I'd say one or two of them are regular visitors to the big smoke.

That save v Bristol was a prime example. A good reflex save on the line stopping a goal bound shot but the ball naturally goes straight back in the danger zone and needs a superb defensive block to stop a highly likely goal. It's called teamwork. Had it gone in the ghouls would no doubt have been all over the keeper blaming him which would've been beyond numb but that's where we are at with Pears in a lot of eyes, he's like a condemned man.

But s seasons ago Preston as one example slashed early bird prices significantly so have just held that discount or increased price slightly. Therefore it's just the usual spin Waggot always puts on this subject to form his own narrative ie it's not worth us doing it. It's crystal clear that from a finance point of view he'd prefer 9/10k home fans in total paying as much as he could squeeze them for whilst then being able to cut matchday staffing costs to the bone. That's his way of working the evidence has been there for years and despite what they say in public in private it was panic mode that led to this seasons discount being increased by a whopping tenner.

Hold onto the hope hes turned a corner it can happen 🤞 Nothing but a novice when he palmed it in at Wigan and last season everyone had the collywobbles at some point after JDTs style had been drilled into them. I'd have strung him up by the gonads after that but he should have learnt from it and may never do it again.

Waggots been here long enough now to know how it works in these parts and you'd think knowing we have 4k buying match by match they'd be confident enough to slash prices like noblot and knobend did. It's guaranteed to bring in at least 5k extras but he doesn't want to know and will spin any manufactured evidence to the contrary. No doubt making more money from match by match buyers as long as good numbers purchase factors in his small time thinking.

Only 600 ish 18-23 year olds buy STs that is horrific.

Still sooo out of touch on the season tickets although when you look at the breakdown the numbers in most categories are awful and we should be doing so much better. However to expect a 10% rise after the mess of last season is beyond dumb, the awful home form and all the nonsense going on again around the club plus selling star players. The small discount ensured the numbers didn't drop off the cliff ! They'll just use this now to justify never making a bold price reduction that has proven to work at other local clubs.

I was all in favour of that but it was a rather different scenario at the time.

It's a bitter pill to swallow i know but try a spoon full of honey that'll help. The usual rule in football is never drop a keeper when he's playing well and keeping you in games regardless of what he might have done and especially when his number 2 has no experience of your league or country's football yet.

The difference between 1 point and 0 on Sunday, also a goal stopping save v Bristol with Carter i think smartly blocking the follow up. Amazing what some serious competition waiting in the wings can do. Toth will have to be very patient methinks.

He has talent but there's more workrate and desire in a sloth.

AJ is Mary Poppins compared to Mike Tyson but i still think he might have a hard time calling it a day. Tyson was desperately hanging on for years at the end purely fighting to pay his debts but Joshua won't have that problem he can exit the sport now with is head held high. That's his biggest challenge now.

Crap today but it was always going to happen at some point, a local derby always a hard one and lets be honest we've been over achieving again. That is the reality of it so lets take the point and clean sheet and concentrate on the next one as it's almost certain we'd have lost that today not long ago even against ten. Progress has been made in the face of player sales and no funding with only small reinvestment so a point today isn't to be sniffed at. Not even going to comment on the officials other than to say non league would be embarrassed to have them.

Late leaving hotel then caught in traffic apparently. We remarked on the way he walked to the ring before he even just stood there in the corner whilst Dubois paced around like a young Mike Tyson waiting to get straight at it. Guy was stiff as a board, too heavy again and came out like a 60 year old Frank Bruno knowing full well this fast handed big puncher was going to jump straight on him. DD was excellent his jab was the business and gone was the recklessness of recent fights but AJ by the same token was awful, as Froch put it he looked like a novice and threw white collar boxer type shots. It was a big challenge anyway dealing with someone like Dubois but to offer him the whole of his chin/head to crack was genuinely bizarre but Joshua has got more bizarre in recent years. For all his money that lad won't handle retirement well i don't think, boxing is all hes known and like Iron Mike himself when you realise you're no good at it anymore the fall out can be very bad. Should hang them up now, great career, good legacy, no point beating bums then eventually starting to lose to them. Only exception is a fight with Fury still if he doesn't win his rematch with Usyk. Still enough left for that probably and it doesn't need a belt, great retirement fight for the pair of them next year.

They'll need more than one bus.

The real Turning Japanese moment would be beating the dingles next year but this would be a nice bit of early foreplay !

A year or two pre Jack was the first time i came across any genuine nobbers from Preston and i remember being quite surprised at their bile and bitterness towards ALL things Rovers. They were a bit older than me so maybe it stemmed from encounters in the 70's or something but it was the kind of stuff you'd expect to encounter on the far side of Accrington back then. To be fair they were always sound with me once they got to know me but i often wondered how they coped when the Rovers revolution started. And if any of them became Ewood regulars (cheering on the opposition of course) 🤣

The 'plastics' line is what they stack their bitterness and jealousy behind that goes back way beyond that, always been a bigger better club and it's hard for them to acknowledge without inventing something.

That 3-2 leant itself heavily to a Mowbray tactical F up.

He may have the final say but Swag does the talking and the dealing and the presenting of things to Suhail.

Last night won't make a massive amount of difference to the Knobbers other than a bit of confidence that they are still in the cup. This is their cup final their fans always turn out for it and their team is always up for it, Sunday will be no different.

Seems he was really wanted to come here and get stuck in as well. The streets will never forget this cock up.

He won't go anywhere this season but summer might be different.

It won't last 🙂

They've raked in c40 million which will come in over the next 12 months or so and that is covering running costs as well as extending the wage budget short term. What comes after that is the issue if they can't or won't fund to previous levels, it'll be a stretch to rake in that kind of money in a short time again, seeing as half of it is coming from 1 big sale.