We wouldn't get offered any compensation if we didn't offer him a pro, unless he was still in contract at the time. Which from memory I think he was. So probably still on his youth contract and Liverpool couldn't be arsed to wait til it ran out and see whether he got released. But he wasn't released, pretty sure of that part.

The goalie? Nah pretty sure he wasn't released, they bought him. Was rumoured to be about half a million. I remember being amazed as they were paying that for him to just be backup in the youth team, more than we have paid for a first team keeper in years.

Also weird, for him to be the only one missing out. Has 8 goals in 13 games! Must be either an attitude thing, or contract talks haven't panned out. (Before anyone says, unlikely to be because some other club has a deal lined up, as by not offering him a deal we lose our right to compensation)

That's fantastic, but dear god what happened to that child's eye?!?

Mercer, get off Sparks Rover's account.

That seems strange. Only 17 still and the Arsenal commentators were jizzing over him. Said he was the type of player that bigger academies would be looking to poach. I know it was only one game but definitely looked worth persevering with for another year or two at least. We don't seem especially flush with strikers at that level. 13 games 5 goals in the league, 4 games 3 goals in the cup, a few appearances for the u23s...doesn't fit the profile of someone we would usually release.

Thompson was a bit classy as well though. I loved that lil guy. Arte et Labore.

Shelves can go bare just from people buying a bit more than usual, or earlier than usual. Or a handful of loons. They're big items that take up a lot of space, so it stands out more too. Can't find hand sanitiser anywhere, but you don't notice it unless you're looking for some, as it's a much smaller item. But if you've seen people stocking whole trolleys of it, fair enough. Those people are morons. I can understand buying enough to last you a month or so (I don't have a family, so storing that amount for just me is easy) in case there are stocking issues after towns get locked down, but to buy insane amounts of it and forget that you need food in order to shit...

So those photos of trolleys full of the stuff, not just outliers that found their way into the media? You've seen a fair bit of it yourself? Over here I've only seen people getting one or two packs so far.

I reckon they'll find a use for it as...toilet paper. Gotta shit some time.

None of those defeats were more humiliating than Trelleborgs though. Amoruso was a total snail. Tough and great in the air but couldn't run. However, I still remember him bizarrely beating Michael Owen in a foot race once and wondering if I'd briefly slipped into an alternate dimension.

Sorry, why are you bringing up this total embarrassment of a result? Did my best to forget the whole thing happened. That said, I've just watched it anyway lol. I don't think I've ever seen a goal live a more charmed life.

Good point, and content for a point means shutting up shop, something which we frequently fail to overcome. If they come for a win they'll be more expansive and open to getting buttfucked by Arma and Rothwell's pace.

A few clubs monitoring Tosin. 20 million speculated fee.

Christ, you've got some memory, remembering the names of up to seven youth team players from 1958 who never made it!! Fair play!

See, you say they're distinctly average, but again, there are only two teams in the league with a better home record, and we are at their place. So again, why are they there for the taking? Being given the runaround by a team that would give pretty much every team in this league the runaround doesn't really answer that. Having 'nothing' to play for didn't stop them beating Sheff Weds 3-1 away last week either. Aside from the two home games against the league leaders, this is theoretically the hardest game we have left. I don't expect a win.

Why are they there for the taking? Third best home record in the league.

Bizarre logic that anyone deserves success because they belong to a large group of like-minded people. By that rationale (which is a generous word to use for it) Manure deserve to win the league every season and we didn't deserve a damned thing in 95 or 2002. Hell let's just have an attendance-off each year and forego the actual football matches. Absolute bollocks. You only deserve one thing - whatever you earn on that pitch. Newcastle fans have actually shafted the club on a few occasions by having zero patience and hounding managers out. There was a lengthy period where they simply couldn't get any stability because managers changed too often due to fan pressure. Too greedy for immediate success. They seem to have a better understanding of their place these days.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/march/lewis-links-up-with-fylde/ Lewis Thompson off on loan to AFC Fylde. Seems a stranger one than Vale, given he's a bit older, Fylde are a worse team than Barrow (battling relegation from the same league) and we are weak at left back. But experience of mens football is experience of mens football.

Any interest is a surprise.

Been starting to think similarly, that we need to start getting wins pronto. In theory I should be fairly relaxed, as we are only 3 points off and that can turn in a weekend. But I've been looking at the fixtures to come, and the home and away forms of the teams in question, and I'm thinking if we can't get wins soon we risk falling too far behind. Only 4 home games left, two of them against the best two teams in the league who also have the two best away records. Another is Bristol, who have the 4th best away record. The other is Reading, 10th in the away table, just above us. It's likely to come down to what we can do away in those 6 games. Derby first, who have the 3rd best home record. Also Cardiff to come, with the 6th best. Millwall with the 9th best. Then Barnsley (23), Wigan (22), Luton (17), all thankfully a bit more gash at their own grounds. We have the 7th best home record, 11th best away. Anything can happen on any given day, but I'm suspecting when the season ends we are going to really rue not getting any wins from those last 3 run outs we had.

I mean, to each their own and all that, but I didn't need to know!

Wow, this inconsistency really has been rampant lately. In a way this only makes me reflect even more on how much of a missed opportunity it has been though and how lucky we are to still be in the race.

A pie for a pound? Did you advise Tony Mowbray in the transfer windows on what player's fees and wages should be these days?

Yes, there were. Maybe he saw some fan saying we didn't need him, or there were negotiations and somehow something offended him at some stage. Alternatively, he's just an enormous flying cockwaffle with the emotional maturity of Donald Trump.