Foden!

Changes needed, Grealish/Foden?

Home Nation out, perhaps karma.

But 1-1 now!

Soft pen for Ronaldo, feel a bit for Ghana. Even better, an equaliser!

I think Costa Rico are going home.

I got Japan in the work sweepstake, I'm not getting my hopes up just yet!

Making England's result look good!

Advantage England!

A draw will favour us.

Well. it was a knee, could have been a bollock, good job they are being well beaten.

Two terrible teams, I'm glad I'm having a snooze.

We were spineless.

Barnes did get away without sanction. but we didn't deserve anything today. Abject.

Poor team out today, JDT should apologise.

He was fit to play.

Scott and Adam are Blue's through and through, yet neither were played, disgrace.

Put simply, manager not good enough. wrong team, bloody embarrassing.

Reliably informed AW fit, not even on the bench, ridiculous.

I’m starting to believe JDT is not up to the job.

Fucking awful.

As I've said before. it's a football game. not a war. We all know opposition fans, Let the game be the winner.

I started the thread, have done an alternative. My original thread was deleted!

An ode to bygone days........ If you were born in 1870, as I know there are a few on this message board who were, and you attained the age of 18, and Papa allowed you out on you own for the first time, you might have ventured to something called the inaugural "football league". If you chose your fixtures well, on the 8th November 1888, you and 2,999 other hardy souls would have attended some god awful pitch in a strange town, just down the road from Rovers town, to marvel at the spectacle of 11 be-shirted men from Rovers town demolishing strange town 7-1, good men, Beresford, Fecitt (2), Forrest, and the mighty hat-trick hero, Jack Southworth on the score sheet. The next five games against strange town, sequenced, 4-2, 7-1 (again), 2-1, 6-1 and 5-2. Great days indeed! It hasn't always been days of wine and roses however, as we haven't won in our last four meetings, losing 1-2, 0-1, 0-1 in the Championship, and 0-2 in the League Cup. It is indeed W41, D19, L42 over time, so quite frankly, they owe us one! My memories of attending strange town's ground are mixed. I'm old enough to have experienced standing on that long bit, with a net in between, whilst the six fingered ones hurled objects towards us. Getting up, before I went to bed, to get to Ewood to be bussed the ten miles or so, to be stared at by an eccentric array of individuals, looking from behind net curtains in disbelief that other people existed. My favourite game was at Ewood, 1st April 2001, a fool's day was made. 5-0, in front of 23,442. (who wouldn't fit their stadium to this day). The mighty Matty Jansen with two, Craig Short, Craig Hignett, and strange town even scored in their own net! If you have the courage to attend next Sunday, I wish you a safe trip. I will be watching from afar (well Clitheroe actually), shouting at the box, as if it will make a difference. I hope JDT takes this as seriously as the rest of us. It doesn't make or break the season, but it will take us into the bought World Cup in good spirits. Talking of which, have a Benny, or indeed a few Benedictines and coke, before you enter the "Barnfeild (as per strange town's own website) Construction stand. Built in 1888, it contains all the facilities you will ever need. One lavvy, a coffee machine (if working, take your loose change), and real oldy worldy leather back seats (I jest), don't take your own cat as there isn't enough room to swing it. I have a lot of strange town friends, some of them are almost normal. I hope all who attend, have a lovely time, save for those supporting t'other team. Traditions are important. Lancashire knows this as much as most. COYB's The end.

Slightly miffed, as I've just spent an hour putting together a post, and when I pressed send it disappeared! I'll redo as a repost!