After Harrogate, wondering if JDT isn't the best since Kenny Dalglish.

Found out about the signing completed here and not on the transfer thread! Glad we have 4 central defenders who have played senior games. Sacrilege but Hill being available as a sub is almost certainly a better option in the coming weeks than Ash would have been. Having seen Aitcheson, we have a new Phillips at least in precocious physique!

The Cardiff game has been entered by Rovers in my calendar for Tuesday 26th.

Whilst out for my morning swim, it suddenly struck me I haven't woken up after a Rovers 8-0 victory before. Really really nice feeling. 🤩

Great draw. Good level of opponents at home for the youngsters to measure themselves against and a decent chance of progressing.

Over to GB and Swag to talk their way to a bigger transfer budget. Couldn't wish for a better pre-meal game!

Swag's new coach is bigger than that stand.

JDT has said on Rovers TV it won't be a complete change of eleven. So I guess Brittain starts but at right back with Pickering left and one of Hyam and Carter will be alongside Scott Wharton. Leo, Morton, Gally, Buckley will be involved (=starting?)

Leeds were the only "shock" of the night so chances are if we make it to Round 3, the draw could be a bit of a challenge..

Rak-Sakyi one of 3 pulled off after 55 minutes. Within 6 minutes a 2 goal deficit had become 3-2 Palace and Palace eventually won 4-2

Plymouth winning 1-0 and the minute by minute reads like it is a stroll. Rak-Sakyi is playing them on his own- no other Palace players getting a mention!

Plymouth fielding a much weakened side v Palace tonight. Includes Wright and Wright- no initials.

Reading Rovers website, it seems like Pickering is a starter too. And his comment that it will be nice to see new players could point to a couple of youngsters getting debuts although going raw youth in both central defence and right back is a huge risk. Perhaps Gamble in defence and Bloxham further forward given they were in the set up at Watford? If Dolan is being moved around, perhaps to number 10 to see if he can hack it there although I'd much prefer Gilsenan there if he is fit?

Apparently Pickering got a one match ban. Hoping Gilsenan is back but apparently touch and go for him to be ready. If all goes well, hopefully an opportunity for creative use of subs and one or two to get their first team debuts. I cannot see JDT changing his match formation for this- expecting 4-2-3-1 and Rovers to press and play possession football. Harrogate Town were certainly given a chunk of help by Morecambe in getting their 2-0 home win at the week=end. Message for Rovers is not to give them the chance to recover or recycle possession in advanced positions.

Sign him up! We have done!

With a bit of luck it will be October before they get their first point. They will kick themselves for not accepting reversing that Luton fixture.

Eleven changes made for Walsall. Despite injuries and a suspension, we are still looking at plenty of first team experience if JDT does an eleven man switch. Will he give Moran and Gally added game time?

All those misses!

Expecting 11 changes to the starting XI. Will be good to see Wahlstadt. Will we see Buckley? Will we see anything? Relatively few games on Wednesday but think we are in the only tie without a PL club that night. So any chance of TV coverage?

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Burnley have spent the tenth most of any club in the World this summer. And get this, Bournemouth are 8th. Three Al's are in the top five.

No its not

Both Southampton and Leicester very fortunate to get their wins on Saturday. The Ipswich defence seemed to be taken by surprise by the speed of thought of players who were in the PL last year as much as Leeds clicking at Portman Road.

JDT has always said Hedges is an intelligent player. That keepie uppie run meant any attempt to dispossess him was a certain penalty.

It is a seriously long journey so perhaps appropriate for a distant fan to start the thread. Argyle won the craziest of promotion races becoming Champions with 101 points winning 31 out of 46 games. Sheffield Wednesday missed out on automatic promotion in 3rd with 96 points- Ipswich squeezed in with 98. Watched most of two of their games- the Southampton 2-1 home defeat and their 3-1 home win over Huddersfield first game back. They are effectively direct going forward in an agricultural way, combative in midfield and a mistake waiting to happen at the back- Huddersfield missed three absolute sitters against them. Southampton pretty stuff created many fewer chances than they should have done (hint to Rovers- cut out that pass too many on the edge of the area and shoot once in a while). So a return to high press possession football for Rovers after the Hornets smash and grab. We ought to have too much (and an unavailable Ennis) for Plymouth to cope with but oughta never won a football game..