Make no mistake this squad needs MILLIONS spent on it to even be mid table in the championship. That's assuming we stay up. I actually feel somewhat sorry for this set of players cause fuck me they've been hung out to dry by the upper management

I did think of that but this one's worse imo.

I know it may be harsh to gang up on a GK for a mistake, occupational hazard and all that. But.. Genuine question. Is that the worst keeper fuck up from a rovers player? It's the worst I can remember

The thing that always strikes me when something like this happens is always the blasé nature of the announcement and the sheer lack of thought put in to the decision. Just like when the super league was announced with half a website and no concrete plans on how it would actually function alongside other competitions, this has been announced in a sort of "by the way" tone, seemingly oblivious to any pushback that might occur. The lack of awareness is staggering. For what it's worth I don't think clubs being reliant on fa cup replays to remain in business is indicative of a healthy system but if the way money is distributed down the pyramid is not changed radically then they simply have to remain. Aside from the monetary gain, they make the cup unique and it's satisfying to make bigger clubs play you again. Big clubs crying player welfare is laughable, you have massive squads and the best academies in the country. Use them

As good as Szmodics has been this season, he has only shown this performance level in the last 18 months at most. He's a clinical finisher and a hard worker but he's not especially quick and isn't that much of a creator. The only way a club would really get return on investment from buying Szmodics is if they got promoted to the prem as a result. To be honest I think there is a fairly decent chance he stays this summer if he doesn't angle for a move, I don't think it makes too much sense for a club to buy him for more than £10m and it would be suicidal for us to sell him at that price given how important he is to us and our history in the transfer market. That said, we are not a normally run club and there is a high chance a bid around that amount will see waggotts eyes pop out of their sockets. Even at that stage it shouldn't be the end of the world, with that £10m we should really buy 4 players we could develop into players at Szmodics level. I have no confidence this would actually happen so yeah, try and keep him.

Saw the team and immediately put some money on us going down. Couldn't help myself, it was like an out of body experience

Apologies because I may have been at the special sauce this evening but... That was the most heartwarming rovers performance for a good while and it just reminds me that there will always be something left in this club even after the Venkys are done with it. We took on a nation state and came out an inch second best. Let me tell you because I watched this game with a magpie We had them scared for a minute there

I will admit I expected so little and got so much And that is football

Watched this game with my magpie flatmate who wonders how the hell we're in the lower reaches of the championship off that performance. If only he knew, nevertheless it was nice to watch him sweat during extra time and penalties. It was nice to watch rovers and feel *something*, the owners can't take that away at least. But We could be so much more than this COYB Venkys Out

This is so incredibly shite from both teams that it's genuinely entertaining🤣🤣

His record looks better when you look at his minutes played. A goal every 125 minutes. Will admit he looked a bit clumsy in the highlight reel

I sometimes wonder how easy it would be to run a 'ITK' account. Just follow the crowd enough and you're bound to get something right. And if you're wrong then 'something changed at the last minute'

Perhaps the rule in european comps which require a number of players trained at your club. (I think its 4 but not sure)

I thought Santa Cruz was sold for around £18m

If we were actually all in on the 'brentford' model, the Wharton money would give us a massive head start from where Brentford started. They only started getting £20m+ for players in their last few seasons in the championship. How many good, young, championship level players could a competent club get in if they were allowed even half of what we might get for Wharton? Instead we will probably get more excuses and more muddling along in the lower reaches of the league