v Ipswich Town (h) - 02/12/25, 19:45 k/o

[simongarnerisgod]

2 hours ago, davulsukur said:

I wonder if Ismael will throw caution to the wind tonight and chuck Baradji in from the start?

i very much doubt it,i just hope he does`nt bring the chuckle brothers (deneve and henrikson) on after the hour,surely baradji is due more time off the bench

[Old Codger]

Talk about setting the tone.. Rovers' website preview of the game states as follows: "Sitting eighth in the table, McKenna's men will rise to fourth in the standings with a victory this evening."

Not being funny, but can't anyone on the Rovers staff actually write English - a more accurate sentence might have used the word 'would' rather than 'will'.

Pedantry, I know, but it feels like the club already accepts the inevitability of a negative outcome, instead of going in knowing it is a game of football, in which as we know, anything can happen.

As I said earlier, we need to stick the form book up their conceited tractor boy arse.

What we need, and what we get - often two diametrically opposed concepts, from the existential perspective of a long-standing Rovers fan..

FWIW, COYB!

[jim mk2]

Just now, Old Codger said:

Talk about setting the tone.. Rovers' website preview of the game states as follows: "Sitting eighth in the table, McKenna's men will rise to fourth in the standings with a victory this evening."

Not being funny, but can't anyone on the Rovers staff actually write English - a more accurate sentence might have used the word 'would' rather than 'will'.

Pedantry, I know, but it feels like the club already accepts the inevitability of a negative outcome, instead of going in knowing it is a game of football, in which as we know, anything can happen.

As I said earlier, we need to stick the form book up their conceited tractor boy arse.

What we need, and what we get - often two diametrically opposed concepts, from the existential perspective of a long-standing Rovers fan..

FWIW, COYB!

 

The tense of the verb is all-important. "Will" describes a certain future event while the conditional "would" describes a hypothetical or possible event

In other words, that's the Rovers website predicting an Ipswich win. 

It's not pedantry; it's wrong

[Cherry Blue]

9 minutes ago, Old Codger said:

Talk about setting the tone.. Rovers' website preview of the game states as follows: "Sitting eighth in the table, McKenna's men will rise to fourth in the standings with a victory this evening."

Not being funny, but can't anyone on the Rovers staff actually write English - a more accurate sentence might have used the word 'would' rather than 'will'.

Pedantry, I know, but it feels like the club already accepts the inevitability of a negative outcome, instead of going in knowing it is a game of football, in which as we know, anything can happen.

As I said earlier, we need to stick the form book up their conceited tractor boy arse.

What we need, and what we get - often two diametrically opposed concepts, from the existential perspective of a long-standing Rovers fan..

FWIW, COYB!

Not only poorly written but why tell Rovers fans that ..... I'm not going to repeat it. I'm not interested where his men are after tonights game. I'm only interested where my team is. 

COYB!!!

[aletheia]

Subjunctives, moi? 😉