The Premiership is definately becoming boring. Whereas once the majority of teams considered themselves in with a chance of a trophy at the start of the seasons this is now the preserve of only the top four clubs.

I no longer look forward to the season as a whole but only to individual games. It is still exciting to face the 'big' teams such as Chelsea, Man U and er Birmingham City in that particular game but over a whole season 90 percent of clubs no that they cannot compete.

To bring back the excitement of yesteryear I suggest the following Europe wide regulations for top flight clubs be introduced by UEFA.

1) Only one non-European player to be allowed in any club's squad.

2) A maximum first team squad of 24 players.

3) Five players in the first team squad to be under 23 years of age and, of these, two to have played at youth level for the club.

4) Ten percent of gate receipts given to the away club.

5) Clubs can only add to squad in transfer window if a player is also leaving the club.

6) A salary cap to be introduced at 25% above the current average wage of the big four leagues in Europe (England, Germany, Italy, Spain). Only increasing with inflation. Clubs with existing wages above this level continue without increase until under this level.

7) None of the above to apply Birmingham City who will be automatically promoted to the Premiership and be protected from relegation, in recognition of their status as a 'massive' club.

Some of those rules are similar to the a-league, like the squad of 20, salary cap etc

Kristian Sarkies

I see him making it to a european club one day in the not so distant future

Rovers 3-1 Portsmouth

Dragon

Roberts

Gally

1. Chelsea

2. Arsenal

3. Liverpool

4. Man U

5. Tottenham

6. Rovers

7. Newcastle

8. Everton

9. Middlesbrough

10. Sheffield Utd

11. Charlton

12. West Ham

13. Bolton

14. Fulham

15. Portsmouth

16. Wigan

17. Man City

18. Aston Villa

19. Watford

20. Reading

Neill

Good result, also i think bentley can do the job at cm

"Acuna faded badly after a promising start and his lack of speed may ultimately count against him when Hughes decides whether to offer him a contract or not." Citizen

What were everyone's thoughts on him in the game?

Good read bob!

Seems a bold move to drop beckham, the right one i believe though

Bentley english u21 call up

Rovers 2 - NZ 0

Does this photo show Neil was made Skipper for todays game?

When nelsen doesn't play lucas gets the band, well he did last season. So taking it away from him now will be even more reason for him not to sign a contract

Green Green Grass of Home- Johnny Cash or

'Til The End- The Living End

Great work by rovers, when they want someone who is interested, they come efficiently....... Is JWand MH German? haha

I can see this season as gally's and mceveley's chance to become members or sold at seasons end.

Taylor and co will have a season or two more to prove themselves at this level

You sure...I thought this was an official name change?!?

No, as i understand i think he just wants gamst as his shirt name, seeing as it is also his favourite nickname

It's the mirror.

Yeah, the mirror smells like cheese.........

'trade' of your draft positions - jipes like it wasn't complicated enough already, only in America.

Actually australian rules football uses a draft system, you get allocated drafts picks from your ladder position and you can trade draft picks for players and any uncontracted player can enter the draft

Jeffers is small... erm, hardly the biggest of crimes. I didn't know their was a height quota when it came to rating strikers.

Wouldn't that make crouch and zigic two of the best strikers going around, even in history.................... not a go at you james

So people jumping on mcevely being at fault for being on for 1 minute, but hasn't lee just said that it was agathe at fault?

Does fiorentina still think they will hold onto toni? I heard there president saying eariler he was going nowhere

http://www.rovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/New...~870020,00.html

did roberts impress the people on the board in his 30minute game time?

they retire shirt numbers in american sports like baseball, ice hockey etc and hang them up around their stadiums.

wayne grezky(sp) 99 shirt number of the ny rangers is retired and the whole of the nhl too.

In oz the footy players numbers get retired for a few years from good players and then are given to a top prospect. Also if you play a 100 games in a number for a club your name is written on the locker of the corresponding number and stays their forever

PR, we did have a back three

Neill, Moore and Popovich

Yeah, and that is why bresciano started on the bench, so we could have a back 3