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Biniek passing hit and miss. Nsongu no end product.

This is unexpected. The Maltese defenders are physically stronger than the Polish forwards. Biniek had an excellent run with the ball before being knocked off it.

Scrappy game. Polish passing not crisp enough. Poland down to 10. Two yellows for Matyevich. Both deserved. Both Rovers forwards survived the striker sacrifice for a replacement defender. Malta forced an excellent save from a free kick. Theuma for Malta looks a real prospect. Very quick forward with good feet and strength.

Nsonga started as well. Good close control. Fabulous save by Maltese keeper in the first minute. Maltese forwards very mobile.

Biniek starts tonight. Malta lost 4-0 to Italy who lost 5-1 to Portugal this afternoon so a great chance for Poland to get a bag full tonight.

His Spanish is quite good because he has been learning it ever since first selected for Chile. Plus his Mum can teach him but how his Stoke accented Spanish will go down in Valencia... Villareal have been signing non-Spanish players for years so if they don't have an extremely slick reception system for player and family by now, they deserve to be relegated.

Always dread the new shirt release in case it is something truly horrible. Can breathe a sigh of relief again.

Seen the pre game sprinklers over there? More likely to need water wings.

Duncan Ferguson replaced by a woman. That's a kick up the kilt. Come back Cherie Lunghi!

Chapman stupid. That Charlton game. Mowbray selection weird shall we say. Then we actually played well and were unlucky/makers of our own misfortune to go behind. Then it went away from us. If I recall the stats were a bit like Rotherham away last season. If you just looked at possession, chances etc you wouldn't know the home side handed out a pasting.

There was a very personally engaging aspect to Ben. I will follow him at the yellow submarine- appropriate as a club currently somewhere between transition and crisis. He is such a confidence player he could just as easily become a cult goal scorer as sink without trace in Spain.

Curious- Anything about Adam Armstrong?

The Portuguese defence had the Polish forwards in their pockets. Struggling to think of a dangerous chance for Poland.

Ft. 2-0. Portugal defence far too strong and street smart. Hugo Felix took their second goal really well but best player on the park was their right back Gocalo Esteves. Biniek is very short in stature but looked a player when he came on. Forced the keeper into conceding a corner and looks pacey with body strength and a good football mind from his 20 minutes playing very wide on the right.

Biniek wins foul in dangerous position. Took 3 defenders to stop him.

Off the ball accidental clash of heads causing a long delay.

Bad looking injury to a Polish defender. I think that is all their subs used so won't see Nsongo. Another Pole down in agony. Back up. Biniek looks useful. Hard to see why he wasn't started.

Biniek on

Portugal 2-0. Newly introduced Polish sub massively embarrassed by the Portuguese lad's quick feet and pace to get away. Rovers lads still not on. Portugal threatening a third.

Poland already a goal down to Portugal. Both Rovers lads on the bench. Good luck to both sides keeping this pace up!

Watched parts of both halves against Portugal- we won 1-0. Total English domination first half but remarkably unproductive in terms of chances created. Portugal on top second half- we would have serious problems if the Portuguese weren't a team of midgets. They hit the bar and England totally incapable of maintaining any possession.

Owned by an American Pension Fund. That Fund's governance rules must be an interesting read. I was expecting more given the build-up to the interview. Yes he speaks well and communicates in a way SWAG doesn't but I heard a lot which is practised at Ewood. Of course, running Ipswich is a stroll in the park compared with Rovers. - shirt sales income alone is 50% of Rovers' total turnover! - rivals Norwich are as close to Portman Road as Knutsford Service Station is to Ewood. - Rovers have 5 PL clubs, 1 Championship club and 11 other EFL clubs within that radius - and Ipswich is a much wealthier area than Blackburn But Ipswich Town academy has fewer social media followers than Rovers Academy... he wasn't asked about youth development.

We are hosting. England u-19s drew too many in the qualifying group. Planning to go to Malta v Poland

When you look at other results, there are shocks all over international football. It is a case of Southgateball pretty well assures no embarrassing results but doesn't set England up to win tournaments..