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Blackpool FC officially put up for sale by the Oystons. Congrats Tangerines.

I can't believe that the WBC have sanctioned Breazeale vs Molina (thats rank #6 vs #12) for the mandatory. Incredible that its been allowed and no wonder Hearn and Whyte (#3 - only behind Ortiz who is a proven drugs cheat and banned - which is another story) are pissed off. The UFC will continue to rise where, other than McGregor and GSP are forced to fight each other or give up the belts, until boxing catches up.

Looks like their entire world is crumbling around them. Shame.

That’s the theme everyone should be seeing. I’m confused why you weren’t!

Yes trying to track it down, sorry folks.

Its when you get a notification whilst browsing - its bloody annoying and i'm trying to find out how to change it! Dislike button is just a way of trolling people so won't be coming back.

Rumour has it there’s still upwards of 100kg of Pedigree dog food hidden in the Riverside for Steve Keans dog he doesn’t have.

My dogs been through enough, I wouldn’t want to put her through league one football.

Go on then... Thoughts? Any comments from iPad/iPhone/Tablet/Android users?

Try clearing your cache maybe.

Different that white? It’s white on mine at the mo.

Yeah we need to change the colours. ‘The message board’ in black looks weird and when you get a PM you can’t see who it’s from. Just a few little tweaks.

Pulev injured. Tatam steps up. Hearn has had him on pencil since the fight was announced. He’s good, to be fair.

Moved to Ask Admin (which is now back).

Please do it more. If you see a post which you feel breaks forum rules PLEASE press the report button. It’s completely anonymous and helpful. When you press report, mods are notified and can go straight to the reported post. If it’s not pressed it can be missed. If you choose not to report a post and instead decide to reply to it yourself (often with insults, aggression or breaking other forum rules) you are opening yourself up to warnings when a mod comes across it.

Kong: Skull Island. Potentially the worst special effects in the opening i've ever seen. And i've watched Deep Blue Sea. How they have that budget and that level of 3D gets signed off i'll never know. Does improve later on, though.

I’m with KHod, I prefer it too. Defending seems to have been thought about for once.

Whoops!

Isn’t he out of contract next year?

Yep - you won't be able to sign up for a reduced fee like foreign fans can, but you'll be able to buy every match individually.

iFollow will be available for every game at a fee next season.

Big ask coming up two weight classes.

It doesn't matter, people keep buying them and they're cheaper to produce now. With regards to Parsons point about the content being the same whether it's print or digital, this is entirely the point! The content wouldn't be at all the same because it would reduce the need for journalistic input, just fill it with video, interviews and interactive content. 'Pick your starting 11' with live graphics showing the team which the majority of fans are picking, message from the manager, behind the scenes at brockhall - none of this brilliantly interactive content is possible with words and still images, yet all really basic stuff for an app based programme. I think myself, Dreams and K-Hod will have to respectfully disagree with yourself and Parson on this one - but it will be interesting to see how it pans out.

I reckon for every signature a player must do.. 10(?) selfies? I understand there is a generation that wants vinyl and books but the reality is in 10 years they'll all be non existent, IMO, because time moves on. As will autographs. I appreciate theres people that buy the programme and don't use apps. What i'm trying to explain is that in the very close future, unfortunately, you won't have any other option but to use apps - even if you preferred the paper copy.

I disagree with 'couldn't care less attitude' as I know its not the case, I know the marketing people at Ewood and know they'd love to create a brilliant programme, but budget cuts are all over the place and things like programmes are first to go, especially when readership is so low. It wouldn't surprise me if for your average league game the programmes actually make a loss, so of course its going to get cuts - which is in turn going to reduce the quality (whether thats physically or in content). All it takes is the club to hire someone (that costs) or trust the existing marketing team to create something different and modern. Theres money to be made for anyone who can execute a brilliantly interactive digital download programme... or should I say convince Pasha that its worth doing.