Devon Rover

All good points, Eddie, and I agree with them. There is no criticism from me, just stating a preference for attacking players taking penalties due to their more frequent striking of a ball towards goal - but it is no more meaningful or scientific than that! I was interested in the definite assertion that there were plenty of center backs that can take a good penalty and I wondered if there were or have been specific examples who play at championship level, and the evidence for that. Otherwise I think I'll keep going on my instincts and preference on this and be happy to be convinced otherwise.

I was genuinely interested in any examples at a similar level. My total lack of footballing experience isn't really relevant to my question. But the answer to yours is, no. Hopefully helpful.

Very occasionally a game comes along that reignites my love for, and pride in, this football club. This was one of them. A brilliant effort by every one of them, and by the manager.

Which championship-level center backs would you name? I respect the captain stepping up but I'd rather see an attacking player take a 'final' penalty every time. Same goes with England.

No person in the world!

Yes and not very good there either. But he is playing cm tonight and he is shit

I think Moran might be one of the worst central midfielders I have ever seen play football

Virtually Newcastle's strongest 11. Aside from any other aspect, their central midfield is going to rip ours apart. A painful couple of hours ahead. As said by others, I do fear the potential terminal damage to the flimsy morale if we take a thrashing here. Let's hope I'm being way too pessimistic about this....

That'll get picked up in a urine test, at some point.

The stuff of Post Traumatic Stress Disorders!

Same here. I got my Rovers shirt on, began to convince myself we might just nick something here. Then I saw the line up and that central midfield. Demoralising. Inevitable really with the squad we've been left with. Also, a big game, big experience, and it is being given to some loanees who haven't done much at all in league games. Developing other teams' (dubious) prospects. The magic of the FA Cup.

And with that, the gap to the relegation zone is down to 4 points. Need wins. Others are getting them when it matters. We aren't good enough.

If anything sums up how awfully our squad has been ripped up, it is these words.

Have our scumbag owners, their representatives, or employees (Broughton) made that trip over to negotiate a "pre-contract", yet? Surely not another lie...

I agree re PL. But a Middlesbrough, Hull, West Brom etc, or one of the relegated teams would jump at the chance. As he would with them and, frankly, who could blame him.

Qpr winning at Bristol City. Lose this from 2 up and I really, really fear for our confidence levels

Looks like Wharton is in the starting 11

I'll be hugely surprised if we get anything from this match other than comfortably defeated

Horrible performance. Absolutely dreadful and doesn't bode at all well for the next games.

If it is an issue that only seems to actually affect Rovers transfers, then surely it isn't really an issue with the software, more the competence (or motivations) of the users?

I guess the official announcement that our head coach has left, due to the incompetence of the owners and their acolytes, is tomorrow's Embarrassing Rovers News Story, then... Just the 24 hours before the next crucial relegation match. Twats.

I agree with this. But I do want to add my thanks to J*B for attending and reporting back. What has been reported (and circulated), though, has only made me feel more angry and, despondent. I'm not sure the meeting really gained anything more than this kind of impact, did it?

As above, so our current situation is about chronic financial and owner mismanagement, appalling and embarrassing approach to transfers and basic club administration, no clear overall strategy, terrible ticket pricing, etc. Yet somehow that has been turned into it all being about the poor players being upset by the fans, who are at fault in all this. This is dreadful spin and these players, frankly, look like they have played their part in it, today. Especially having a whinge whilst their coach is left out of the meeting. Fuck them. This club is a corrupt cesspit. An empty (chicken egg) shell. I think I'm finished with it. I want to be, now. But I fear I'll be hanging on a bit in the vain hope somebody will save the club, somehow.

Hopefully a really bloody bad one

Just the one that had any real cost, eh?! I wonder what might connect those two things.