Am I right in thinking that a replay will happen in the event of a draw, having been reinstated? Also, assuming there would be. 1 nil down, penalty last minute, what do people hope for?

I don't get why it has to be one extreme or another. There will be a few (Ayala, Dack, maybe Brereton) that could do with a match off, and a couple who don't really weaken us (S Wharton, A Wharton, Carter at RB, Travis) who could do with a game. So it doesn't have to be the same team, but equally it doesn't have to be a totally changed side (I suspect it will) and essentially handing in the towel before kick off with the likes of Hirst, Vale, Mola and Edun.

So what you are saying is, Norwich will be up for it, let them go through, who cares?

It really isnt. The improvements were not to the scale that were initially planned for financial reasons.

Buckley has it all to prove he is even a central midfielder. He takes too many touches and struggles to take the ball on the turn without losing it. His strength in passing comes with through balls which he is very good at, although far less common when he is further back. He likes to press high and is good at winning the ball back, when higher up thats a strength, when further back it can leave gaps. Throw in his petulant and rash side as seen twice in the last week and question marks occur.

Are the 2 games the ones in which he conceded a stupid penalty when we had just taken the lead followed by a game in which his petulance cost us the game?

The intention was to do a full revamp including the pipes for the first time in 30 years. As per the fans forum, Venkys didnt release funding!

If the cutbacks regarding the potential pitch revamp are not contributing to the condition of the pitch, then why was it requested and planned in the first place?

Yep, he did and was told that only 2 bits were weaved rather than the intended full relay with pipes etc replaced. Since he initially implied that the promised work was done, now he is going out of his way to imply that Blackburn has its own microclimate to defend the state compared to the other teams who also have had cold weather.

I dont think we need to change the whole team, no. If anyone is carrying a knock, then of course. I want us to go through and if we play too weak a team with Hirst up top and Edun, our chances decrease. My team had numerous changes but not the whole team.

Im guessing that their training pitches have been unaffected and only we needed to use our ground instead.

VAR on point throughout, used perfectly.

I would be amazed if no other teams trained on their pitches during the big freeze, and I dont think that doing so a couple of times is the main reason for the pitch being so bad. It needed relaying after 30 years and Venkys decided to change their mind and put their money away. Now we see the consequences.

I am certainly not Mortons biggest fan but he isnt a League 1 player in waiting.

On specific days. If you think that Blackburn has had considerably worse weather than any other place in England over the last month then you really are deluding yourself.

By all means rest anyone with knocks or increased risk of injuries. Its just once you start changing the whole team and bringing in dollopers like Hirst and Edun you become uncompetitive.

No I don't think so, unused sub today, didn't come on v us and they seem to prefer an Idah, Pukki and Sargent front 3.

Norwich will have had bad weather conditions too as part of the big freeze that hit the whole country. As will the majority of other pitches that all look better than ours. Your desperation to defend the state of a massively underfunded pitch is bizarre. I agree with your point about him thinking everyone is shit when they leave, but what is meant by that?

I can't see Norwich helping us out with Cantwell.

Believe it or not, I don't like our pitch being like a cabbage patch and I doubt Tomasson does either.

He clearly wasnt on the pulse as he specifically said we want him and within 24 hours he is going elsewhere. He will get some right when he links players to loads of clubs at once but some hang on his every word.

Such a strange one, Wigan have such a poor team that they were always going to struggle, Nyambe is never a Premier League player but he is a steady Championship right back. We could do with him now as an alternative. Brittain for all the talk of his attacking side has not yet assisted a goal.

I suppose that people within would say that, they would be foolish to say he is shit! I don't think some that stuff is out of the ordinary, Mowbray had a group of senior players that he delegated to and went to a fair few under 21 games, obviously no way of knowing some of the other things. Wonder what Tomasson thinks about the pitch which has been under funded? Ultimately to an extent, as you touch on he will be judged on signings (mixed so far) and results mainly which we can't argue much with at all.

Norwich's pitch looks good, a carpet compared to ours. Norwich must have its own micro climate.

More Nixon inspired bullshit rumours. Next.