Quote what? I was talking about the Cowleys making a mistake. It’s you that talked about ‘long term plans’, your Hudds supporting mate (must be great to have a mate for all 92 clubs, no wonder you have such insights), the views of the owners etc.

Murdoch sold Sky last year, so get your hand in your pocket

I’m talking about the Cowleys not making the right choice. They get sacked and they are back to looking for jobs in League 1 and in the meantime they would be able to spend their Saturdays with Colin Murray in the Quest studio, a bit like that other ‘next big thing’ who tried and failed to turn a nosediving club around... Nathan Jones.

Championship, possibly he’d go back. They end up in League 1 and I’m not sure, he’s on record saying how much he dislikes managing there. Though the travelling and living away from your young kids means there will always be that pull...

Right for who Chaddy? Not them if they are sacked. Hear a lot about ‘long term projects’, usually said by struggling managers and clubs, it’s code for ‘we are cutting back, so make do’... next news they’ve been potted.

Huddersfield was a stupid move for the Cowleys, trying to turn these nosediving clubs round is a big ask and usually takes time and a few managers - we should know. They were the next big thing and could have waited for a more stable club, though I imagine parachute payment wages sealed the deal...

It’s not only that group that refs Championship games. ‘The Select Group referees officiate some games, but they are supplemented by National List referees. We are looking to grow the pool. The ultimate objective is to have all referees in the Championship as full-time professionals.‘ https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.express.co.uk/sport/football/566621/Championship-referees-to-become-full-time/amp

They aren’t professionals outside the Prem. Rovers fan and EFL ref Ben Toner is a teacher, for example.

Was it only a couple of months back when they were staying up and chanting ‘We’re Bolton Wanderers, we do what we want’ after somehow avoiding a points deduction for cancelling fixtures?

Shades of us at Barnsley in relegation season. How the clownshoe stayed in post for another two months after that Boxing Day debacle is beyond me... ‘It is a ground where the tunnel is in the corner near the away fans and as Boro players trudged off a sizeable crowd of simmering Boro fans gathered to make their feelings only too clear. And tempers almost boiled over as Rudy Gestede gestured dismissively at supporters as he disappeared down the tunnel’

The lengths the two clubs will go to to avoid fans actually watching one of football’s oldest rivalries. The tour of Lancashire towns that aren’t Blackburn or Burnley continues to... Oldham, 2pm on a Tuesday. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2020/february/new-date-and-venue-for-burnley-game/

Possibly, and fair play to them if they go and win there, but every chance they drop a few points next week. Plus 3rd, 4th and 5th are dropping points too.

But... PNE are away at West Brom and Fulham next two games. Two massive games at home for us, could’ve turned on its head by this time next week.

Must have re-opened one, as only 3 on relegation day... when we needed 4.

Only 3 of the 4 left, isn’t there?

Gaz actually kept a compete basket case up (The Season of Five Managers), then had us 8th and 9th. It fell away for Bowyer once the cash dried up. TM has had a much more stable club to operate in. So is TM ‘far ahead’ of GB?

No it doesn’t NEED to happen if a club is run correctly with a strategy that is fit for purpose. But we have been optimistic before, c2014. We will see if we are a now a properly run club over the next season or two, or if the current execs are just talking a good game. As always we are at the whim of unpredictable owners with the added spectre of FFP.

#prayforrigger

Doesn’t it feel great to wake up on the morning of a game with that nervous feeling - 8 years of largely plodding along made me nearly forget what it felt like...

Maybe BB doesn’t matter ‘strategically’, if AA goes for £15m+, but we DID delve into another club for a 19 year old, for a hefty premium too.

These ground issues can go on and on, Wimbledon played at Selhurst Park for a decade. Hope Cov have a decent deal on rent...

They play in Trafford Borough (Stretford), not Salford. But yeah, not in the borough of Manchester, like Citeh (and FC United).

Not permitted in the EFL, I believe. When Sutton United, who use one, were doing well in the cup the other year and towards the top of the National League, I remember them saying they wouldn’t be allowed in.

Another piece on the anniversary. Good read, however this quote from Waggott was a bit of contradiction... ‘With young players you get the high energy, but also the highs and the lows and inconsistencies and he knows that. But we’ve got a Category One Academy that costs £4m to run, so why would you want to be delving in to other clubs for 18 or 19-year-olds when you’ve got a Category One Academy.’ Didn’t we do exactly that with £7million on a 19 year old from Nottingham Forest? https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/18250849.inside-story-tony-mowbrays-three-years-rovers/

I know they are, I’m just interested in how you have reached these views on the owners?