As I've said - drop Kane, play Bellingham up front and Foden off him. Play Palmer / Gordon on the left. As for Rice, he's clearly a fantastic player and cleans up A LOT in defence, but no he's not a creative player. Again I wouldn't be surprised if Arsenal put in a cheeky bid for him after the summer, with Rice singing his praises. He's the perfect foil.

Or perhaps they should employ professionals to run the club competently. Fans would be willing to put their hands in their pockets and support the club in numbers if we simply looked like we had a coherent plan. Handing out contracts to a 37 year old Downing (who hadn't had a pre-season and looked sluggish the previous year) or a crocked Fleck reeks of panic. Letting Brereton, Lenihan, Rothwell et al leave for nothing then lamenting that there's a hole in the budget is comical. That's not even mentioning them repeatedly dragging our name through the mud with the O'Brien, Brierly and McGuire transfer debacles (and the many like Caulker which are usually swept under the rug). This is not a club to be proud of and hasn't been for 14 years.

There's a massive appetite for football in the region - you can see that just from the discounted ticket / family / Trust days. The problem is that the club is run by absolute clowns so there's nothing of substance to hang your support on.

Good luck to them - they have until September to fix their financial issues. We had about 5 days before we went bust in January. If the FA had any competency they'd have forced the Venkys to sell years ago. How they pass a fit and proper owners check is beyond me.

And got praise in the Guardian for taking advantage of a financially distressed club.

Two decisions, really. The Danish goal clearly wasn't offside.

I'd happily take him at Rovers.

Nah, they're good enough to win it all.

Completely bent result, but that's tournament football for you - you ride your luck and your brown manilla envelopes as long as you can. Very impressed with Denmark, feel for them here, they've been shafted.

Yellow card and a foul for what?

I hate those delayed run up penalties too. Should be outlawed.

🎵how much have you paid the ref?🎵

Yep, a clear goal.

Yes.

You've just spent 90 minutes listening to Danny Murphy. You're now listening to McCoist - a man that actually expresses joy at watching football. The studio stuff might be much worse (I never watch it), but I'd rather listen to McCoist than Murphy every day of the week.

The Germany player has clearly blocked the defender. It's football, not the NFL.

We won't get there unless he's brave enough to make changes - and we all know he isn't.

Again, Waggott is a shitbag, but Crystal Palace had us over a barrel thanks to the owners. We were a distressed seller - it was sell Wharton or default on payments to creditors.

Yes lets limp along, slowly drifting down the leagues so Stacey the cleaning lady can keep her job.

Twice the money for half the player.

They can't put a gun to his head and make him go - but yes it's a horrible club.

How does the court case have nothing to do with Rovers? They've not been able to send any money overseas since this court case began.

I don't think it's anything as sinister as that. I've no doubt that we've enquired about these players and have been outbid for all of them. We're operating on a L1 budget and we'll be offering L1 wages.

England are going to go out of the World Cup with a whimper I fear.

Nah they know we're desperate.