Hasta

Might as well turn the big screen off and save electricity. Sure, it’s nice for the fans to be able to see the replays and the team sheets, but it costs money and is not essential. What a King Cnut this guy is.

At some point it may become can they afford not to.

Saturday 3pm kick off. Could be a decent crowd. You never know with Boro. They could bring 1000 fans, they could bring 5500.

Around 4000 were sold before open sale. So about 70% of the 5,700. I doubt there were many people at Bramall Lane who hadn’t already attended Rovers games that season. The way some people talk it’s like we took thousands of day trippers who didn’t bother attending any other games and only went cos it was an FA cup quarter final. Great effort for a 12pm kick off live on tv with no trains BTW.

But practically all of the 6000 were season ticket holders. So they were already committed fans. It’s nonsense that is peddled that a load of glory hunters who don’t attend Ewood suddenly rocked up at Bramall Lane.

Joke of a decision in the old firm game there. How was that disallowed for a foul. If anything the defender kicks the attacker.

Well. JDT didn’t want Buckley to leave and it turns out Pears shouldn’t be coming out of his goal heading balls away after all. Who knew.🤷‍♂️

Looks like the players have downed tools here. Doncaster have just been better all game. It’s not like it’s undeserved.

Everton have been abysmal. Dyche will be gone if they lose tonight I think.

I’d still be very surprised. If it was at Ewood it would technically be ‘broadcast’ to be shown on our own concourses, but wouldn’t be available elsewhere.

I'm not sure the novelty of watching Rovers at a new ground will also apply to watching it in Blues, but in all seriousness fair play to Rovers here. They won't be able to stream it due to the competition regulations, but at least they've gone to the effort to get it on. Having said that, once any club sells out its given away allocation it should be a formality that the game can be beamed back to the home ground. It's a no brainer. It would give an option against illegal streaming and also generate a bit of revenue for the clubs.

It's on Rovers TV Premium as long as you have an 1875 membership, season ticket, Premium TV pass, went to Rotherham away, vape, don't have a HG postcode and your email address has been on the database for 5 years

Come on lads. Swag ain’t gonna let you off joining the 1875 club that easily. He will have demanded the email addresses from Harrogate to go through one by one.

🤔🤔 Where do you start with that.

Well Mr Hedges, it has taken 127 days but you are now officially forgiven.

Moved into the right thread. The wasit band on Usyk's shorts were above his belly button. Therefore it's not low. According to the pundits after the ref didnt actually do the customary insruction before the fight about what is and isnt low. However, he did get outboxed and did quit when the going got tough. Thats the second time he's done it.

All I will say is Usyk’s belt line is above his naval.

So basically you’ve got Rovers to win 1-0 with Wharton needing to assist Szmodics for the goal and Porteious and Travis to be booked.

You forgot the bit about celebrating with a bottle of red.

It’s a loyalty tax. Waggots strategy has always been “how can I squeeze more money out of the fans that we have” and this is another one.

Her arm is out and when the girl knocks it past her she leans into it with her arm. It's a penalty. Keeper is off the line as well when she saves it. Huge let off. Let's hope it's the turning point.

Wrong thread, but got to laugh at Bolton being 3-0 at half time to Wigan. They had spent all week asking their usual “who are our rivals” question.

Some of your examples are a fail in technology, or a secondary factor not being accounted for. Monday nights was one of the worst ones I have seen where the VAR official has looked at a single incident and decided it is (or isn't) a foul judged on the laws of the game.

As I said I don't blame the ref on Saturday for the second yellow. He just needs other refs to make sure they follow suit in order to keep consistent to not make him look an idiot. The first booking we've not discussed. That's a joke as well. 😁

No it's not. It shows the player thinks it's a card and the ref disagrees (or agrees). I certainly don't look at it and think the ref has lost control depending on whether he gives a card or not. Now if the players start shouting at the ref, crowding the ref, or barging him, or forcing him to take a step back then that is different. Book them all day, even send them off. But for card waving where do you stop. If a player gets barged over in the box and a player turns round with his arms out an appeals for a penalty that's not between the two of them. If the ref then gives the penalty has he lost control? What if a player thinks it's a corner, appeals and starts taking the ball towards the corner flag? I get it's the now the rule, refs have to enforce it and players will stop doing it and all that. But I really see card waving on it's own as very low down the issues with the game. It's one of the least examples of disrespect towards officials. I'd rather referees were instructed / advised to get things under control that were not in line with the rules or dangerous than a lad sat on the floor laughing waving a card. For example, there have already been two instances this season where I have seen where a defender has barged a striker out of the way to let it go for a goal kick and the striker has collided with the advertisement board. Anywhere else on the pitch then it's a foul. In this case it's even dangerous as the player falling could bang their head on the boards surrounding. And yet it's ignored.