Regarding Carlisle and their new owners, your statement isn't true at all unfortunately. They took over in December last year when they were in League 1. Their first priority was to keep them in the league and then hopefully push on. They came bottom in League 1 last season and they currently sit bottom of League 2, odds on to drop out of the Football League for the first time in a long time. I'm from Cumbria and a couple of my best mates are Carlisle fans, so I follow what's going on there pretty closely. They are absolutely livid with the way things have panned out.

I fall in to a couple of the options (price, location, not able to get to enough games) but ultimately voted No Chance. It's just been one bit of mismanagement after another for half of my supporting life and there's never any learnings taken or genuine improvements made. I'm not blindly shelling out for incompetence anymore; times are tough at the moment and priorities shift. I'm down to about 4 games a season now and can't see that trending upward until we have new owners in charge.

Really like the look of that. Think I've seen enough of Ribeiro to think he'd be decent at LCB as well if required. Would help us to slot in Beck at LWB.

Love this post; thank you. As you've pointed out, that fixture run gets trickier later in the season. We need to pick up the results now, making a swift (& appropriate) appointment even more critical.

Even when he wasn't scoring, he was still affecting games. Unbelievable in the air in both boxes and he's got good feet for a big lad. Really like the look of him. Unplayable tonight in a massive game.

Kargbo could be anything but at least he looks to have a bit of pace. Our team is so one paced, so it would be nice to have a different option. He looks particularly quick on the highlight videos on YouTube of him playing for Sierra Leone. Certainly not excited by this one though.

Yes, anyone that used to play for Middlesbrough.

Can't see how this would be possible given he's supposedly on more than triple what we offer our high earners. Would be a quality signing though.

I went triple captain. Very pleased with myself.

Except worse. When Chapman was fit during his first spell with us, he was electric.

Brilliant to have football back and absolutely chuffed with the win. Thought our back 4 looked good generally and they'll only improve with a better keeper behind them. Their first goal was a really impressive header but their second goal was poor. Signing a new GK should be the priority before the next league game. Saw enough from the new boys to feel like they'll be good options this season and a step above what we had available last season. Gueye's hold up play was good & played others in well. Ohashi was busy and took his goal really well. Weimann is the sort of signing we've cried out for for years. Took his goal well and was good in possession. Keeping Szmodics could be the thing that tips us from being a good Championship side to a playoff contender with a bit of luck. If he goes, they need to reinvest some of the funds into the squad. From that initial showing, there's a lot to get behind and the makings of a decent team.

I think that was Adam Owen. One of the heads of.

I was literally thinking the same thing this morning and wasn't sure where I'd seen/heard it.

Really happy with the signing of Weimann and our flurry of activity in general. It was needed but I certainly didn't expect it. GK should be the absolute priority before we play Derby.

There were a couple of mistimed tackles but thought he looked OK otherwise. Looks decent on the ball. Him & Tyjon stood out for me from the second game as potential options but that's not really saying much. Intrigued to see more of Tyjon. He looked good on the ball but we barely got it into his feet. Didn't see anything from the full backs to suggest they could meaningfully step into the first team if required. Buckley & Garrett were completely overran and made no impression on the game bar the Buckley free kick goal, which Garrett was fuming he took. Markanday anonymous. It was just a friendly but in isolation no one really put themselves in the first team picture with that performance (including the guys already around the first team).

Yeah if someone could clarify this when they go to the Roverstore today, that would be greatly appreciated. I won't be buying the shirts if they have the Venky's logo on it.

That's genuinely hilarious

Whilst I agree the discussion should also be in that thread, it relates to club finances and potentially our ability to operate in the transfer market. It is fully appropriate for this thread.

I think you're completely missing the point. The alleged cuts to the women's team budget are symptomatic of where the club is financially. You can't really take this news in isolation and expect us to be active in the transfer market the next minute.

Can someone share a screenshot please.

The goings on at this club are truly mind boggling.

Goalkeepers that are good with their feet don't do what Pears did against Sheffield Wednesday.

If Courtois doesn't sign and Pears starts next season, then Eustace must really rate Pears.

And that was a clear error of judgement. Just because the manager makes a decision, it doesn't mean you have to wholeheartedly get behind it.

That opinion was expressed often, despite him making mistakes. There was also a lot of talk around Pears being better because he could play it out from the back and "that's the way we play". Kaminski played the sweeper keeper role quite well I thought. Certainly not so bad in comparison that his superior goalkeeping was ignored for it. All very strange. Like you say, you play your best players and Kaminski was our best goalkeeper.