To a degree. I play on a Wednesday night with someone similar to Bellingham - plays as a False 9 / 10 / 8 (it's quite hard to get him to stick to one position, he just wanders around!) and demands the ball. It completely disrupts the shape and rhythm of the team - even though technically he's one of the better players there. Bellingham's performance last night reminded me massively of that - he was allowed to show up wherever he wanted and demand the ball. Meanwhile Foden and Rashford were clearly under strict instructions to stay to their wings to open up as much space as possible for Bellingham to operate in in the middle.

Probably, but he doesn't need to touch the ball as much as he does. He DEMANDS it from teammates rather than complementing them.

Want to bet on PNE not winning the FA cup?

He's not a winger, that's why. He was shoved out wide to accommodate Jamie Tartt - sorry Jude Bellingham.

We look much more dangerous with Watkins at #9 cos he's actually willing and able to run in behind. Kane lumbers around getting in the way.

I hate watching Kane play CF. He always drops so fucking deep. Why aren't you in the 6 yard box you lumbering oaf.

If you want to go deeper, we're one of only 15 clubs to win ANYTHING this century (not counting L2, L1, Championship titles).

I'd suggest Batty and Duru are the next two men up on the Academy conveyer belt. Especially when you consider the lack of squad depth there (unless they somehow find the money to sign Ribeiro to a longer contract in the summer). Don't know much about the central defenders, but they younger ones are quite highly rated I gather. Garrett - wow, what has happened there? He always struck me as a tidy, intense CM. He held his own in the Championship - he seems to have fallen off a cliff this year. You'd think he'd be the first name on the team sheet in L1, never mind L2.

Travis, Carter, S. Wharton - all mainstays in the team. JRC is fine (if he wasn't constantly injured) and Buckley is a busted flush. The Academy produces one or two PL talents every five years. That's simply the nature of the beast - we're in a ridiculous catchment area (Liverpool, Man City, Man U, Everton) so we don't get the absolute cream of the crop, but we make the best of what we do get our hands on. It's also why their policy of relying on the Academy to fund the club AND produce more than half of the starting XI is doomed to fail - even if it has saved them for the past five years. When Phillips and Finneran are being stolen from the cradle you have no chance.

4 years and we're still no closer to a resolution. No wonder India is a lawless state.

If that's not a Venky's plant it's someone that needs their voting rights removed because they're too stupid for this planet.

Are you not even slightly concerned that the manager we ran off had those journeymen loanees and Academy graduates in 5th for most of the year and the new bloke has them looking like a bunch of strangers?

Their owners aren't actually that wealthy - they're certainly not billionaires. They've done the whole thing on finance.

They're never getting their money back (if it even is their money).

From 'significant January investment' to 'summer rebuild' in 4 matches. Ismael's career at Rovers is going at warp speed.

He's learning a lot then.

Do we have a Director of Football?

We should be so lucky. The authorities quickly step in when players aren't paid. Seriously doubt we've got to that stage... yet.

Is that the Issa brothers? Aren't they both a bit shady (and apparently Manchester United fans)?

What growth potential do Oxford or Luton have? ALK Capital, the company (investment group) that own Burnley, only have a net worth of £190m. Yes Pace runs that show on smoke and mirrors and it's a house of cards waiting to fall down, but it shows that you don't have to be a billionaire to make an impact. We just want honest, committed owners who employ the best people they can to run our club. By all accounts there have been multiple interested parties over the years, but the Venky's won't even entertain offers.

Are you willing to get thrown in an India jail for disrupting an IPL / Indian international match? I know I'm certainly not.

Many will. I'm one of three who won't be going next season. A few round me won't be returning next season either (they were distraught at losing to Cardiff, and these people have endured Celtic and City fans in the stand around them).

And ultimately achieved nothing...

The problem you have, which has been highlighted before, is that we've tried protesting. We got minimal support from Parliament, we were lambasted as racists by the rest of the football community and the press. We've also tried fan delegations going over to speak to the owners and building up a rapport. Nothing has worked. We're in a unique situation - no pressure the fans can put on the club will have an impact. For whatever reason the owners do not give a shit about the club, but also don't seem to give much of a shit about throwing away millions of pounds on it either. Every other club people could mention the owners didn't want the public embarrassment / financial worry of owning a failing enterprise and were convinced to walk away. This lot seem impervious. People talk about not renewing etc - we're down to 4k adult season ticket holders and home crowds of 12-13k. Most people have already walked away in disgust. Sure we can chip away again and lose another 1k or so, but they'll just close the Academy and let us limp on in to League 2 and beyond.

I think there'll quickly be a groundswell of support for protests if the results on the pitch continue like they are. JDT and Eustace were papering over the cracks and letting Waggot and co have an easy ride. It looks like their gamble with this French lad hasn't paid off and they're in for a world of pain. It's actually very amusing because I think they thought they'd played a blinder - £750k compensation money for Eustace, Ismael in on a 3.5 year career to assuage any fears about no 'long-term' planning and a pathetic 'allez le bleu' marketing campaign.