In another era I'd agree with you, but the game is now different. It's no orthodoxy to have wide forwards play on the opposite flank. I don't think Salah would have scored anywhere near the goals he has if he played on the left. As to Tronstad. He's been outstanding. Teams never get the jump on Rovers because he is always where he needs to be.

Today's result won't help O'Neill. Losing the game off a last minute corner to a fellow struggler. I heard yesterday that Lemina was stripped of the captaincy after the West Ham game for trying to fight his own team's assistant manager. After today's game Ait-Nouri had to be restrained from going after Ipswich players. All is not good it seems.

Rovers were much better than Luton today. The second goal before half time was crucial, and once the Luton lad was sent off it was game over. 2 more assists for Gueye. How did he miss that chance? ACD should play every week. He's better than Hedges and Dolan. Eustace is doing a good job, Venkys need to sign him some players in January to build on the good start. Nobody on here has any faith that they will though, which is a complete shame.

I'm happy with that. Qualification is a must for me. I plan on going to as many games as financially possible in 2026. How would it work? I agree that Andorra, San Marino and others should have more to do to get into a "final" qualification group.

I think he has. Bournemouth finished 2 points ahead of Wolves last year, and without some egregious refereeing/VAR errors they'd have had more points. This year is looking different, but the fact that Iraola hasn't lost his better players during his tenure must be taken into consideration. O'Neil's biggest issues is his team not scoring goals. For as good as Cunha looks he's got a terrible goal return.

I watched about 10 minutes of last night's game. If Bowen gets injured West Ham are in real trouble. He's like Szmodics was to Rovers last season. O'Neill has done a decent job at Wolves but is having to deal with their owners seemingly turning the tap off. Over the past year or so Wolves have lost a lot of the players who had them playing well. Neves, Nunes, Kilman, Neto, Moutinho have all gone (more too) without being adequately replaced. It sounds familiar and will end up with relegation.

The hubris and arrogance is there for all to see. Like everybody on here I hope that he fails spectacularly. His "state of the club" review from early this year included him mandating at home workers go back to the office, or leave, and complaining about filthy changing rooms. Very petty if you ask me, and not anything that will aid the football on show. Here's an ESPN article on Ashworth's tenure. It's not as thorough as their ten Hag one but it's a decent summary. ; ESPN: Ashworth out. They paid Newcastle £3m for him. Then he promptly paid daft money for a host of players who don't look very good.

The first half an hour of yesterday's game was a lesson in how not to set up a team. Both sides were wide open all over the park. Maresca, to his credit, made changes that turned the game. He is looking like he's going to do well. He's managed to calm the tumult that has enshrined Chelsea over the last few years. He has his squad and has said screw you to plenty of high earners. Having Cole Palmer helps too. Spurs have been Spurs long before Rovers beat them in Cardiff. Ange is from the Ossie Ardiles school of Spurs managers who try to outscore opponents. Once either Levy or the fans have had enough of it they'll move on and hire a defensive minded replacement a la George Graham. Plus ca change...

I'm with everybody bar Phil. He doesn't get "abuse", he gets pulled up for his inconsistent erratic play. As has been pointed out, he's not an out and out striker, a winger, or a second striker. He works hard but his decision making is sub-par. His finishing is mediocre, and he dwells on the ball for too long. He certainly isn't a Premier League standard player. Every game I watch Rovers on TV over here it has some bog standard commentator doing the game, with no 2nd "expert" helping. It doesn't matter who it is (they all sound the same to me) they all get excited mentioning Dolan's name like he's Rovers best player. Maybe it's because he runs around a lot?

It really was. In the first half Newcastle forced Liverpool into making so many mistakes and should have been more than 1 up at half time. It is looking like Slot knows what he is doing as Liverpool were a different team in the second half, and if it wasn't for the only mistake I've ever seen Kelleher make Liverpool would have won it.

He started well last night. I'll temper it with the fact that it was against West Ham whose players look like they've had enough of their manager.

There is a problem; Rovers are owned by clueless Venkys. Eustace has done a good job so far, so it's not a stretch to assume that the bookies look at ambitious club owners who want to spend trying to prize him away from what could turn into a car crash at any moment.

I'm late to the party on this game, but I thought that Rovers were excellent. They gave Leeds very little. Dolan was superb, but was this his 1 good game in 10? I hope not. Pears was also solid. I'm still sceptical of him though. Cantwell is a class above.

Liverpool tore City apart yesterday. They looked as good as City looked bad. Guardiola signed a new deal last week, on the face of it he has a lot of work to do as the core of his successful team are rapidly aging. Walker, De Bruyne, Gundogan, Bernardo Silva, Ederson, and John Stones are all 30+. Haaland is a phenomenal goal scorer but needs people to give him the ball. Maybe they should have kept Cole Palmer. van Nistelrooy is a big gamble. His only previous stint in management was unremarkable. He has a tough job on his hands.

Morgan Rogers plays for Villa. Emery is letting him shine. Lewis Hall is Newcastle's left back. They signed him from Chelsea. Chaddy has been talking him up for a while. Jones, Gallagher, and Madueke, played really well. Bellingham looked like the "old" Bellingham. I know that most on here couldn't give a hoot about the Nations League but I think it's important that England beat ROI on Sunday. England need to play top opposition. The World Cup qualifying draw is next month. England will be seeded.