Eddie

Cool it. You can disagree and have an opinion one way or the other, but you can't be so confident in your own position. They do it in other leagues, and it's a rare enough occurrence that relying on 'precedent' is really solid ground. Just let other people be frustrated by what was an undeniably frustrating sequence of events. Not only that, but regardless of how confident you are in the EFL's correct decision, there's also no denying the fact that Rovers got the short end of the stick in every aspect.

Ordered? By our owners?

Now, if the club had any sense, this is a chance to turn a potential replay into a positive. Just have it be free tickets for everyone. Try to get as many in as possible. See it as a bonus fixture that can create new supporters and generate revenue from concessions. They won't do this, but it would be a silver lining if the full replay is required.

I think the only realistic and 'fair' outcome is a full replay, but that Ipswich allow us to score immediately. If we can't win from 1-0 up with 90 minutes to go, then it's at least a somewhat balanced outcome. That would also allow Cantwell (assuming that he is available) to get a goal that may be significant for him in terms of bonuses and incentives.

Save that for a different forum.

Kind of unrelated to that actual story, though.

The story is basically: I wanted to leave. I thought I could leave earlier in the window when the first club came in. Turns out the club wanted more money. I thought they'd accept less. They didn't. They indicated that they would sell me, but they didn't make it as easy as I wanted it to be. It's totally nothing. I'm a huge critic of the club, but pretty much any transfer could have this same story. It's also a slightly misleading headline that makes it sound like it might be referring to contract negotiations.

Feels like a bit of a nothing story.

To be honest, the cross isn't much better. Awful keeping, and he completely flaps at something that should be pretty straightforward.

It's such a strong position. He'd need about 20 players to get injured to even make the conversation. (he's also not good enough)

We played really well yesterday and, on the face of it, we deserve to be on more than 6 points so far. This is the Championship, there are plenty of sides around us at the moment who will finish in the top half. There's no reason that we can't go from our slow(ish) start to once again challenging for the playoffs. It's possible to dislike the regime, acknowledge that there is plenty wrong with the club, but still enjoy a performance like yesterday's and be excited about a couple of the new signings.

Really solid performance. Encouraging early signs for both Morishita and Gudjohnsen, who, aside from one lazy pass to Kargbo, looked fairly classy when he came on. I think Alebiosu might be an upgrade on Britain.

The message, as when we spoke with him, is a bit confused.

I'm not sure that is always sound logic. I'm not particularly hopeful about this one, but most of our best signings were cast-offs or, in the very least, not star players at clubs at our level or below.

I don't know why foreign has to be rubbish, but we wouldn't have to go far to get a defender of Hyam's quality and we'd be furious if we were signing him for 2.7m with 12 months left on his deal. The timing is the bad part.