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We were decidedly second best to Stockport tonight as a combination of Pears and bad finishing gave us the win. Good to see Adam get seventy minutes in his legs. It will probably take a couple more games to get him up to speed. I was disappointed in Callum Brittain more than anything else tonight. He isn't capable of pushing into midfield like Tomasson wants him to and at times looked lost. Scott Wharton was steady and our two young strikers (Bloxham and Edmundson) battled manfully but made little headway. I was impressed with Gilsenan in the second half but overall we were disappointing.

Each to their own mate 😁

Stanley's new third kit. It appears somebody at Macron was having a bad day. 😂

My understanding is that the Delegate will also estimate the time lost and if it doesn't marry up with the referee then the referee will lose marks. And marks are the lifeblood of any referee. I can't find the EFL figures but I was told that the average ball in play time in League Two is 48 minutes. Premier League averages are below.

Law changes and instructions to referees for the coming season are detailed in the link. https://www.efl.com/news/2023/july/match-officials-adopt-new-approach-for-202324-season/

I reckon if you showed that shirt to a few thousand people nobody would see what philipl is seeing. It's a crazy notion from someone who should know better than to post such inflammatory nonsense.

Bloody hell you've surpassed yourself with that comment.

I overheard in the shop this morning that more stock of adults home kits should be here today and available to buy from tomorrow. Piggy backing on the conversation I asked about shorts, socks and little kiddies shirts. The lady told me she didn't know when any of these would be in. Although I didn't ask specifically I assume the training gear is in the latter.

The elephant is still well and truly in the room Gav. Personally I curse the day they took control of our club.

Somebody posted that Sam Gallagher was injured. A picture from yesterday disproves that.

Sammy Szmodics whistling No, Nay, Never. Excellent.

They do seem to have quite a big turnover of staff down there so maybe you got one who was just passing through and not bothered. I have always found the longer serving staff helpful and pleasant.

It's in the eye of the beholder 😂. My granddaughter didn't like the mock up somebody posted but she likes this so I'm getting her one. My friend is on holiday and has just contacted me to get one for his lad too as they like it.

And there is all the evidence you need that Mr Potato Head is on a wind up with the vast majority of his posts. Assuming he's a grown man I question his mentality. Sorry for using your post to reply ARA but I have him on ignore and only see his drivel when one of his wind ups are posted.

Atcheson and Davies both on now. Both are 16 and first year scholars.

It is. I was told yesterday about the change but it wasn't announced publicly to deter spectators.

Tomasson and a few who played last night are there.

https://thefsa.org.uk/news/leeds-united-offer-reciprocal-away-ticket-deals/ Cardiff have taken up the reciprocal ticket price offer from Leeds and adult tickets for the games will now be £21 as opposed to the £45/47 if there was no agreement. I wonder if Swagger will look after us in the same way.

Rovers have been back in training now for almost a month. His fitness must have been poor if he can't get up to speed in that time. We will have played six games by tomorrow and he hasn't featured at all. With the league starting on August 5th and only two games in the interim I can't see him being in the squad for the West Brom game.

😆😆 What is the hand on the tattooed arm holding?

A cryptic clue ahead of tomorrow's away kit launch. Any ideas?

We lost out on the playoffs through goal difference which was exacerbated by some woeful time keeping towards the end of the season. I remember a few occasions when JDT quite rightly ranted about insufficient time being added. The score shouldn't be an influence in league games, cup game are different. I also understand that one of the considerations here was the betting markets (don't shoot the messenger about this 😂). Your example is a good one but sadly there will be some collateral damage here. The real issue is that the authorities didn't deal with it years ago when it first crept in. It has been allowed to fester and now strong measures have to be brought in to reel it back.

I'm amazed that Rovers have never capitalised on the world's most famous band singing a song with our name in it.

Although there is nothing official yet I have been reliably informed that all match officials have been instructed to add on all the time lost during a match irrespective of how much there is. Even if the score is 6-0 the appropriate amount of time has to be added. Officials have also been told that if a player requires treatment on the pitch he has to go off and not allowed to return for thirty seconds which will be timed by the fourth official. This in particular has become farcical over the years as players are waved straight back on after having had treatment. I think these are really progressive moves as time wasting has become a real issue in my view with some teams having it down to a fine art. Hopefully it will be applied consistently.

Young Max Davies suffering from stage fright in Austria. 😂😂