From Bloomberg this morning... The Cephalopod Theory of Economic Development One of the more fascinating terms to emerge in recent months is the “octopus class” of India. It may sound a little slimy, but it’s positively apt: The mollusc’s ability to stretch its tentacles into nooks and crannies is applied to the relatively small group of people who are driving India’s dramatic growth in consumption — everything from pricey World Cup Cricket tickets to Royal Enfield motorcyles to Birkenstock footwear. Coined by Saurabh Mukherjea, the founder of Mumbai-based Marcellus Investment Managers, a portfolio advisory firm, it refers to the 200,000 families (about 1 million individuals) who have seen their wealth increase 16-fold over the last two decades.

Ditto now. I sign in to the web site but then it logs me out when I click on Rovers TV. Just hoping the Match Centre is working OK v Stoke.

Three dire England performances in a static row. Shame Malta missed that chance in the first minute.

Two sides desperate for a season reset. On paper Stoke had a good summer transfer window so could be dangerous opponents. That said, we owe them a beating based on our very recent record against them.

Working fine for me but only works using the Firefox browser. No new content been put up since the youngsters PSV match.

Pretty easy to get to 100 with Mans u and c, Newcastle, Chelsea and Liverpool. 350 from the other 15 is impossible even if allowed to say donkey 25 times for the dingles.

New Caledonia keeper saved 14 shots on target and dealt successfully with at least 10 corners- hero!

Apparently and Pickering. Pears, Hyam, Gallagher unlikely. JRC, Hedges, Barnes et al impossible

Having clobbered Everton and opened the door for other clubs to claim compensation from Everton, the PL has created a situation in which they will be in deep legal trouble not taking action against City and Chelsea if the charges are proven. City have engaged 1k per hour Lord Pannick to defend them and have spun out the investigation for 5 years and counting. I suspect the leaks and allegations of off the books bungs at Chelsea might be easier for the PL to prove and Chelsea could get hit first of the two, especially as it won't disrupt the title race if they take action now. I still think Rovers were subjected to some extremely nefarious doings under the tantric one and could have got clobbered. If the Indian investigation currently under way looking at the birthday party finds some other rumoured Balaji transactions, things might yet get interesting for Rovers from those days. Suffice to say, the Akron birthday party happened before the rumoured incidents so if they really did happen, the current investigation presumably would be poking around at the books, bank transfers and transactions in those crazy days we were still in the PL.

And where are the Rao family other than the uppermost crust? Not a defense of them. Just pointing out reality. Sure there are the Ambanis and Tatas worth a multiple more but there aren't that many in India worth a few billion. The speed with which Indian society is changing is striking too. Obviously different parts at different paces but it is now unsafe to make sweeping generalisations like that.

Well I thoroughly enjoyed watching last night's game. We were really competitive which I feared we wouldn't be after the early PSV goal, early injury to Harrison Wood and our rock bottom league position. PSV are different class up front and could have had far more than the 5 they got but equally they could be got at at the back and we could have scored more than our 3. Cannot see any of last night's group pushing for first team starts soon but they played a lot of neat competitive football much of the time and the JDT philosophy was clearly on view. And the two mid teenagers- Michalski in goal and Tyjon- are exceptionally promising if they can develop from where they are. i guess both outfits were affected by international call ups. The PSV number 10 really caught the eye.

Swag's interview convinced me that is what we were getting. Of course we could - they are common in North and South America. https://napaway.com/

I am amazed Swag's bus doesn't come with lie flat seats and physio tables. Seriously

Meeting all contractual obligations. Suggests Rovers generated funds are free to be used elsewhere.

Big game for Leo tonight. All the best for him and for us!

Rovers now one of six club's linked to Wimbledon's prolific Iraqi international striker Ali Al-Hamadi. Leeds apparently favourites in the race.

Despite their thinnish squad, Spurs are contenders as are Villa if they get their injured players back in the second half of the season. Agreed, City have vulnerabilities- their summer trading hasn't worked perfectly but with Doku settling in, he could win the title on his own!

Arsenal produced an exhibition against Seville last night. If Martinelli could find an Arsenal player with his final ball, it would have been at least 8. Dingles to the slaughter.

I bet he is sick of catching practise in training...

Why aren't we offering the full 7,000?

4 of the top 5 failed to win. Problem was the one which makes it uncompetitive won 6-1..

JDT is superb. Huge credit to Broughton for landing him. Huge discredit to the club that he isn't being given the resources to do the job he was hired to do.

Absolute legend. RIP

All three results equal odds in my book. Likelihood of ending 11 v 11 not very high. Based on recent results for both sides, this could well be high scoring. People saying Wahlstedt is lacking in confidence have him wrong. He just makes wrong decisions when the ball is in the air...

I watched Rovers TV in the first half and when the signal froze a Sky feed in the second half. The commentaries couldn't have been more different. Tronstad ran the first half and disappeared in the second but actually had the same involvement in both halves! It was also very clear the Sky boys have totally written Wahlstedt off as a useless flapper of a keeper. I think that is on the unfair side but he has to ally his positional sense to making the ball stick. ageoftherover contribution above is very much how I saw the game too.