Astonishing no Indian national has yet been registered in the English Football League. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foreign_EFL_Championship_players

Nothing new- Charlton were doing this in the 1980s when I lived in Chislehurst which was border between Palace and Charlton support. Charlton always emphasised being a Kentish team traditionally being slightly further away from central London than Millwall and West Ham. Other than Gillingham which is very much the club of the Medway towns they have traditionally drawn support from Kent and East Sussex.

Post of the season for me.

Steer clear of grey. Ferguson was right changing shirts at half time.

I expect to see Rovers come back fitter after this summer and to see the frailties at the back addressed. We have a lot of very good youngsters. If we sign players better position for position than we have already then no reason why we cannot get into the mix. Sheffield United and Norwich have given hope to every club in the Championship...

And I also think Mowbray can do it for us. As well as being very decent, Mowbray strikes me as someone who watches and learns. Yes too conservative in his selections for my taste and has been guilty last season of losing games from the Manager's area but has enough about him to have won promotion to the Premier League before.

Cannot delete so will add another thought/ Yes I am suggesting we should be in the promotion mix next season. We showed enough signs of being good enough last season.

Suggested that earlier in the season. No way is Bauer the commanding leader/beast we need.

On reflection, Whiteman struck me as a very Mowbray type of player in doing his job, holding his position and as far as I could tell not making any errors in a high pressure frenetic game. What I did like was the speed with which he kept the ball moving - all one touch or rapid two touch and the accuracy of his passing, much of which was half a pitch width or more. A step up on Evans and Smallwood but a big enough step?

Dowling did his stuff as needed. Hugely impressed by the Doncaster manager. His team are fit disciplined brilliantly organised and tactics spot on. He deserves a chance to work with better players.

Whitman neat holding position well, good accurate passing and one phenomenal tackle upfield which should have made a goal. Nerveless penalty too. But in a game like that too quiet to be potential championship promotion material. Bauer out muscled and out jumped for Doncaster second and utterly AWOL for the third. No thanks.

Cracking game so far.

Good to see Bury survive until their next crisis. Watched Pompey v Sunderland in back ground last night. Both clubs woefully short on quality. Sunderland several players short of what will be needed to survive if they go up. Ref extremely lenient with the cards also.

I spy with my little eye.. Leeds 2 Derby 4 Have to say there is justice in Leeds getting bombed out at Elland Road. Felt all season that Leeds were a manager without a football squad to match his talents. Any Prem club sniffing around could do a lot worse than taking him from Leeds.

Play-offs had been missing that magic ingredient this season, until I switched on my phone after arrival last night.....

I am proud supporting a club which looks after its players so well and so considerately. I am not in football but I know in business when a relatively small considerate and generous gesture gets known about and helps in perception as a place good people want to go to work at or do business with.

Huge well done and thanks to one and all!

When will we know when we are in it?

Fylde former accountant pleaded guilty for defrauding the club of £250k over 30 months to pay for gifts for his model girlfriend. I bet Accy would notice that sort of money missing.

Celtic reached the UEFA Cup Final after knocking us out in 2003. Celtic didn't survive the qualifying rounds for the Champions League this season. 20 years ago, teams in the Scottish Premier used to beat English Premier League clubs in the UEFA Cup but now outside the Glasgow Old Firm, I very much doubt any Scottish club would be much above mid-table in the Championship. Old Firm clubs are about Burnley level.

Media bigged this up to be a 48,000 sell out. I wonder what went wrong?

https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2019/may/10/great-english-football-moment-champions-league-forged-overseas?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0d1YXJkaWFuVG9kYXlVS19XZWVrZW5kLTE5MDUxMQ%3D%3D&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GuardianTodayUK&CMP=GTUK_email

I jinxed Baggies good and proper!

Nothing, it is lost to English football and the qualifying stages are arranged for another club to get in to the League stage. Valletta FC are rooting for Chelsea....

Parker's last four games include 3 wins after losing 5 on the bounce. Suspect he good be pretty useful with them in the Championship. Meanwhile my tip of Baggies to come through the play-offs going OK so far.