I can train him up. You're actually rather easy to defeat. Once I get him over his "little man syndrome" (he is very short and weedy) we'll have you in our pockets.

The offers out there Mister Zod, do you want a Barista defeating coach or do you wish to stay in the twilight?

You mean 'OK Mod' obviously.

Look, don't you be luring me off topic and hitting the ban button. I've been warned.

In answer to the topic title, I think 13. A question for all those saying Joel Clinton is leaving, where exactly is he going to?

wudnt be same wiv out u and I can see Clinton staying there is no reason for him to go is there

I am only 3ft 9in and struggled with the 5kg dumbells at the gym the other night so please leave me alone. Do you have "big man syndrome"? you can get over it if you read the instructions on your lithium medication you know.

Superb riposte shorty!

You'll need more of a major tranquilliser to bring this unit down though sweet cheeks.

Does it really matter whether clubs develop home grown or not anymore if players like Rangi Chase are been selected for England?

Exactly farce if u ask me

Back on topic (I know, well someone has to), disappointingly I was unable to listen in to the fans forum tonight. Are we now crystal clear on Rovers quota and non fed position?

Im very much aware that you probably did hear it, but its like this (I think) I couldnt work out whether Galea, Dobson and Webster had come off the quota list or the non fed list :

Quota:
1.Green
2.Clinton
3.
4.
5.

Non Fed:
1.Green
2.Clinton
3.Galea
4.Dobson
5.Taulapapa
6.Webster

or

Quota:

1.Clinton
2.Green
3.Dobson
4.Webster
5.Galea

Non Fed:
1.Clinton
2.Green
3.Taulapapa
4.
5.

Can't really get 95.9 FM over here unfortunately. I did try and listen online but all I could hear was "I'm Coming Out" by Diana Ross. Honestly, do people actually listen to James Hoggarth in circumstances other than being too lazy to switch it off after Sportstalk? Bit of a concern. So have you got any free spaces or not? Mild Rover is good at this, but I think the extent of dispensationitis has even challenged [uhis[/u expertise.

Only broadcasted on FM

We have 2 "overseas" spaces available on the non fed trained list due to Galea, Dobson and Webster been removed from one of the lists due to residency. Im assuming this means we can sign 2 players with dispensations (Paea and McDonnell)

If it is due to residency, it must be the quota list - plus Galea and Webster have been off non-fed for years.

But I don't see how that frees up any usable space - indeed this sort of dodge was what the non-fed rule was meant to prevent.

Non-fed is currently: Dobson (unless he's done a Heremaia - had the 3 you mentioned definately been removed from [ithe same[/i list?), Green, Clinton, Taulapapa.
Paea would make 5. MacDonnell 6. Unless Dobson is off or Clinton leaves (which now seems less likely). Dobson being off would tally with the 2 spaces available.
It's a mess. For me, scrap the quota rule - it's not doing anything very useful anymore and having two rules is confusing for a lot of fans. Then have a non-fed rule with no exemptions for anybody - which slightly counter-intuitively, but very necessarily includes British players. Or if that is too perverse, bin it all except the club-trained rule.

Good news all round then.

So in answer to your original question, no!

If i heard correctly on tuesday evening, Mike Smith stated that Galea, Webster and Dobson are now non-fed but no longer quota. So does that leave us with..?

Quota:- Clinton, Green.
Non-Fed:- Webster, Galea, Dobson, Paea, Taulapapa.


With Lovegrove, O'Hara and Withers not counting.


So we can sign 1 more non-fed player as things stand. Or 2 non -fed players/1 quota player if Taulapapa leaves?




Over to you MR.

I think MS must have misspoke - tbf, it is confusing. Galea and Webster have been off non-fed for 2 or 3 years (the 2008 exemptions). My best [uguess[/u at the moment is that Dobson has come off non-fed, in an Aaron Heremaia stylee. Or possibly there has been wider relaxation - wasn't Phelps also rumoured to be off?

I'm ignoring quota (partly for simplicity, part sulk).

Non-fed: Green, Clinton, Taulapapa (

), Paea, 1 free space.

I'm Tanzanian and you're a 19th Century Dakotan gunslinger. Agreed?

Smith definitely said Clinton and Green are on both lists and in essence take up 2 slots each.

Yes i know. I was using Mike Smiths method of counting quota places as 2 slots and non-fed as 1 slot. Thus coming up with 9 places used out of a possible 10.
I'm gunna be honest, i dont think he has a clue. I wouldnt use it as a stick to beat him with though because clearly i havnt either.

Tbf, he has access to information we don't. And it's his job. I really hope [uif he is involved in signing players[/u he does understand it - even if he, understandably, finds it difficult to articulate. Especially after the Mason imbroglio.

Then if we add Mcdonnall into the non-feds we are full.

I'm going to blame Mike Smith for everything.

Bet he puts his underpants on inside out and wears brown shoes with a black belt.

Which dan is he?