 after a €21 million transfer to Crystal Palace? “Surreal,” is how Wharton himself described it. Moreover, he possesses a commanding presence , as he demonstrated in a recent interview with the club's media after winning their first-ever title, the FA Cup: “If I can speed up the game and create an advantage, I see no reason not to. I'm convinced that, whoever I play against and wherever I play, I can influence the match.” “He'll constantly look for you, even if it's a difficult pass. He looks forward, and that's what you want from him,” said Ian Wright, a legend of Arsenal and Palace. He also leads the Premier League in completed passes between the lines (3.77 per 90 minutes) and, as a special distinction, in March 2025, upon returning from a three-month injury layoff, he became the youngest player since 2004 to create six scoring opportunities in a single match. All this while being a '5' who is increasingly becoming a '6' . It's no surprise, then, that the prestigious Telegraph included him this month in its list of the 20 best players in the English league. The English Pirlo, as the Daily Mail dubbed him , is poised to command a multi-million pound...or euro...transfermarkt, with Manchester United the most interested party. Currently, Transfermarkt values him at €60 million, and some English media outlets estimate the Red Devils' initial bid at €70 million . A major acquisition for a midfielder who still has some rough edges to smooth, but with the potential to play for a top team .

Despite what some of our so called fans like to say, Blackburn Rovers is still a huge opportunity for most players and managers out there. If the club payed wages that were competitive with the rest of the division (yes I know) we'd have the pick of the bunch, bar a small handful of other clubs. The championship is the 5th largest league in the world and even after 15 years of being terminally ill with the venky virus Rovers are still one of the biggest clubs in the league. That's what makes the venky presence so intolerable. It would take very little to get the club back up there challenging and humming again, yet they take every opportunity to deliberately do the opposite. This leads back to the point I made when he was appointed. Whether Big Val is a shit manager or not is irrelevant, as long as venkys have anything to do with the club nothing will be achieved.

I fell asleep before his actual dismissal, but I saw he got away with an attempted drive to cover only which was caught, only for it to be judged a no ball. Very next delivery he wafts at one wide outside off stump and luckily the Aussie slip cordon were statues for a change. He's summed up quite a lot of our batting this trip.

He is, I went to primary school with him.

Like Cantwell , good player and as someone else as stated he can be an easy target but I don’t think he’s a Captain

Oxford are now 1/5 to go down, with us still at 5/1

We don’t know that last paragraph to be true, plenty of managers would still be interested in a Championship gig in which you get to put your feet under the table, and they could well be able to win more than two home games in half a season (of course this is all for discussion purposes as he’s going nowhere regardless).

Having seen a bit of Wolves recently I am going to jinx them by saying they have a chance at staying up. Their problem is the likes of Forest and Bournemouth whom they would need to catch have excellent players and squads. James Hill is playing well at Bournemouth.

Unlikely but still mathematically possible, that Wednesday could stay up. I would count Wednesday as one of the three (at least) teams, that I hope will be below us come the end of the season.

The reason I am not pressing to get rid. Having seen is getting sacked by 3 ambitious managers in a decade, it would be impossible to attract the likes of JE and JDT now and indeed Gested and Pasha wouldn't appoint anyone with the personality and clout to do what they did. Ismael is a least worst option who would undoubtedly be replaced by worse

We are down if we start failing to raise our game against the top sides in the division. Based on the season so far we are as likely to get something from the trip to Ipswich as we are to drop points home to Wednesday. There is also the risk now of yet more injuries and suspensions to add to the ten absentees before any of those come back. Overall we are not quite the most obvious fellow travellers in distress with Wednesday but have made ourselves vulnerable to being so. Without the youngsters coming through the way they have which is the unexpected bonus of this season we would have been dead and buried. Getting to 51 points seems a hell of a long way away.

Ultimately, if you don't believe that getting rid of venkys would be good for the club then you are wrong. It's that simple. Not a matter of opinion, it's basic facts. What have they improved over the last 15 years? Nothing. What have they made worse over the last 15 years? Everything. To deny that is denying reality and I have absolutely no time for mushrooms who refuse to accept reality. You're in the bin with flat earthers and climate change deniers. The only grounds for compromise are how the fanbase should go about trying to get them out.

Cantwell is the least of our problems

Jamie Smith with another brainless dismissal after another ridiculous innings in which he could have been out 3 or 4 times. Smith represents everything that is wrong with England cricket under McCullum and has gone wrong on this tour. Another one for the axe

The new Dolan. A flair player who works hard and puts up reasonable numbers, but cops a lot of flak from a certain portion of the fanbase when things aren't coming off for him.