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I don't reckon he was very "aligned" with Gestede and Pasha on Monday when he kicked off about the failure to bring in the striker that he'd been promised (and which he knew was needed to potentially escape the drop). The clash between the two Frenchmen must have been one of massive Gallic proportion for Gestede to produce the red card to Ismail.. I was always of the view that behind the affable exterior of Ismail and his carefully worded video interviews there was a potential seething Gallic temperament; a brooding behind those dark eyes that he had largely kept under control in public.

Didn't Flitcroft take out Duncan Ferguson in an aerial assault just minutes into his debut at Ewood vs Everton?

John Coddington for all his penalty aberrations was a lumbering beast though not in the same mould as McNamee. I witnessed McNamee's debut vs Tranmere away. It was breath-taking; he was a galvanising force for Rovers and against all opposition. I haven't seen a harder tougher competitor in a Rovers shirt before or since. Man's game in those days. Compare with the sneaky feigning modern tactics adopted generally in the game these days.

In the absence of the Club providing confirmation of the position it wouldn't be unreasonable to assume that there has been no settlement?

Has there been a finalisation or progress report recently upon the action vs Newcastle regarding Rory Finneran?

Quinn just coasted through matches. Never got shirt dirty. Was reputedly the least bruised or scarred centre forward in football.

Empty stadium and 3 points would no doubt assist recovery.

Tynon likelly be with the under18s at Coventry in Youth Cup round 4

Player churn alive and well!! Not one of starters or subs called upon in Feb 2025 match at Swansea in our starting 11 tonight!!

It wouldn’t surprise me if he sustained a fractured cheekbone on the end of Furlong’s elbow. I do agree he’s not a galvanising leader though.

Were these crystal ball lyrics by Davies & Hodgson of Supertramp from "Rudy" on the Crime of the Century album 1974 Rudy's on a train to nowhere, halfway down the line He don't wanna get there, but he needs time He ain't sophisticated, nor well-educated After all the hours he's wasted, still he needs time He needs time, he needs time for living He needs time, for someone just to see him He ain't had no loving For no reason nor rhyme And the whole world's above him Well it's not as though he's fat No there's more to it than that See he tries to play it cool Wouldn't be nobody's fool Rudy thought that all good things comes to those that wait But recently he could see that it may come too late Too late, too late All through your life All through the years Nobody loved, nobody cared So dim the light, dark are your fears Try as I might I can't hold back the tears How can you live without love, it's not fair Someone said give But I just didn't dare, I didn't dare, I didn't dare What good advice are you waiting to hear Hearing's alright for them that's all there, hearing's alright You'd better, you'd better gain control now You'd better show 'em all now You'd better make or break now You'd better give and take now You'll have to push and shove now You'll have to find some love now You'd better gain control now Now he's just come out the movie Numb of all the pain Sad but in a while he'll soon be Back on his train

Just been on the ticket pages. Looked to me that there were a scattering of single double or even multiple seats together in same row.

Loved the way Ohashi knocked the second one in from 1 yard to qualify for his goalscorer's bonus. There's no dosh for an OG!!

Yet another example of the loyal supporter being treated as a cash cow customer whereas there used to be a relationship with the Club in which those supporters were recognised as invested in the Club, not just the matchday shirts.

Joseph Tyjon and Sergeant up front could be a potent goal mix. Each has different skills and physiques that could be a good blend on the night.

First awareness of Jayden Sergeant for me was a strong varied wing play performance in these extended highlights of an impressive under 18s win v Liverpool. No pressure but reminds me of some of the no 11 skills of Duffer.

That's harsh on Hedges. In fairness Hedges was not in the mix for the 2 goal header challenges in the Derby match. Miller and McLoughlin were outmanouvered by Morris for the first and Alebiosu was wrong side and not strong enough for the second.

Miller played the full 90 mins of both Australia matches during the international break with the second match apparently only kicking of in New York at 1.30am UK time on Wednesday. Jet lag and general need to recover indicates to me that an evening kick off tomorrow would be too soon for him to play any part let alone be a first choice. Pratt and Litherland I assume may be called up to the matchday squad/team. It would be beyond any sense at all if Gueye was to be drafted in as a makeshift CB......wouldn't it??

On Hedges. He’s far from a world beater but I don’t share the very negative slant adopted by some posters. I share the view of each of our last 4 regarded pro manager/coaches Mowbray JDT Eustace and Ismail who undoubtedly trust/ed him to do the team player job that he never appears to shirk.

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.