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As things stand, the Premier League looks to be a lot more even this season outside Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, City and perhaps Spurs which seems to be producing less attractive football than in previous seasons. My gut feel is clubs are taking more of a safety first approach making games a lot more sterile. The Championship on the other hand seems wildly unpredictable so far.

Abandoning the game isn't the issue for me, but it's that the decision they've come to that feels unfair when they've still allowed the red card to stand. My take on it is if you're going to allow something that happened in the game to still stand, then EVERYTHING that happened in the game needs to still stand. The EFL have made it worse by making that particular call.

It could have been worse. Imagine the outcry, if they had awarded Ipswich a 1-2 win, as we have a problem pitch and why should they have to travel again and add to their fixture list.

Don't be daft. The pitch was utterly unplayable. The ball stopping and not bouncing was a recipe for serious injury to players on both sides whether from stretching for an unexpected deviation in ball trajectory or players being unable to stop in an attempted tackle or intervention and accidentally wiping out an opponent.

Wrong again Kenny The ref should have played on and been much stronger then allowing McKenna and Ipswich to influence his decision. McKenna got what he want out of this appalling decision. The game shouldn't be fully replayed but the remaining time, Rovers 1 nil, 11 vs 10, same teams as 80 mins

You're trying to re-write history to make yourself look better here, as others have observed, that isn't what you initially said at the time. It's okay to admit you changed your mind.

Why did the ref start the game then knowing our grounds history of being water logged shouldn't of even let it go to 80th with any foresight that it could of potentially being called off. He let the game run and we should of just ended it. Both teams were playing on the same pitch at the end of the day. Both ran through puddles both sliding etc.

I also said McKenna and Ipswich got what they wanted. Match called off and full match replay. They got what they wanted whilst we get sod all It was only a bit of rain. ffs. Maybe if Ipswich stop trying to side wides and gone more direct. But its OK, you just side with EFL and wrong decision. Pointless having an EFL Board when 3 of them dont vote

Exactly! If anything could provoke a full Ewood, this should. A bit of creative thinking and we could actually turn this into a massive positive, a galvanising moment.

They certainly wouldn’t have been playing silly sideways passes on the edge of their box on a sodden pitch (which in my view was a deliberate ploy to get the game off).

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And that it was "only a bit of rain FFS."

Agree! Instead ( even though it is the drainage) they should push the fact that the railway which passes Ewood was also closed due to flooding for a few hours on Saturday.

That was not your point from day 1. Your point from day 1 was that the pitch was playable and the match should have been finished

Any luck with finding a good spot?

Who does that impact or help ? Certainly not the EFL and an empty ground only helps Ipswich.

I’m not suggesting that they have maliciously favoured one club or made a decision to appease a certain manager. They have simply made a decision that is clearly wrong to all that would support the only outcome that would be fair to both teams, and all teams competing in the EFL Championship this season.

I will not be going to the replayed game, in protest of the decision.

There’s a lot of ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ in modern football. People going against what their eyes are telling them because the ‘right people’ are saying what they’re seeing is wonderful.

I’d say the only caveat to that is Ipswich could have added to their submission the fact the drainage issue is a known one which we’ve done nothing to resolve. Whether that would have changed the outcome, who knows, but it would certainly have added weight to their argument.

If they were honest, they’d answer ‘it depends which of the teams we were’ (as suggested in your opening sentence).

They won’t want to say that now in case it prejudices any appeal. They won’t want to say it later as it will mean spending money.

Well there's bound to be someone at Derby who still has some keys to Ewood!