That was not just a poor decision. It was as bent as a 9 bob note. I am heartily sick of this reoccuring theme. Mrs. Evans... well said lass. Loyal and honest in her opinion.

I have only just seen the above David Conn article and the following. A sobering read with many boys kept within the Academy system just to 'make up the numbers' and almost guaranteed to fail. https://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2017/oct/10/football-club-academies-rejection-boys https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/10/howard-wilkinson-review-academy-system

"We want to go to Rochdale and win but I will sit down with my staff and pick a team that we feel can be competitive and get a result.” TM confirming where it all goes wrong.

An interesting article on the Academy system and compensation fees: http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/41839083

Looks remarkably like Robbie Savage

That's it! Name the section 'Woof End' I had favoured 'Dogshit Corner' previously.

Why would anyone want more dog shit at Ewood? The pretend Board is already full of it, and 3 or is it 4 big turds in Pune.

He's now a Football Agent. Looks like he built up a repetoire of skills whilst pretending to be a footballer. I will follow this latest story with interest.

I had not seen the above before. Is it in addition to: http://m.bbc.com/sport/football/41239042

If Big Sam had not got the call to be set-up via England Sunderland would still be in the PL imo. They will get the cheque book out and call him again soon enough.

Dorrans could have tried shooting earlier a couple of times when he had the chances. I like a bit more blood and guts in the Big Firm games

We must have been watching different games. The standard of football was ok and way above our L1 status but from about 20 mins in there was only going to be one winner. Overall Rangers were mediocre. Rodgers somehow got himself the easiest job in British football.

Makes no sense at all. The system allows it but the Club have to arrange it.

Only registered players who are eligible for first tean selection can play for EFL teams in the EFL Trophy.......I think

It may well say that on the tin but the thrust of the EFL Trophy has and is evolving to provide Cat 1 Academy with decent competitive match experience against Tier 3 and 4 teams. EFL rules and the frequent amendments dictate how 'strong' a team the EFL sides can field. This years eligible player rule amendments were discussed previously in some other thread a month or so ago.

He better had start in what is an Academy biased competition. Joe needs to be given some first team bench time and usage.

I bought a match pass for the Bradford game to watch via the app on my Samsung Win phone, having already tested it with a vid. The live stream failed to load and kept crashing the app, numerous times. I gave up trying and listened to the audio commentary. It sounded like just one of the guys from Rover Player but was quite good. That may have been just my desperation. I have now managed to watch the extended highlights on the phone/app but so far failed with full match replay. I have now loaded the app on the Thai wifes Lava phone and will try again v MK Dons. To load the app I had to first uninstall her Facebook to create space....the wife went feckin mental. Luckily I managed to reinstall after deleting other crap, she is not as yet aware of that

Shearer had genuine pace before that injury. Ewood saw the best of him. We were blessed.

Great memories. How I loved 'old' Ewood with a decent crowd on. The sub-titles were superb Colleen Hendry, Sharon/Sara/ Sherriff aka Shearer, Mens, Rigilio and Rightly amongst the many classics.

My iFollow debut this week. Managed to buy a match pass for today so hope my phone connection is ok to stream. I have tested on a free vid so hopeful.

Yes, just got to see a few Yorks wickets go including Lyth. I was well into the Test match.

Bloody good show by Yorkshire and Lyth and good on the Test match commentators for the nod. I managed to see the last 2 overs by Yorks.

For day/night to work you really need a short twilight period like in Dubai or similar. Plua guranteed warm evenings. The UK has neither. I agree that the orange ball is easy to see though

Mr. Desai being hit on the head with a snowball. Black limo fleet. Black shaded heavy mob security gits. 2 TwoHats contaminating the Ewood turf. Chuck a few in of ex-managers under the pluckers reign. All matches covered.......mind you, would sell FA programmes.

I'm the same and assuming the match pass access will appear just before ko. App works fine with a free video from the Rovers Library but await the live test.