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We don't spend millions on players, we're not going to spend millions on the odd abandoned match.

Tinpot that from Ipswich.

The venkys in India won't have a clue what is going on. 'Rain what is rain? Never heard of it'

Spot on. It would sum up the Venky's period of ownership if we lost the replay and skimping on the pitch infrastructure sent us down by less than 3 points this season.

About 1 min before they went off. VID-20250920-WA0008.mp4

Instead of celebrating they should have been sitting in the dressing room being told they've had a massive let off and need to improve immediately. They've spent more on a single player than our entire squad cost.

An unbelievably unfair distraction but what we did learn again today is that we are a lot better than we thought we’d be given the upheaval of the summer. Well done big Val!

SPEND SOME MONEY ON THE GROUND FFS!

We are now at the stage of robbing ourselves of 3 points. The club could have resolved the drainage issue but it costs money and we are all about saving the owners cash. It's actually embarrassing as a championship club we get games called off for a waterlogged pitch. We were the only game in the football league to have the game called off.

Yep, a well deserved win has been snatched from us. Made Ipswich look very ordinary.

Cards & resultant suspensions aren’t wiped.

yeah i can't help but think after that performance there is a decent team in there. Alebisou looks a real player

You might have a point but surely it's incumbent on Rovers to sort their own solution out?

And we all know what will happen in the replay......

It's so fucking frustrating because it has detracted from what was a really good performance again, coming on the back of the win at Hull. I wasn't optimistic going to the game today, but thought we were excellent throughout.

The BBC are incompetent?

Isn't it a local authority issue, rather than a Rovers issue? The River Darwen needs investment to handle the drainage of the local area (lots of new houses since 1994 - lots of water that goes straight from the sky to the river over tarmac and in drains] rather than into the water table).

Make of this what you will, but the BBC put up this image 20 minutes ago:

Hasn't this been a known issue for some time and something that our current owners have been aware of? Haven't they also been told a way it can be addressed? Maybe the cheque they signed for it went sailing down the River Darwen.

McKenna,was in ear of ref when he came over to sort his communication out and then told his players to play it on floor where it was at its worse to get it abandoned

It will be replayed 100%. The wording is as it is so that if fans invade the pitch to get games abandoned when behind, the result still stands. With the weather it will just be replayed.

Would be nice for the EFL to look at that and say due to their conduct, result stands and no replay. They won't, but still. I wouldn't be thrilled as an Ipswich fan if the team were celebrating a match abandonment. Total loser's mentality.

In English league football (including the EFL Championship where Blackburn and Ipswich are now), the rules are pretty clear when a match is abandoned: The result at the time of abandonment does not stand – unless the league specifically rules otherwise (very rare, usually only if the game is abandoned extremely late, e.g. after 90 mins + injury time). The game is usually replayed in full, starting 0–0, with both sides having 11 players available again. Any goals, cards, and the match situation at the time of abandonment are wiped from the official record. So in your example: Blackburn’s 1–0 lead wouldn’t count. Ipswich would not have to finish with 10 men. The game would be rescheduled and played again in its entirety. 👉 The only exception would be if the EFL or FA chose to let the score stand (e.g. if it was abandoned extremely late and the outcome was effectively decided), but 80 minutes is still short of that threshold — so almost certainly, it would be a full replay.

We put astronauts on the moon in 1969. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution, they just dont want to spend any money on it. Or on anything else for that matter.

No interviews with managers as the decision on a replay is by a panel and they can’t be seen to try and influence it