Good response to be fair. She is all about his impressive 'tackle'.

She does look gutted to be fair. Seems to be her default expression.

Sounding like we will be replacing that g with nk if we do that.

Tried this on two devices and the link won't open on either. Could you summarise/quote?

If his new deal is the same length as the old one, more pay, and has a release clause (unless far higher than an existing one), then whoever agreed to that should never handle contract negotiations for the rest of their life.

We aren't signing a third left back to supplant an ever-present from last season and a guy we spent half a million on to compete with him 8 months ago. You might as well not think about that, it absolutely won't happen whether you think it should or not.

Haven't you ever gone to a game equipped with binoculars, swotted up on what potential signings from other clubs' youth teams look like, and painstakingly perused everyone in the director's box? For shame. What do you do at games? Watch the football or something? With your own bare eyes?

I'm fine with the Downing deal. You need 4 centre backs for a season, and Downing is someone who is very cheap and won't throw toys out of prams due to being 4th choice. Looks like Mowbray is looking for a more capable 3rd choice (and possibly genuine competition for the main spots), and it isn't any good having lads like Wharton waste away being 4th choice. Wouldn't read too much into him not being on the bench. I think he had an injury issue recently? So likely not fully fit. Mowbray probably felt Bell was a more versatile sub to have (and is higher rated). Williams could have gone inside for Bell, so why waste a sub slot, may have been the thinking.

Shouldn't underestimate Millwall. Did very well last season and for much of yesterday were leading 2-0 against one of the most fancied and well funded teams in the league. Won't be a cakewalk.

No, but he is the ten times board champion of it.

I actually don't agree. Jal has been winding people up on here for years and is highly fortunate he hasn't been permanently banned. He is fresh off a 1 month ban and acting up already. I also don't think the comments have been beyond the pale, bar one or two, they're just the usual fare many others have to put up with. He is simply attracting more of them because he is making such provocative statements. Intentionally, in my view.

Cos we want him. In fairness, being linked or not being linked doesn't seem to mean much with Rovers these days. We get who we get, and at most, there are a handful of days warning from the press.

Sounds like the Posh co-chairman just confirmed it, leaked a story, and didn't leave it with Barry Fry.

Well no, I have better things to do. I just said I can't be bothered with it. PM Jal about it.

Please don't ask him. I don't want to hear it all again, it's boring. Can you take it to PMs, pretty please?

Local boy? I don't care if he lives in my house, just want the best players we can get.

However, he is the kind of striker-winger who fits our system.

Yeh there were only two of those in this whole league last year. So, forget that one.

Interesting, where did you hear that?

And the clubs we have approached about their players. It seems clear that whenever we make a bid, Rovers are specifically asking the clubs to keep it very hush hush, considering not only are no clubs publicly speaking about bids from us, but nothing has leaked through unofficial channels either until very close to completion (probably coming from excited players gassing to their friends or family at that stage).

Would be a good move for the lad, especially since they just lost their main striker so opportunities should be there. Will be a good move for the club too, if Tony's words ring true about getting a striker first. These advanced talks might be preparatory for when our own strike deal gets greenlit - doesn't mean such a deal is close yet, but everything starts moving quicker this stage of the window.

I'm happy with this signing, but since you ask... 1. Loanees are less invested, because they can easily start over the next season whatever happens. 2. The parent club can usually recall them in January anyway, leaving us hanging. 3. It is rare to loan a player two seasons in a row, so the likelihood is that next summer we need to roll the dice on another loan, as opposed to a permanent player who we can develop for ourselves instead of others. 4. A permanent signing will usually put roots down in the area, enabling them to settle better. 5. There have been known to be fines for not playing the loanee even if they don't find form (although I do think the Kent thing is a rarity). That's without getting into the debate that the resale value thing is pretty important, especially with the FUP (FFP) rules and only limited investment from the owners (they cover debts but they don't release extra funds much). Happy with the deal though, as long as we get a permanent winger/forward or two also.

Mowbray wouldn't have said the price was cheap, would he? That'd be a pretty horrendous negotiating position.

He never used to. The Chaddy of old was pretty friendly, his optimistic outlook on all things Rovers almost matched by his optimistic outlook towards other fans. In fairness, I think he was twisted and embittered by the perpetual abuse he seemed to attract for being the epitome of the positivity spectrum. Being constantly under attack seems to have developed defence mechanisms in him, and to survive psychologically he has subsequently adopted the default attitude of a brfcs poster - condescension, unwarranted sarcasm, hubris, and a propensity for indulging in catfights. To be fair, some of the stuff people used to hurl at him, I'd have been snapping at them a lot sooner and a lot harder. A lot of people used to genuinely feel sorry for him and asked others to lay off him. So, it is understandable to an extent. Sadly, this survivalist adaptation period has cultivated a persistent paranoia that everything of an opposing view may be a personal slight. I miss the old Chaddy. The biography - The Evolution Of Chaddy, penned by myself - is available in all substandard bookstores now.

This one is old. Nobody seemed to think it had legs given the source.