Genuinely, if it were an option, yes. I have noticed over the last 12 months there has been a significant increase in ads and noticeably more as of the relaunch today. Its not a criticism, as I for one fully appreciate all the work that goes into this site and as has clearly been stated, the site is 'not for profit'. So in terms of the upkeep I know it's a necessary evil. As an end user though, I log onto this site virtually every day and the amount of them are annoying, so providing the monthly fee wasn't too high, if it were an option I'd be happy to pay it.

Brentford paid Peterborough 10m quid not Newcastle. Quick Google says Peterborough bought him for about 500,000 plus 30% sell on fee.

We are run in a very, very old school way in that the manager is just left to get on with things. Between the lot of them they have clearly not prioritised proper forward planning. Last seasons squad was beyond huge and large contracts have been handed out as rewards to aging players. Non of this has been done for the good of the future of the club. If those in charge had the good of the future of the club at heart making sure Armstrong, Nyambe, Rothwell, Brereton and Lenihan had longer than 1 year left on their deals would have been the number 1 priority. Instead the 'reward' contracts and going all in with last years ridiculous squad size was prioritised. These things shouldn't have been left solely up to the manager but they were and they have been willfully neglected. Venkys let the clowns run free and they've cocked it up. Through both incompetence and what I can only assume furthering their own careers by spending money which should have been securing the clubs future on extra sweets from the candy shop on players with no long term benefit. Mowbray has no respect left from me. He's incompetent, insulting and false. Venkys continue to be the joke they've always been, consistently shirking their true responsibilities.

I'm making this up as I go here but surely if you took a 'C shot' (hate that term) there are ways of increasing the odds which make it a C shot opportunity. For example hard and low and some kind of signal you are about to have a go and few other players follow in at pace. Or even making a dummy run when they see you lining one up to open up the chance of a reverse pass when the defender goes for a block. I agree that so much attacking is very sterile. Crossing being the same. Big sides don't do it. They look for an overlap in the box, square it and a tap in. So long as the midfield are positioned well to pressurise and prevent a counter there's nothing wrong with giving the ball away. Sure certain moves result in goals more often. But if you spend 30 minutes playing it sideways to get there because the opposition know exactly what you're doing it's slightly self defeating.

I don't think it's made a jot of difference, us having been in an embargo. We never organise ourselves to take advantage of early deals anyway as we're usually waiting for the budget, a meeting with the overlords or Tony's hollibobs. The notion from the club we missed out on early targets is waffle and more excuses in my eyes. The only thing the embargo did was offer a suitable excuse which will be trotted out all summer and then probably all season long. Conveniently.

Armstrong is worth £20million in todays market at the end of a window when clubs get twitchy. They would come back to him as West Ham did with Benrhama. Was that about £28million?? However we are an abysmally managed club. Waggot this, Waggot that. In terms of how he's done a poor job at Rovers. Put simply. What are a clubs most valuable assets? The players. What has Waggot allowed to lose value? The players. He's meant to be head honcho in the UK. Even Venkys. I'm sure if they had it explained in black and white they'd have been willing to throw extra pennies at some of these players to protect their value with meaningful contract extensions. As it is our club could be soon on its knees again because we haven't managed our assets effectively. We have made some poor but also some excellent investments over the years. And now we hold no cards when trying to extract fair value for them. And that's it. The hard work is for nothing. £15 million for Arma today... Yeah. Reluctantly yes. Because we've slid into an insecure situation of our own making. Take the money. Spend what little there is from it. Renew a couple of contracts. Midtable... Oh and learn some bloody lessons in the basic of protecting the future of the club by having foresight beyond the immediate. In this long rambling post this is the only thing that matters. Mowbray cares about himself and his own reputation more than the club. He'd happily throw valuable money at adding an additional zero future value squad member such as Downing to his squad (last year). As he thought he could potentially help slightly in that immediate season. Things like this are done rather than allocating funds to protect the clubs future with longer term contracts for the clubs top assets. As Mowbray has them all now. Rather than an asset secured and a squad member added. Blah, blah, blah. Pfftt

Could you imagine if he left on a free. And he really, really started to kick on. It would be the most horrendous bit of business ever.

I mean he tackled him with his knees not his foot. It's a clear red. Unfortunate the fella has picked up a serious injury. But it doesn't deserve such a mad ban. You'd think he'd gone Roy Keane on him

Just watched it. Six match ban is harsh in my eyes. Comments on YouTube saying he went out to injure him. I think they just don't know Derrick Williams like we do. It's a very poor tackle but more just a complete lack of awareness. He actually makes the tackle with his knees where he tries to pull out.

