When signing players I think we should ask one basic question. Is he better than what we have? In my opinion he’s better than Evans and Smallwood so yes. We were rather toothless particularly late on so perhaps that’s been addressed. Centre halves now...

It’s the summer. Its football Ish. It’s on tv. People will watch. I’ve watched. But for me this is up there with televised sporting non events such as the boat race or the London marathon. And at least in the London marathon there’s fancy dress rhinos.

This weekend heard on the radio Jill Scott is England’s most capped player. Fair enough. But the sentence finished with beating peter Shiltons record. I nearly exploded. As if stats are gender neutral. Still winding me up thinking about it. Then once I’d composed myself someone called Marta became Brazil's top goalscorer in world cups, ahead of Ronaldo and Pele. And could go past klose for all time record. It’s just not same. Take it for what it is non league amateur football but not being sexist or a misogynist...just objectively it’s shite.

Bottlers.

I can’t see us taking 1000 to be honest. That said friendly or not it is the only fixture that is remotely interesting to me including the actual season so if others thinking the same demand may be higher that I expect.

There’s plenty of stiff competition but he’s got to be one of the worst players to pull on the famous blue and white.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/av/football/48736727 sign this lad up.

Another “sell out” at OT today where there are swathes of empty seats. The governing bodies have a lot to answer for with the ticketing system. Plenty available on the tout sites. Really don’t know how they’re allowed to get away with it.

We can bring in as many veteran midfielders as he likes but until he addresses the issues at defence, specifically centre halves, and by his own admission our collective inability to head a ball it’ll be another 70 ish goals conceded.

Well anyone we sign is automatically behind Bennett in any position then there’s the old pals brigade so quite possibly.

Best team in it on paper but we’re just not winners. It’s why we won’t win the tournament. The only consolation is it doesn’t matter if finish 1st or 4th. Not played a decent side yet but lost twice. With Australia, India and New Zealand to come Sri Lanka are right back in this.

Without knowing Downing’s wages hard for me to feel much either way. If he’s on big money that’s a poor signing if on peanuts it’s average. I suspect we’re panicking and he’s a body. Hope I’m wrong

The sky sports derby.

Might just be me but as I was looking down the list for games to look forward to pretty much weren't any. Suppose it’s only June and there’s time left for a slow burning interest in a few.

Bizarre. Just bizarre. The LDV vans one will be taking place next to the bins presumably. Suppose it’s in the right country and not taking place at some ridiculous time in the morning.

Bit of land of hope and glory, Jerusalem, I vow to thee my country. Just the ticket.

If there’s one good thing at least won another penalty shootout. Next time we have one we’re going in on 2 consecutive wins. So hopefully all the media chat won’t be well lads getting ready to fail on pens.

We’ll gradually be conditioned not to celebrate goals for the mandatory check. Then if allowed the moments gone.

Also for things like hand ball if they review in slow motion it’s a totally different animal and distorts the reality of the situation. Tried it. It’s failed. Move on.

I always thought I it was a necessary thing just to get the decisions right. But when the decisions are borderline and the faffing about it’s makes the game much worse.

Like in rugby union this’ll turn into the question is there any reason whatsoever we can disallow the England goal. Happy to go back half an hour if necessary. Opposition won’t get checked.

Yeah I love the old stuff. “On a pitch barely fit for play rovers take one hell of a beating”. Also like not one of 55,000 home fans thought they would lose. Funny they thought the same in 2002

This is true but the wedding is in Exeter and there’s no trains, no flights and after a skin full don’t fancy driving 7-8 hours and 450 miles to Glasgow. Technically could make it but would be a mission of endurance than enjoyment. No doubt if the game was Exeter away I’d be at a wedding in Glasgow.

Ha. Give me that barrel of tits any day. The thing that irritates me the most about waggott propaganda is I foolishly take him at his word. I would much prefer him say look we’re Blackburn Rovers not Barcelona, we’re £150 million in debt we need to cut our cloth accordingly and if that means signing has beens the wrong side of 35 like downing and Whelan then that’s our reality. If during our search we unearth an 18 year old Lionel messi then we’ll sign him. Where he would no doubt watch Elliott Bennett for a season from the bench.

We’re like a young lad on the pull. Starts the night with lofty designs on drop dead gorgeous girls. But finishes the hunt at 2am in the kebab shop with some rotter. Which is fine but don’t bang on about the stunners when we all know it’s an anything will do job