Great win Lancs, superb running between the wickets towards the end to lay to rest the Durham debacle. Finals day here we come.

I had the misfortune to read that old has been Allardyce giving Dyche advise on burnleys Euro campaign, saying they can't cope on 2 fronts and they should concentrate on the league and forget Europe. What a w****r, no surprise he's unemployed and never won owt. Ive no time for any of them of course, but his 'b0ll0x to fans' attitude still grinds my gears. Ps - I hope the taxi full of dingles that make it to Greece get the squirts.

Got to say I really enjoyed tonight's game, it's clear we're in a better league and plying our trade against much better players, but we didn't look out of place. Started the game on the front foot hitting the bar, then conceded 2 very poor goals, but we never gave up and that's all credit to Mowbray, he's instilled that never say die attitude and it bore fruit tonight. All the players in blue n White looked comfortable, nobody looked out of place, and that sets us for a decent season and a mid table finish. Job done.

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Another decent bill at a very rainy Windsor Park last night, rounded off by a classic display of boxing by Carl Frampton against an outclassed Aussie Luke Jackson. Frampton quickly realised Jackson couldn't hurt him and bust him up with skill and accuracy, superb technically, very good display, a great watch. Moving to Fury........you have to be asking questions about him fighting 2 bums and jumping straight into a Vegas world title fight against Wilder. Great for Fury, even better for Wilder who should win and both men will pocket millions, then repeat over here next summer, I'm already bored..... Back in the real world Frampton Vrs Warrington should be a cracker, Warren said the fights made and I'd certainly pay good money to watch that. Both men can sell out home stadiums, so it will be interesting to see where the fights held.

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Lancs poor again Jim, I turned it off at 85-6....as a few have already said, something not right at Old Trafford, could be time for change.

Its affray, K-Hod context doesn't come into it. He was acquitted of affray which quite frankly is a disgrace. But we move on.

Stokes was clearly the aggressor, throwing punches, flicked a cigarette at the gay chap he was supposed to be defending, and proceeded to knock 1 lad out who was holding his hands up not looking for a fight. The guys a bully. Just imagine if you're a football fan on CCTV in the same circumstances, you'd have been jailed and banned from Ewood for life. But it's over now, no harm done in the grand scheme of things. Lancashire 82-7 away to Birmingham Bears and Flintoff commentating...... can it get any worse......

Just goes to prove once again that if you've got enough cash you can get off with anything..... Definition of affray: 'Under the Public Order Act 1986 'a person is guilty of affray if he uses or threatens unlawful violence towards another and his conduct is such as would cause a person of reasonable firmness present at the scene to fear for his personal safety' Anyone who has seen the video can make their own mind up.... Guilty as charged in my opinion.

Fencing between the Villa fans and the pitch, section down the side, certainly looked that way, could have been netting.

£18 is great value, especially when you consider Hull fans are being charged £33 at Hillsborough and home fan non members £39! Did anyone else notice the fencing that's been put up in the away section at Hull? Looked like Villa fans had restricted views down the side, but not behind the goals. City of culture living in 1970's?

That batting performance by Lancs last night has to rank as probably the worst death overs T20 batting I've ever seen. They wanted 23 off 23 with 5 wickets in hand and blew it, lost 3 wickets in the final over and scored only 1 run. Heads should roll, something sadly a miss behind the scenes.

Outstanding few days of test match cricket so far and it looks as though conditions will favour England in the morning. Just watched Roy and Finch in T20 smack 194 in an opening partnership, chasing a record 222 to win, won easily by 9 wickets! Lancashire looked well placed to win tonight but the bowling attack let them down..

Didn't even realise that lot had been playing until I saw this mornings paper and them hammering the turnout. Battle of Britain, first European game in 50yrs, swathes of empty seats, 3k from Aberdeen, not exactly caught the imagination now has it. 'If we get into Europe they'll have to put seats up Brunshaw' ???

I didn't mind the Woods coverage tbh, not won a major in 10yrs, arguably the best golfer that's ever lived, he's always going to be the focus. What did annoy me was the bleedin Aussie? commentator who kept butting in with cr@p jokes and Ill timed snippets, infuriating and just awful. Ended up watching the BBC highlights last night instead of sky. It reminded me of Flintoffs awful T20 commentary, it was like a teenage PE changing room whilst he was on, awful stuff and hopefully never to commentate again. The Beeb just do most sport better for me.

It's a right load of bunkum Husky, devalues the competitions for me, shouldn't be allowed. Worcestershire have just signed SA all-rounder Wayne Parnell for T20 and County championship and Ravi Ashwin for county champs (2 games) Its a right con. The game needs an overhaul, look at the players missing for most of the season at Yorks due to England duty/IPL, it's not right for me, but I'm not sure what the answer is...

Some nice items listed Regg, I hope you manage to sell a few. I saw a Premiership Champions shirt signed by all the squad going for £3k a few weeks ago. Whilst I doubt that will actually fetch that kind of money, it shows the price of Rovers memrobillia from that season is on the increase. Good luck.

Absolutely spot on. I hope he's full off regret the greedy swine, he still believes he did nothing wrong..... What a ****.

Englands batting has been awful for a while now, I think it's about time heads started to roll. Watching Lancs at New Road this afternoon, lost Jennings early but Brown and Livingstone steadied the ship. Worcestershire pulled this right back now and ahead of the game having just got Livingstone out. Thunder in the distance, we may need the weather to save us at this rate.

Sounds like you've been busy Mark!! We've got Morrissey playing Castlefield Bowl - £70 a ticket - he's brilliant but not at that price.

I've been lucky enough to watch most of this years IPL, fantastic tournament that attracts the best players from around the world, although the cattle trading before the tournament starts leaves a bad taste in the mouth, but hey ho..... But I just wanted to single out Rasid Khan the young Afghan spinner, batter and exceptional fielder, the mans on another level in this form of the game, an absolute joy to watch. Hes going to be a superstar, he already is in India and Afghanistan, keep an eye out for him if you've never seen him, gets you out of your seat. One last thing, the Indian talent that can't make the national squad is frightening, batting, spin and pace bowlers a plenty, could dominate the game in years to come.

Not read the whole thread but was this decision run past the fans groups? The move certainly makes sense to anyone not impacted by the closure, unlike moving the family stand which for me was a disgrace.

This football club will never progress until those idiots in Pune scuttle back under the rock from whence they came. Simple as that really.