On 28/12/2018 at 09:22, WIR Second Coming said:

 I have not so fond memories of Sheff U from the 70s, including a short stay in the police cells in Manchester following an away day train trip that went wrong (3-1 to the Blades I think)

Ah ...I'd forgotten about that  !

My dad always said that Finney was easily the best player he ever saw in his time  watching Rovers from the late 1930s-2000s

Three very hard fixtures this week, and realistically five points or above would have made everyone very happy -  but given the opposition to come away with four points out of nine  is not a bad result. Injuries to some key players are the real issue which could be a problem. Can't fault the team spirit though.

Be nice to see Rothwell and Brereton get 15mins ...

2 minutes ago, tomphil said:

amazed Evans is starting given the Internationals are coming up. 

 

If TM is concerned he can always bring him off late in the game with a "slight muscle strain" or similar  (Mulgrew too perhaps) .... Mr Ferguson used that trick for years to withdraw his players from internationals.

They will all have been tucked up in a hotel near Bristol last night, so either that pic isn't from last night, or he isn't in the squad.

I was watching on the iFollow stream and couldn't believe how bright they were - I assumed it was a fault on the video at first. Really distracting, and made it very difficult to see players and the ball at times.

1 hour ago, magicalmortensleftpeg said:

Commentary was slightly out of sync but the picture quality was good and there were multiple camera angles. 

Same for me - picture was good, but very annoying to have the sound out of sync

Considering investing £10 on a match pass for this on ifollow ..... 

Terrible news 

A neighbour of mine died from MND a few years ago, it is a dreadful, cruel, disease.

15 minutes ago, Norbert Rassragr said:

I think the players will go, but fans will be advised not to. The FA and related authorities are cowards who'd be happy to go to any dodgy country if the money and prestige is there.

I agree - England will only pull out if a number of other high profile countries agree to do the same (e.g. Germany), they won't boycott alone. FIFA won't do anything at all.

But fans will need to think very carefully about going.

Absolutely farcical .... just accept that many decisions in football are subjective and a matter of opinion, and people's opinions will always differ.

Let the referee decide, and just get on with it. Some decisions will go your team's way, some won't.

Keep the goal-line technology .... a nice and simple objective matter of fact  ( technology can cope  with that)

Last night's game, and the discussion on here show exactly why VAR can only work for decisions of fact (like offside, goal-line etc.) - foul play (and most penalties) in football are subjective and based on opinion which will always differ between different viewers.

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and

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Reduced postage if you buy them both .....