I think when you are the size of Markandey, to play at this level or higher, you either have to be really quick, or really, really good on the ball where you can glide past people. For me he has neither, so a career in league one/two probably awaits, not that it's anything to turn your nose up at of course.

A common theme since this ownership rocked up is that whenever you think "x can't be as bad as y", they usually are and Pears and the other keepers we have had in the last couple of years is solid proof.

We haven't beat Norwich at Ewood since the days of steve kean. 5 defeats and 1 draw in the last 6 at Ewood. That won't change here.

As long as he doesn't have us marooned into the bottom 3 or call out Suhail, he will be here as long as he wants to be.

That wouldn't have happened because the owners will always find a way to sabotage that.

No doubt Wharton will be sold for a nice big fee just as any other payments due to the club start to end. I hope he stays at Palace and walks away for nothing rather than help venkys keep the lights on a little longer.

You have to get behind him and give him a chance. Gut tells me this isn't going to work out well though. Let's see.

Why though? How on earth are them pair qualified to have a say on who becomes a head coach at a club this size?

If I know venkys rovers, and I am pretty sure I do by now, at this stage of the season I will be amazed if we win more than 2/3 of them. Expecting quite a few defeats out of that lot, with maybe a token draw or two thrown in.

Nobody is bothered, that's why.

That's sooo 1991.

The first team haven't done that in front of fans since November 2019!

Not sure he "bombed" there having them in the top 6. West Brom are 5th, higher than us.

Ismael hasn't even got a promotion on his CV.

Rovers 0 Norwich 2 Out of the play offs never to be seen again.

Give over Chaddy. The only "structure" here is doing everything on the fly season by season and by doing it as cheaply as possible. Please don't kid yourself that there is any real structure going on here.

As predicted.

How's that £30 on O'Neil looking?!

No chance of Gerrard. Now Karanka isn't happening, I'm going Ismail or Lowe.

They don't care about that. He ticks every box for them. Cheap, desperate to get back in, promotion on the CV.

It's going to be Karanka, I have come to terms with it. No chance of Duff.

No they haven't.

No chance you get 5,000 at Pride Park. Max allocation is 3,100 but most teams seem to have somewhere between 2,600/2800.

Andy Bayes saying that Lowe will be in charge this weekend, and after over 100 applicants for the job the last few days have been spent "shortlisting", and that interviews will begin soon. No rush with this lot is there!

If Gerrard was there, there definitely would have been some sort of leak, or photo or something. Especially as there is a vacancy here! I think it's untrue personally.