Not many teams get out of this league with a good faction of experienced players. It’s a long hard season.

There was a bit of that, both of the teams were run by guys from the office side of the business who had a tendency to pick their mates. Lads like me who were working on the shop floor weren’t in the clique.

There’ll be a reason he’s signing for Reading.

I only watched the first half. Norway were clueless, it appeared as though they were playing without a left back or a left winger. England were just streaming forward down the right hand side all the half. It could have been 10-0 if they could finish. I like their all white kit though, very classy.

Getting his replacement in before his big money move ? A very Brentford style signing.

Another element in this issue is the lack of works teams. When I was playing my company had two cricket teams playing every week. I was only good enough to play for the reserves at cricket. We had an enclosed ground with a full time groundsman. They also had a bowling green with a full time green keeper. Lots a big engineering companies did the same. They put good money in the sports and social side of work. Now the companies have all gone the grounds have gone the same way. My old ground has houses on it now as have all the other grounds I played on barring one. Any sport is like a pyramid, the bigger the base at the bottom the better the players are at the top.

Yes you’re right. These days it’s all about money. I can’t blame them for that, it’s a short career that can end in a moment. They’ll be looking at Dack and thinking - “ On the verge of a big money move and now 2 years older and struggling to regain his place in the Rovers team “.

Probably Bryan Douglas.

Just try a get an ex-footballer to pay at the gate to attend a match. Just once. If it’s not a complimentary they don’t want to know. There is no way 90% of them will pay. That’s how much they love football.

I’m not a fan myself. He hasn’t got a football brain. Bags of talent but no nous. He doesn’t know when to stick and when to twist. I’d have him back only if we couldn’t do any better, which is quite likely.

Just remind me who he was playing against yesterday Chaddy ? Was it Accy reserves ?

You’re a young kid and you get a shot at the first team. You’d be busting a gut to impress, 120% performance, giving it your all. Can you give it your all for the next game, and the game after that etc. ? I don’t think so, It doesn’t work like that.

Maybe they didn’t spend the best part of a week out in Portugal ?

If you can’t play on a pitch like there’s not much hope for you as a player.

I think he’s a decent bloke.

What’s Gary Lineker done wrong ?

I think he’ll do better than Armstrong has. Not difficult I know.

If the Chokers weren’t prepared to invest when we were sat in 2nd place after Christmas they aren’t going to invest now. I would have thought that was obvious.

That’s why most of them are shit at defending.

I wouldn’t exactly say brilliant but he would have been a good signing for us. Edit - Sorry I’m getting my players mixed up. I was thinking of somebody else.

I don’t agree, but even if I did what about the bench ? Football is becoming a 16 man game nowadays. How strong your subs bench is can be crucial.

The road to nowhere. Back exactly where we started from.

Any decent pacy winger looking at Costello on one wing and Pickering on the other would be fancying his chances.

Dead right, look at the team. It wasn’t all kids by any means.

Or Howard.