The Lampard love in on Sky is nauseating already. For that reason alone I hope he tanks.

Followed him for a bit and he’s not afraid of saying no usually. Would love it if we got Maddison. I’d written it off and you’ve got my hopes up again! just seen it - do you mean the other bloke? Not MacAnthony? Ah well have no idea if he gives anything away

I left them out because I was sure he'd slag them off tbh

So did Raya, Lenihan, Mulgrew, Graham, Bennett...

They made hard work of it too. Dyche the expert at shithousing a result.

Agree with that, but I think the pieces are coming together. Win more than we lose and we'll be in and around the top 10 - very achievable I think. Maybe I'm just getting giddy!

@@roverseas Good that! What's Cass the cat's hit rate?

Great listen Ian, enjoyed it at lot - you're a great host but you need to be more positive! Changed your mind any with the news that we've most likely got Armstrong over the line?

Isn’t the kind of striker that fits our system?? He invented it! Happy with this, especially at the suggested fee. Seen Tammy Abraham’s name mentioned a few times on here too - can I have a bit of what you guys are smoking? A young England international forward with bags of potential and played in the Prem - he’ll go for absolutely silly money!

That's crap. I've got Sky through NowTV - red button doesn't work.

Rovers to win by two or more goals. Dack anytime scorer. Drinks are on me.

Where will Rovers finish this season? : 9th Player of the Year : Dack Young Player of the Year: Nyambe  Top Goalscorer: Dack Championship Promoted : Derby, WBA, Stoke Championship Relegated : Bolton, Birmingham, Rotherham Dark Horse : Leeds Hey....Stranger things have happened: Bradley Dack to be top scorer in the division.  Miscellaneous : Dyche to be managing Everton before the end of the season.

Just seen this pop up Way he he carries on though this could be a confirmation or a denial!

"If you build it, they will come."

Kinky Kenny? I've played with K-Hod a couple of times but he's not that good.

His big arse is central to the way he plays. Looks a bit unorthodox sometimes but really effective. Doesn't really seem to tire during games so not held him back yet.

He was absolutely phenomenal. A good team performance and yeah it’s a friendly, but Dacky... Christ he’s special. Hes just getting warmed up.

Looking at their bench the stronger side is on for the second half

Bottom of P5 of the match thread on the Grand Old Team forum

10000% Samuel

Keep it under 20 and we can say that we stopped them.

Just thought I'd get this in early - Everton have a very strong squad, are a week further down the line than Liverpool were in their preparations, have had more of their squad together for longer, and are all out to impress their new, exciting manager. I'm expecting a proper pasting. But it is pre-season. Against top half PL opposition. It tells us nothing. Just thought that with the understandable concerns in "the other thread" that it would be wise to try and keep tonight in perspective. If we put on a good show we are gonna piss the league though, obviously.

Would complement Smallwood well I reckon

If everything else stayed the same, but we had played David Raya, we would have stayed up.

Sorry if I've got the wrong end of the stick here @Bigdoggsteel but I can assure you that the non-playing staff wage bill at Derby will be more than £500,000 alone. That's around just 30 staff on minimum wage.