Just pull the trigger when you can Trav. This is the result.

This is a symptom of the club and typifies owners who just aren't bothered. Waggott hit his target on season tickets this season and was almost boastful about it (that's how it came across in the FF minutes) and probably received some kind of bonus for that. His target should be the number of season tickets sold and given a budget to reach that. For example if he has a target of £3m align that to selling 12000 tickets so effectively reduce the prices by 25%. That would mean he has to do something radical to reach his objective but it also means getting off his backside and actually doing something. The lack of accountability amongst most of the senior people at our club is alarming but the real problem is the errant owners who allow these character prosper at the clubs expense.

Just watching Cardiff v Huddersfield and the home team are the epitome of players being on the beach. I saw them beat Rotherham on Thursday playing with some intensity, today they haven't got out of second gear.

Punctured hopefully - it's sink or swim time. 😄😄

As long as there are no rubber dinghy's on board.

I have said for weeks now that I would be happy if we were going to Millwall with something to play for but if it's in our own hands even better. For me winning tomorrow is imperative.

I saw Stanley yesterday in a real crunch game where a win would have given them a fighting chance but sadly for them Cambridge were the better team and won 2-1. As a result they are almost certainty relegated to League Two. In truth they have punched above their weight for some time now and lots of injuries and suspensions have been part of their downfall this season. And another local team in Rochdale were relegated to the National Conference.

And factor in two very good cup runs, going further on the League and FA Cups than we have for years. Your last sentence is my worry too.

I've been pondering over the last few days and the hope I have is that the Championship is the most unpredictable league and nothing surprises me. I watched Blackpool last night in the vain hope they could get something against Millwall and perhaps they should have done so that gives me something to cling on to. The forces are have conspired as our own results, decisions and bad luck have taken it from our own hands but I never say never. As ever with Rovers we never seem to do things the easy way.

I had him above Jack Vale and Harry Leonard but he has never been give sniff with the first team. He isn't dissimilar to Adam Armstrong in physique and has similar attributes.

There is a huge game at Accrington tomorrow when Cambridge are the visitors. A win for Stanley and other results going for them would take them out of the bottom four and out survival back in their own hands. They are advertising it as their World Cup final and have opened the Coppice End for Accrington fans £5.

Really happy with the win and that it ensures our status. Hopefully Sam Burns gets fixed up soon and goes on to have a great career.

https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/information/whats-on-palace-tv-next-and-how-to-subscribe/ It's listed here but it looks like you need to subscribe.

I did our renewals in person mainly due to the extremely unfriendly system which simply won't allow me to link season tickets. I wasn't charged an admin fee. They keep finding ways to piss people off.

One of the ways to stop the other teams momentum is for a player to go down injured, particularly with a head injury as this almost guarantees the game being stopped. Then amazingly after some magic hands are laid on them they are fit again. The authorities see fit to have them leave the field only to immediately return as soon as play restarts - some deterrent. I spoke to an ex colleague still involved in a senior role in refereeing and he said one of the fears with head injuries is litigation in as much as a player being denied treatment could have a serious injury and consequences. My suggestion was that any player leaving the field for any injury cannot return for a specified time. Certainly something has to be done about the amount of time lost during a game and then not added on.

As you say it's about opinions. I don't think either are particularly strong in the air and they don't command their penalty areas like I think keepers should. However they both have really good reflexes and are decent shot stoppers. My main point is that Pears hasn't really done anything to justify being dropped in my view.

I don't see a lot between them. I think they have similar strengths and weaknesses and pre injury Kaminski was responsible for the concession of a few soft goals. I had reservations about Pears primarily from his last stint in the first team but in my view has grabbed his chance with both hands. If I was the manager I wouldn't be able to justify leaving him out. I don't see it as too dissimilar to when JRC got back in when Brittain was injured. He took his chance and made if difficult for the manager to drop him. It's the nice kind of problem managers purport to have.

And yours is provable is it. Of course only one keeper didn't stop it as we can only play one at a time (sorry I slipped into your posting style there). Tell me how Kaminski is better without just saying 'it's my opinion'.

That could well be true but until they try something different then they will never know for sure. The most logical and easiest (for Swag's benefit) would be reducing the price by a reasonable amount but that is never going to happen on his watch.

A concerted effort by every referee would rectify this. Allow the pushing, shirt holding etc and as soon as the ball is in play penalise them with either free kick or a penalty. At the moment the easy option is taken but in many games players are warned several times and still nothing done, there is absolutely no deterrent and until action is taken universally they will keep doing it. It's now a pet have of mine and adds nothing to the value of the game.

That's the real frustration I have with the Waggott regime. We have thousands of empty seats and, on the face of it he is doing nothing to occupy them. It summed him and his outlook up when he said he had reached his target on season ticket sales for this season. I wasn't there but on the face of it if sounds awfully boastful and smug. I have long said they have to give the customer what they want and some flexibility would be a start. A season ticket for say 18 games to factor in shift work, school nights and various other things. If the ticket holder can't make it then they have a responsibility to contact the club by a given time and their seat could be sold. If they don't go and don't contact the club then it counts towards their games. If they want to go to games over and above the agreed number do some real in advance. Of course it would involve extra admin to operate something like this but surely we have to try something different. My personal view is that Waggott is lazy and takes the path of least resistance and as long as he is here then nothing will change but if we had proper and responsible owners they would be tasking him with increasing sales of not just tickets but everything where the club can make money. He is a CEO in name only and does very little to justify his huge salary.

I don't think there has been a keeper sent off for two yellows but maybe that's because invariably they get the ball into play quicker after being cautioned. There might be lots of added time initially but when managers realise there is no benefit in effectively cheating they will advise their players differently.

Are you joking. No goalkeeper would have saved that. If that's a reason to drop keepers then teams would be changing every game.

Some excellent analysis into time wasting in the Premier League. I'm pretty sure if similar analysis was done in the EFL there would be similar results. In short we are being ripped off and clubs are allowed to get away with it. It really is time the PGMOL did something about it. https://theanalyst.com/eu/2023/04/guide-to-premier-league-time-wasting/