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I agree with the first four games but Sigurdsson and Ayari simply haven't done enough recently to warrant a place in my opinion. I thought Atcheson had his best game that I have seen him have and the watching Tomasson can't fail to have been impressed. We only have two first team centre halves available for Monday so Atcheson would be my first back up player to those two.

I pretty much echo Parsonblue's comments. Alongside Atcheson at centre half was Charlie Olson who I thought had a really good game and was made captain. Dolans energy was excellent considering the length of time he has been out - he should start on Monday in my opinion.

I think we are still a football club so here is tonight's under 21 team. After all the grim recent news it will be good to watch a game involving a Rovers team tonight.

Based on the previous 13 years and the fact we are at the whim and mercy of an Indian judge to simply get through the next few months I'm afraid anyone who is expecting a whole raft of signings with the Wharton fee is going to be disappointed. I honestly don't think it's the right move at all for him but the errant ones won't give a toss. He is seen by them as a temporary saviour to the whole mess that is Rovers.

I wonder if Connor O'Riordan will be eligible to play against Sparta Prague tonight.

Some smart almost predatory finishes there. Hopefully we put in a few more corners and free kicks for him to get on the end of.

Whatever happened to the poster of a few years ago who said he was going somewhere in Asia (Bahrain I think) to find a buyer for Rovers. He even copied some pictures from an airport and posted them to try and prove he was in that particular country. Some sleuths on here sussed out his deceit and challenged him on his fantasy. He seemed to be a Walter Mitty type, did he resurface and change his name to Waggott? 😂😂

That's the first I've seen about any interest recently - is this public knowledge?

The perverse logic I guess is that no Wrexham fans would arrive that early. As demonstrated against that lot last season and Leeds this season if away fans want to go in the home ends they will. Even if it did happen surely the club can deal with it rather than turn down an opportunity to make more revenue. It's easier for the people in power down there to try and avoid any hassle by taking a sledgehammer to a walnut.

I have been told that they aren't selling tickets after 5 pm on police advice. Surely Rovers should challenge this based on the detrimental effect it will have on income. We are playing a lower league team in a night match. Does that really constitute enough of a threat to take tickets off sale a few hours before kick off.

Another pathetic attempt by Rovers to put obstacles in the way of anyone thinking of going in the last minute. I can't help but wonder if this is in retaliation for their embarrassing climb-down as they had to concede they were wrong with the Digital Day fiasco. When we currently need every penny we can get you would think the club would be as flexible as they could be to sell tickets. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/january/23/ticket-news--rovers-v-wrexham/

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/joey-barton-blackburn-social-media-31942256 Joey Barton is at it again but this time having a dig at Blackburn. Idiots and social media are a bad mix.

I wouldn't expect him to start against Wrexham but he could be on the bench given our left back shortage. His omission tonight is likely to be that the under 21's play against Sparta Prague on Thursday and I think he'll start in that one.

There's a whole litany of dubious goings on Leonard, these are just the ones made public. They couldn't use NDA's in these examples to buy the silence of people who know where the bodies are buried.

My view is based on 13 years of mismanagement and the current financial predicament but you are right it's essentially down to if you believe what you are being told.

Suddenly the realisation of picking O'Briens wages, loan fee and a possible £10m fee hit home to them. It wasn't long after that the winding up order arrived for the unpaid tax - an unpaid bill they will have known about for some time.

You used the word suspicious and that's exactly what it is. Sylvester has done hundreds of deals administratively and the deal was messed up? Who knows the motives - perhaps an appeasement for the fans and Tomasson to say 'we did all we can'. Either way it's another in the catalogue of avoidable catastrophes like the Henning Berg contract.

The club were acutely aware of the times and still cocked up. Then appealed against a case they had very little hope of winning. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Thanks my friend. It's age thing 😂😂

I have found the report but I don't know how to copy it.

There was a comprehensive report issued outlining all the facts and laying the blame solely at Rovers door. Several of the current regime were name checked and criticised.

When the facts from the Appeal Commission came out several current Rovers employees were found culpable and negligible. Rovers were almost ridiculed in the report. Yet these people who were criticised are all still employed in their highly paid jobs after the embarrassment they heaped on the club. And the owners did and still haven't done anything about it. There is a real smell about it.

He is actually playing at left back which surprised me. That was the only defensive position he didn't play for us.

James Hill starts at right back for AFB against Liverpool.

To absolutely compound his error within a couple of minutes he (rightly) gave Huddersfield a free kick for a similar offence but with what I thought was less contact. This was pointed out to him by the crowd and several Rovers players.