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I suggest rerouting Suhail into the river.

Yeah that's what annoyed me but speaking to someone who knows the ground staff, they did it on purpose because they were pissed off at the ref for playing the game in the first place and they knew nothing could really be done. I personally think 15 mins of hard graft running the water off the pitch would have gotten us to full time. The ground staff obviously aren't that way out.

It doesn't count for anything but I was so relaxed about them not scoring. In fact just before the pause I said I fancied us to score again.

Probably get announced a week beforehand with tickets at Category A prices as well.

I suggest rerouting Suhail and leaving the River alone.

From what I saw it looked like they poked it a bit but at other grounds I’ve seen people literally running round almost sweeping the water off

I was pissed off none of the ground staff were trying to run the water off the pitch but I'm told the groundsmen are a bit grumpy and protective over the work they've done. Apparently the ref ordered them out to sort it out so they did the bare minimum as they argued with him that it was his choice to play the game despite the weather warning.

Anyone else bored of waiting? Just make a decision and communicate it to us. I appear to have used up all of my patience on the Indian court system. 😁😁

Now that man could rightly be called a legend. R.I.P.

Was never going to be dry, that's why it was called off!

I think the only realistic and 'fair' outcome is a full replay, but that Ipswich allow us to score immediately. If we can't win from 1-0 up with 90 minutes to go, then it's at least a somewhat balanced outcome. That would also allow Cantwell (assuming that he is available) to get a goal that may be significant for him in terms of bonuses and incentives.

Yep, I live in York and watched the game against Oldham. York finished 2nd on 96 points, Oldham 5th on 73 points. Play off game: York 0 - 3 Oldham, and York were absolutely shocking in that game,

If the council had just rerouted the river like Suhail asked we wouldn't be in this mess.

It's in between a river and a hill (who's run off goes in to the same river at the same point as the ground) which is the geographical challenge with the drainage in this situation. I appreciate the "we should have invested to fix the problem", but it isn't a simple fix due to geography.

Probably wouldn’t help our cause that there was probably heading for 10 minutes of stoppage time (given the refs technical issues) and in the 5 games previously we’ve conceded 3 in injury time. Even with a man extra I don’t think many of us would have been thinking it was home and ‘dry’ at the time. There’s just no way we can be awarded the points sadly as far as I can see, whilst a replay seems unjust from our eyes at least we’d still have control of the outcome whereas just writing it off as a Rovers win can’t be fair to Ipswich. That said the obvious and most reasonable solution is the option to play the rest of the game but it feels like that won’t be in consideration

Game this evening for O'Riordan - score/update - game is live on Sky Sports +, kick off at 19:45 I imagine it will not be a full strength Spurs side, but if Doncaster do go full strength, it will be interesting to see how O'Riordan fares

What if the hard and fast rule stated "unless there is nothing at stake and the result is not capable of impacting the relegation/promotion picture"

Yes of course and it wouldn't matter would it but if either or both clubs were contesting a top or bottom spot it would matter and it would only be fair a replay was held. The fact there isn't rules means everyone is tying themselves in knots over it and there are all sorts of contradictions flying around. We are angry if it's a replay they are angry if we get the result but if rules were rules we'd all know where we stand and by now a replay date would've been announced. OR we'd be celebrating the win and arguing with Ipswich fans.

They probably already have - similar to the old joke about someone breaking into the Kremlin and stealing next year's election results.

My wife is addicted to Instagram. I am addicted to refreshing this thread to see if the EFL have made a decision yet.

Piss poor isn't it,old Etionians eh...that will see a big crowd on!

Surely it's better to take a little bit of time to get to the fair and right result according to the individual circumstances of the case than to be bound by an inflexible rule into imposing an unfair one? It's not your time they're wasting anyway. Im not sure why you're so aerated about it, it's not like you at all. 🙂

Mine from 125…framed by @StubbsUK ⚪️🔵

That's the only cogent argument for a full replay imo - to punish us (and anyone else in future) for not keeping facilities up to scratch. In a purely sporting context Id like to see a part replay but us fined with the threat of escalating punishments for future instances then we might actually do something to rectify the situation. If you can't get a safety certificate for a stand you can't open it. Why should the pitch be exempt from not having to have adequate drainage facilities etc?

One point - if it goes as expected and therefore sets a precedent, what’s to stop clubs from feigning issues like medical emergencies, stand safety concerns, or similar late in matches to force full replays in crucial games? Surely each case needs to be assessed on its own merits?