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It is however a class ground. Plus seen a few rovers fans and this:

Pretty bloody poor from England AGAIN. Other than perhaps the defiant pope. But this is Joe Roots England and only positivity allowed. Not in the same league but I do gag a bit after his post match conferences it’s all very Kean can’t you see what we’re trying to build here.

Burns injured his ankle playing football and archer out by the sounds of it. Burns is a concern which itself shows how shit we are. Archer has probably solved them a problem as by all accounts they were looking to drop a seamer in favour of Bess. Don’t fancy Crawley and Sibley opening much.

County championship has been totally betrayed by the ECB hopefully few more results like this it’ll be rectified. Re captaincy Id be inclined to tell stokes to step up whether he wants it or not. But given the choice between root and a marrow I’d pick the marrow.

Luton, Charlton, Huddersfield, Wigan and Birmingham - 11 points dropped at home. Can’t even think of the shite we’ve lost to away

64/7 and 39/7 in two innings. We’re worse than the mid 90’s for a collapse. 60 all out against the Windies, 50 against Ireland, 60 against the cons at Leeds then more collapses in NZ and this test. They just can’t fucking bat. Sibley isn’t good enough, Burns is fine but gave it away. Denley they have to keep due to lack of options, Root is a shit captain and it needs taking off him. Stokes is arguably one place too high at 5. Bairstow needs dropping forever, Buttler doesn’t score enough big runs and doesn’t play in the manner he got selected to play in the first place. Not watched the interviews yet, but if Root says we are a work in progress and there are positives to take and that the group won’t think about it too long I think I might explode.

Full and straight does for Bairstow. As ever.

Philander will have this lad for breakfast I’d have thought. Just stick on the fifth stump outside off.

Good start. Shite from Elgar

Quite right had greater Manchester been renamed south Lancashire and Merseyside south west Lancs or something the identity might still be there. I wonder how many mancs and scousers under 40 even know they were/are Lancastrian. Sad. That said my pal from Oldham is fervent Lancastrian if he gets post with greater Manchester on he returns it to sender crossing out Manchester and putting in Lancashire.

The fact a rovers team as poor as this is in 8th is testament to how crap the championship is. If rovers had the 2001 squad that got promoted. Dunn, flitcroft, duff, Hughes, Jansen, bent, berg, berkovic, tiny Taylor, friedel, short, etc. We’d be top of this particular division by about 10 points already.

Yes there was a few kamikaze back passes. Not what you want to see when the keeper is nicknamed calamity. To be fair he adequately dealt with them and had a decent game generally but on other day that’s suicidal football.

Nor is Blackpool. To me this is and will always be Lancashire. The good, the bad and the ugly (scousers providing the latter 2).

Without exaggeration on the basis Tosin and Cunningham aren’t long term solutions I think we need an entire back 5 a proper striker to replace graham and now Dack. Impossible job I feel

2 points out of that lot.

Brutal watch.

Williams must have given it away 20 times. In the words of Mowbray fuck off Derrick

He’s a dirty bastard that Morsy

If could make 11 substitutions would be hard to make a case to keep any of them one.

Wigan have been much the better side.

A lot of really decent ideas in there. Whether any are allowed to come to pass is another thing. Re lost support I believe a public sincere apology from the owners would go a long way. Ps Blackburn to bid for capital of culture 2025!?!?! Seriously. No chance of winning that unless up against Chernobyl.

I know the selectors hands have been tied a bit with illness but Overton is very average. Just falling back on another line and length trundler to join Curran and woakes. Not sure why saqib was taken out to New Zealand, arguably wasn’t ready for test cricket, but he does offer something different. As for the spinners it’s just a merry go round is it Ali, is it Bess, is it leech, is it Parky, who knows.

Hard to quantify the real cost of destruction of the club at the hands of that toad.

I see the finest manager England never had has only won once in 9 games. Or another way of looking at it he’s won one game with lowly Southend to stay 5 points ahead of hapless Bolton so definitely ready for a top job now.