The funny thing is, the clogger in question is probably generally oblivious to why they're being booed too.

Booing opposition players often has the opposite effect though. Depends on their personality, something our fans are not qualified to assess.

Well, I undersold this! But who didn't? I seem to remember that either in the summer or at this point, I had the feeling he could nab about 10-15 league goals for the season, and at the time most would have agreed that was a very good return. Well the bugger basically doubled that, and his workrate has been phenomenal to boot. Think his overall performance this season has been my favourite from a Rovers player since we came down from the Prem. What a guy!

I'd still rather get a good fee than a crap one. At least I wouldn't feel the club in question had our pants down. It's bad enough Venkys have our pants down without it turning into a gangbang.

Whilst it might work out (any player can), I really wouldn't be in favour of signing a 25 year old keeper with only League One experience when we are equipped with two keepers of similar age who aren't good enough despite playing higher than that. Right now I want a keeper with Championship or equivalent experience who is a steady pair of hands. Likely to need to be someone of age about 28 upwards.

Had to wait a whole month for someone to finish that, thanks!

They've been injured and unavailable at times. We wouldn't have needed to sign McFadz. He would have played, and if he was as good as he and everyone thinks, he would have developed over the season and forced his way into the team.

Well done on not rising to the unnecessary insult.

Conversely, he may also have done himself out of many, many millions more, and far greater professional satisfaction, by having the career he appeared destined for. Could have sorted his whole family for generations. Instead he went to the player graveyard of Spurs and what's happens now is anyone's guess.

My problem is, where is the creativity in that midfield? JRC sure, but he is injury prone and sometimes needed elsewhere. Buckley, sort of, but inconsistent and as you say doesn't seem to be fancied. Very much doubt we have a 10 mill warchest without selling Sammie, and probably not even then. I want a good goalie before I want a striker (until we sell Sammie).

We are bitter. We have lost a potentially world class, homegrown, fan of the club for about a third of what he is probably going to be worth by the summer. Not Palace's fault though, who wouldn't take that kind of bargain? I think you should start adjusting yourself to the fact that it's very unlikely he stays with you for 3+ years. He supports our club and we only got two seasons out of him at senior level. It's one thing getting called up to a 33 man provisional squad for England and another thing altogether to become a firm fixture in the starting 11. Loads of players move to other bigger Prem teams to solidify their international credentials. Even sitting on a big 6 bench can be enough sadly. They can also pay a lot more, and money talks. If he is still with you in 3 years, it's because he didn't improve or even regressed. Unless you somehow start getting regular European football.

No shame in that of course, but pity it didn't work out for him too. Yet another Wharton brother coming through the club would have been quite something. The family have done great to churn out two talented pros though.

She's got one. Calls it her brain.

Our own website has a 'staff' section for the first team...it just has John Eustace 🤣 Christ we are bad at maintaining the website.

Yeh I'm pretty sure that's a fairly normal number of coaches.

Did they? I don't remember. It's a bit different when you could be going up a league though to a financially rich league. We could just charge our Championship prices, knowing it will entice people in to buy what might be Prem tickets, and that if we do go up we'll have so much money it won't matter to the club what we charge. Conversely, I'd be pissed if I bought tickets at Championship prices expecting Championship football and they ended up being League One tickets. I don't think it's a cop out, I think it makes sense. What doesn't make sense is what we charge in general given the local economy and the soul-crushing nature of having been a fan since Venkys showed up. Low attendances are inevitable. Side note, I don't really get why people get so annoyed they're released in May...does it really matter whether you buy it in March, April or May? It's still well before the season starts.

Gotta say, Blackpool's early bird prices are a joke compared to everyone else's, when you consider the league they're in too. Our ongoing prices are a bit of a joke compared to everyone else's when you consider the shambles we're currently in and the season we likely face.

In fairness, whilst that would work in a season where we are firmly mid-table at that point, you can't really release season ticket prices when you don't know what league we'll be in. However, they should be ready to roll out within a week of the season finishing at the very most, and there's no real excuse for anything else.

I take it Simon Wharton isn't a footballer? The number next to his name implies he might be, but the facial hair implies he's older than Adam and I've never heard about him.

Sounds like it's @wilsdenrover's actually. He said he'll do it for free and as an added bonus, he won't be value for money. Just the credentials to have Venkys salivating.

I'd do it for 20k. Would you undercut me? 😉

Without seeing either player play, I think those last few words would sum it up...you can't prove much about your goalkeeping playing in the SPL with a few European games thrown in. Couldn't break into Palace or Manure's teams.

It's worse than that. They've missed the 33-man squad, let alone the 26. I haven't been following the Prem much for many years now, but I was pretty surprised to see Sterling, Rashford and Sancho fail to even make the provisional squad.

You wouldn't be DoF for the club you love for say, £100k? Are you earning more than that right now?

On the other hand, this guy thought we were 'keen to hold on to the teenager until the summer', so maybe he doesn't know what he's talking about.