Noises out of the Disabled Supporters do that TM is going hell for leather to bring in Chapman.

Alex Song without a club, age 30. Maybe worth a go?

Bump from wayyyy back on this mb. Can anyone recall a less hyped World Cup? Nobody cares about this one and there's no advertising around it. Strange one.

On the Whittingham conundrum (try saying that quickly 5 times), I note a few thought he and Travis complemented each other well vs Charlton. COULD be worth trying, esp as he'd be hard to shift imo.

Of the current squad: Raya - KEEP, starting keeper. Leutwiler - indifferent. Adequate backup, could have better. Fisher - KEEP, promote to backup keeper, or loan out, or keep in u23s in higher division. Nyambe - KEEP, improved a lot this season, his shirt to lose at RB. Caddis - OUT Lenihan - KEEP, good aggression. Mulgrew - KEEP, Captain fantastic. Downing - Adequate backup or promote youth in his stead. Ward - OUT. Wharton - Unsure. Hart - OUT. Williams - KEEP, adequate backup at CB or LB. Bell - KEEP, his shirt to lose at LB. Feeney - OUT. Payne - Decent backup for Dack or as a passer from deep. Bennett - KEEP, Captain mkII. Smallwood - KEEP, his shirt to lose at CM. Evans - OUT, promote Travis in his stead. Whittingham - OUT. Gladwin - OUT. Dack - KEEP. Conway - I would rather promote a youth player in his stead, but ok as a bench player. Chapman - KEEP if poss, unbelievable potential. Antonsson - Indifferent. Graham - KEEP for one more season. Armstrong - KEEP versatile forward. Samuel - OUT, promote Butterworth in his stead. Nuttall - KEEP but needs to put more muscle on. Promote from u23s: Travis, Tomlinson, Butterworth, one of the cbs. IN (as minimum): A hard nut cb, a target man up front, a passer from deep in midfield. In reality, reckon we'll need 6/7 signings/loans but unsure where to specify some positions.

Suddenly looks impressive actually.

Trouble is, we had that game vs Birmingham when ale and piss rained down on our home fans. Not against having them in the God's, but need to make sure our own are protected too.

So you think individual youth players might get through? Youth players who have won their league and taken the place of Man Utd in the league above? Personally think Hardcastle is due a chance in midfield, and Travis in competition for RB with Nyambe at least.

Absolutely! I support Rovers because of Duff, Dunn and Jansen. My cousin because of Pedersen. Young lad across the road because of Rhodes. Weirdly the first name I ever asked for on my shirt instead of MIKEY was Emerton when he first moved here! I think Bennett will be a big factor in young fans enjoying this season too, waiting to mimic his fist pumps.

If Villa don't beat Newcastle, then we only have to draw our last game vs West Brom to win! If they lose vs Newcastle, we've won! Shame about tonight but COYB.

I'll try to get down on Monday Think (well, hope) TM will look more favourably on playing younger players when promotion/winning the league is more mathematically certain, personally.

Yes... which are numbers lower than 10. Credit to him, he's fantastic. But to say he's world class would put him in the same bracket as Raul, Ronaldo, Puskas, or DiStefano. Even Shearer sadly never QUITE got into that bracket, but he's the nearest thing we had. Kane will certainly get there if he keeps it up though against a variety of opponents.

That doesn't make him World Class. Doing that every season for at least 10 years will.

@#/?

I liked his withering put down to John Oliver (whom I also like). Oliver: In your multiverse theory, is it possible there's a Universe where I'm smarter than you? Hawking: Yes, and also one where you are funny.

Not a good week, this...

You said 'young' and 'experience'(sic) which is 2 perceived age brackets.

Like those YouTube vids where people interrupt a Will Self monologue with Family Guy quotes.

I knew that ...

I believe that without his pace, he is basically a version of Craig Conway (when we first signed him) that is left-footed. Therefore, his quality is at least that of mid table Championship even before he starts running. It's unusual for someone with pace to have a proper engine too, I've only seen it at Rovers with Bellamy. Maybe Dickov at a push.

Looks like he's stuck on the bench for now with those comments.

I'd be terrified!

Contrast ToMo's view on booing to Paul Hurst's. Might be something as simple as that bit of nous that gets us up.

Think VAR would be improved by limiting it's use in a similar way to tennis. Give each manager 3 challenges to ref decisions. If overturned, keep. If not, it's lost. Can only be applied to penalties or offsides or red card fouls. All VAR time must be added to the match end. Like Hawkeye, ref doesn't just use it when he fancies.

Makes yoù miss proper pundits. Wolstenholme, Clough, hell even Tony Gubba would be welcome compared to Jermaine Jenas.