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To be fair, Clarkson could be a player and if he's as good as Elliott we'll be delighted but it still begs the question of why Rovers again failed to secure such a local talent as a youngster and why we continue to use the loan market that merely serves to help the development of Premier League clubs' young players instead of identifying and signing players of our own on permanent deals .

"I could have done things differently"..... Root after the game. Not good enough Joe. Why not be honest and admit you made a huge cock-up? This was a game that England could and should have probably have won. Instead it's been a humiliating defeat England under Silverwood are rapidly descending into the shambles similar to the 1990s. The batting is the weakest I can remember. Silverwood is responsible for selection and coaching and is the most powerful figure in English cricket since Ray Illingworth 30 years ago. He needs to turn the series around or he should go

You did.

Careful. You're not allowed to criticise the club

Perhaps he'll explain what he means by his statement. Rovers have a history of missing local young talent so it wouldn't surprise me if they missed another one

He's a Clitheroe lad. He says he played for "Rovers when he was younger". Rovers have missed plenty of fine local young players over the years. He looks like another one

But he says he "played here when I was younger"

Well there you go. You should have known better Pathetic. Silverwood out

So he played for Rovers when he was 4 and 5?

"I also played here when I was younger" So how did Rovers miss out on a lad from Clitheroe?

The lad Extras has played well this innings so far, England's second highest scorer behind Root.

This is becoming one of the most disastrous days in England's recent cricket history. Poor bowling and captaincy followed by yet another abysmal batting display.

Root's a wonderful batsman when he's on form but as captain he gets alot wrong. The match has now effectively slipped away from England And now he's missed a catch. Root has had a nightmare this morning

Scourge of England dies, aged 75 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58222495 Great player but my goodness, he caused us some pain

For the record, I was the messenger. West Ham fans including 2 close friends were convinced he was going.......... How gullible to get it wrong Again

They're Nixon stories from the Sun on Sunday, which means they're yet more fliers and highly unlikely to happen. Clickbait for the gullible

Who looks at these obscure and worthless websites run by spotty teenagers let alone take them seriously as a source of news? If you want proper news that is fit to print read a national newspaper that has stories sourced by credible and professional journalists. Anything else is clickbait for gullible people and a total waste of time

Bad defeat for Burnley losing at home to a team likely to be near the bottom this season

You try to sign up to watch live and the online registration form says it doesn't recognise the "landline" number despite the fact you entered a mobile number as requested So you ring the helpline phone number but there's no option for technical help and the options you do try go dead anyway Hopeless

I would say look at India Before India played a county XI as a warm-up for the first Test, the last first-class match Rohit Sharma played that wasn't a Test was in November 2015. The last time Virat Kohli played a non-Test first-class match was in November 2012, nearly nine years ago. The best players can play across all formats without the need for "match practice"

He'll struggle. The Premiership ceased to exist in 2007

Good post The question always was, why didn't Williams sack Souness when it was clear by that stage he was a failing manager? Williams gets lots of praise but that lack of action over Souness (and the Ince appointment) shows he didn't always get it right

It was surprising that Souness said he was disappointed by Cole and Yorke. Cole was an honest pro for us overall compared to Yorke who apart from a few games played as though he was doing us a favour just turning up. Good interview and it was nice of Souness to give us a glimpse of his multi million pound home too. Is John Williams still around? Getting him to interview and lift the lid on his time at Rovers would be interesting.

For older fans, it's utterly galling to see the likes of Brentford, Watford, Brighton, and up until recently Bournemouth, to my mind natural third and fourth division clubs, in the top division. Yes, I know they reflect the southern shift of wealth in the UK over the past 40 years but there's no reason except inept management why so many great northern and Midland clubs should be languishing for so long in the lower divisions. I don't think it's wonderful to see Brentford doing well - I resent it, because it should be us up there .

I didn't know he did that - funnily enough, we did the same, having a few drinks in the city centre and then walking with trepidation to the match through the Celtic-supporting east end. For pure football, Rovers' performance that night was probably one of the best I've ever seen. We played Celtic off the pitch and they barely had a kick. It was beautiful to watch. Then Martin Taylor went to sleep from a corner with about 5 minutes left