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Thanks for the reminder 🙂 "Resistance is futile"

FFS he just did!

The way in which VAR is used here seems to be the issue to me. Other countries - in La Liga for example - seem to operate it just fine.

Even if Pep did think that City were in the wrong, he wouldn't admit it publically. For starters, it would compromise their case. That's pretty basic stuff, Chaddy!

Of course he would! He'll be towing the party 'not guilty' line with the rest of them.

I don't disagree, although I can't help but think that we'd be swapping a player who might score, for one who never scores.

Same. I've tried tuning into the frequency which Chaddy posted earlier, it's a no-go for me. It;s not available through BBC online.

Publicly, Barca and Real are the ones pushing it. Make no mistake though, Europe's biggest clubs will be all over this behind the scenes, just as they were the first time around. The English clubs won't make the same comms mistakes twice. Last time, they quickly distanced themseleves as a result of the public relations disaster that it was. They'll now be biding their time, waiting for right moment and opportunity to publicly throw their hat in the ring again.

For the owners of these 'super' clubs, no amount of money is enough. Their greed has no bounds. It will happen, it's just a matter of when and in what format.

Won't Rovers get a slice of the gate receipts for the Leicester game? In which case, he'll be getting a chunk of his 'gesture' back....so perhaps it's not quite so generous as it may appear.

And it's back... Super League version 2. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/64578730

If I had the wings of an eagle, And the dirfy black ass of a cow, I'd fly over B*rnley tomorrow, And sh1t on the b*stards below, below... Is that better for you @Gav? 🙂

In the first half last night, I spotted Brereton basically sat at left wing back at times. I suspect he's been told to do so in order to protect Pickering, thus leaving our top scorer nowhere near the opposition's danger area. On JRC, he can't be dropped on current form, rather he's a first pick. I suspect that Brittain will have a wait on his hands to get back in the side.

It's a vicous circle... The players are told to play it safe and retain possession They play it safe, passing sideways and backwards The fans get frustrated When a more inventive pass is attempted, but it doesn't pay off, the fans get more frustrated The players then play it even safer....

I have the same view. I think they're erring on the side of caution for the sake of possession vs taking a gamble.

Totally agree. Players leaving for free, trying to make do with a team of U23s, yet another failed attempt at a transfer window....the chickens are coming home to roost, I'm afraid (pardon the pun). As for Diaz, he's been regressing for months, almost to the point where he's reverted back to the Brereton days. His confidence is shot; I can't remember the last time he scored in a 1v1 situation, Blackpool away perhaps. Absolute idiocy that we didn't cash in on him.

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I sit in W12 in line with the penalty spot Chaddy, it's a good view and you get the BBE atmosphere. As for the kiosks, it's a regular occurence for one to be closed and for there to be slow queues. I don't bother any more. For the first time in ages, there was a sizeable queue at the turnstiles. It was fortunate that all 3 were working, as usually the one nearest the BBE is closed.

Repectfully, I disagree. CM is where you control games from. Our CM's are as weak as the proverbial.

IMO, we'd be no worse off playing AWharton or Garrett over Morton. At least they'd put a tackle in.

A thing I noticed yesterday, was how wise their players were compared to ours. Little nudges here and there to put ours off balance and win the ball/header. Imagine Ashley bloody Barnes up against those two at the back, they'd get shoved all over the place. Expecting to get anywhere in this league, but being reliant on young players like Morton, is a fool's game.

A better performance then usual, including a couple of decent passages of play where we even successfully passed the ball in and around the opposition penalty box. On the whole though, it was all still fairly tedious fare, lacking in excitement for the large part. 'Sideways, sideways, forwards, sideways, backwards, sideways, goalie, forwards, lose possession' remains the game plan. From the moment they equalised, it was only going one way. We're crying out for someone to control the middle of the park, to move the ball forward quicker, and to inject some pace. The times we played the ball longer in behind their defence was when we looked dangerous, only for Brereton to - again and again - fluff his lines.

Maybe that's Waggot's club shop commercial strategy. Restrict sizes to XL, then expect people to fill up on overpriced club bought pies ...