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Plus the fact that players like Morishita or Yuki and Dolan last season are next to no use at defending corners. They may as well be on the halfway line occupying an opponent or two. The more players you can get out of the 6 yard box the more chance you have of your goalkeeper defending the corner effectively. I’m sick of seeing keepers trying to make a save on the goal line and failing to keep the ball out. On another point your attacking players are more likely to concede a penalty in those circumstances. Somebody will come up with the idea in a while and it’ll be hailed as a new master stroke.

Rob Key on the radio this morning was deeply unimpressive, stumbling his way through the interview, inarticulate, lack of explanation for the drinking story let alone addressing or showing any understanding of the multiple failures on this tour “…… you know, we’ll have a look at this, you know, the players need time off, you know, maybe it shouldn’t have happened, you know, we’ll have a look at it, you know, we’re disappointed of course, you know, we’ll have a look at this, you know, maybe lessons need to be learnt, you know, we’ll have a look at this, you know, you know, you know… Classic British management, over promoted, out of his depth, not up to the job, probably overpaid, clueless and hopeless P45s for him and McCullum

Not a chance.

Look at the teams that are already in the play off zone. How many of them are better than that team ?

Unfortunately, judging by Saturday it's been completely ignored by the vast majority of the match going fanbase too.

Blimey Mr. Shoelaces. You been hitting the festive spirits early? 😉

The Letter from the Coalition remains totally ignored,a two fingered salute to the fans of this Club. As if we needed any more proof of their arrogance,THE most hated owners this Club has ever had. Congratulations with your Indian 'Pride'.

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.

channel 4seven, on Sky channel 137

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.