Exiled_Rover

For all the shit I give him (he's not very good), he wouldn't be doing his job correctly if he wasn't trawling message boards.

With Priti Patel in charge that's a dangerous assumption.

We've just seen our 18 year old and Liverpool's 19 year old play with slippers on in a dominant performance - and technically the 2 starters (although I wonder how long that will last for!) were on the bench or playing RB... yep people are still pining after some midfield destroyer. Beggars belief, really.

Mowbray would never have played Phillips and Wharton. Credit to Broughton and JDT for a) recognising their talents and b) trusting them.

I can only imagine they'd had a few drinks in the office and had the Blackpool - Rovers game on in the background. "Go on then, for a giggle let's put in a bid".

I mean he's played at a level only perhaps Wharton and Phillips will be able to dream of. He knows how football works - money talks.

Does anyone know if the game is repeated on SKY?

And I'll tell you what, the striker that scored did NOT look happy. He clearly wants away.

Travis played well there in the second half against Stoke. We really didn't have anyone else to put there - not unless you played Carter there and asked Phillips to play twice in the week. I think the Edun sub was just game management as we've got another game in 3 days time. - needed fresh legs on and we simply don't have the squad (not with 4 out injured atm). I'd also add that Wharton and Morton absolutely bossed it in the second half against Stoke.

No.

They play different positions.

Heard the same from someone who knows their dad - he's right.

All this talk about teams tracking Phillips and Wharton sneaks in a performance like that on his full debut. Bloody hell, what a player he is.

Anyone else notice that kid in the crowd in the Liverpool shirt - with two older women. The PL clubs get their hooks into them early. 🤮

On reflection I think Travis went on a run and Morton dropped in to fill for him - just looked very odd.

Has he switched Travis and Morton?

Bloody hell I wish Sky were this critical when Mowbray was in charge. Can't stop mentioning the 3 defeats. When Mowbray was going through one of his death spirals he was a good manager and our current form was brushed over.

Szmodics was concussed on Saturday and is unavailable for selection today.

I'd love to ship JRC, Butterworth, Edun and Vale out - but they'll all be needed at some point during the season, unfortunately. Unless we have a monster transfer deadline day that is.

Genuinely, who else do you play in Dolan's place? Vale isn't up to it at this level - JDT knows that. Burns and Leonard are too young / unknown and need to go out on loan to prove themselves. That's it. That's why we signed Hirst.

Said sick note is probably the best player at the club - we've played him too much at the start of the year already, he shouldn't be asked to play twice a week. Said teenager is a wonderkid that a host of PL clubs want. Wharton has had a bad achilles injury and a niggle to start this year - hardly injury prone. Hyam apparently is an ever present, so there's your Matt Woods guy. We simply can't allocate MORE resources to the position without selling someone first.

I'm really happy that JDT saw the performances from certain individuals on Saturday and has benched them. I thought Travis was really good at RB and provides us with a good option there. Morton and Wharton were excellent in CM too. Buckley has been out of form for a while so he's rightly been benched. JDT isn't playing favourites here - he has no ties to any of these players.

5 CBs is more than enough for a back 4.

He'll be consigned to the bench when Hirst is eligible, but yes right now he plays. Who else do we have - Vale, Burns and Leonard.

Team is always number one.