only2garners

Burnley losing.

Matt - he already has. There's a train strike on the day of the West Ham game and a tube strike the day after.

He already has Matt. Train strike on the day of the West Ham game and a tube strike the day after.

You’re right that anyone who has paid for transport should be compensated but anyone who has booked train tickets from Lancashire to Coventry and back for a night game is the definition of an optimist at the moment.

Noticeably there were no fringe first team players in the under 21 team tonight again.

I didn’t see Vale in any pre-season games and I didn’t see anything to be excited about in his league games. But I thought in his cameo on Saturday that he did everything right given the game situation. But it’s way too early for me to have a considered long term view.

I, but I see the excellently named Farah Crompton scored twice yesterday.

I doubt that the only two midweek fixtures at Burnley and Coventry will have much of a bearing on our game with Hull.

Was the team that ended the game possibly the youngest 11 ever to form a Rovers team in a league game? I make it an average age of 22.45.

JDT wants as many of his players to be as “match ready” as possible rather than fringe first team players spending a lot of time on the bench not getting match fitness. Hence the practice over recent weeks of having 5/6 players from the first team squad in the under 21 team. But I guess that greatly reduces the opportunities for the younger players coming through to get game experience at under 21 level. So this week he looks to be playing all those who don’t get a game today in a BCD match.

Run Shaw college has two weeks - this and next week. The schools will be off next week. It’s bizarre that the fixture list has games nearly every midweek in October except the one that most schools are off.

School half term is next week, at least in Lancashire for the majority of schools.

I would go to St Andrew’s if I were you Tyrone - we’re at home.

Yes of course. My point was that they weren't playing each other at the time Lancs Police was imposing bubbles on us and Burnley.

No I don't think it has, but then they haven't played each other for years and I imagine that game didn't happen in the years when we were having bubble games with Burnley. You're right that Lancs Police quoted ECHR as a reason why they should not do bubble games but I guess that is an interpretation by them than any type of central dictat.

That was mentioned at the Fans Forum last Monday when we had Rovers' Police Liaison Officer along to talk about the plans for our games. The Swansea - Cardiff game is now the only game with the bubble operating. Lancs Police clearly wanted to avoid a bubble if at all possible and they also had an issue with having a bubble for our game and not for the Preston - Blackpool game.

We are pretty much guaranteed an official gate of 14,000+ if Sunderland are bringing c5,000. Of course midweek, colder weather, live on Sky will mean plenty of ST holders will stay at home but they will still be counted.

They won’t get to phase 3. There are about 1,700 fans eligible for phase 1 and I would assume most will take up their option. That leaves about 600 or so tickets for anyone with a ST and 1875 membership.

As long as the away tickets were bought from the club and are on the system you will be guaranteed a ticket as long as you buy within the first priority window from 20th to 23rd. You just need one away ticket as well as a ST and 1875 membership.

The fact that Boro are struggling is a bit of a red herring here. The posted gate of 24,000, like every other attendance, will include season ticket sales, whether the fans who bought them turn up for games or not. I presume there was a lot of positivity around Boro in the Summer, They thought they had a good manager and had bought a number of players. I imagine yesterday's 24,000 was well over the number who actually showed up, as it often is at Ewood. They had sold 18,000 season tickets by June, sp presumably a few more than that now. So a bit over twice what Rovers sold, for a catchment more than twice Rovers'.

Well it wasn't a secret when the 1875 membership was introduced. This is from the website: - New for the 2022-23 season, our 1875 Membership offers supporters significant savings and benefits during the upcoming campaign, as the new era under new Head Coach Jon Dahl Tomasson gets underway. There are a number of mouth-watering matches to look forward to this season, most notably four local derbies, including our renewed rivalry with Burnley, and 1875 Members will be able to receive priority access to away tickets for these fixtures, as well as for every other Rovers game on the road this season. Be at the front of the queue for away tickets with an 1875 Membership: Season Ticket Holders with 1875 Membership Season Ticket Holders 1875 Members General Sale

For a catchment area at least twice the population of Rovers?

What do you think is ridiculous about the allocation plans?

To be fair Longsiders we beat them 3-0 at their place, although it seems a long time ago now.

Sounds like a shambles of a game at Bramall Lane. The Radio Lancs commentators were struggling to control themselves at the end. Blackpool came from 2-0 down to lead 3-2 and then had two players sent off. United missed a penalty that supposedly should never have been and then scored a leveller in the 99th minute by just taking the Blackpool keeper out. Then there was a punch up after the end with Fotheringham flattened Lavery and for some reason the ref sent both of them off.