Apart from giving an Indian govt dept who doesn't want them sending ANY money abroad millions and millions they might never see again, before a rupee has landed at the club itself. I have a grain of understanding the reluctance on that but zero sympathy as it's another self created problem that is dragging the club down....again. Billionaires, huge business, many whizz kid accountants and solicitors you'd expect now after about 4 yrs since they knew this was coming they'd have found a way around it or accepted the untenable situation and sold (or tried) to sell the club. However what advice and information have they had from this end in the SwagHail era ? 'Oh don't worry we have players to sell, costs to cut and then can grow more to sell from the academy under the right head coach.' In other words leave it to us we'll be fine but we really want to cling onto our jobs and gravy train which we know would end as soon as you sold it !

Maybe Black and Red stripes or quarters for the away kit? Probably Yellow version of the 3rd kit

Yes sadly i think Championship level on a consistent basis has always been beyond him and he just had a little purple patch. He was never the most mobile anyway imo but he was a grafter and his engine was ok but that seems to have seized up. I like him but lads like him shouldn't be difficult to replace at this level for not much money and that is how you improve a squad by trading the JRC's and keep your best players. I look fwd to the million quid we'll get for him going on something a bit fresher......

I started watching England around Graham Taylor time in charge. Southgate has been the best England manager in that time frame and apart from Euro 96 under Terry Venables the only manager I actually thought would take us all the way.

Arguing about semantics and the definition of "impediment" really but I'd still maintain in reality there isn't because there's nothing whatsoever to prevent them from complying with those conditions if they WANT to.

Completely false comparison to compare England to Rovers. Other than a very brief period under Jack Walker we haven't had the choice of the best players in the Country to choose from, in fact for most of the time, not even the best players in the Division. So you're not looking at anything like a level playing field. Despite that in my time we've achieved actual success in 1975, 1979, 1992, 1995, 2002 and 2003. Southgate has never achieved any success at senior level as a manager. I suppose he did get Middlesbrough relegated which I presume was very memorable for Boro fans.

I think it's a bit subjective. I've never rated JRC personally. Conversely I wouldn't criticise anyone for giving Buckley a 5 year deal at the time as again he looked like he was going to be the next big thing. I rate Scott Wharton and again wouldn't quibble about him having been given a long term deal at the time. On the other hand at no point would I have been rushing to offer Pears or Pickering new deals, I don't think you can just hand contracts out to everyone carte blanche, you have to assess who's performing best for you and who has the most potential resale value and prioritise accordingly. Mowbray was particularly guilty of handing out contract extensions to those who didn't warrant them.

He was absolutely class under JDT. It's quite amazing how players can flourish under one manager and offer nothing under another.

Why? None of them won anything.

It's supposed to be a 150th anniversary. There should be no sponsorships on the shirt at all.

I love winning things, although being born in 65 I can't remember any wins with England,the closest I've been is obviously under Southgate. Thanks to him, the England set up is ready to compete to actually win a trophy, we now almost expect to get to the very latter stages/finals of competitions. It's set up for Tuchel to succeed. If your only yardstick is winning things, you must have an extremely dim view of virtually every Rovers manager in history.

JRC was at the time too as he was playing superbly. Easy to look back now and say who was a coup and who wasn't. They all needed renewing at the times they were renewed. Some have worked out, some haven't.

Thanks. The only one of those I'd say was a real coup would be Carter's as he looked at the time as though he'd be the next one to leave for big money. His form and fitness have declined somewhat since then though which couldn't have been predicted at the time.

Or it’s just the classic red against blue and white

Pears, Carter, Wharton, Pickering, Buckley & JRC. Also Garrett and Leonard if you want to count them as they would both need a squad place allocating this coming season. Travis signed his extension a few months before he joined.

Well, if they needed signing up because we wanted to sell them on for a profit maybe. How many senior players still here did he sign up for an extension? (Genuine question because I don't know) Buckley and Scott Wharton maybe?

I rather have Southgate's tournament record than Sven or Capello or Hodgson.

As others have said, Andrews would be an insanely bad appointment for Brentford imo. On the other hand I think Frank will do very well at Spurs. Seems a lot more adaptable than Postecoglu was.

Why, do you like not winning things?

Possibly, like the old McEwan or more recent crown/probiz(!!!) ones. Generally I don't like the panel as to me it unbalances the half shirt, but the contrast on that image works well

He'd need to have an unbelievable pre season fitness wise because last season the lad just couldn't move, his legs had gone. I don't know if it's injuries catching up to him or whatever but I watched him walk through games almost. Shame because he has some leadership qualities and is a really strong lad, he bullies people in most duels. At his peak, a really useful player for us. Thing is, the game requires so much more from players now and last season it looked like he was running in treacle. I hope he comes back as the old JRC but I doubt it.

That's some act to follow.

No idea I’m just going by their profile alone in stating I wouldn’t be surprised if a club whether it’s champ league one or abroad could offer close to 1mill weve just bought a relative nobody for close to that amount at the same age

You say the same thing every time 🤭😴

Blue panel on the front with white logo ?🤔