Any idea how many ST's we've sold? Where's Goozburger when you need him 😅

Shame Bellamy is such a bellend off the pitch

It is very quiet. I wonder whether the club expected to have both Travis and Brittain off the books by now and are short of cash for incomings.

Me too. I could see it clear as day

Paired with Santa Cruz he would. Free running, fast forward and a brilliant combination, if only for one season. Some of the most exhiliarting football I've seen Rovers play.

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We were up celebrating and couldn't believe it when he missed. Big moment - minutes from first FA Cup final since 1960

Look at their respective careers. That should tell you all you need to know. Sutton was great for us but Bellamy had that X factor. Teams had to line up 10 yards deeper against us when he was playing.

I’m still not over it…one day when I replay it in my mind it’ll go in…

I was right in line with it. I thought it was going in right until it went past the post. I think if that had gone in we would have held out for a win.

I bet he has dreamt about that one over and over again. I know I did and it took me a while to get over it.

It’s like watching another sport. 2 wide wingers, 2 more up front . Just Flitty and Tugay in midfield.

and that incredible headed miss against Chelsea in the FA Cup Semi at Old Trafford with only minutes to go (would have put us in the final) will long linger in the memory bank for all the wrong reasons. Met MGP in the hospitality at Ewood last season and he remembers it well!

Just wide at Old Trafford…

Depends how you want to set up your "all time Rovers" lineup. If you just want the best players in there, I think Bellamy is very close if not in it. A fantastic player who had everything. If you're trying to set up what you think would be the best "team" then Chris Sutton probably goes in alongside Shearer, although Newell worked superbly with him too, and I think Santa Cruz and Shearer would have worked great together as well. Shearer was obviously the best either way, but during his time here and at Newcastle, I think he worked best with a "target man" style forward, Newell, Sutton, Ferdinand, Ferguson etc.

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Hi @DeeCee. I've been following this thread and wondered how you're getting on. I'm in the same club as you unfortunately, and will be having liver surgery in August to hopefully remove my cancerous lesions. I can see you're still active on the forum which is great news. I do hope your treatment is continuing to go well and life is as good as it can be...

I think Weigman will pick the team on merit. She looks to be a hard case to me.

I don't think we'll see a play off push this season, but if Brittain, Travis & Tronstad are here past September 1st then I'm pretty comfortable that we won't be dragged into any danger either. I think as thing stand we'll finish somewhere between 12th & 18th.

I’m not sure many would have Bellamy in their ‘all time best rovers’ lineup no Chris Sutton? seriously what are we doing here

MGP was another. He had a really good leap and got his head to lots of balls but where it went after that was down to luck.

He was too slow for full back and not good enough in the air to be a centre half. There’s a reason why he ended up playing in the third tier with Rovers. Regarding game time as a yardstick of worth. Craig Bellamy played 27 games for Rovers and won us nothing. Yet lots of people, me included, would have him in their all time best Rovers team playing alongside Alan Shearer.

My main memory of Derek Williams was putting a header wide from a yard out away at Bristol Rovers back in 2018. A really poor to average player. Shows you the quality we had in the side in the 16-17 season when he won player of the year!

What i thought was weird about Derek was for a big lad he was really poor in the air... Could get his head on things but had very little control over where it went. Made him impotent in the opposition box and very dangerous to us defending high balls centrally. Think he played full back to keep him away from our goal as opposed to any talent as a left back.

Not sure why this discussion of Beck has turned into a roast of Williams. He was a more than solid servant to the club, always tried and covered multiple positions at LB and his better LCB roles. Beck I am not too bothered, he was talented but injury prone and honestly there was no chance he was coming back to us so why care? Ribeiro and Pickering is a solid LB duo to have, and if we want wing-backs, then Hedges and De Neve can both do that as well.