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It seems he was well liked at Everton so you think he'll be worth the 'expense' in the Championship? Whilst watching our defence go to pieces every time Wolves attacked today, any help we can get would be appreciated! I'm just quite happy that we are gonna sign anyone for to dispel the myth that we cant sign anyone unless we sell Rhodes.

Just thought I'd pop by (it's been a while!) and say 'come on Everton'. I've only got two hopes left for the season - one that Wigan don't get promoted and two that Man U don't scab into Europe. For what it's worth I think you will win 3-1 I'm not sure about Champs League though, I think Arsenal are going to do just enough to stay there.

Haha, 'poor team' is practically a compliment nowadays!!

Well that was a hard game for you eh?! Think you were looking quite good today actually. Only when we brought on Rochina and some of the other subs did we look half threatening. Our central midfield is like a pub team - can only pass backward if we're lucky! Probably Rhodes' worst game for us today which doesn't help. We don't much look like a team whose season starts next Saturday. Think you'll do alright though. Thought Barkley and Oviedo were your best players. Re the attendance, Rovers have never ever had a big attendance for pre-season, not that I can remember anyway. Anyway, a nice photo of your support. https://twitter.com/Northern_Rover/status/361149985431117824/photo/1 Not sure what else I can offer for us apart from at least we've got an away kit already

Ha, yea I meant normal run of the mill game. Not a team whom you are playing in a 'prestige friendly' I think you will be waiting later rather than sooner! Thing about the Championship is that you don't have to be particularly anything special to be get into the play offs. Contrary to popular belief that the Championship is 'hardest league' or 'best league' it's actually really crap. Everyone is crap, if you're a bit better then that then you'll do alright, maybe even go up. Right now I'd just get a season of being a normal footy team, rather than the circus we've turned into. Still, there's 8 days before the season for Venky's to do somat stupid!

Thanks people!! A very short and quick preview I've done. I think if any of you are coming to Ewood you might be quite shocked at just how quickly the transition from mid table PL team to lower league plodders we have become If that was ever the Venky's intention they've done a bloody good job. I'm not sure who we'll play, it took us about 10 minutes to work out who was who at PNE on Tuesday!! http://www.brfcs.com/mb/index.php/topic/29671-everton-the-prestige-friendly/

Although I see you're playing Juventus then LA Galaxy/Real Madrid next week of course you'll agree your 'prestige' friendly is against us on Saturday!! If you could answer a few questions for my match preview that would be appreciated - Although early for you, how has pre-season gone so far? - Martinez, good match for Everton? (I don't rate him personally) - Hopes and expectations for the new season? - Likely team to start vs Rovers - Without looking can you name 11 Rovers players nowadays?! Extra bit of info for anyone that is visiting Ewood. The Fernhurst, the big pub across the road, is no longer a football pub, so don't bother going.

As an outsider I'm not sure it's a good appointment for you. Martinez seems to have got a reputation as being some genius manager when really he's just managed to scrape Wigan staying in the PL by getting them playing well for 6-7 games at the end of the season. You are his chance for him to see if he's any good with a decent team. I can't help but think the comment about getting into the Champs League is going to come back to haunt him. Whatever you do, don't get relegated! Forget all the rumours you may have heard about the championship being a more exciting, competitive league bla bla - its proper crap!

Rhodes just scores goals, he doesn't have too much of an all round game, although I think he's better at linking up than others give him credit for - just we've got noone else half decent to link up to (whats point in holding ball up only to have just Jason Lowe to pass it to!). But to have scored 27 goals in our utter shite team is no mean feat, quite a few of them he's set up him himself as well. If you create chances for him, he'll put them away. Simple! The only thing is he's on big wages and I would hope we'd want to make some kind of profit on him, especially given that Balaji Rao (the fat one) paid for him out of his personal money. That said they'd probably take £8,000,001 right now and deem it to be a profit, such is their thickness!

Yea. He just scores goals. Give him chances and he'll score, even in our awful, awful team. I dread to think how soon we'd have been relegated without him. Some criticise him for not creating chances for others as much as he should, but imo that's the job for the other players. I think I'd rather have a striker who can score 27 in a season rather than someone who can hold the ball up and score 6/7. He's supposed to be on big wages though, and we've got £8m to make back on him before we make a profit so I think that's what might stop others from coming in for him.

Hope so, Goodwillie would be ace for you!!

As if you're not all mega excited to be playing the mighty Rovers in preseason Wish it was at goodison, miss our trip there

6th or 7th

Good luck from me n all :) You're my premiership team for this year! Be sad not to come to Goodison for the first time in 12 years unless we get you in the cup. I've just done my championship fantasy football team and properly depressed myself!!

Interesting. Isn't it against FA, UEFA and FIFA rules to resell footy tickets though? I always thought it was, but maybe that has changed. Although anyone who is able to sell a ticket for Everton vs Southampton (for example) at a profit deserves the extra money they make