because of boxing day

The blue and white shirts on match day are My Team but BRFC is not my Club under this ownership.

At the moment he looks like a Buckley Mk2 needing a little too much time on the ball before progressing play but I agree that there is a player in there if he adapts to a quicker game pace in the regular congested midfield battleground. Not sure that our midfield would be sufficiently robust for the typical Championship midfield battles with both Tavares and Cantwell in the starting eleven.

Rain and wind makes it like a regular home game at the Bet365 for Stoke.

Lifted my spirits pre match just now. Asked Alexa to play Supertramp “It’s Raining Again.”

"Oh ye of little faith," Merce. Maybe baby steps but i saw groundsman yesterday pm using a machine that appeared to be punching deepish holes in the playing surface every metre or so presumably intending/hoping to avoid the pools that formed during the deluge in the Ipswich game.

Yuri did well to pick himself up and carry on after Hirst's extremely late tackle early on last Sat. Ribeiro gets through a huge number of yards per match and his numbers could indicate he needs a rest to avoid injury risk.

Shout out for the Ticket Office staff guy this morning who very quickly grasped my difficulty and emailed me a copy of the original season ticket link which easily loaded into my Apple Wallet to resolve my issue caused by erroneously deleting the complete digital pass.

They’ve put a warning (for numpties like me) this pm on the X Rovers page against deleting the digital ticket from Apple Wallet. Woops. Looked like I was just deleting the expired Norwich ticket! Of course they’ve closed the ticket office at 4pm to frustrate the necessary remedial action advice!! My retained ST card from last season should get me in.

Anyone still waiting for tomorrow’s digital ticket to land in Inbox? Did someone forget to press “send”?

The style and slick passing of Norwich last season in the corresponding match was so impressive. It was so easy on the eye. 1-1 draw last year. A very late Weimann equaliser. Our midfielders must not be as easily bypassed by the quick interlinking that has been a Norwich hallmark of late or we may be chasing the game.

It was late March 1999. One of my most enjoyable footie experiences. I’d been invited as a corporate guest notwithstanding my Rovers affiliation. Unashamed gloating was the order of the day. P.S. The corporate hospitality was only marginally better than the home team’s efforts.

Tyjon so reminds me of Duncan McKenzie in size gait pace and skills. His feint and dropped shoulder to unbalance Everton defenders twice on Saturday had me and those around me purring with admiration.

Should know tomorrow what carnage Sky create upon the original fixture list! See extract from EFL Website…. “Sky Sports Selections Notification The notice periods for selections for the 2025/26 season are as follows: On the 2025/26 Fixture Release Day, selections shall be confirmed in respect of the opening weekends of the Championship and League One and League Two seasons. By 3 July 2025, selections shall be announced in respect of all live broadcast matches to be played before the end of September. By 31 July 2025, selections shall be announced in respect of all matches scheduled to be played prior to the end of the third round of the FA Cup (January 2026). By 7 November 2025, selections shall be announced in respect of all matches to be played between the end of the third round proper of the FA Cup and the last weekend of February.”

135 additional tickets on sale at 3.30

It was like Oasis tickets without the dynamic pricing!!