One more Saturday!

It’s nearly here! The start of the football season is less than a couple of weeks away. That long gap of 13 weeks without Rovers is drawing to a close. One more Saturday is like the night before Crimbo. As a kid my parents were plagued with us kids getting up at 4am on Christmas Day. I don’t think that will happen on 2nd August, but it’s still the end of the barren bit of the year.

Just to get it out of the way, I won’t be going to the Wigan game. I stopped doing pre-season friendlies a while ago. I’ve no intention of sitting in the wrong seat on Saturday watching a pointless match, ruined by too many substitutions and unidentifiable trialists.  There was a time when we could attract teams from at least a couple of divisions higher, or the better Scottish teams.  Wigan is neither a sufficiently interesting pull nor a particular challenge. To quote from Britain’s got talent ‘it’s a no from me, Andy’. 

And Colchester, it’s a nasty little trip to a ground I have already visited. Sky will be showing the game and that’s good enough for me.  Watching Tranmere is the only reason I pay my subscription for, I will be a ‘telly clapper’ and take any criticism on the chin. I know a game on TV a does not give you the true picture of what is happening, you’re limited to the broadcast camera angles and the tedious commentary, but it’s a start. I will be in my seat for the 12:30 kick off v Shrewsbury.

It will be e great so see the forum return to discussing performances. Disagreements are bound to occur, and are all part of the challenge herein. Whether or not you think Harvey Saunders is under utilised or Joe Murphy ist the new Dino Zoff doesn’t really matter, what matters is the interaction between each other..

Meanwhile it’s back to waiting to see if anymore players are brought in or moved on. We have a few more weeks of the transfer window and I suspect St Andy will do any further business once he sees how the now lot work together. 

Almost there. I am going to spend the next 10 days seeing if I can buy a selection box. In the event that I do wake up at the crack of dawn on 2nd, there will be the consolation of gorging myself silly on a sugar rush! 

All views expressed are personal