Reading about Bell and Williams is not how to start the day. Reminds me of Dog Shit

PL chance, PL wages. Good luck to him. He wasn't shown much loyalty at Rovers straight after being kicked in the head so learnt fast. Bit of a joke actually as he cost Brentford in their Playoffs

So we have this Recruitment thingy that the owners have pumped loads of money into and it now includes Europe and is so good that other clubs are studying how brilliant Rovers are ---- and Mowbray is still allowed near contract negotiations ????? You could not make that up.

A camera is not a friend to Swagman SWAG: * Money or goods taken by a thief or burglar * Scientific Wild Ass Guess There are others but cap fits ....

They have already built a dynasty ....... for themselves. How 3, very average at best, men can effectively own and operate a football club without paying a penny for it at outset or in maintenance is a masterclass. Mowbray was going this route at Coventry but their owners were too savvy being somewhat experienced artists themselves. He did a runner from there, naturally claiming honesty and integrity. You can fool some of the people all of the time. But only some.

A guide for those would be Championship Chairmen/CEOs: https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54046448

The list includes U23s but then leaves out some who have already been bombed out. Put a line through the dross, I would do it but my pen is short of ink.

Steve Gibson was spot on about doing business with Venky Rovers. It all and always has stopped at Venkys door. Arseholes.

Im not sure that a single reverse charge call to Ewood from the agent of keeper in Belgium who needs a new job after destroying the nuts of a team mate qualifies as a European scouting network. Mind you someone unearthed the lad from Gibraltar a year or so back. Stunning stuff.

Different times. Nobby would average about 10 minutes a game playing time these days and so would many more from then. A tough tackler was a better watch that today's divers.

First one I got.

Walker was the 24th player to be sent off for England. Can you name them? A bit of fun. interactive Quiz within the BBC link. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/54044520

No longer a results based job, give him another year. No probs, he will give himself that and more. Just watching Wycombe. That's Gareth out of contention for any future Ewood job, he'd never pass the TM interview. FFS Gareth has a leather jacket, long hair, and tight jeans. Maybe even ripped. Wrong thread but there's nowt happening here anyway!

Bingo

Sterling got bloody lucky twice. The penalty award and then scoring with a basically crap effort.

You made the correct decision today. Iceland are a glorified Pub team and we still needed a penalty to win. For all the flair we are supposed to have we couldn't find a way through a very basic but we'll organised team playing a simple defensive system. We won by a country mile in tippy tappy although that approach is hampered by donkeys like Dier and Rice and the idiot Walker. Hopefully the last we will see of him in an England shirt. I think the Ref was so bored he made a conscious effort to liven it up late on. I'm glad he did though.

Travis has been off the pace pre season. Odd as I always had him as one of our fittest. Holtby impressed me today. Put a lot of effort in closing down and good on the ball, just hope he can stay fit for a decent run of games. Magloire will develop and have a good career as a CB, hopefully with us Lots of our players looked decent today. The real world test is a competitive match v Bournemouth next werk

He does fine in a pre season and suddenly he's a great CB. He's not.

Too risky to carry a sub par keeper as backup. Raya came back too soon after injury because of that and it did his game no good at all on his time with us.

Thank goodness it's a friendly, that was pathetic keeping. Honestly the keeper in my School team U14s would have caught that. That was just about the first real test he has had!

Dribble a bit then fall over, to be more accurate

Impressed by Holtby. Good on the ball and closing down. Nyambe excellent and Bell maybe can do a bit. No point in pumping hoofballs, Arma is too small and BB can't head or indeed jump. Not a bad game at all, so far. LCTV coverage puts iFollow to shame.

This is mind-altering. If I want nonsense I'll talk to my Thai wife.

Nonsense. We may well not play at those teams in Blue and White but if you think it's due a colour clash all I can say is Specsavers I think you just post nonsense for the reaction.

Archer's the new Bling OR is it a tracking device to see if he leaves the Bubble. A bit OTT whatever it is,