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I'm pretty certain in my mind that had the situation been reversed and we were down to the men and losing you would be saying the opposite. And I'm also pretty certain you'll deny this.

Yes. The pitch was fine all through the first half. If he had called that off at 2.30pm there would have been uproar. You really do find a way to blame the ref every game.

That’s like playing “ Russian Roulette “ though. One season you’ll get it all wrong and the latest set of new signings will relegate you.

You were saying. Weather gives Ipswich 3 points. They WILL win the replay, it's just Rovers is that

I agree that it’s time for some original thinking on the part of the football authorities. However given the fact that any original thought is beyond them I suspect they’ll follow precedent and decide on a full replay. If we were a Billy big bollocks club they just might have had a go at - play out the remaining game time with our opponents having 10 players - but they won’t.

If the EFL were actually semi organised they could have announced there and then, that the remaining 10 minutes would be played behind closed doors on Sunday morning, 11 vs 10. As it stands some stupid suits in a room will deliberate for God knows how long before making a stupid, unfair decision. Whatever happened to common sense?

Why can't the game be replayed on Tuesday or Wednesday this week and then at least we get the benefit of their player being suspended? I know it will inevitably be played at some point in October or November but why when we've got a free slot and can get it done immediately? If Ipswich won't travel for it then award Rovers the 3 points.

Bit rude, loads of Rovers between BB4 and BB7.

Yeah, today would have great. Hardly a cloud in the sky over here in Rochdale.

Whilst I fear you will be right, it would be completely unfair and we would have a strong case for a complaint/litigation especially if it makes a big difference come May! I don’t think this can be compared to any previous events. Has a game ever been called off at 80mins with one team leading and having a man advantage? You can’t go from a win % chance 90% down to ?40% and likely lower by the time the match is replayed. It would be equally unfair to just award us the win when. They have to find a way to play the remaining minutes. I really can’t see how it would be so difficult to arrange and neither side would have a reason to complain.

Irma Thomas - I Wish Someone Woukd Care

The problem can be rectified, the question is will the problem be rectified ?

I blame TV for not changing the kick-off to Sunday or Friday.

As much as it pains.me it was the right call by rhe ref ball would.not bounce or roll. Did it rain in Manchester cos United's pitch looked fine when I saw it. I thiught we had played well for most of the game. Shame damned shame. Question is can the problem be rectified.

Then thats what happens unfortunately, one of those things completely out of anyone's control at the time of happening. If you have played the game and couldn't see that the pitch was getting dangerous then that concerns me to be honest. As ever, player safety should be the first concern. We won't be awarded the win. It's just a very unfortunate event and terrible luck on our part. Im as annoyed as anyone about it all, but any reasonable person could see that it was the correct decision at the time the ref called it.

Hope the EFL board can see how unfair it is to replay the match considering the red card and how little time there was left to play. Even playing the remainder of the game 11 vs 11 would be more reasonable than a full replay.

For anyone being mad at the referee calling off the game due to an unplayable pitch, why don't you redirect that anger towards the owners instead? The drainage problem has known for years and we are pretty much the only team in the first four tiers of English football getting at least one game called off due to a waterlogged pitch every season. Bolton, B*rnley and Man Utd all played their matches in full yesterday. It's embarrassing for a club in second tier being forced to abandon a game because they can't handle a bit of rain. The maintenance and supporting infrastructure of the pitch is more on the level with non-league AFC Fylde at the moment who got their game abandoned yesterday for same reason. The owners are literally costing us points every season due to lack of investment.

And what a boring, unimaginative chant it is!

The thing which actually has annoyed me more than anything with all of this is McKenna being a total prick. Sooner the bloke gets the sack the better. Just as we're able to assess what was a good performance on our part, the Ipswich hierarchy will have watched that with a lot of concern.

Plenty of faith but Ipswich were down to 10 men and new signings haven't settled yet..in a few weeks that might not be the case. What happens if Toth and Cantwell are out injury when the game is replay if it is? What happens? I played the game Mark so no need for little pathetic cheap shot..my point has been the same along. Play the game. We played in worst conditions, FFS For we should be award the win.

I always wondered why we sing about a Barmy army.

I'm not expert but surely the club buying 20 of those massive squeegee sticks would help considering we know the state of the drainage. Give one to each of the ball boys and I'd bet they'd have seen another 10 minutes out of the pitch. One bloke walking around with a tiny fork is just embarrassing. If Gestede has learnt anything from Waggott he could hail his new squeegees as a dynamic state of the art emergency drainage system. It'd be his version of Waggott championing a rented coach.

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Not much faith in your Rovers team if you automatically think we'll suffer a heavy defeat in the replay. Again your only saying see the game out because we were winning. It was clear the pitch was unplayable when the ref called it, as annoying as it is for us. You can tell you have never played the game, there was a disastrous injury waiting to happen in those conditions. I dont particularly want the game replaying to be honest, and for me they should play the remainder of the game behind closed doors with the score and man advantage still in tact, but they won't as its never happened before in this country.

How childish is this “ thumbs down “ bollocks ? I’ve been on this site longer than I care to remember and I’ve never lowered myself to give somebody a thumbs down. Not once ! Either reply to the persons post if you don’t agree, or move on.