Have we signed Ronaldinho and Beckham yet?

Unless there is a concrete plan (and by that I mean targets already identified just waiting for the money) to reinvest the majority of whatever we get (£15m?) then I’d hold firm. It’s most likely the funds will be used to plug the massive financial black hole, rather than improving the squad. I’d much rather roll the dice, I’m sick of scrapping around in this shit league.

Barely heard a peep out of West Brom fans apart from first 5 minutes and then just after they scored, so don’t think they’re in a position to be talking about our fans. Very very poor away backing.

Yep. I tried to vote yesterday and again this morning. On iOS, get same error saying “your vote could not be submitted”

What a win! I’d be more critical of parts of the performance if we hadn’t had Buckley at right back and Pickering at centre half. Few stand outs but Diaz and Ayala towered above everyone else. Diaz put himself in the shop window with another great performance, moments of quality and ran his socks off. Ayala - I’m convinced he might be the best centre half in the league, if only he could stay fit.

I do think people fetishize academy graduates. Nyambe was a decent defensive full back. He was woeful going forward, beyond being quite quick. He was very poorly advised by his agent during the transfer saga. I do agree that Brittain (so far) looks a perfectly serviceable replacement, with the added bonus of not looking way out of his depth in the attacking third.

I mean that is a foul, he’s grabbed his shirt, but he’s also gone over so easy….Needs stamping out

Oh lord what have you done! This'll be another 40 pages derailment on the subject "Is John Buckley any good????" All the big names on both sides of the argument will be in here soon

Utter nonsense. With the passage of time we'll all continue to wonder why we spent the last 4 years back in the Championship treading water and seemingly making no effort to get promoted, while the manager spent every interview talking the club down.

Absolutely, there’s no way I believe JDT would let a death spiral happen. Either he’d stop the rot or have too much honour and step away, unlike the last muppet.

People in this thread get so wound up about this 😂 Who cares what pundits/analysts call things? There’s loads of terminology from 19th century football no longer in use, sport evolves, what’s the issue?

I actually used to feel quite sorry for Andrews. I mean he was shit and had no business being in the Premier League but as you say, he always tried, just woefully out his depth. Can't have been easy week after week knowing 20k of your own fans all think you're crap. The money probably helped mind

Rothwell is criminally overrated by some people in here. He was a decent Championship midfielder who I’d be be happy to still have but that’s about it. His end product was often poor and like some else mentioned his running up dead ends often left gaping holes in midfield. Buckley has a much higher ceiling and will go far further in the game. I’d be genuinely shocked if Rothwell makes any sort of impact in the Premier League, whereas I’m sure that’s where Buckley will end up (ideally with Rovers!).

Still had Covid restrictions on attendance during that tournament didn’t we? That said, still a great stat!

Showed a lot of bottle to come back from the disappointment of the equaliser. Men should take note…

Number 9 for England (White?) has a worse first touch than Sam Gallagher. Dreadful

“Crap heavy metal” 🤦 You mean Thunderstruck by AC/DC….

Lenihan having a poor game from the 20 mins I’ve watched.

Sam Gallagher is stealing a wage. Atrocious. We were well off it overall but thought we were good defensively. QPR are shit, we need to improve significantly.

I’m genuinely really excited for today. First time in a long time. Park the frustration at lack of signings, new manager, fresh start.

Well what the hell do I know. He’s put together a side that’s come out playing like City…

Well the good news is that Kompany sounds well out of his depth based on the pre match interview on Sky. Hopefully carries forward into the game!

The women's game has come on immeasurably over the last 10-20 years, but it's the goalkeeping that continues to lag behind. I think it's purely biological, largely based on height but also reduced explosive power. At the end of the day, you very rarely see a male professional goalkeeper below 6ft, indeed most these days are probably 6-2 and above. I'm not sure what you can do. Realistically they should probably have smaller goals but then it becomes a different sport and less easily replicated at grassroots level, which no one wants to see.

This is me. As I said a few weeks back in the season ticket thread. As I struggle to make mid week games, a season ticket is essentially no use to me. If Rovers had been a bit more creative and offered a more flexible ticket they could have had my cash up front. As it is I'll continue to buy match tickets as I when they come up for sale.

Really looking forward to this. Appreciate we haven't got in the numbers we'd like but can't wait to see the lads back at Ewood. New manager bounce, feel good afternoon, 4-nil Rovers.