Doesnt sound promising regarding player contracts. From the team last Saturday, Rankin Costello, Williams, Bell, all 3 midfielders and all 3 subs have a year left. The remaining 5 have 2 years left. Then with Armstrong and Lenihan, theres minimal power in that if they go into their last year and wed have to sell them if they didnt renew. Im not sure how many assets we actually have.

The delays are an annoying but unavoidable part of it. Common sense to avoid twitter etc during a game, but dont really get why journalists post regular updates if indeed they are likely ahead of time.

True on Soccer Saturday, that has always lived on that vibe of old players having a laugh together, indeed blatant incompetence such as Kamara missing red cards and Merson unable to pronounce names has always been part of its supposed charm. They seem keen to move away from that now but I think it has just become confused. Not sure how Merson has survived the cull either.

Again, im not too sure how, dont think hes the best myself.

Noticed that Ayala isnt on the recent training pictures and Wharton isnt playing for the under 23s today. Maybe a knock for the former?

"The response to the first phase of sales has been extremely encouraging" A blatant lie!

They are really good, they arent the most informative but just full of cracking stories from players mainly not at the very top. I enjoy Football Ramble podcasts too.

Thanks Joe. Guessing that the other players are rated as on the FUT web app. Dack top rated at 74. Armstrong up at 73, Nyambe and Kaminski at 72?

Im guessing that he would be of a low rating anyway to be fair. What rating is Ayala? I always went down the route of alternating 2 teams from 2 different leagues to avoid needing fitness cards. That is good that they are no longer needed although I did naturally build 2 on the web app anyway. But I can actually use subs now properly.

Is Dolan on normal online seasons? And @Madon what do you think of the game?

I think you are right to expect more from the scouting network but you cant then put Kaminski down to a bust up as if he was a well known name. Of course, we dont know how good or otherwise Kaminski will prove, but he is the solitary addition from the scouting network, and he cant be dismissed.

Yeah we should sign a left footer, I think it was in the Lancs Live so very much a suggestion/example rather than a genuine link. Hopefully the actual player we sign has more experience, not sure either of these first 2 are realistic but more of a Cunningham/Douglas than a Leif Davis/Nkonkou. (kids at Leeds and Everton, random examples)

Thanks. Hopefully next Friday, the game will be updated with the correct kit, failing that, soon after. Have you played the game? I am not expecting much to have changed due to the pandemic etc, surprised its coming out next week.

Thanks for the quick response ? Do you think there will be a patch on release date with the sponsor and up to date transfers or after that? I only play online to be fair, mainly ultimate team, and will be getting it on release.

He is a right back/wing back, so no use.

@JoeH are you responsible for Fifa 21 for the Rovers side of it? Guessing you are the man to ask if so. Apologies if not, but saw on twitter that Rovers dont have Ayala or the kit sponsor this year, any idea if that will be fixed by release next week? I think some crazy folk pay extra for early release (and Ultimate team packs) so they discovered it.

No one has any right to imply that you have any obligation to purchase a season ticket or that you are to blame for any potential financial problems. That implies that supporters havs no elasticity at all in terms of fee and can not decline even when the product is massively inferior and overall that money is tight. I did buy mine during the very brief time that it seemed that we would return to grounds in the not too distant future. Knowing that the ifollow and deferred refund was a back up. Had it seemed very remote that we would attend as it does now, I may well have Would be interesting to know if any of the 2100 sales have been post government announcement.

Very true. Every game if they were in charge we would have 20 penalties! As good as that would be of course.

Nothing excuses a lack of research or knowledge, its crazy when the paid commentator or pundit doesnt know something and I do for example. I do appreciate the need for ex players and personalities to be involved in punditry and they do provide things that non footballers cant but they should have a degree of knowledge and intelligence. Merson and Redknapp fall below that and rely on cliches and stereotypes. What do people think of our ifollow commentators? They are ok but they are overbearingly biased towards us. Bit of a tangent but I do like football podcasts. Big fan of undr the cosh with Jon Parkin and our former hero Chris Brown. Get a great insight into the nitty gritty.

Says back in the mix so fingers crossed that means available for first team selection.

"Playing so well?" He had one decent game. Like I said, lets hope it is empty words and he realises that Bell isnt up to it and we do need a first teamer. Will have to see who he brings in.

No but it is something to look forward to.

I would never get to the stage whereby I wouldnt watch a game based on the commentary. Neville and Carragher together are good. Redknapp is very irritating, just blows smoke up peoples arses, especially his cousins and his dads, and ultimately knows very little. With Merson,, the village idiot routine wears thin after a bit, he cant say most players names. Rosenior is not too bad to be fair. Don Goodman is a decent co-commentator too.

To be fair, they have rested Toney, Mbuemo, Norgaard, Jansson, Henry and Dalsgaard and also have managed to get some match fitness into Raya and Benrahma, both of whom have been left out following transfer speculation, as well as new signing Ghoddos. Benrahma has just scored another brilliant goal. "Expert" Merson is not surprised that a Premier League side hasnt taken him, I'd be interested to see how often he has seen him.

Good start, lets hope it can continue. He has had 2 impressive games there so we need consistency and some goals from that position from him.