Have already lost a lot of interest in football and golf through oversaturation but do wonder if it is a gernerational thing with me being amongst the last of the "traditionalists"... Also dislike the whole "getting closer to the players" - i want Sporting Gods not someone who is good to his granny and cares about the endangered lesser spotted chaffinch ?

Why/how? (Curious - not got ifollow)

Good to see 3 strikers put on when we were already winning - finish em off proper ?

Think that was part of it. Knowing (and hearing in following years) that we didn't master our own destiny. Same time: Ludek Miklosko is in my alternative Rovers hall of Fame and i don't celebrate our title less now. But i do believe in winning "in style" when you can

Liverpool away 94/95 It wouldn't change anything but i found it hard to celebrate the title because we lost the game that day

So the latest idea is that footballers will give what they are comfortable with... I'm guessing pre-tax or with tax relief and about 1% p/a on average ?

I'm not blaming the players - i blame the owners. But the players/pfa could easily have said "take 10% from us instead of using public funds".

To summarize: the players are taking the piss but the clubs have enabled them to do so in this country.

Half expecting a clash of heads between Leninhan and Tosin resulting in both going off ???

I suspect many "maybe" voters would prefer us to sign an experienced "top class" keeper but would now accept that Walton has proved himself acceptable if not "top class". I think most want to see at least some competition for the jersey - be it with Walton as first or 2nd choice.

Your final sentence is my point. But i would use technology to punish cheats and reduce simulation.

Honestly prefer it as it was today. The only thing i would like is for a panel (including the actual referee) to review and punish cheating. Difficult i know in the modern business that is football with lawsuits everywhere but if the ref looks at it, admits they were deceived/wrong without predjudice then a disciplinary panel could decide appropriate punishment. Difficult in reality - today i would think the ref would admit it was a wrong decision but their player should only receive the mildest of warnings that he was treading a fine Line. Such warnings could be accumulated like yellow cards whilst blatant cheating equals instant ban.

Thought he did ok - shows intelligence when in a tight corner defending and has a reasonable pace and strength. If AA had played the through ball instead of shooting (few mins after 1st goal) then Samuel would have been clear in the box. My point was more that i saw more from Samuel today than i have from SG and BB in the games i have seen whilst DG wasn't great last time i saw him. If SG, BB and DS were all freebies then i would be keeping DS and looking for a top striker...

Looked off on the replay tbf

Samuel has to be given an extension - pity his understudies will have cost so much

Bennett instead of BB was right call with Gallagher already on. Strange game - om balance we didn't deserve to be 2 up but we are bloody unlucky to be drawing now. ..

Agreed

Williams if fit or Carter/Magloire. Williams has been ok att cb (mid-lower champ level) - ie ok backup for an upper midtable team) Otherwise blood a youngster - sink or swim time but an opportunity to see if we have a Jones/hanley/Lenihan in the building

Hmm - if i watch Chelsea v spurs instead then would that make me a good Rovers fan or a "plastic" ???

Dilemma - match is available on My sports channel. Historically when i have watched we have lost 3 out of 4 whilst when i have missed the game we have won 4 from 6...

So if he delivers promotion form during a 13 game streak should we give him the job for life? 32 games during the same period of each season is an amazingly random stat whilst 13 games is indicative that the manager should be sacked ? "It's logic Jim but not as we know it" ???

Voted yes on the proviso that the price is right in terms of fee/wages.

Pre-season i think - Graham on left wing

Sacked (eventuellt) on the advice of Paul Senior who is no longer at the club having resigned... ?

No. But imo it was never the plan for this season.