Tom

I know nothing about him other than he’s second choice at Rangers in the pub league but I see Wes Foderingham is out of contract Sure I recall us being linked with him a year ago will be interesting to see if we go back in as back up / competition

Interesting that our mates down the road had 3 options, use the credit to next season, get a partial refund or donate the money to the club to be used for the youth team Personally think it’s a disgrace that a premier league club could even consider asking fans to do that, then again this is the club that wanted free labour from their fans instead of paying stewards

It’s an interesting one with Bennett testing positive, at the start of lockdown it would have resulted in a fair few people self isolating but now it seems only those with a positive test need to Say it did spread through 4-5 squad members who then all need to isolate and miss training it seems the playing field isn’t level anymore. The season either way will have an asterisk next to it however it plays out because some teams have been granted by chance an unfair advantage, some will finish the season avoiding some awkward away fixtures whilst some will have played more home games than away and vice versa

I don’t believe this 88 seconds thing to be accurate, how can it be? Lets take Bradley Dack as an example, he gets man marked in most games, now imagine a game has 3 corners for Rovers at a low estimate, each one probably takes 30 seconds where there will be 15-18 men in the box standing their ground then jostling for position; then there’s a man on him every goal kick, throw in and free kick. 88 seconds my ass!

Warmed to Deeney when he was asked about if he felt pressure taking a penalty, he responded that when he was young his mum was a single parent working 2 jobs to put food on the table, not a well payed footballer kicking a ball! His attitude is spot on, football isn’t as important as sometimes made out, no matter how much people may like the Shankly quote

It’s because Vince McMahon is a madman, I actually quite like that they’ve embraced it and gone all out crazy with some of the stuff they’ve done Lets do that with the footy, instead of games in stadiums have them in random places, down Pleasy, that shitty pitch up in the woods maybe or up at Blacksnape

Apparently the guidelines the league will put to captains tomorrow is to ‘turn your face away if you get tackled’ and that players will only be close enough to be in a contamination zone for an average of 88 seconds per game Absolute bollocks, a corner must take 30 seconds easily, you have 15 or men jostling for position in the box 5-10 times a game alone never mind any marking the rest of the time. If we get this kind of game it’s just going to be exhibition stuff with players going through the motions, not football! Just scrap it and review again when things are clearer

Be interesting to see who pays back the broadcasters if the season is voided, I presume that would be on the Premier League? After all the consumer expects not to pay for the football that isn’t happening so Sky and BT would expect the same. Whatever route we go down there’s years worth’s of legal battles after this.

Totally fair point I was just thinking through who we have to build a team around and who we may struggle to retain over time Having said that we can be as big time as we want if we ain’t in the Premier League there’s an obvious step players want to make

Self explanatory really, not a particularly joyful subject but it’s a matter of fact that real talent want to play at the top. Out of the current lot who do you think will be the next to get a big money move? For me it’s Travis, think he has the talent and the mentality to match, can see him ending up at Everton or similar. Arguments could be made for Dack but I think his injury may have cost him the chance in January, Lenihan has the tools to succeed and Nyambe is a beast in terms of physical attributes. Hope Rovers are protected here as they could all attract big fees in the right circumstances

I remember around the horrible Kean days a couple of young lads had been promoted to the senior squad and a highly thought of. One was Zac Aley; was on the bench at old Trafford, got released and went onto semi pro level I think. The other met a similar fate, Robbie Cotton, had bags of talent but apparently a Terrible attitude. Jemal Johnson was an earlier one I had high hopes for and there was a striker a little before who seemed to be banging them in for years in the reserves but never made the cut Amazing how many young lads get to the cusp of breaking through and it goes to their heads and all goes to pot

Seems that the top 6 in the prem are battling to finish the season whilst the bottom half want to cancel it No doubt the big boys will get their way

I predict we’ll see a test run in June, behind closed door friendly filmed for TV with all the same sort of logistics before we see the start of the season

If it means next season is more likely to happen then I’m leaning towards agreeing with scrapping this season, the bonus of Liverpool not winning the title also helps. I think especially because it’s Liverpool though all stops will be pulled out to ensure they have officially won it

I was always partial to heads and volleys myself, catches or wides?

The latter two being Allardyces last games? The Bolton one was a sickener, Holden with the goal I think

As a youngster I was impartial to Warhursts against United, it felt like it was about 40 yards out at the time! Shearer vs QPR and Norwich (the chip) were up there as well Got to be honest though I don’t recall many technically better than Emnes’s against Wigan

The content shared on Facebook and the like is awful, take a Facebook post / lad bible list, put into an ‘article’ then share saying ‘this is class’ and repeat Never been a fan of their reporting on inquests either even when explicitly asked not to by families but that’s probably something most local rags do

Charlie came across as odious and pompous, the only time I actually warmed to him was the first loss at Wembley when his passion came out. The way he spoke to the girl was awful but not wholly unwarranted, she was half assing it but obviously had no time for his brand of bullshit, it’s hard working for folk like that Not many came out looking good from inside the club, the young lad O’Nien came across really well though. Also the taxi driver and lad with the beard are gems, they deserve to see some success.

Not convinced there’s any new info in that article, is it just speculation that he may get into their plans?

Get well soon King Kenny At the moment he’s asymptotic and in for another reason

Josh Maja is by far the best player in Netflix history

He’s odious isn’t he, the way he spoke to Mrs Rolly Eyes at the Boxing Day game was awful

Bloody hell didn’t know this get well Paul mate, isn’t he a paramedic or similar?

Atkins before Batty