Next manager: I think the absolute best candidate would be a Klopp/Pep/Tuchel type. But knowing we’re keen on English managers for the England team, then the best two candidates seem to be Howe and Potter. I’d take Howe because I think his man-management and media style is very similar to Gareth’s, so would be a smooth transition. But his tactical style is much more flexible than Gareth’s was and would likely be built around what is available rather than fitting players in. It also seems quite likely, as Howe’s supporters on the Newcastle board have just left.

Jason Roberts mk2?

‘We’ never means ‘me’.

The FA are trying to! I do wish he’d not keep us nervous in the group stages though. And get Wharton playing

Worth noting that Southgate was instrumental in this around a decade ago.

If we win this, where does Southgate sit? 1. Still not as good as Sir Alf, he won a World Cup. 2. Better than Sir Alf, he’s won a major international tournament AND has a better record of getting to the latter stages. 3. Right alongside Sir Alf. Either way, a knighthood can’t be far away.

You’ve obviously been to a few games this season…

One of my ongoing criticisms (not necessarily as a negative, but as a point to improve on) that remains, and was a constant annoyance to me when I was on the RT board was that while we were ‘critical’ as much as ‘friend’, it was very difficult to publicise the ‘critical’ side without coming across sniping. I feel that the problem remains, as even the criticism of the club comes across friendly, or gets mixed up in the ‘friend’ communication. But since being out of the loop, I can see how it can come across as more friendly than critical.

I don’t think they do, and I don’t think they care. Their main focus is the money leaving India for England. If they feel it isn’t justified, they won’t allow it. That it potentially means asset stripping (as if they haven’t already been up to that in some form or another by neglect), or selling any asset worth a damn to stay afloat (or not) is irrelevant to India.

My pet project of the window, Matt Ryan, seems set to join Derby 😭

Given the speed with which the club plastered their social media with the stars that made the England team (Ella Toone, Keira Walsh, Georgia Stanway), will the club seek to put right its petty and poor treatment of female players, in banning them from using a coffee machine the men are free to use, and forcing them to share portaloos with the academy boys?

I posted in another thread: I would hope we are planning to hold the club to account for the apparent sexist allegations being levelled by prominent ex-players and staff. Not being allowed to use the coffee machine because it ‘belonged to the men’? WTF is that about? The cheek of Waggott telling ANYONE ‘to be grateful’ to get money out of the club is the biggest case of pot and kettle I’ve heard in a long time. I would hope we continue to remember the ‘critical’ part of being a ‘critical friend’.

I would hope we are planning to hold the club to account for the apparent sexist allegations being levelled by prominent ex-players and staff. Not being allowed to use the coffee machine because it ‘belonged to the men’? WTF is that about? The cheek of Waggott telling ANYONE ‘to be grateful’ to get money out of the club is the biggest case of pot and kettle I’ve heard in a long time. I would hope we continue to remember the ‘critical’ part of being a ‘critical friend’.

That was Andy Cryer.

@RoversTrust Waggott needs asking if he’s really that much of a cunt this is true.

Doncaster I think? Wheelock might’ve been Chester?

Just get @Miller11 in with the Marketing Prospectus!

Looking more and more like a tosser as the tournament progresses.

I was told I couldn’t use this as a criticism. I ‘could have saved up, you knew STs were coming out’. Turns out other people feel (and have acted) as I have.

Of course you are…

Don Goodman is one of the best commentators in the game.

Why?

To what extent are @RoversTrust asking questions about this court case? Are we asking Rovers to clarify the statement made weeks ago, as the implications of that statement appear untrue.

No, they should serve as a permanent reminder that nobody gives a shit about Rovers apart from us fans.

Absolutely understand it, and agree with you. But at the same time, the Trust has struggles for years to get people involved, so someone like that getting involved was going to be inevitable if no fucker else can be arsed to put their money where their mouth is.