Millwall reached an FA Cup final in 2004 before getting battered off Man Utd in the final. Still a great achievement for a 2nd tier club. However they didn’t face a premier league team until the final. They played:- Walsall at home, Telford away Burnley at home. In the quarter final they got past 3rd tier Tranmere, the lowest side still in the tournament. Meanwhile the four remaining Premier League sides all drew each other. In the semi they beat second tier Sunderland whilst Arsenal played Man Utd in the other semi. Is anyone actually arguing here that they didn’t have luck on their side with the draw?

Yep. The standard Rovers playbook..

YES. Absolutely. "Clubs like Wrexham". Deary me.

Two opposing things can have an element of truth in them at the same time, novel, I know.

Well that makes me question him even more, then. He was either naive or desperate and I'm thinking more likely the second option

There's a surprise that you are blaming Rovers. So you think we should be paying Travis 30k a week then if that what other clubs like Wrexham and Birmingham are? Yes Gestede should have been on with new contracts during the season but he didn't. We can still get them to sign new contracts even now.

Its wonder why yourself Mark. 😁

You think its down to the luck of the draw which we don't control and you beat whoever you have to play and win the game. Its embarrassing how you want to belittled how Southgate performed in major tournaments and it was the best we performed since 1966

wrong again, He reported his info just like other journalist and I just post the info or comment on the info. That's all whether Nicko's story is about a target or bid or contract or player maybe leaving us.

Yeah it's possible. I was just expecting it to be referenced in the article, if he was to no longer qualify.

They might not do but do you really stop agents asking more money for their players at the club? As I said those 3 players would be the highest earners along with Hyam then other players underneath that. I don't agree he has reported the story on

Hahahaha back to this again. If you play those teams in the finals then you play them because they have won the same amount of games as you. They are as deserving to be there as you, regardless of if you consider them “elite countries” (what?) When Scolari won the World Cup in 2002 he had a team of Ronaldo, Rivaldo, Ronaldinho, Silva, Cafu and Carlos - they played Belgium, England and Turkey on the way to the final. Arguably an easy route to the final, right? Belgium weren’t the Belgium they are now and Turkey isn’t “elite”, right? The hardest team was England - with Mills at right back and Heskey up top Were Brazil lucky? Nope. They beat teams that others couldn’t. Luck had very little to do with it The quarter finals of that year featured the elite nations of South Korea, Turkey, Senegal, the US and Turkey. It has always been that way. To think you have to beat Germany, Spain, Argentina, Brazil or France on the way to winning a tournament so as not to be ‘lucky’ is delusional In 06 Italy beat Australia, Ukraine, Germany and France. Was that a lucky win? We could go on and on and on. In Germany winning in 2014 is probably the hardest route - they beat Algeria, France, Brazil and Argentina. But even then, France and Brazil had relatively poor teams by historic standards. So were they lucky to come across such poor squads? I just don’t get it. Luck or otherwise, you have to beat them. And for them to get a quarter final of the World Cup - whether they are Spain or Papa New Guinea - they got there by winning the same games in the same groups in the same location. So they are deserving

Hopefully someone will be along shortly to clarify why Mafoumbi wouldn’t be an ESC player. I was wrong about something yesterday so I might be 2 for 2 😁😁

Bloody hell Chaddy read the last few pages before jumping on that comment. Maybe you will understand the post then. Plus, I never said it about De Neve.

So it would make Elliots article incorrect then? Thought that Andy Watson was the "best in the business" at this sort of thing?!

why? you said the same about the winger we just signed. Ismael has said previously he did his own research on the club and the problems before his appointment yet he since wanted to come here.

The weirdest signing we've ever made.

Have all the Egyptian fans been arrested and deported yet?

I think they must have.

The club put themselves in this position with the Cantwell signing. Apart from 10 games or so last season he was a show pony. If he is on 10-15 k more than the top performers at the club there is no surprise they will want to bridge the gap.

Until it suits their narrative. And this isn't me saying he is or isn't reliable or that I do or do not support the regime, just very much agreeing with your point that people slate new sources until the article aligns to their view.

It's genuinely fucking miserable being a Rovers fan.

‘Wants big money’ - the blame game begins…

If the club had the slightest shred of ambition and also actually tried to get people into the ground then regular attendance would be around 20-23k. As it stands they can only manage to get 14-16k depending on away support. That's with zero ambition and zero effort. They can still get 8k season ticket sales despite hiking the price and additional penalty fees. In short, this club is very well supported given the location and size of town.

Unfortunately a cocaine fuelled nervous breakdown prevented him from completing one of the (potentially) greatest musical works of the last 100 years.