The academy is the only thing keeping us alive. To think if swag/Venkys had their way it’d be a housing estate now. Truly frightening thought.

Fear not we’ve got a £150k 27 year old Japanese striker who's never played for Japan and has had an ACL op boarding a plane. It's ok though because we're also trying to sign up a 37 year centre half and a lad who was released by Wigan! Stuff of dreams

Shearer signed 31 years ago today. 🙋‍♂️

Yeah. If the title was “10 largely ill-informed opinions on rovers” would read it and think yes he’s hit his own brief there.

Ok I’ll bite. 1 I think overhyping them a tad but I’ll give you that 2 just not true. 1 decent player who is almost certainly leaving 3 not seen evidence of this. Things were looking bad and in my opinion got worse. 4 fans will complain and if there’s no particular reason to they will find trivial things. But in this era there are about 20+ valid things to complain about namely the continuing destruction of the club. 5 up there with worst owners in football. FACT 6 I agree the club has done little to nothing to attract new or old fans. One of the reasons to complain in point 4 7 waggot isn’t perfect is an understatement. He’s a useless cretin. 8 if you truly believe the above things please do find something else to do on a Saturday. You are part of the problem whether you see it or not. 9 irrelevant to the modern day struggles. 10. Bollocks. To move forward we need to educate fellas like yourself on to the same page as sane fans.

I’m sure most will take the pragmatic view that the runs have been insanely favourable and haven’t really beaten anyone to get where we’ve got in most of them.

Southgate is the luckiest manager ever. No question about it. Almost every time we’ve come up against a remotely equal/better side to us in a major tournament we’ve lost. 2018 lost to a superior Belgium side twice and a slightly worse Croatia. 2020 beat a worse German side (who were riding a low) fair dos though but lost to a fairly equal Italy and at home. In no small part to tactics once went ahead. 2022 lost to a better France where gave a better account than most expected. 2024 step forward Holland who are fairly equal on paper… These groups of players might only come around once every couple of decades yet with this one we’ve had bloody Southgate scabbing his way to uncharted territory. To have his luck on a half way decent manager and these players would be too much to ask I suppose.

Can you imagine Southgate even starting yamal. 16 years old no way.

I felt all 4 sides in this half of the draw would make mince meat out of us. IF get past the Dutch somehow it wouldn’t be close.

Interesting. I was thoroughly unimpressed with the egg throughout his tenure. I will say he did talk a very good game but rarely delivered. He was promoted well beyond his abilities and experience. Might have been the Punetics, swag or the egg to blame but the proof was in the pudding. He was also economical with the truth. He claimed Szmodics wasn’t on rovers radar before he arrived. All I can say to that is my mate loves Mowbray and during his tenure we were linked with Szmodics whilst still at Peterborough and I said he must be shit if moggadon wants him. A year later he signed and of course on every Szmodics goal I get a text he must be shit if Mowbray likes him 😂. More texts the better frankly. But most definitely on our radar before the egg landed.

I wonder if any side has ever reached a semi final only winning one game in 90 mins.

And I stand by that at 1-1

Should have sacked Pizza Hut boy in this tournament and long before this. Ignore the we’re progressing tournament games bull shit propaganda and heed the warning signs. If we blag a draw and beat them like Slovakia. Sack the cunt.

You, I and anyone on here could have kept goal when no shots of even crosses coming in. The sad thing is we’ve improved this evening. Testament to the detritus served up so far.

Classic bbc. Think of an agenda think of a narrative to fit it. Foden has been bang average again just like his other 40 appearances in an England shirt.

Slightly better. Still 0 shots on target

Plus trippier left and saka right. Even the bbc graphic showed trippier right saka left. Nope Gareth thinks differently. Of course. Even though trippiers left foot is worse than mine. Can’t help himself.

like was saying earlier team vs individuals. As a mirror image each of our players is better than theirs in that specific position. But….

Currently watching England ahead vs New Zealand in Dunedin. Drive to longridge to watch Clitheroe v longridge ko 11:30. Drive to Accrington to watch rovers v Stanley ko 2pm. Drive back to the pub for Switzerland ko 5. Quite a mission of sport. I’m just popping out for some “milk”. I could defo pull this off.

Yeah he’s decent.

Yeah. A collection of individuals who to a man are better than their opposite number vs a team. A Team wins more often than not. Unfortunately

Did anyone have any problems with getting certain letters on kiddie shirts and availability of socks. I’m not going to pile on as it could easily be my inept use of websites but wouldn’t surprise me if they had no stock.

You’re forgetting the 500,000 on Pendle hill trying to get a view.

I genuinely think the Swiss will win today. Maybe it’s just the fact I’m a pessimist. But when I look at the squads individually there’s not many, if any swiss players, that would get into England squad. Maybe xhaka would make the bench yet somehow they come together as a team. If I was a Swiss fella tucking in to my morning fondue I’m looking at the England squad thinking keep it tight and let’s hope it doesn’t get embarrassing.