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Feck the walls with Venkys folly, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Tis the season to drink Stoli, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Dig the pitch up, drains are baggered, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Now the team's completely paggered, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Don't repair the stadium's flushing, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Troll the fans - they can do nothing Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Strike the heart of discord's chorus Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Silent as the fans implore us.. Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Follow ye in merry measure, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah While we bury this great treasure, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Throw away the old successes Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Why we stay is anyone's guesses Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Sit we all in Pune fortress Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Lancashire? We could not care less Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Hail the new, ye lads and lasses Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Disrepair, yet still time passes Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Where this ends, remains confusion, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Future dreams are just delusion, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Sing we joyoys all together, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah Just ignore the Christmas' weather, Fa la la la la, la lah lah lah To Venky Scrooges up and down the Pune gated compound, Goodwill? Naah. Christmas spirit? Naah. Something under the tree? Naah (except for maybe a brick wrapped in a note to say it's time to go, it's time to drop the pretence, it's time to do the honourable thing and admit that YOU MADE A BIG MISTAKE, so feck off and leave us alone. VENKYS OUT!

Yep, agreed. He's playing a level below his ability at the minute, he'll definitely make the step up.

Tolaj has already played for two clubs this season so he can't move again until the Summer. Fully expect to see him in the Championship soon though.

That line up will give most sides a tough game. Unfortunately though, we only have to scratch beneath the surface to see that there's not much more quality. It's why we are where we are in the league.

I still think we do need one centre back in January, ideally someone fairly experienced who can play in the middle of a back 3. You just can't rely on Wharton and Carter anymore, and I would be looking to move at least one of them on in the summer if we can. For me, I think even more important is that we move on Gueye and bring in two strikers. now we play with two up front. I like the look of the lad at Plymouth Tolaj, but imagine with only just going there we wouldn't be able to get him.

That was at Sunderland! Nonsense from the LT, you play your best players. Remember folk saying similar when Kaminski got injured in 2023 and Pears came in for a run in the side, although Pears didn't do a lot wrong it was crazy to have him starting with Kaminski on the bench.

2 more, from a bit further afield, I think one of these was mentioned in another part of the forum a few weeks ago

Only just listened to this latest episode, got a very important question ahead of our huge FA Cup 3rd round tie at Hull... Can we have the names of these fish and chip shops? 🐟🍟

Just this.

Off topic but I believe that Sheffield Wednesday tickets are on sale until close of business today with no tickets for sale on the day. Not sure why they can’t still be available online over Xmas. Or have I misread the X posting yesterday?

Still doesn't command the box and communicate enough. A couple times he did this. He had a go at Pratt for a back pass but he should shouting at Pratt to clear it if he doesnt want the pass back. Toth is our number 1 and if fit should always start

Well done guys.....you are the 'bloodstream' of our great(but declining) Club. Only one question " Is Lee Grooby still a Rovers Supporter?"

I've been to Boro loads of times and we're unbeaten within that time, a number of occasions we've been in dreadful form leading up to the game too. We just have a very odd knack of coming away with at least a point there! I'm going to this one as well, can't miss a boxing day game no matter how apathetic I currently feel towards the club. Despite the record there this will be bloody tough, I think they've only lost to the league leaders at home thus season? We'll just have to hope the footballing gods are kind to us and we nick a 1-0 win, you'd definitely take a 1-1 though.

As the LT says, I can't see how we can drop Pears at the moment. He hasn't put a foot wrong since he came in for Toth, he hadn't much chance with most of the goals conceded, and his kicks up field are excellent.

Depends what mood I'm in for me. We were playing Star Sail as a warmup song in rehearsals for a bit. That was bangin.

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I can see totally your point but can we rely on Carter really. I like Pratt as part of the back 3. We seem better defensive and more organised when he plays as part of the back 3. Litherhand really interested me on Saturday and he could have scored within 3 minutes of his debut.

fair point. Its does suit us and we a better team with 2 up front now. I still would like the option of going 4-2-3-1 sometimes but the 3-5-2 formation seems a better fit for how we want to play but also Ismael. I like playing 2 strikers and Cantwell in the same team but we need to bring another striker in January plus another in the striker to give us 4 strikers and plenty of options.

Alebiosu/Nigeria's first game in AFCON is this evening, kick off at 5:30, Game is streamed on one of C4s channels

Thanks for quality and well written reply @onlyonejackwalker Yes I know about the bender and McCullum has admitted the preparations weren't right but 4 warm up games seems excessive. 2 warm up games plus one in the middle of the series seems about right. Key has done interviews today with the media so we will what he says. People will be held accountable but we shouldn't be ripping everything up again cos we do it every time and nothing improved when we played down under last time result wise. Stokes should remain as Captain and Key as DoC but I would move McCullum on and keep him just as White Ball head coach. Can we not forget that we have brilliant wins under Stokes and McCullum including a number of good run chasers that the fans have been entertained and enjoyed. On a new head coach, I would look at these potential candidates like Justin Langer, Jonathon Trott, Gareth Batty, Darren Lehman are few options we should considered We need to full review in selection of this squad for the series, why Bashir wasn't picked for the last test, why no spare opener batsmen was taken, the pace bowlers picked and why no second spinner picked. Where is Paul Collingwood and who has been doing the fielding drills cos it appears we don't have specialist fielding coach which for me is massive mistake On Bethell at 3, not sure myself if that's his true position I would give him his chances in the next 2 games but I think Stokes might be better suited to that role. Bethell need to play in that role in county cricket and build his game. Not saying he not good enough but is it the right fit. For me, Pope and Duckett should be drop and go back to County cricket. I would stick with Crawley has an opener cos I ain't moving Brook from 5 at this stage but if he was to go at 5, where does Brook bat? I would look at Tom Haines or Ben McKinney to bat with Crawley. Crawley need to play the same way as the last inning now. If Stokes does move to 3, Then Jacks could back at 6 with Smith at 7. Look at the pace options, Is Archer going to want to continue to play test cricket? Wood is 35 and injured prone. So where is the future of the pace attack, Sonny Baker is supposedly a very fast bower so maybe it time to bring him through now to replace Wood. Atkinson should be our line and length bowler similar to Glenn McGrath type. Then we have pace bowlers like Sam Cook or Dillon Pennington or Matty Potts, Josh Tongue, Carse, Matthew Fisher, Nathan Gilchrist. Is Bashir our best spinner in the country? should Dawson have gone on Tour? Is Sussex's spinner Jack Carson the best in the county game. Plenty of questions to answer after this series has finished

I bet Jordan Henderson is still in the squad ahead of Adam Wharton for the 2038 Death Star World Cup.

As always… Masher gonna’ Masher.

The Boo Radleys - Wish I Was Skinny

A Storm in Heaven is still the best thing they ever did for me..

Millwall we're decimated in midfield with injuries, but its the best I've seen Rovers play at Ewood this season. If we give the same performance against boro, there's no reason we can't come away with something. 1-2 Rovers.