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That is pretty much what we gleaned at the game. The lad is 14 (only just 14 btw) though and is already huge. Incredible really that he was plying his trade with on league Irlam Town up to last year. Rovers would have had to get permission for him to miss school this afternoon 😂.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/march/09/rovers-u13s-reach-national-final-/ https://cascais.ibercup.com/en/master/player/90597/stats Some info on Mbonzale, which may or may not be exactly what you found

Seems you are right, and this situation will remain until Sherons successor is appointed

Really poor defending cost Rovers dearly this afternoon as they literally threw away after goal advantage on two occasions. It wasn't like there hadn't been warnings prior to Blackpool second comeback as over playing in the wrong areas really bit them hard. From an attacking point of view we were good and always posed a threat at corners but the opposite can be said from defensive corners. For one of the Blackpool goals they won the first and second headers from a corner to score and this gave them the belief to go on and win it. We did have a young side out but in fairness it looked like Blackpool did too. A lot is expected of Silver Eze but he looked cumbersome and slow today particularly in the first half. He did look a bit sharper in the second half though. The replacement for Valentin Joseph, Christian Mbonzale had us flummoxed but a quick search told us he was born in August 2011 (if the information was accurate) and signed last year from Irlam Town. Physically he didn't look out of place and showed some nice touches. The youngsters looked deflated at full time but the naivety in game management really cost them.

Rovers getting a single point for a win doesn’t mean Ipswich wouldn’t have lost the chance to get 3 points from a partial/full replay.

Exhibit A in the Ipswich response to a suggestion that Rovers should be awarded a 1-0 win...

Why the ‘have to’ when the league has endless other options available to them?

Surely if the EFL made a decision both clubs would have to accept it, even if they don’t like the decision?

It was only after I last posted at the weekend that saw just how bad the conditions were there. Initially thought the game could be seen through at 80 minutes but Yes the surface and ball together was simply unplayable. Whether you're Rovers or a Town fan or for or against what happened, it had to be in the interest of public safety the match was cut short when it was. The game will have to replayed, usually when or if there's crowd trouble and the match is stopped because of it the authorities award a home or away victory but since it's weather, they're going to have to erase the result and start again. The goal scored by your player won't stand neither will the score up until interruption but the Greaves red card is set to stay if I've read recent reports correct. Some people will question the latter. Even with a replayed game in the near future or whenever it be, you'd still strongly expect Blackburn to take a favourable result at your home stadium. We've been largely poor and ineffective this season and we're not going to transform into improvement overnight. I don't think what occurred this weekend or the planned return game will effect our chances of promotion this season. We've already lost a lot of ground to the top places even into September and there's no real consistency or urge to once again do well or succeed.

Not really it's a fair compromise i'd say. No hassle or expense of a replay for either club, Rovers get the win but Ipswich can't squeal about losing 3 points to a panel judgement. Some of the suggestions on here are crazy to be honest.

That’s an everybody loses situation though

Call the result but give Rovers 1 point instead of 3. Job done.

What a great option. Tap it around the midfield for whole of 1st half. Come out after halftime, the same player walks straight up to ref and uses four and abusive language, red card. They let us walk one in. 1-0 up against 10 men, all to play for with 45 mins to go. I'd accept that as a fair deal. It's way better than the position they were in.

Seems as though it fell apart after Joseph was withdrawn with 30 mins to go

'Shock new presedent' Our fault that the pitch isn't up to standard so 3 points to Ipswich?

Long throws wind me up. Everyone thinks they've got a long throw in their locker. Rory delap used to ping them in better than taking a corner, you see players do them these days and they barely make it to the edge of the box.

Really can’t see how either team could complain if ordered to play the remaining time 11v10. It’s clearly the fairest option of those tabled and doesn’t seem to have any reason why it can’t be accomplished. It is in the rules as a specific option so what would be the reason for not doing it? If Ipswich don’t want to travel for it they have the option of forfeiting the game. Let anyone that wants to watch 15mins football in for free and job done.

For me form is history, a good manager will look to the future, and pick his best players.

what's Nixon's latest piece?

It took a while but coaches have figured out how to play against Guardiola's style. Therefore he's changing it. I do think it's funny that keepers launching it and Rory Delap style long throws are now all the rage. It reminds me of my youth.

But only if she says you can.

I’d say they’d definitely lose… We’d have been declared the winner and therefore Ipswich would’ve been given a point for losing.

Thanks for replying, I was sure we were the first ever live non-final game. It wasn’t the Southampton one was it (I remember Armstrong scoring at Darwen end and we lost one nil in 84)

The problem is you can't get two points in a game in the EFL. There will be room for complaint (for someone) whatever they decide to do, but this would initiate legal battles that the league would probably lose. Nothing in the rules allows for this to happen, however pragmatic it may appear to be.