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Well that was a borefest. Arsenal played a back nine, City had a million passes on the edge of the penalty area and struggled to find a way through.

It's horses for courses for me. I thought Yuki did reasonably well in the first half and his mobility without the ball was causing them problems but he was feeding off scraps because our creativity was negligible. Bring Gueye on when they were down to ten was the right decision but for me he isn't quite ready yet but your point about the lack of service is valid. This season we have been really good with our goals to chances ratio and going forward I don't think we will be a team that creates many can due to a lack of creativity in the team. That could change if Cantwell can get fit and hit form.

He isn't. He had two Premier League games towards the end of last season and screwed one of them up. He is being looked at how for another game but he is Select Group 2 who are predominantly Championship.

I disagree with the Gueye starting opinion. I was disappointed with him in the second half as he offered no physicality and his touch more often than not let the ball get away from him. And how many times was he caught offside? He is a work in progress and for me in most games would come off the bench.

I think it will be classed as serious foul play for which it is a mandatory three match ban. If there is an appeal it will have to be cleverly worded and essentially disprove the serious foul play or violent element of the challenge.

We didn't create much and should have been more offensive but I can't criticise the players for lack of effort and not being up for it. And to be fair Eustace called out the lack of quality in the final third.

I was quoting what I was told but having seen it now it's clear the order of events. That now puts a different perspective on an appeal and maybe we will. The kick wasn't dissimilar to the kick by Veltman on Rice for which he wasn't sent off. The

Of course we were up for it as we were at Burnley. We didn't play particularly well today but the accusation of not being up for it is wrong. Two seasons ago in back to back games against Dingles and Nobbers we didn't lay a glove on them and rolled over. Today and three weeks ago we had a scrap with them.

The referee gets his yellow card out first for Beck. Perhaps it was force of habit 😁 How on earth has the linesman not seen the bite by the ugly Nobber?

I have been told he kicked the Nobber. To not retaliate to being bitten must be extremely difficult but once he has kicked him it's a red card. I don't think Rovers will appeal it for that reason as provocation won't work in mitigation. I haven't actually seen it but I was told by a friend who was in there in an official capacity.

I would have taken a point at kick off to be honest but the way the game panned out I feeling quite disappointed. For me it was our worst performance of the season as we were far too insipid and lacked and real intensity or cutting edge. We simply didn't take advantage of them going down to ten and in truth we hardly laid a glove on them. We were ponderous and took too many touches in possession. A strong area of Eustace's management so far has been his substitutions but today I thought he left them a touch late. After Beck was sent off they grabbed the initiative and we were hanging on in the end. Once again we will be talking about the officials though and I thought, whilst it was a tough match they caused problems for themselves. The melee from the first red card was preventable if the referee had shown the card immediately. In my experience nothing calms players down like a card being shown. It was messy and unnecessary. I have seen a video of the animal from Preston biting Back and he should get the book thrown at him. Again it was avoidable. If the referee stops the game for the Cantwell challenge instead of being clever trying to play an advantage that was never on it doesn't happen. And if the referee had any understanding of the game he would have known that they would have preferred a free kick as it was their best chance of scoring. All in all a frustrating day but a point on the road and clean sheet are the positives for me.

Adam just didn't look to have his usual confidence on the ball. He could well be carrying an injury but the accuracy and pace of his passing was miles away from where we know it should be. To be truthful the first half just passed him by and he was rightly withdrawn.

I went to Accrington today where Jake Batty excelled and was named man of the match. He played as a left wing back and really worked the line defensively and offensively. Listening to Stanley fans around me they were fulsome in their praise of him for his performances in his first few games. Sadly it didn't end in a Stanley win as they threw away a two goal lead in the last few minutes.

I blame Mowbray. Alex Neill changed their shape after our second goal and brought on a big lump at centre forward who battered us. When they scored their first the alarm bells were ringing but Mowbray did nothing. Lots of us could see it coming but he didn't. He wasn't a very good tactician and that defeat for me summed him up.

I will never tire of watching this. Goal of the month and could well be goal of the season. Thanks Andi ⚽

After being told that our kick off times are cast in stone until early January news of a change to the Leeds game at Ewood on November 30th has been announced. It will now kick off at 1.30 on 'Police advice'. I can't understand how this comes out now when the fixtures have been known for a couple of months. And I'm not sure how much difference it really makes apart from the inconvenience to supporters. Looking at the fixtures that day the Dingles are at Stoke. Perhaps the police are worried about the inbreds and Leeds fans travelling on the trains together. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/september/19/leeds-clash-brought-forward/

Rovers Police have issued a warning that there are only two trains from Blackburn on Sunday morning that will get you there before the noon kick off.

A very good performance from the Rovers under 17's (I wasn't aware until today that was an age group) as we managed to hold City to a creditable draw. We took an early lead and rode our luck at times but two quick goals gave City the initiative but great credit to Rovers as they didn't let it affect them and got the equaliser. City's first goal was a result of the Rovers right back over playing and losing possession. Two fantastic saves from Wolstencroft in the Rovers goal in stoppage time ensured what is a great point in the PL 2 under 17's cup. I liked the look of Joseph Valentin at centre forward. A beast of a big who looks a player. Both centre halves were composed and defended well against City's quick strikers.

On that point I sincerely agree 👍.

And that went well didn't it. The abject failure of that proves my point that talk of 'projects' in football is folly.

I couldn't tell at times if he was serious or not as he had that perma smile/smirk on his face in most interviews.

It seems like Beckham and Neville cleared off well before the end. Cringey is the word I would use too - Sky were orgasmic. On the football side I haven't seen a team as big as Wrexham for a while. It looks like Parkinson wants to kick his way out of League One.

That wasn't the 'project' that they banged on about. What you are saying isn't a project, it's standard practice at normal clubs.

It's inevitable we will lose at some point but I will be interested to see how we react. A fundamental difference between the two recent managers for me is that Eustace appears to know how to get a result and the experience he has in the squad will certainly help in this respect.

A Dingle free zone 😄.