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What will happen about the yellows could be interesting, if the same player gets booked in the replay. They will have played one more game than anyone else with regards to the amnesty date

If Ipswich win the replay and those 3 points help them to automatic promotion, play offs or play off promotion. The clubs in third or seventh place are going to be massively pissed off. Come the end of the season this decision could impact so many other clubs. Imagine if those 3 points kept them up and the huge amount of money lost from the team or teams beneath them (potentially us). If the EFL watch the game they'll see that Ipswich were never going to win that game. They were poor and got worse as the match went on. Both teams had the same conditions to play in and they had a man less. And there was only one team trying to injure the other.

The illogical part is the club transgressed against doesn’t get the chance to benefit from their opponents being down to 10 (if the match is replayed in full 11 vs 11) but another club still gets the benefit of that player being suspended. If the authorities think punishments should remain then, in my opinion, so should everything else (score, time remaining etc etc). It really shouldn’t be a pick and choose situation.

I think the logic is that, for example a player puts in a horrific challenge and hurts an opponent then he should be still punished. That is clearly an extreme example but for less serious offences they are seen as law transgressions and the deterrent of a yellow/red card will be enforced. In my view Greaves should be punished for his red card in Saturday but to be consistent that has to apply to all sanctions.

It is pretty weird to have disciplinary action carried over from a game which technically is abandoned. With that said, if a player has been sent off for some kind of violent foul or assault it wouldn't be reasonable to forget that just because the game was abandoned. I assume that's where the logic stems from, although it is without any nuance or flexibility.

What is the logic in that out of interest? Everything else is like the game never happened, yet all cards remain. It's beyond stupid, in my opinion.

Disciplinary sanctions remain.

Logistically it doesn't help when it's raining so heavily that we are essentially in a valley. The rain coming down from the Bolton Road and Highercroft sides will just add to the swell of the River Darwen.

Be interesting to see if their red and 4 yellows are wiped.

How much arguing will our lot be doing though ? We've no CEO just a jumped up former player and a bloke who'll probably think he can get away will drawing money off another game and crowd.

When people are saying stuff like Burnley were fine, Man U were fine. Even so if you want to mention the other clubs there's a big difference in where they are situated and the size of the rivers next to them. The way the level rises so rapid in the darwen near Ewood being at the foot of a valley is nothing like those other grounds. Bloomfield Road doesn't flood when the tides in either.

I’ve developed a mental image of Forshaw in leg irons fixed to a capstan that turns an archimedes screw, he’s chasing a 2 yr contract extension dangling just out of his reach. Pitch pumped dry in no time….

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By that time we'll of picked up 2/3 injuries and have a CM pairing of Foreshaw and Montgomery.

Put in the same effort as we have been then we should get a result. Charlton, if anything, will be organised but they don't have any reaI standout quality...Apter is a tricky winger but nothing to be concerned about. Personally think this will be our first draw.

You can bet your life on them winning that replay and the lad sent off scoring the winner though- it's the Rovers way.

Only 1 goal conceded in 3 away games so far. 2 wins from 3 away games.

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Jesus! I mean any excuse to put a negative spin on things but you're surely having a laugh with this one. If anything the players will be rite up for this after Saturday. Bar a poor 45 minutes against Norwich, we've looked solid these past few games. If we put the same away performances as Hull & Watford then we should be confident...Charlton arnt a very good side.

Oxford handily beating Bristol City 3-1 away yesterday just hammers home the point that you can take no result for granted in this league. Unless you're playing Sheffield United, obviously.

Ipswich could very well be the same though. Their team might have gelled or even, if Mckenna doesn't get it sorted, under a new manager.

Mmm I really don't think we will be BATTERED in the replay, the game may be months off from now, by that time our new team will have gelled even more and looking at Saturday's performance we played very well and matched them all over the pitch, so no I have no fear for the replay should it happen.

I was about to post something similar but you've pretty much covered everything. Really thought that the three relegated teams would be too strong for the rest of the league but at the moment it's not necessarily working out that way ( as we showed against Ipswich). Like you say, still very early to judge, but despite that 7-1 hammering I think QPR may have the best front 4 in the league with Kone, Chair, Poku and Saito. Defensively not sure about them. Interesting that it may not be as cut and dried as some thought

Charlton a well organised outfit. We ought to have too much for them but it will be a right scrap. Kaminski has made a good start with them, JRC less so.

So annoying. The lads put in a great shift in horrific conditions, and were so close to the finish line... all for nothing! It's all the fault of our board and negligent owners - nothing else. Absolutely tinpot. It's gonna hurt like hell when we get battered in the replay.