KentExile

Interesting bit of useless information for those who may be worried that Pears being given the #1 shirt means that he will be first choice Leo wore the number 12 at Odd, so it may be a favourite/lucky number or superstition for him. Which would maybe explain why Pears is #1 and Wahlstedt #12 at Rovers https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/leopold-wahlstedt/rueckennummern/spieler/441892

PNE out

Mowbray cup magic in full swing for Sunderland, losing at home to Crewe

PNE 0 - 2 Salford

Much better response to going behind this season than the majority of last

In other news, Dack on the bench for Sunderland against Crewe

Try refreshing your screen, they are definitely updating it If not, try either of those https://www.rovers.co.uk/match/first-team/2023-24/g2372906/ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/66368368

Gilsenan!

If anyone has sky sports news, they just showed the goal as it went in

James Edmondson, left footed midfielder, was one of those brought away with the 1st team squad to Austria, also has a younger brother in the U18s

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23709922.blackburn-rovers-v-walsall---team-news-updates-reaction/

Garrett almost a straight swap for Travis Edit - as in the job Travis did on Saturday

would have thought Garrett would be playing as a box to box CM looking at the lineup

Glad you said that, I thought I was being mad and/or thick

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erhun_Oztumer Not a lot, now plays in Turkey, doesn't stay anywhere for much more than a year by the looks of things

Wish I could like this twice, once because I think I agree with every word you wrote, but mainly because you correctly said "champing" instead of "chomping" 🙂

Maybe Gilsenan instead of Markanday and switch him and Hedges, but very close I think

Until seeing that comment, I was genuinely wondering if he had stamped on your foot in the past or stolen you pie and you were holding a grudge 😉

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Verbruggen is highly rated and cost over £10M ,but is still only 20 (21 later this month) which is very young for a keeper, it will be interesting to see how long he takes to displace Steele, surely it is only a matter of time. Can see Steele starting as #1 (purely through experience) but Verbruggen displacing him over the next year after getting some starts in the cups

Where has that twitter account got those figures from? The latest available accounts don't show that, and that then begs the question of how would someone know? I can appreciate that if someone worked for one of the clubs (or accountancy firms that works for one of the clubs) then they could conceivably have access to that one clubs financial details, but that doesn't explain how they would have any clue about the other 23 teams

on his hands

A lot of that may be due to a lack of height in our own team, especially yesterday. Not much point swinging a high ball in when we only have 2 players over 6 foot

Did JDT walk away from his contract at Malmo or leave at the end of his contract? I don't know, but it might give an indication of what he may do at Rovers

Judging by pre season, Ben Benson has just told them to take all corners short and try and dribble it into the box and JRC to go for goal with any central free kicks