Batth turns 36 in Sept and Weimann 34 in August. Keeping them could be smart, but giving a 36 year old a two-year contract is no way to run a football club. Also Weimann turning 34. It’s not very sustainable long-term giving such players contracts.

Neither said his agent was greedy or dickhead or big headed did I? Out of context here. But an agent should be attracting offers for him for months They seem a lack of offers out there for him which I am surprised myself RF99.

The last 15 years tell me - no they don’t care.

No, they're not irreplaceable, but you are assuming they will be replaced by 2 players who are better. I don't have the same confidence.

Best team lost I thought but we never gave up so fair play to our women. Great header and penalty from Lucy Bronze. Some times you make your own luck. Some bloody awful penalties though.

It’s as well de neve isn’t the weimann replacement and is the Owen beck replacement then

It's not about what we're losing, it's about what we're not replacing. But judge the window once it's shut, and not now, although the signs are pointing in a familiar direction to a place that smells.

Well we haven't replaced Batth as yet and I will be amazed if De Neve gets anywhere near what Weimann did last season in terms of impact, goals and assists.

Who is 36? Both made significant contributions last season, and we are weaker without those. Whether they would have replicated those seasons is irrelevant.

Can’t believe what I’m reading. People so upset that we are losing a 36! Year old and a 34 year old. Decent players, but nowhere near irreplaceable

Carter has turned into a right crock, unfortunately.

Not sure hiring Jason Wilcox as the penalty coach was an inspired move but we got away with it! Sweden keeper saves 4 but skies one herself and two of her teammates miss the target. That was unfathomably poor quality but job done for England

Think it's clear Hull are in even more desperate straits financially than Rovers! Additionally, Brittain's transfer value is far more substantial (£2 to 3m) than McLaughin (£0.5 to 1m). It's apples and pears!

That was my thinking as well. I went on the TUI passport checker ( I’m not going with TUI ) and put all my details in and it said I was good to go. It really is a confusing situation. I couldn’t take a chance though because the staff at the desk could still turn me away.

Ismael kept playing him when he came in last season. Of course, it isnt linear and there are no guarantees. But based on last season, Batth was brilliant and will be a big miss. I dont think saying that or that saying having only 4 centre backs when 2 have such big fitness question marks is a big risk is controversial.

England lasses through on penalties against Sweden. Worst penalty shoot out I've ever seen. 7 penalties each. 3-2

As usual you're dragging a completely different standard of player into it brought in on a totally different budget and project.

Probably about the same time it takes a club to agree a fee for Callum Brittain, who only has 12 months left on his contract and is currently at a cash strapped Rovers, in fairness.

I do wonder if Kortrijk are part of some weird shit owners pact with us, maybe there's just a WhatsApp group and they tell us players we can have. They're owned by Vincent Tan who's obviously a cunt, managed to relegate not 1 but 2 teams he owns in a year with Cardiff going down too. He's pretty despised in Belgium from what I gather, predominantly because he is never around, presume he has a Pasha type 'running things' for them......

Jackson in LT saying McLaughin in Turkey at Hull training camp but would be allowed to leave IF fee agreed with Hull - how long does it take to agree a fee for a club in Hull's position with only 12 months remaining on the lad's contract!?!? Also, stated Carter missing from Wednesday's training video indicating injury could be worse than first feared. So our c/b's are Hyam and Wharton (who can't be anywhere near ready for 90 minutes in the Championship) with only rookies in reserve.

He did under a different manager last season. It’s a new manager with a new way of playing. The new manager might not have seen him as integral.

But he turned out to be far more important than that. Its like saying that Szmodics wasnt expected to score 27 so no big deal to lose him. You replace what you actually had, not what you expected to have. But again, its not even about who we are replacing. Its about what we have, potentially 4 centre backs but 2 with huhe reliability question marks.

Ta, bit of poetic licence going on somewhere.

I sent this email to the club the other day. so far, no response. I hope they reach out to me, I will gladly post, “yes, our club cares about its fans” if they do…

Credit to you for bringing some recent examples.