TimmyJimmy

Changing leagues always requires a change of playing staff. There's only one profession that benefits from that. If we were a club run by agents (we're not of course) then things would begin to make sense. Agents won't have the money to buy a club outright, if it were legal they'd need rich friends to do the doing. This isn't the case at our club, thank goodness. People with such baseless speculation would be fantasising next about money laundering via transfer dealings. Grow up! Everythings normal here. Move on.

Who's the sky commentators?

1) Collect underpants 2) ????? 3) Profit

Well there's one thing for sure, pressing isn't part of the plan.

I don't agree but understand your point and respect your opinion, it's just not mine. You can't make a silk purse from a sows ear, to quote a golden oldie. With this ownership, these players and this board even King Kenny would struggle Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right ... We can change the name on the managers door (and have umpteen times in recent years) repeatedly but it has and will make no difference. I'm sure there are better managers out there today than VI but so what they too would fail under this joke of a club ownership. I'm cutting VI some slack. He says the right things, he's honest (IMO) and sounds like he genuinely wants success for the club so all power to his elbow. He's not going to succeed though, no one could.

Stick Max Verstappen behind the wheel of a Trabant GT Turbo and what will happen? The vehicle can be hyped up and badged up but get it on the track and it doesn't matter who's driving it, you're going to have a bad day. Rovers is business not a football club. A badly run business with a crazy strategy. That's the problem. Money comes in, various people touch it, money goes out. The balance sheet shows ever escalating debt, the P&L shows eye watering annual loses. How or why we are in business is a mystery to me. Buy cheap 'prospects', pay them peanuts, sell for a profit. If successful you defray the losses and the circus continues. This has zero to do with sucess on the field and you know, actually winning something, which is the main reason fans actually pay their hard earned money to support a club. Wining something isn't a conversation that's been heard in the Rovers boardroom for decades. VI is what VI is, neither the world's best nor worst manager. In my opinion he's OK. The club and players on the other hand are not. He will fail because there's no opportunity for him to succeed. The club is a joke and has been since the day the Venkys took over. Money flows through this club like water. Where it comes from, who touches it, where it goes to and why no one knows. What we do know is that the football we play is not benefitted in any way at all. Goid luck VI you're going to need it and right now even that's deserting you.

We deserved nothing and got nothing. Nailed on pen but that just rubs salt into the wound. Worldy winner. They had a MotM in the goalie. We're in trouble.

Ahem!

Has 1:3 written all over it. Lose possession in midfield, goal on the counter. Push hard to equalise, sucker punch at the end.

Worldy, got to say.

It's the footballing authorities in general, there was no challenge to the Venky's ownership and agents and rogue managers etc despite loads of evidence they were up to no good. Admittedly this was the PL in the first instance but the EFL have done diddly squat since so that makes them culpable in my eyes. They specifically rejected our appeals on some technicality concerning player signings. They will reject this appeal I have no doubt though it hasn't happened yet. If any of these things were under discussion with or had happened to a Man U, a City, an Arsenal in the PL or say a WBA or Leeds in the EFL would outcomes be different? Course they would. Ever since we 'bought' the title the collective 'they' in authority haven't been our friends. Besides which my wife says they hate us and she's never wrong she tells me so take it up with her.

So 6 points made with only one objected to. Still sounds like 5 good reasons the EFL should do the right thing.

No problem with abandoning the game. Discussion on that front seems pointless. This said we move on to the consequences. The EFL in all conscience must give us the game anything else is manifestly unfair. 1) The game was done and dusted with only minutes left 2) They were down to 10 men 3) A replay means one extra game in an already overloaded season 4) The potential for injuries to key personal is increased with every extra game played 5) It's an unfair advantage to Ipswich in the table rankings by chalking off a nil points result 6) It's unfair on supporters to fund another game even if entrance is free the travelling and time opportunity cost isn't If the EFL call a replay then it stinks but then again we know they hate us so guess the outcome.

As I understand it in the EFL if a match is abandoned, the allocation of points depends on the reason for abandonment and the stage of the match. There is no automatic rule awarding points — the decision is made by the league’s governing body after reviewing circumstances. Timing matters as if it's abandoned before 75 minutes played then the match is usually replayed in full, regardless of the score at the time of abandonment. After 75 minutes played the EFL may choose to let the result stand, but this is discretionary and depends on the context of the abandonment ie weather, misconduct, safety, ill health etc.. So as we are the Rovers a replay is virtually a nailed on certainty!

The ambition is to tread water and stay afloat. No appearance of flapping around and grabbing straws. Look like we're perpetually setting up for next season without actually having to achieve anything. In this window we bought a lottery ticket. The winning numbers are being read out and so far some of our numbers have come up (Morishita & Alebiosu, possibly Gudjohnsen). Long way to go. RG might get lucky and claim credit but as always with these things it's dumb luck. So, ambition??! mmm, let me think.