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Let's put this one to bed. In East Lancs a teacakes does NOT have currants in it. We are simple folk and if it has currants in it then it is a CURRANT teacake. WTF a barm cake is...... you'll have to ask someone from down south (Bolton, Wigan, Bury, etc.) My authority on such matters comes from being the grandson of a born and bred Rossendale baker.

I'm an old timer who's disappointed not to see us pick up are 1st home win of the season.

It’s a tough one for us considering all the other games went on and no issue it’feels why the fuck is it always us ‘ and with the pitch being water logged which potentially could have been prevented by our own club it feels even more bitter football gods work in their ways so let’s see what happens- it’s out of our hands now but good news is we were winning 1-0 against a team relegated from prem and expecting to go up and sammie didn’t score lets see how it unfolds

True ---how many goals are scored in the 96th minute or even later?

The point is we shouldn't have to sell our best players and hope that we can scour the globe and replace them at lower cost to give us a squad as good as we have! Huge gamble to stay where we are!! Our aim should be got improve year on year. We should keep our best players and scour the globe if necessary to make the squad even stronger. Creating a squad as good as we had shouldn't be seen as an achievement. It means we will never leave this league except via relegation.

Especially when it’s only 1-0.

You cant base a result on 80 minutes of football.

I'm working on the assumption that this season is nailed on to be a cemented mid-table bore, 14th to 16th type affair. So, hopefully this shambles will be irrelevant. But should your prediction even come close, or we finish our regular couple of points out the playoffs, it's gonna be quite the bitter pill to swallow.

If Venky’s owned Santa’s workshop, Christmas would be called off due to too much snow on the North Pole.

I don't blame the ref for the abandonment, nor do I blame the Ipswich management or team for milking it, or the fans having some fun with it. That shoe on the other foot would fit exactly the same. I remember 20,000 Rovers fans cheering heavy snowfall vs Arsenal in the 90s when 4-0 down in the "Alan Fettis game".

Rest assured, the FA will come up with a new rule on the back of what happened today to make sure a team in Rovers position (80 minute, 1-0, 11 vs 10) is safeguarded from a bullshit 90 minute, 0-0, 11 vs 11 rematch.... However, with that said, Rovers will absolutely be forced to play an 90 minute, 0-0, 11 vs 11 rematch. For me, tell Ipswich that they have to come back for 11 minutes (+6), 1-0 down and with 10 men, or agree to the 1-0 score and get to fuck.

I can absolutely see us relegated at the end of the season 2 points short of safety. 😭

Remember the tank thing that used to be in the no mans land corner of Ewood between the Riverside & DE before it was redeveloped ? I'm sure they could have something similar to pump excess water from the pitch drains.

What's the rivers like next to their ground? It's been a while since I was last on Chorley but I don't recall it being in a similar situation to Ewood. Unfortunately, and it doesn't happen that often, when the river is in its present state there is not much you can do. To do anything about the river it would require the Environment agency to get involved and that would be a long drawn out process. I remember games being played in a sea of mud in the sixties but we still had abandonments and postponements. The pitch has improved beyond recognition to those days but the torrential rain we had today was always going to be a challenge. In fairness, the ref was in a difficult situation as conditions got steadily worse during the second half. Driving home from Ewood, the roads were none too clever either. As for the game itself, it was another encouraging performance on the back of the good result and performance at Watford.

I thought was soft everyone jumping around me at it being awarded and we sat there laughing we couldn't clap . Left his leg hanging out for the best part of eternity 🤣 we've had em against us so will take it lol

Nope, 11 v 11, 0-0, the full 90 minutes and nobody on a card. Knowing our luck the guy that got sent off today will probably score their winner !

That's before you take into account the inevitable Southern bias and multi million quid team who are expected to be contesting promotion again. Plus everybody hates us because we won the Prem .....30 years ago !

It's hard to take. 1-0 up, them with 10 men and we couldn't go another 10 minutes. Feels like 3 points stolen.

If we replay then our players end up playing extra minutes and more risk of injury- very unfair would they make Ipswich play with 10men?

At 1-0 ? Not a chance. If it was 1-0 at 90 minutes they’d still order a replay. As somebody said earlier City were winning an FA Cup tie 6-2 when it was abandoned due to a water logged pitch. They lost the replayed game 3-1.

I don't see how you can replay a game that made it to the 80th minute... That's surely too late in the day to abandon and replay it. It should be abandoned and the result at the time of postponement stands.

Chorley have spent money on their pitch within the last three years.

Need dredging and widening and need pumps to pump the water down stream or some storage tank

No, never got out of Covent Garden that day... Dangerous stand due to ice, allegedly!

I agree that if the only options are give us the win or a full replay then it has to be a full replay. Giving us the win can’t be justified. I don’t think a middle option exists in this country