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.

He was said to be seen as a squad player this season so it makes perfect sense.

Yep relegated from the top tier

Relegated from the first to the second division.

So were De Neve's team relegated from the 2nd division, or to the second division ? I keep reading they were a relegated 2nd division team, can't make head nor tail of them tables.

@Tyrone Shoelaces I’ve done some further digging. The following is from the European Commison’s ‘ Practical Handbook For Border Guards’:

Should say compliment not implement

Half those players u mentioned were when we could take a chance on unproven players. N'zonzi I'm sure wasn't brought in as a first team player straight away. Nelsen was a good backup option who turned out better than we thought. Nowadays we can't take chances on unproven players the same way as we don't have the resources to implement them with better players

They were extensively scouted by a tried and trusted scouting team with Premier League experience and knowledge. Their cost was not the reason they were bought but their potential ability. The current incomings appear to be scouted based on what we can spend and what their FootballManager ratings are by a scouting team that hasn’t remained intact for longer than 6 months since Covid.

Good luck with that.

Makes no sense. Implies that Batth was just an added bonus rather than integral.

Yep