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Nope, but in declaring a partially played game to be a result and changing the number of points awarded for that result, the league would set two incredibly dangerous precedents. Ordering the rest of the game to be played would, I believe, be adhering to as many of their own regulations as possible... Apart from replaying the game entirely, which I've already stated I think will happen. Just of all the the possible outcomes, your suggestion is the most unlikely of all those that I've read.

I would argue that it's multiple orders of magnitude more likely that the EFL order the rest of the match be played than declare Rovers to be the winners but only award one point.

Sure, but that was my point. The two possible outcomes as I see it are full replay or partial replay, with the former being far, far more likely. Anything else would likely fall outside of regulations.

It's really not.

Changes to points awarded for a result would fall outside of that, surely. Sheffield United and Nottingham Forest are two that I can think of that have recently either threatened or started legal proceedings against leagues that will likely believe they were acting within their regulations.

It'll be a full replay, it's abundantly clear that the EFL will want to protect themselves from backlash and/or litigation and declaring the 80 mins played null is the best way to do that. I think playing the rest of the match is the most fair thing to do. I also think declaring a win for Rovers but awarding only one point is just laughable.

"All about results" Apart from when results are poor, when you decide it's about how honest he is and how he needs time. I'm sick to the back teeth of you and your hypocrisy.

I find it interesting that since Dolan's good start in Spain, certain posters have changed from "let's see where he ends up" to "he was never going to sign a contract". I'm delighted for him.

This dire reading. You can't call it anything other than systematic failure.

Precisely. Many more absent performances like today and Arsenal will look elsewhere.

I hope VI has the confidence and conviction to not play Tyjon if he doesn't deem it beneficial to the team in the short term. I've made my feelings on this clear, I have no interest in blooding him this year to improve him on the chance that he signs a contract, especially if it's at the potential expense of Championship points. Sign and play. Otherwise, best of luck.

Some shocking defending on display, though. Batty put in the softest challenge and Dale get time in the box to set up a point blank header. 3-2

Litherland looks very, very good breaking from defence. Chris Smalling comes to mind

Feels like he believes more in austerity.

He might well be. The reality of it is, though, that we're left with Tron and Tavares who, so far, has been lightweight and has a mistake in him. Our backup is the Brum lad, Foreshaw and Kristi. I've not seen the former play and I'd like to see as little as possible of the latter two.

Yes. Because winning a game does not solve the inherent sickness that sits atop our club and has infected it to its very core. You're just happy to ignore it.

Foot fracture I think? I dunno. No-one knows.

Baradji out "medium term" according to VI. Laughable transfer. Call it sensible to loan him instead of buying all you want but I'll be surprised if he plays 10 games this season. Some replacement for Trav.

Trav had his best season at Rovers last year. Hyam played our last 50 games. Sure, neither are world beaters but they were without doubt two of our best players, who, before being fucked around, wanted to stay. We wanted them to stay too. Hearing people claim this was a strategic squad restructure is driving me crazy. The club wanted all of the departing players but weren't willing to pay the going rate. I'm also interested to know which one of Tavares, Baradji or Gardner you think will be better than Travis, and why.

Looking at squads, I think Spain are by far the best around. Then England are firmly in the chasing pack with Brazil, France and to a lesser extent, Germany.

They were very good tonight. Madueke is a real player. Proper ball on a string dribbler. Adding Saka, Palmer and Bellingham to this team somehow will be difficult. Some will be disappointed, which will be one of Tuchel's biggest challenges. If he can't fit in, Bellingham doesn't have to start. Can he handle that?

What are you defending here, exactly? You say we shouldn't expect any different. No-one does. That doesn't excuse the farce of an interview from criticism. Just because it's what we expected to happen doesn't mean we should deem it acceptable.

Then don't offer out questions from the fans. If their agenda was to peddle their propaganda, I'd rather they just did that, rather than feign wanting to be open and honest.

But "new or otherwise" is dismissing the point entirely. I'm talking specifically about the extension of existing players.

You said: "they've just signed 10 players, they're more than capable of penning contracts." Again, they were obliged to sign those players, otherwise we wouldn't have a squad. The fact that a number of new, low value contracts have been offered has no bearing at all on whether they either can't or won't offer improved terms to current players. They HAD to sign new players. They had no choice.