Rovers old boys

Rockford's Love Child · 29 Nov 2022

Oh, we are back to the smiley emojis.

Pathetic.

Boz · 29 Nov 2022

Sean Connelly ex-Rovers full-back now Wales physio

Rockford's Love Child · 29 Nov 2022

Boz said:
Sean Connelly ex-Rovers full-back now Wales physio

Yes, he had a busy night.

ONIGP · 30 Nov 2022

Ah, so we did have a (tenuous) link with WC22... for a brief period anyway!

O4anotherplayoff · 30 Nov 2022

More tenuous, as he’s only almost a Rovers old boy, is Belgium coach Anthony Barry, who we offered the manager’s job to a couple of years ago. From what they’ve shown in the tournament so far, we dodged a bullet there!
(Joking aside, he might well have been a very good appointment for us).

Sparky · 1 Dec 2022

Notanotherplayoff said:
More tenuous, as he’s only almost a Rovers old boy, is Belgium coach Anthony Barry, who we offered the manager’s job to a couple of years ago. From what they’ve shown in the tournament so far, we dodged a bullet there!
(Joking aside, he might well have been a very good appointment for us).

Can’t seem him being Belgium first team coach for much longer after their shocking exit from the World Cup

Rockford's Love Child · 1 Dec 2022

Sparky said:
Can’t seem him being Belgium first team coach for much longer after their shocking exit from the World Cup

Martinez has seriously underachieved in his seven year tenure considering the players he was working with. I was never quite sure why he was qualified to manage players of the level of De Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku based on his modest achievements in club management.

Sparky · 1 Dec 2022

Rockfords Love Child said:
Martinez has seriously underachieved in his seven year tenure considering the players he had at his disposal. I was never quite sure why he was qualified to manage players of the level of De Bruyne, Hazard and Lukaku based on his modest achievements in club management.

Yes I agree.

Lukaku tonight looked like a poor man’s Kane Hemmings!!

bigmart · 1 Dec 2022

Sparky said:
Yes I agree.

Lukaku tonight looked like a poor man’s Kane Hemmings!!

Martinez has left his job as Belgium manager, no surprise having failed to get out of the group

drwhoman · 1 Dec 2022

bigmart said:
Martinez has left his job as Belgium manager, no surprise having failed to get out of the group

They were not in the right place mentally. De Bruyne was saying before the tournament that the squad was 'too old'. Not a good mental state to go into the World Cup with! Compare that with Australia. Total over achievement with a team largely made up of Championship players and similar. No celebrations, no social media after their latest win. On to the next game. Mind you, a game against Messi and co will surely be a step too far!

bigmart · 2 Dec 2022

Cole Stockton scores for Morecambe

Rockford's Love Child · 2 Dec 2022

Danny Johnson scores again for Walsall. His goals have rocketed them up the table in recent weeks.

Sparky · 2 Dec 2022

Not an old boy but if it had been a few degrees warmer I may have gone to chester tonight for a footie fix. A fourth consecutive win takes them up to second in national league north.

Boz · 3 Dec 2022

Ryan Watson on target for Salford again.

O4anotherplayoff · 9 Dec 2022

Sparky said:
I was thinking last weeks whether Micky would ever try and get Connor Jennings back to the club as he’s only really a bench warmer at Stockport.

Although he’s on a decent wage there he’s gone on loan to national league altrincham for a month.

Connor’s loan has now been extended for another month.

With Alty having gone full time this season it’ll be interesting to see if they try and get him on a permanent in January, or whether Stockport still think he has a role to play for them.

O4anotherplayoff · 9 Dec 2022

We’ve been drawn away to Steve McNulty’s Bootle in the Liverpool Senior Cup. After a shaky start to his managerial career, he’s been getting a few results there lately.

Sparky · 9 Dec 2022

Notanotherplayoff said:
Connor’s loan has now been extended for another month.

With Alty having gone full time this season it’ll be interesting to see if they try and get him on a permanent in January, or whether Stockport still think he has a role to play for them.

I’d be surprised if Stockport want to keep him. They have a fairly decent squad and clearly haven’t needed him of late. Glad it’s been extended at Alty as he must be doing ok there

bigmart · 9 Dec 2022

Danny Lloyd signs short term deal with Rochdale

Sparky · 9 Dec 2022

bigmart said:
Danny Lloyd signs short term deal with Rochdale

Glad he’s got an efl club. Had a bad injury at gillingham so can hopefully get playing again.

bigmart · 10 Dec 2022

Connor Jennings scores for Altrincham