Silas

Tbf, he got his first cap when still with us. September 2007. I only remember that cos had a weekend in London for my 30th, and was at the match. Was chuffed to clap one of ours onto the pitch in a white shirt, and then the bloody stadium booed him! (Well, a loud minority did.) They were angry he'd refused to play for England U21 that summer. Always thought it was rough. I get the sentiment, you should be proud to play for your Country at any level, but to boo a young player coming on for his first ever cap didn't sit right with me.

Yeah, agree. Was pleased to see the likes of Friedel and Duff do well after they left. And also enjoyed Samba and Bentley disappear in the wilderness after both acted like tits at the end. (I've learnt I seem to be in the minority with CS, but I could never forgive him for downing tools in the relegation season regardless of Kean or Venkys)

Sheff Utd, West Ham, Tevez and Mascherano would point towards that being a big fat no. Tough on WW though, you're right.

Rank incompetence isn't against the rules. Derby been cooking the books for ages. There were red top articles about how the betting company had sponsored Rooney's signing and that's why he had No. 32. Dodging up a stadium sale too wasn't it. All being done in plain sight. No surprise they've been nailed. There's bending the rules, and there's taking the absolute piss. Edit: Errrr allegedly.

Wow! Diaz. Brilliant.

So bad. I keep zoning out and feels like I'm watching a giant killing FA Cup tie on the BBC. Wolves v Aldershot Town or something. Ffs.

Not the Latin American version is it.

These commentators....Smallwood was a fans favourite...... and Tony might start panicking about the number of goals conceded soon. They obviously haven't heard defenders are coming.

Hull haven't scored a goal in their last 5 matches. Hull haven't scored a goal in the last 4 matches against Rovers. Rovers have kept a clean sheet in 4 of last 6 home games against Hull. Pretty emphatic stats that all point to one thing being guaranteed to happen tomorrow.....🤔

The refs reacted with emotion rather than using their heads. (Seems VAR didn't get involved, 4th official on side called it.) Just like the ref admitted he did with Gomez I believe afterwards. Said he saw how bad the injury was and sent Son off unfairly. Awful injury for poor Harvey just when he was breaking in the 1st team. Good luck to him on the recovery. But I'd struggle to make a case for that being a yellow, never mind a red.

Yeah, felt like it right. Groundhog day. We could say that about a dozen games a season last few years. Clearly looking good isn't translating to points. 😥😥 Sad times. And this is where we're at, just waiting for the inevitable. I genuinely don't believe there will be another manager in all the football leagues that has survived so many dismal troughs. Say 10 game spells, will there be any other managers with such a low pts per game % repeated so many times that is still in a job. 🤔

Exactly 2 years back in the TM thread there's people calling us "embarrassing" and "cringey" for saying it was time to go. I would love those people to explain to me how Rovers have benefitted in any way from having him here these last 24 months. Zero progression. Imagine where we could be if a new manager had come in then. I refuse to believe we could possibly be in a worse place, and am fairly confident there would have been significant improvement in that time.

I'm sensing a photo shoot in my new speedboat...

Interactive prediction league with a speedboat as final end of season prize....🤔

One of my favourite characters from any show. RIP. Omar, Ari Gold, and Mike Milligan (Fargo) probs my top 3.

The early century England with Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney would probably have limped to a 0-0 draw after that 1st half.

Almost the youngest squad in the league according to this at average age of 23.9 years: https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/startseite/wettbewerb/GB2/saison_id/2021/plus/1 Only Barnsley lower at 23.6, then Peterborough next at 24.2. I'm all for getting away from the days of useless oldies like Murphy and Etuhu, but we've surely gone too far in the other direction. Particularly if we end up the wrong end of the table. Kids might ride the crest of a wave and do well if competing in the top 10. Different matter if we're in the crap and battling for safety.

Remember it. Thought you were being overly pessimistic. ☹

Still, our league seems to be by far the most significant drop. Prem = 1.5 bill, 1.36 bill, 1.1 bill 27% drop Champ = 215 m, 74 m, 35 m 84% drop League 1 = 5.7 m, 3.44 m, 2.1 m 63% drop League 2 = No figures. Even in Europe: Germany = 843 m to 353 m 58% drop Italy = 1.24 bill to 472 m 70% drop Spain = 1.35 bill to 226 m 83 % drop France = 734 m to 315 m 57% drop So, our league and La Liga appear to be Top of the Pops. Guess it makes sense as both league's spending was probably out of sync with the income each produced. https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/championship/transferbilanz/wettbewerb/GB2

I didn't realise how much Championship spending had dropped till I just heard on the radio: 19/20 = £180 million 20/21 = £70 million 21/22 = £35 million (with a few hours to go) Massive reduction in spending, regardless of the pandemic. I'm guessing that's full season so still January to factor in, but still.

Set piece. Who needs training.

😂😂 You wrote Bucket instead of Buckley. Pail of water. Lose their edge a bit when we have to go through all this. 😆

I got it Stuart. 🤷‍♂️

Yep, me too. Surprised how annoying that is. Better than early when they tell you about goal in advance mind.

Scroll down maybe? Is there not a blue buy button bottom of left side? Edit: Or change screen size so all text is showing.