Well it's irrelevant when you first said it, I was quoting you from today, don't be pedantic for no reason. The point is you can't say he is doing what GB did when you're also describing him doing half the job GB did.

Well even by what you've just said, Gestede is doing half of what GB was doing as the role has been split into two.

I'm surprised the Polestar is cheaper than the MG5, they're usually more expensive by a fair bit. Is it used and the MG was new? From what I've seen, you're getting a better car.

And they've all been mixed bags. At fairly low expense.

I think it's mostly people who don't drive EVs, yes, but I think there are also people who had a bad experience with them a few years ago and think it's the same now. A friend of mine says he'll never get an EV again (I think he will in time when their reputations improve), because although he found his previous one a very enjoyable drive, he found charging to be a nightmare at times, especially when he went to Wales, which he does fairly often. Not sure he gets that even there the infrastructure is probably better than it was a few years ago. Polestars look like fine EVs. I know you've already got one, but if you're an MG fan you could have had a look at the MG Cyberster. Not that everybody is into that style of car, and it may not be practical to your purposes, but I think they look pretty sick, and the specs are all good.

20 minutes charging is a very good outcome, what are you driving again? Doesn't sound like you need an upgrade yet! The main limiting factor with cars like that at the moment is of course the speed of the chargers, as you showed the potential difference there. We don't just need more chargers, we need more of the fast ones. And take this new 1+MW charging capability, you want to be installing as many 1MW chargers as you can now for future proofing. Imagine if you have a car that can charge in 5 minutes, but you have to spend 45 minutes waiting for it to charge because the charger is too shit. It's the sort of thing that could slow adoption. It will definitely be because it's a specific model. BYD have numerous cars available over here, and whilst they're growing fast and don't have loads of presence here, have been selling cars in the UK for a few years. They'll be a household name here pretty soon. They make cars for China first, and China has very different safety standards that are also geared more to the conditions over there. Their initial designs are sometimes short of NCAP standards, and they usually need to do a bit of a redesign to get them ready for the European markets, that plus the left hand drive they start with means we usually get their cars a bit later and at higher costs than the Chinese and other Asian markets do. They're setting up factories in Europe though.

Upside Down is, I think, in New Zealand. I had thought Australia until he said Nelson to Queenstown just now...though both those are also places in Australia. Either way, we can't really comment on the state of charging infrastructure there, he'll know better. Assuming it's NZ, last I knew it was a fairly left wing government there, but I see now it's not Ardern's lot anymore. The ruling party are described as centre-right rather than far-right from what I see, but by NZ standards they may be pretty far-right. If it's Australia, you're fucked, from what I gather both parties are nearly as bad as each other there, and are doing what they can to cement the two-party system in shady ways. Anyway, politics is of course a segue we're not supposed to go into, but good luck for your country in getting back on the right path to bring down pollution etc.

The commentary on sky is always different to the commentary on Rovers TV. We have our own in-house duo for commentary.

There have been a couple of major EV innovations in China from CATL, the world's biggest battery producer, and BYD, the world's second biggest battery producer and also a major car manufacturer now. BYD unveiled a car they've made which can charge at 1 MW (1000 KW), which is enough to charge 250 miles in 5 minutes A few weeks later, CATL unveiled a new battery capable of being charged at 1.3 MW, the Shenxing Superfast Charging Battery that can add 323 miles of charge in 5 minutes. This puts EVs pretty close to being on par with combustion cars for topping up. A small enough difference as to not matter when you add in the ability to essentially 'refuel' at home for far lower prices. It means range anxiety will become an irrelevance, even if the technology doesn't go further still. The problem for the time being of course, is the chargers required for these cars. 1 MW chargers do exist in China, I'm not sure if they're installed in the west at all yet, but in both cases there are far too few and the infrastructure will need to be built. But it'll come.

2nd top scorer, a goal off top scorer, for a side who came very close to the playoffs. I think they'll see that as a decent signing for a squad player given where they finished. If they see him as the main man then yeh maybe they won't amount to much, but it's probably a squad player that can add some goals in tight games they're looking for.

He will have signed a juicy NDA, happily, with his greedy grubby little hands. He'll also be fully aware of the nefarious leverage Venkys will use if someone crosses them. He will ride off into the sunset and we will never hear from him again.

Of course it's good he's gone, and I always wanted him gone and never said he shouldn't go because the alternative won't be better. But it's happened now and it's natural to look to the future. On which count, we know from experience it will be another chancer, and if it isn't they'll be ostracised and leave or be fired.

Until they hire another chancer of a human shield to replace him.

Think you're being too kind there. I don't think he did know how to do that, especially the arrogance part.

Got to say, I'm happy Waggott is going. But it has to be tempered by the concern over who will be in his seat next. You have to hope for a competent, non-corrupt CEO, but history has shown that actually trying to get anything done as CEO here just gets you fired, or you get alienated and leave. I guess we can hope for non-corrupt and competent, but knowing when they'll have to keep their mouth shut and what battles to pick or else we will just get someone worse. As long as they don't treat fans like cash cows that would be an upgrade, but the real problems aren't going away until Venkys do.

Probably not under the new league requirements. The womens team would have to go fully professional, which without knowing exact details of that I'd estimate is close to a 500k a year commitment. And I think other expenditure was required too. On top of that, you can't just operate without a CEO. We will have to bring a new one in, and whilst I'm certain we would downgrade the pay, it probably won't be by 500k... Tbh the womens team ship has sailed, we have already confirmed we aren't entering the league again.

Should be pretty easy if you just don't mention Rovers until you're there and keep her away from that article.

This statement demonstrates he didn't do his research before joining us at all. He has come in naive to the reality here. If he does somehow have us challenging for the playoffs again in January, we all know the script from there.

There's nobody to be sold for more than about 3 million. Travis or Brittain, maybe Tronstad, could feasibly attract something like that. Carter maybe, he was once touted as being worth about 8 mill, but I think his stock has tanked with injuries and loss of form. There is no golden goose anymore since Szmodics and Wharton.

That money can't have ran out already.

An extension option is very rarely up to the player. They're usually purely for the club to decide whether to activate, and have been here in every single case I'm aware of.

Damien Duff wasn't a Rovers fan. He just enjoyed his time here. And had played, and shone, in a World Cup. He won Ireland's player of the tournament award, and for me was one of the very best left wingers in the world at that time.

It wasn't cleverly worded, it was just a lie. An impediment isn't something that categorically prevents something, it is a hindrance, an obstacle, an encumberance. To say there are no impediments was always a lie. To have to allocate twice as much money is definitely an obstacle. It can be crossed, but absolutely it impairs the ease with which money can be sent.

That's not a vindication of a player. Jason Lowe was picked by several consecutive managers, and he was dogshit. Then when he left he fairly promptly sank down to League Two. Not before getting his third relegation by age 27. Sometimes managers are wrong.

Scotland or League Two. Probably the former.