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11 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Or he could be the new Danny Murphy. Ramsey was a Rolls-Royce of a player in his hey day but he’s not done much for a few years.

Yeah definitely a risk of being another Danny Murphy.

Aaron Ramsey has rejoined Cardiff.

He's 32 but if he can stay clear of injuries, potentially be a great signing for them.

Weston for the 3rd. Don't really know alot about him but good to see another academy player getting involved (and scoring)

Szmodics makes it 2

5-0 Trav with a 40 yard lob.

Edit: According to Sharpe, Trav has been excellent today.

Edit, edit: Rovers twitter reckons it was 45 😋

4-0 JRC having a stormer

Leonard scores and makes it 2.

Glad to see him on the scoresheet.

1 minute ago, neophox said:

Any goals?

Nope 

0-0 at half time 

Good to see players like Batty, Leonard, Grady-Macken & Gilsenan getting a chance. It's only game 1 of preseason but let's hope 1 or 2 catch the eye of the gaffer.

It's only pre season but Rovers are back!

7 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Each of these options looks better than the one Rovers went with…& don’t get me started on non-reversed halves…😆

Ok, these look way better and now I don't like the new kit as much.

I like the shirt but I really wish we were sponsored by someone with a better logo.

9 hours ago, Gavlar Somerset Rover! said:

Leeds feel like a side that will either run away with promotion, or won’t even make the play-offs.

Farke is quite a sensible appointment (especially for Leeds), I reckon they'll be up there

Sheff Wed have appointed Xisco Munoz. I think he got Watford promoted? (But sacked soon after?)

Another one that could work out very well. 

Although he's had 2 jobs after Watford and not been very good in either, so who knows 🤷 

Leeds in talks with Farke. Could go either way bit I reckon he'll do alright there.

6 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Hodgson appointed manager for 23/24 season - News - Crystal Palace F.C. (cpfc.co.uk)

 

Strange appointment that, not sure why they have decided to re-appoint Roy, a 75 year old bloke, as their manager again. Seems incredibly lazy.

He came I'm last season to save them from the mess Viera left them in and he did a good job and kept them up. 

But that was surely the short term plan and they were doing their homework and getting a list of managers together in the background who could come in this season? 

How are they going to push forward with such short term planning. Don't think they will go down but another season of just staying up seems to be all they are bothered about.

2 hours ago, K-Hod said:

Main problem I have with the Totally Wicked sponsorship is their logo- it looks absolutely toss.

Agreed, looks awful.

On 15/06/2023 at 15:37, Mellor Rover said:

Leicester getting one of Pep's coaches as first team manager. 

And that's now been confirmed 👌

Gerrard's off to manage in Saudi by the looks.

Removes another potential option for Leeds/Leicester.

1 minute ago, J*B said:

Wonder if Brum have a % sell on..?

They would have been crazy not to include one, surely? 

6 minutes ago, goozburger said:

There were reports that a club in Saudi Arabia (one of the four now owned by the state) had offered Lionel Messi €1bn for a two-year contract (€9.6m per week).

Karim Benzema has already gone to Saudi Arabia for a reported €400m two-year contract (€3.8m per week), including as an ambassador for their 2030 World Cup bid.

Ngolo Kante is on the verge of moving to Saudi Arabia, too, for a report €100m two-year contract (€1m per week).

They are throwing money around at big names, presumably in an all-out effort to land the World Cup in 2030.

Yeah I saw that Kante was going for big money and they're obviously chucking silly money at Messi to try and get him across. 

I keep seeing random Twitter posts (from like Sportsbible and similar accounts) asking if people believe the Saudi league is one of the top 5 in the world.

Seems to be a huge push from them, as you say, probably in a bid to land the WC.

Messi is joining Inter Miami, rather than a sensational Barca return (as has been mooted in the press)

Bellingham is set to join Real Madrid for €100m. He's going to be some player that kid.

Zlatan retires at 41.

35 year old Karim Benzema to leave Real Madrid to join Al-ittihad for a reported £200m per year on a 3 year contract. 

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

But they aren't in the PL anymore but the have massive problems to sort out there including playing squad with some good players to leave, Players needed in, what planning has gone into signings, no DoF which JDT works with. 

They have Director of Football until they sacked him and Garcia cos he still backed him in. 

Yes, I know they are not in the premier league anymore it was merely a comparison of where their potential new owners would sit with regards to wealth, which I read in an article a couple of months ago (when they were in the prem). I don't have a comparison for the championship but it's irrelevant anyway, the point is that they would be backed by wealthy owners, who are likely to have a strong desire to bounce back to the prem at the first time of asking.

They could easily appoint a new DoF and then JDT (or the other way around, makes no difference). He joined us and had to play catch up, it would be a lot easier to do that with a big transfer kitty.

Playing squad will need some work no doubts but that's the same for most teams that are relegated.