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Was obviously losing the race for pace but did really well to hold his position and then slid in at just the right time.

Holtby is on another level - different class.

Really strong end to the first half. Huddersfield looked shellshocked by conceding the equaliser and never really recovered. Hopefully we can keep that momentum going in the second 45.

Can see how much Dack is enjoying finally playing alongside someone on a similar level.

Is it me or do we always play much better when injuries force Mowbray to pick a team he doesn't want to pick? All those people who wanted Dack sold in the summer, give your head a wobble. Assist and a goal again, our most creative player by far.

Holtby looking superb so far. Nyambe doing well on the right as well.

Definitely didn't pull him down. Bennett's arm touched the bloke's thigh and he went flying like he'd been hit with a baseball bat. Total cheating but that's football nowadays. What a gift from Huddersfield. Wow.

1 or 2 points from 12 after this match now. Need to be looking to replace Mowbray ASAP.

Bennett being a clumsy idiot manages to fall over and give away a penalty. Wasn't even a tackle, just tripping over his own feet. Remember we never win matches after going behind, so this one's effectively over.

Yep, back 4 with Armstrong up top according to Sky.

There's a huge difference between the Championship and League 1/2 nowadays, so a terrible footballer at this level could certainly do a job at League 1/2 level.

Obviously it was in the context of the level we are playing at. To be honest I didn't think that would need to be specified but just for clarity I am referring to Amar'i Bell playing for Blackburn Rovers in the Championship. I'm sure he's fine at L1 or L2 level but that isn't yet where we are playing our trade.

I don't disagree with K-Hod hiding those posts to be honest, as I know it wouldn't have been done based on any political bias - just to clean up the thread. When you're having to hide a lot of posts that have gone off topic then it's always possible some may be unhidden upon further review, No more conversation about this though please - back to cringey Rovers moments.

I've opted to unhide the responses from you and 47er in relation to that post, but that needs to be the end of the political discussion re: Thatcher. Thanks.

If he wasn't useless? Terrible at football? Scared to tackle? Positionally atrocious? No, probably wouldn't get as much stick if that was the case. Unfortunately all true and nothing to do with his skin colour, he just isn't Championship standard.

This pretty much. Disagreements about Shearer would still be Rovers/football related. Discussion about politics not so much and they also get heated very quickly.

AEW posted a slight decline but largely stable 1.014m viewers this week, whilst NXT dipped to 712,000. It was a fairly stacked card this week for AEW so they may be a tad disappointed with that number (with no baseball competition either). WWE will be hoping NXT's decline doesn't continue for too much longer. I guess this shows that there really are a lot of former wrestling fans who will simply never get back into the product. If a new, hugely hyped and well produced show on TNT isn't enough to bring them back then I don't think anything will. I imagine during basketball season Dynamite will probably fall below 1m, whilst NXT could very well drop to 500k or less.

To be honest, this is the kind of match Mowbray normally scabs a win from when the pressure is starting to build, releasing the valve a little until the next set of poor results that keep us mired in no man's land. If we lose then I think that may be the beginning of the end though.

Unless booing in Eastern Europe sounds like monkey noises it was certainly racism.

True, there may still be some fluctuations ahead. By and large I think 1-1.2m is AEW's current audience though, which is pretty good. TNA at their peak were getting somewhere in that ballpark and most of their shows were terrible, on a lesser channel and with significantly less promotion or money behind them. The wrestling audience has declined pretty sharply since then, largely thanks to WWE and TNA driving fans away with shitty booking and shows, but hopefully AEW can bring at least some of those fans back on top of what they already have.

I don't think you can choose to wait for a manager in the summer when it's October and you're facing a definite relegation battle. You have to assume Bowen was brought in with the intention of becoming manager, despite no track record beyond assistant manager at any point in his career.

Probably an actual manager with some (any) experience tbf.

So as far as viewership figures go, AEW dropped roughly 400k viewers to around 1.1m. I'm sure they expected this though as the debut was always going to have an exceptional viewership due to the hype and casual curiosity. They'e putting on great shows so I think around 1m is going to be their base figure going forward which is a solid position to start from. NXT dropped a little but not much. Looks like about 750-800k will be their average. Interestingly it seems like there is little to no crossover between NXT/AEW audiences, as one dropping doesn't seem to affect the other in any way. Smackdown meanwhile lost 1m viewers, falling from 3.8m to 2.8m last Friday, and I expect that number will be even lower this Friday. I think FOX wanted over 3m viewers regularly for Smackdown when they signed their deal with WWE, but unless the quality of the show dramatically improves I think they'll be looking at 2-2.5m being the regular viewership within a month or two.

I'm just glad I'm completely indifferent about the national team. It's enough to have Rovers continually disappoint me without having England compounding that irritation.