One of these two line ups for me Pickford Trippier - Stones - ?????? - Shaw Bellingham - Rice Foden - Mount - Grealish Kane Pickford Walker - Stones - ?????? Trippier - Bell*/Mount - Rice - Chilwell Foden Grealish Kane *Bellingham not Amari I prefer the 3-4-2-1. Trippier and Chilwell can be huge attacking outlets. Trippier is in for his set piece ability and the amount of free kicks we will get. Foden and Grealish will complement as inside forwards. The big question mark is if we come up against midfield overloads and whether Rice and one other can handle it. There is also the question of Mason Mount and whether he has the disciple to play in there as that is a huge amount of creativity on the pitch if he can. If we are being overrun it doesn't take much to switch to a 4-2-3-1 or a 4-3-3. In both these set ups it is essential that Kane does not carry his new found Spurs habit of dropping to deep. As good as he has been at it this season we have the creativity already. He needs to be finishing the moves, not starting them. I'm totally stumped as to what to do about the Maguire scenario. He's one of our most important players, not because he is World Class (he's decent) but because the other options are awful. I'd be tempted to gamble and put Ben White in. Southgate had a misplaced confidence in Mings. He shouldn't be in the squad and it's posing a problem. In terms of Grealish/Foden and Sterling/Rashford I hear a lot of talk about pace in behind but I'm so unimpressed with both Sterling and Rashford they've both blown it with their terrible form for me. I see the argument and I agree with the argument. But form and that both prefer the left where the un-droppable Grealish likes to drift in from makes it a no brainer. Foden being a left footer on the right adds balance to the side too. That's the side hands down for me. Only question marks is can the brilliant Mason Mount play in that formation and who the hell fills in for Maguire. In saying all of that I imagine we'll see some dross like this. Pickford Walker Stones ?????? Shaw Henderson Rice Sterling Grealish Rashford Kane Totally uninspiring and Southgate's loyalty will begin to cost us big time. If they're on form and they fit in a system then they should play. We'll see an unfit Hendo, an out of form Sterling and Rashford, Kane being starved and dropping deeper and deeper for the ball and our more conservative full backs.

I still don't understand what Southgate is trying to do. Again we are playing 4 at the back which totally goes against his selection of 4 right sides defenders. We've already seen Sancho drift more centrally. Which is when he's played his best stuff but then the team look unbalanced as we lose any width. Grealish has drifted to the left a lot where Rashford is. Kalvin Phillip's very slow in possession. I still have no idea what Southgates plan is. I'm not sure he does either

Good to see him signed up. Mini-moan now. Could be any reason as to why it's only for 3 years. But again it follows the trend of being slightly on the short side.

I think we have plenty of scope for players who play a 10 in pretty much the formation you've outlined. In fact having 2 number 10's but one inside right and one inside left. Which I realise isn't quite a 10. A hybrid of a 10 and an inside forward if that makes any sense. The full backs provide the width and then we have Mount, Foden and Grealish who are all perfect for those pockets behind Kane. Sancho can do the same to a slightly lesser extent. Its Rashford and Sterling I see as squad players and not commanding a spot in the starting 11. I'd post my own formation but it's the same as yours but with an emphasis on narrow and fluid for the forwards and either Grealish or Foden for Sterling. Importantly I'd be giving Kane strict instructions that primarily he is a striker. Dropping deep worked at spurs as their attacking players are more direct rather than fluid. For England it's not all about him. We don't need him for creativity. We need him to finish the moves.

For me 5 at the back works well. Our full backs are class and given the extra security of 3 centre backs it allows them to bomb forwards and provide all the width we need. Biggest benefit to this being our attacking players are very fluid as opposed to being out and out wide players. So our 3 up top becomes Kane and two free roaming 10's as opposed to Kane and two wide forwards.

Only way the 4 right backs make sense is if we are playing a wing back system. So James and Walker are RCB's and Tripper and Trent are wing backs. Personally I feel that is our stronger overall formation too. However if we begin to see Trent pushed into midfield I will be livid as that would be a true square peg. The players selected only work in a wing back system.

I don't think it is sour grapes. That's been their tune for a long time. I live in the city and wasn't impressed with the few games I went too prior to covid.

Think he will be available for more like £1million. He's not in the good books down in Pompey with his antics off the pitch. On the piss and scrapping same night as missing out on the playoffs. Bit of an attitude on it too. Not much pace and a one trick pony. Cuts in and shoots. Lad thinks he's a lot better than he is and all the Pompey fans I know would be glad to see him out the door.

Kante for Balon D'or? Certainly deserves to be in the top 3. He was always phenomenal but his ability carrying the ball has become world class too. Only other player I can see being deserving is Lewandowski.

I don't think in their eyes they bought a business. They bought a toy, a plaything. When it goes well, they invest, when it goes badly they don't make tough decisions, they lose interest. We are picked up and put down like they're on the playstation having a game of fifa.

I watched the whole game last night. Mainly because I've a soft spot for Villareal. My main takeaway from the game however, was watching United equalise, move into the ascendancy, look like the only team who were going to win it, to then watching Villareal make 5 subs in normal time and wrestle the game back. Solskjaer didn't make a sub until the 110th minute when it was clear his side had been running on empty since the 70th. It was ridiculous. You've only got to look at how Lingard has performed since leaving United and its embarrassing for Solskjaer. His reluctance to use any of his subs shows just how limited and lacking in faith he is.

More like La-boring et La-boring

I think Arma is going to be off regardless. So as well as the Raya clause it would probably be helpful having Brentford go up and taking Ivan Toney off the market too given he is the only player of comparison goals and age wise at this level.

I see that the reason we've offered Chapman a new deal is that at no point did we have an option in his contract to trigger an extra year. Mowbray specifically stated only about a month ago we would be triggering the additional year and that the reason Chapman went on loan was due to this always being the plan, so as he could gain first team experience and come back this year and push for a place in our side. We all knew Mowbray was lying when saying it was always the plan anyway. Whether Chapman is up to Championship level is another debate but its more concrete evidence of either Mowbray rewriting history now that we're skint and he can't pick and choose his favourites/not care about burning money or its concrete evidence of the shambolic way the club is run and us not actually knowing the expiry date of an assets contract.

Been saying this for some time as he's been linked for a couple of years on and off. Ronan Curtis is not good enough to make the step up. His mentality is terrible too. Watching him try and ping one from 40 yards in the left wing position today summed him up. He's a petulant, arrogant player who thinks he's significantly better than he actually is. And yes I've seen him play a lot.

The club may be in disarray but the community is still here. Fans may bicker but we're Rovers through and through. Football, life. Things can always get better.