Underlines how third world the UK is now.

Liverpool and Spuds are in tricky groups. disUnited to come bottom of their group.

As someone living abroad, nothing, I mean NOTHING equals being at the game. It is not even a debate.

Go back to when the windows opened and what expectations and fears were then. This has wildly and dramatically exceeded most hopes and all expectations. No fears were realised either.

Again excellent and illuminating analysis.

Impressive pace of Leeds Boro game. Boro for me comfortably the better of the two.

Terrible for the lad. Hope it heals completely.

Got to be realistic about the other side of any Chapman deal. Pulis has a well-deserved reputation as one of the nastier pieces of work in football management. When he said of Chapman a few days ago "the young man has a few decisions to make" I feared the worse in terms of emotional blackmail etc. Add Boro doing other deals far more important to them than Chapman today and the little matter of a game at Eland Road this evening. If Harry turns up at Ewood today, it will only be because he really really wants to be here because I bet the road for him out of the Riverside is mined and covered in razor wire.

Just seen it is Boro v Leeds tonight. Could be interesting to watch.

Terribly sad horrible news. Always liked Lenny- a very honest player.

Serious question. Would you pick Rovers' front 4 or Burnley's? That is why they are going down. Joe butter fingers in goal will make the odd goal conceding error which disheartens the previously tight unit in front of him and has already been explained, tight results from last season will get reversed. Last season was more about belief than substance and a phenomenal achievement by the pub name. However, this summer lack of strengthening is looking like a disaster.

So we are getting spellchecker and an English grammar teacher on leave an today?

Problem of disconnected cow's behinds and banjos at the dingledome

Tomorrow will be really interesting with regards to Harry Chapman.

There is one thing Venky's have been consistently good at ever since they arrived. They are total a***holes when a bid comes in which they don't want.

Sun rule. There are people deliberately out to disrupt Rovers.

Yes I had blanked his name for shame!

OK I will venture into matters financial and business: - I was wrong or rather did not know how mind blowingly dysfunctional parts of the Walker family are - backing the guy who bought in Spain eventually for too long - I was wrong about Venky wealth until I found out how stunningly astute the late father was with the profits he had made and the land deal he cut - twice ballsed up simple arithmetic. Most recently despite my denials at the time, Venky's have put in £150m+, not £250m+ What I am not retracting: - Glen Mullan is right - support for the Trustees, John Williams and Tom Finn - what I posted about Qatar, Australians and Western Union - my opinions about Tantric, Kentaro, Kean and Nixon - my support of Big Sam - Steve Patrick the best groundsman ever

As I have observed before, too many posters playing football video games...

Oh and Henley was a fantastic prospect

I always want English clubs to win. Helps our UEFA coefficient for when we qualify.

Great preview. Seen Rovers win once and draw once at Ashton Gate- otherwise only seen defeats down there. All ugly, a couple undeserved and one hammering. Without Dack we could shade it but with Dack we have to fancy ourselves a bit for this one. City's win at Swansea last time out was a massive win for them so they will be fancying their season to be properly underway and popping the Rovers' bubble. So another away game in which we can get vengeance for some recent results not going our way. Got a feeling this won't be a draw and 50/50 us/them with Dack playing; 30/70 without Dack.

Turkish football is close to the last place I'd want to be right now. If anyone watches Turkish football games, do they still live televise the obligatory after match fight between owners, directors, officials and anyone else who wants to join in outside the dressing rooms?

Guilty of that too. OK wanting Coyle as Manager after Ince was sacked. Writing about the inevitability of life in the National League after we lost to Doncaster Rovers.

Probably the one Mowbray picks- hopefully...