Nearly enough there for a decent game of Bullshit Bingo! Perhaps we could raise a few quid for the club by running a sweepstake on which of the above will be the most frequently spouted by the drongoes.

It's all just noise, until there is someone through the door (either way). SSShhhhh! Can you hear a WAGGOTT sing? NO-Oh, No-oh! Waggott-Pasha-Venkys OUT!

A whole 6106 at Bramall Lane this evening..

Sheff Utd v Cardiff very sparsely attended this evening... Not up for the Cup elsewhere either 😉 Good goal from the Cardiff youngster just now - Ashford - similar look about him to young Leonard, but apparently better shooting boots...

Shearer wasn't massive, just focused and tenacious... Matt Jansen wasn't a giant either 😉

Nail. Head. Are you listening, Venksters?

It speaks volumes, the deafening silence from the 'recruitment team' down at Ewood. Rabbit? Hat? Behind the scenes activity?..... not holding my breath... Shit Sandwich? Desperation? Disbelief as another manager (this time a decent one with a safe pair of hands and a plan) heads for the exits? ..... if I was a betting codger, I'd probably wager a few quid on one of these scenarios.. Meanwhile down at Ewood..

Give some of the fringe players and kids a chance to shine. Boro will be looking to avenge our recent win at their place, and we don't have the resources for any kind of additional campaign outside the league. If a scratch team produces the goods then maybe that will be a way of strengthening the overall squad for the league challenge. If we never blood them, we will be forever in the dark about their potential.

West Brom forums and local rags awash with Eustace for the Baggies stories... Hmmm....

I see Chris McGuire is still stateside, despite having been touted as the next big thing for Rovers this time last year. If he was really all that great, surely there'd have been a queue of clubs clamouring for his signature in the wake of the Rovers debacle. Just goes to show what a bunch of clowns we have behind the scenes at our once proud club. Come on somebody, give us something to hang on to... ANYTHING?

Good to see Sammie still doing his thing in the Prem - just scored at Fulham. Why can't we find someone with his work ethic - surely there are players with the same engine and energy elsewhere in the Football League?

Yeah, ITK maaaaaaannnn.. like you know 😉 You don't.

Wash your mouth out man!

Surely you mean 'Schrodinger's Cash' 😉 I'll get me coash..

It is the same amount, adjusted for headline inflation at the time. It is fairly clear that any speculation about funds is pointless, as nobody outside of the inner clique has a cuckoo's clue what is available (or not). This thread would be better served if folk stuck to information about players who are a) available and b) a reasonable shout for an outfit with our characteristics (I know, that is likely to be a shallow pool! 😞 ) Is there ANY rumour worth discussing, about potential incomings or outgoings? COYB!

Can't get a stream as away today - how has JE set the team up?

Dingle Derby Day Dawns... Whilst I feel we have made massive progress under JE, I still can't shake off the feeling that the Dingles will have too much about them to allow us to restore our pride in the way we most surely all hope we will one day. Football is tidal, tribal and terrible for letting fans down at crucial moments, and we had many years of similar financial, tactical, professional and performative superiority that our six fingered 'cuzzins' down the road had to endure in the way we have been force fed by the Venky era. We'd all love it if it was a level playing field again, or even better if the odds were stacked in the Blue and White favour... It is a game of football. We have home advantage and a wily and insightful manager who is getting more than a decent tune from his well drilled team of misfits, might-have-beens, and folk-heroes in the making.. All we can do is our best, on the field and from the sidelines. So, one and all - COYB!!

Like Rovers have ever been proactive under the Wanksters 😠 It just isn't going to happen like that. Having JE at the helm might help to achieve a better long term outcome, but unfortunately the job description was written for a one-armed mute with low expectations and a passive attitude towards being gaslit.

Yes, that is something that is there for all to see, the team actually seem to like each other, and are incredibly demonstrative when we score and win. Yesterday's scenes after equalising were brilliant to see, and indicative of a group of players that are working well together, for the good of the team. Their bond with our excellent travelling support is great to see too - every player seems happy to engage, and Danny Baath's pleasure at notching yesterday was there for all to see and enjoy.

Keepers generally improve with age and experience into their late 20s and across their 30s, as their ability to read the whole game from the back increases over time and number of games completed. Where there are major flaws in their game, these can generally be coached out, assuming they are spotted and worked on. I think this is what we are seeing with Pears, whose stock will increase as his game gets better over time. Of course there are some attributes, and potentially significant ones that are sometimes fundamentally negative (e.g. height, reflexes, visual acuity) that remain as constraints on the level of development that is possible, But if you think of where Pears has come from, to where he is this season, it is clear that he has improved, has more confidence and, crucially, has the confidence of the players in front of him, The stats tell the story, and JE appears to be enough of a man-manager to be capable of making the decision to replace players for the good of his team, and he has stuck with Pears thus far. In JE we trust; In Pears' hands we hold our hopes. In Rovers we believe. COYB!

you cant concede 0 😉 (zero is a failure to concede!) But the point was well made. Fine margins in this division separate the winners from the losers. We need to increase our firepower and maintain our stinginess in defence if we wish to continue flirting with a top 6 position.

Oh my word! That is an amazing result for the Rovers. A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!!!! Bring on the Dingles! COYBeauties!

We started out (the season) with nothing, and we still have most of it left... COYB!

That's the spirit!

Cricket score, miserly bore-fest, rub of the green, avalanche of goals, nicking one in the last minute, heroic last stand...NONE of it really matters! What actually matters is that we can go to Yarkshire with our heads held high and everything to play for - for a change! A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL! COYB!