I'd settle for them getting 30 or 40 each

@den I love Bazball! It's probably true that shorter versions of the game have added skills to the traditional test format. However in the Ashes winning is everything and it will be interesting how we fare in this series. My prediction is a 4-0 loss. As I write Crawley has thrown his wicket away, absolute stupidity and unprofessional 😕

I think that throughout this series our problem is bowling them out twice 🤔

Apart from Root do you think any other player from this England team would get in the Aussie X I?

Fair enough but I don't think you were successful

1. Who said conditions weren't ideal? 2. I didn't mention Anderson. 3. Who said Anderson is over the hill? 4. Did you quote the wrong post or are you on your own little planet? I don't follow cricket as keenly as I once did but I find it staggering that Anderson still gets in the squad, surely we have better options?

What contradiction? The conditions seemed perfect for bowling. England weren't at the races. I really enjoy Bazball but this Australian team includes the best 3 test batters in the world and the England attack is the worst for many decades.

Blimey surely flights to Austria aren't cheap during the summer holidays. Moan, moan, moan, it's like being at Ewood 😂

Yes indeed 🤠

Perhaps if it was cheaper they'd sell more? 🤠

Sir Alex Ferguson reported to have donated 20k

I love the ad free experience! Thanks

I went to a midweek night match at Plymouth. We used a hire car and two drivers. Left the Halfway House at Samlesbury around 1:30pm and arrived in Plymouth over an hour before ko, M5 didn't go all the way then either. Had a couple of pints in a village pub then hammered it back. All at work in the morning too 🤣

Fantastic achievement 👋👋👋👋 BBC News - Graeme Souness: Football legend swims Channel for £1m fundraiser https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-dorset-65944866

Farke is the current favourite for Leeds

2022/23 average home attendances ('000) Bolton 19 Preston 16.1 Blackburn 14.7 Blackpool 12.6 Source : World Football Average attendance home matches 22/23

Indeed it would and does.

Not true, but I'm used to that. I stated average gates as justification.

Sorry, I should have checked the numbers, post corrected now.

Season Tickets sold 23/24 as a percentage of town population (Qty sold is a moving target) Town-Population-Tickets sold- %age Blackpool - 141k - 8k - 5.6% Preston - 147.9 - 11k - 7.4 % Bolton - 296k - 15k - 5% Blackburn - 154.7k - 8k - 5.1% Sources Pop = Census 2021 Tickets sold clubs/fan forum

Google reveals 2 or 3 Hanson football competitions.

That's an interesting question. A company I worked for became insolvent when rules regarding the reporting of pension fund deficiencies changed. The board immediately declared the insolvency along with a valid plan to resolve the issue. I can't believe it applies to football clubs because most/many are trading whilst insolvent. Why should they be different?

Thanks, I withdraw my comment. I'm not a wum or being obtuse. The prices are ludricous, especially when all other prices are escalating in a generally impoverished area. I repeat, why can't we, as a group, come up with an entirely convincing case and put it to the Rovers board? If it's a good case but ignored we should put it to the owners. I know what we generally think of the board and the owners but it's a multi million pound business and someone there should be interested and care. If not perhaps the press would be interested and help shame the board and/or owners. Anything is better than going over the same stuff day after day?

Those are examples, not evidence. Average gates show both clubs are better supported. We need evidence, if it exists, that price is the real reason. My only question is how we can get that evidence.

With respect, and you don't deserve it, they are nothing like case studies. Good examples though, along with the Hull City one.