Probably swings and roundabouts. Would have been a pen against us for North End for sure, handball by Nyambe I think it was.

Oh yes I agree 100%, just reporting what I was told, totally understand TM's thoughts if true.

I was told by a member of the groundstaff at approx 1405 that a) Mowbray wanted the game off over concerns as to the long term damage of the pitch b) Unsurprisingly Rowett wanted it on c) The pitch was better than both the Preston and Hudds games and therefore well playable.

Probably not the right place for the debate but wow that's harsh on Bradley Johnson.

He was given a lesson in the dark arts of forward play by the slightly smaller (according to google) Tom Eaves.

The ref got plenty wrong, but the Buckley tackle was one of the clearer yellows you will see.

If it was the other way round and Barnsley had scored and goal been given this forum would have been in uproar. Just one of those rare incidents. Poor - yes. Wrong - no. As you say down to the referees interpretation of the seriousness of injury, which is hard to judge.

There's a lot of things from Rugby that football could benefit from in my opinion - none more so than refs mic'd up for everyone to hear.

Top 2 bullet points. So all down to his interpretation of the injury.

Yeah mate very hard to judge barring the obvious but that's the guidance given at the moment to referees. Yes it's open to abuse as it looks like happened on this occasion.

Play should be stopped if the referee suspects a serious injury or a head injury. As you know yourself when you have a split second to decide if its a head injury or not it's best from a referees view to lean on the side of caution. Frustrating for fans but from the referees point of view it's better to disallow the goal than allow it and then the player is carried off with a head injury. Hope your well and had a good Xmas.

Im also a qualified referee, the latest guidance is to stop the game for a serious injury or a head injury (no matter how serious) however I agree with you it's about when he blew the whistle and how audible the whistle was, but he was perfectly within his rights to stop the game the second he suspected a head injury, no matter how serious.

If its a head injury you stop the game immediately as a referee, so I'm not sure he blew to quickly is an excuse. There's no advantage to be played from a head injury. I didn't see the actual incident due to a toilet trip with a nagging child, but the minute a player is holding his head the referee should stop the game.

Anything getting up for 3k is absolutely fantastic all things considering...pandemic, no trains, the general last 11 years we've been through. Is the famous old club stirring? You bet. Rise rovers Rise.

Absolutely no question - Rovers to get promoted.

I think I prefer a slightly lighter blue (not as pale as the 90/91 or 18/19) so for that reason the 91/92 Ribero home shirt. Away shirt I would go for the 95/96 champions edition, red with black sleeves away shirt. For a third shirt the Wembley 92 yellow shirt, narrowly pipping this season's macron version of the shirt.

Not sure if been mentioned but did anybody see the fight after the game? Grown men who ought to know better and some young kids attacking Huddersfield fans (who were goading but still, absolutely no excuse for that). I don't get to many away games but last night confirmed why I don't.

No one likes losing games of football but 3 points from the 2 away games this week will do me just fine. Anything more is fantastic.

Terrible goalkeeper. So so weak.

I thought Big Ben looked a real handful today. The minute Ayala inevitably gets injured we are screwed defensively.

All this talk of them getting an 'easy ride' .... So they bloody should whilst they're wearing our shirt. The most talented they may not be, but they didn't set the transfer fee. Certainly in the case of Ben it looks like there may be a player in there if utilized correct.

I've warmed to the idea of Gareth Ainsworth massively. After these painful years the thought of having someone who cares about the club as much as the supporters really does appeal. However his love for the club brings no guarantees that he would be successful here, but there's no guarantee of success anywhere with anyone. For those unsure on Gareth's character there's a good number of interviews on YouTube. Either way surely it's time for a young manager with fresh ideas. Mowbray OUT

I play a lot of golf, but always prioritised games over the weekend competitions. I'm pretty sure that won't be the case once a type of 'normal' returns.

Exactly that mate, then the next thing down would have been a full renovation which is 6 figures..... They went for the light renovation which with the state the pitch was towards end of last season, was never gonna work. I'm surprised the company who did it were willing to put there name too it, knowing how it would end up.

This summer they were quoted a figure, id be lieing if I said the figure but it was 6 figures. This was for essential work that needed doing. They however chose to get a firm from Burnley way to carry out a patch up job for around 10% of what the full job would have cost.