Last season I went to Atherton Colls, Atherton LR (twice), Darwen, Euxton Villa, Wythenshawe Town (for a NWCL final), Chorley and Bamber Bridge. One thing that non league games invariably give is value for money and two committed teams. At both Atherton LR games it was free admission of you had a season ticket for a PL or EFL club. And one thing every non league club does is make you feel welcome. Hopefully there will be opportunities next season to visit a few more grounds.

Sky are reporting a £10m agreement between that lot and Bayern for Kompany to go. Funnily enough it didn't say who was paying who. 😃😃

Sorry to hear about the passing of your mum Tyrone. Please accept my condolences.

They did Gav but it was on the back of finishing seventh and two successful cup runs. There was a good feeling about the place and if the coming seasons deal was on the table then I believe we would have shifted a lot more. any marketeer would say strike whilst the iron is hot. I think this new offer will appeal to the majority of existing season ticket holders and It will induce quite a few new ones particularly with the under 12 price at £23. A close friend rang me yesterday asking about prices. He took his grandson to four or five games last season and when I told him how much it would be for the two of them he expressed a strong interest. As many have said on here they have to be priced right and this offer is a step in the right direction.

Hopefully your dad is at peace now. Sorry for your loss.

On the upside at least he saved himself £10 😉😁

Without a doubt and sums Waggott up to a tee.

All but two of these goals were pre Venkys. That says so much about the last fourteen years.

I'm pleased to hear that. These clandestine meetings are often counter productive and invariably have a hidden agenda.

That's a bit unfair. Weren't you at the meeting with the senior players and Waggott when things were said that couldn't be made public?

The information I was given was that we accepted the first offer which came on the day of the Wrexham game and the deal actually stalled on the Wednesday with Palace threatening to pull out.

And for all these extra coaching staff, sports scientists, analysis and data is it a better product? I personally don't think so.

I was told it was their first bid and came in on the Monday of the Wrexham game. Adam and his representatives were told that the bid had been accepted and he was immediately pulled from the team to play against Wrexham although it was later agreed he could be on the bench but wouldn't be coming on. The day after he was on an early train to London.

The fact he has now tripled his value is down to playing 16 games for Palace? He is playing with and against better players I'll give you that but Palace took advantage of our perilous financial situation and knew we needed money. It was the first offer they made and Rovers snapped their hands off. Parrish played a blinder and knew the cards were stacked in his favour. The bid was timed to perfection as He had done his homework and knew that an Indian court had adjourned the case resulting in no money coming over. They knew what they were getting and exploited our financial situation.

It really is incredible to me that after the Digital Day fiasco Rovers are still doing what appears to be their utmost to annoy people. I'm no expert but if I was in charge on merchandising I would want as much footfall in the shop/ticket office as possible. I often go in person to buy tickets for away games and quite often have come away with something I didn't intend going in for, an impulse buy. The £10 charge for renewing in person is immoral in my view and will only achieve further angst amongst supporters who want to do it this way. The Harrogate game was an example of this when tickets could only be bought online providing a couple of criteria were met. I really tried to comply but the website wouldn't allow me to link mine and my granddaughters accounts to buy them both. I couldn't but hers separately because of her age. After a frustrating time trying to do it I was really on the verge of saying f*** it and just not going. I eventually rang the ticket office and they got one of their staff to arrange it. Rovers simply have to understand that some fans haven't got the wherewithal or equipment to buy the digitally. It's a really simple solution and one that has worked for many, many years. Give people a choice without fleecing them instead of discriminating against them.

And yet the club he left owns have had around eight managers since 2015. Neville is a walking hypocrisy.

The word is that Venkys will soon be gone and will be replaced by a cousin of the current Manchester City owner. His name is Sheikh Anvac. His first brief will be to put the freshness back.

I think Tomasson gave him the platform to play and Adam thrived under his style of play. Adam did an interview at the end of last season and praised Tomasson and the way he had handled him. Tomasson himself praised Adam's ability on the ball but said he needed to do more out of possession. In his interview Adam agreed and having seen him a few times for Palace his defensive work has definitely improved.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/13140614/from-blackburn-to-england-who-is-adam-wharton No Rovers footage on this but it's a snapshot of what our more learned supporters saw.

Joe Rankin-Costello said that Adam puts a disguise on his passes that he hasn't seen any other player do. After I saw Adam play a few times in the under 21's I said he had the potential to be an England player. It's really galling to me that when Rovers sold him there was a quote from the club which said that 'Palace had met our valuation'. I said at the time what qualifies the likes of Waggott, Broughton, Suhail and the idiotic ones to put a valuation on any player?

I'm really pleased for Adam and his family and anybody with any sense could see his potential coming through the ranks at Rovers. Hearing this though only increases my intense dislike of Waggott, Pasha and the owners. The fee we got for him was well below what many thought he was worth and we were right and not with the benefit of hindsight. Of course he is playing on a bigger stage in the PL and with better players but the majority of us could see what he had playing in an average Championship team. Palace completely took advantage of the financial situation that the owners have put themselves in through their questionable business dealings. Unforgivable.

I believe that will be the brief to Eustace next season. The budgets will once again be trimmed and the extra revenue from Sky will be used to keep the lights on. I too was told that Broughton was effectively made redundant and as such cannot be directly replaced under employment law. There could be an appointment but it won't be like for like. It's a real mess.

And cheap.

I saw both games against Franchise FC and was impressed with several Crawley players. Kelly was very good but Orsi and Lolos also took the eye. I have seen Raith play several times this season too and really like the look of their goalkeeper Kevin Drabrowski. He is about 6' 5" and dominates his penalty area. Good shot stopper and with the ball at his feet. I don't get to snobbish about where the player comes from and use Szmodics as an example. If they are hungry and have some attributes that we can work on to make them Championship standard then I would go for them.

De Zerbi is leaving Brighton they have announced. Interestingly I read a few days ago this was going to happen and that Brighton would be trying to bring Kompany in. It makes sense to me given the way they want to play.