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Yeah for sure, I think that in certain scenarios where you have really standout players (like Szmodics when he was here) then yes, those types should always be first on the team sheet. In the case of Rovers CBs that my original post was referring to, I wouldn't say McLoughlin is one of those standout players. He had a decent start to the season but was foolish to get himself sent off against Norwich. Since then Rovers have done very well defensively and not conceded a goal, so that's my logic for keeping the pairing as is. Also sometimes need to consider the pairing of players as well. Some players have better chemistry on the pitch than others. I think its too early to say which CB pairing has the best chemistry in this team.

ha, I was skimming the Canadian soccer nerds forum and their ongoing thread on Luca Koleosho: https://www.canadiansoccernews.com/topic/78146-luca-koleosho/page/73/ - lots of dual-national will-he-won't-he angst in Canadian soccer, a la good ol' Junior Hoilett (who eventually became a gem for Canadian soccer!)... ...and stumbled upon fans rhapsodising about him being surpassed by some winger from 'Blackburn' named Dolan!

I thought Rovers put in a decent performance, in the atrocious conditions against Ipswich. I'm thinking positive, 0-3 Rovers, Gudjohnssen off the mark.

When do we expect a decision?

Let's do a 90 minute match but if they win it's classified as a draw and both teams get 1 point

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Did they let the referee know their stance before the game? It would strengthen our case in my view.

If we start at 1-0 then it evens the fairness in respect to giving us a head start and they get 90 minutes to play.

It’s taking them a very long time if their decision is a full replay 11v11. The delay would suggest they are at least considering the options. I said just after the game was abandoned that the sending off and the penalty would make their decision difficult especially considering the precedent where the suspension stands. That’s 2 rule infractions that can’t just be ignored and if you keep the suspension why not keep the penalty and the multiple bookings.

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