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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!

Apologies to any with Rangers sympathies who are sick of hearing his name, but Russell Martin is the current prime example. Imagine your manager saying 'the precursor to change is pain' after you've just been done 3-1 at home. As soon as the focus is taken off winning, it allows these mediocre jokers chance to mug off daft club executives with deep pockets and gullibility written all over their faces.

Well its pretty concerning that it's only September and we've already fallen victim to the rain. Granted it pissed down a LOT that afternoon but there's bound to be nervousness now every time it rains when we're at home. Away fans will look on anxiously before travelling depending on the forecast. It shouldn't really be like this, but it is, and there's no solution in sight. Derby must be breathing a sigh of relief though as large elements of our fans are now directing hatred towards Ipswich instead....you'd think they'd left a tap on somewhere.

The big issue is that the law is patently poorly written, and by leaving it to a committee, you are leaving it open to a subjective judgment. Two things need to happen in the future. A much more detailed law about abandoned games needs to be written in terms of score, reason, timing, and indeed quality of the pitch. Secondly, we need to fix our pitch.

I'm not sure what rise above it means in this context as I'm not fucking grieving over it. I was just pointing out a strangeness.

So not the same situation as us. Thats fair. The EFL could have set a new precedent here. Bottled it has I knew they would

No, obviously any team is always going to lobby for whichever outcome suits them best. You can't blame Ipswich for that. However you'd hope the EFL blessed by absolute discretion within their guidelines would take on board the representations from each Club, but ultimately arrive at the fairest overall solution in any given case. Which obviously hasn't happened here. I bet if you sent a survey out to the 72 Championship Clubs asking a neutral question about what should happen in a hypothetical situation similar to Saturday's, not one would say there should be a full replay under completely different conditions to the remainder of the original game.

Obviously none are exactly the same. You wont get 2 identical cases, only similar ones. Rotherham v Cardiff in 2023 and Leyton Orient in 2023 were both 1 nil, one was abandoned before and one after the time elapsed in our game. Without a red card. My point was that you can question the precedent used in terms of direct comparability. But this game being replayed is not down to some sort of agenda against Rovers, its nothing to do with anything anyone of an Ipswich persuasion has done. Theyve just followed the same treatment as in other abandoned games, even if they arent exactly the same. Whether its fair enough, thats a different question. Ultimately there is no way to resolve this in a truly fair and accurate way, the game was correctly abandoned and that obviously leaves a huge problem. But its not a choice made because anyone doesnt like Rovers.

Is no one going to mention the Elephant in the Room?

Thank fuck for that, it's absolutely hideous.

So what! Rise above it. Hardly comparable to the loathsome manure fans.