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I was still in the old Nuttall St stand at the time so I doubt it was.

Me too! I was telling Bill Fox to get the ******* off the pitch!

Nearest to it I can remember was pre Jack Walker, a biblical deluge just before a game against the old Crazy Gang from Wimbledon, Vinnie Jones etc al, which left huge pools of standing water on the pitch and resulted in the game being abandoned with everyone in the ground. No issues at all for years after the New Ewood was built until relatively recently.

Spot on. It would sum up the Venky's period of ownership if we lost the replay and skimping on the pitch infrastructure sent us down by less than 3 points this season.

You might have a point but surely it's incumbent on Rovers to sort their own solution out?

We put astronauts on the moon in 1969. It shouldn't be beyond the wit of man to come up with a solution, they just dont want to spend any money on it. Or on anything else for that matter.

100%.

I agree with this point in theory but how can you guarantee exactly the same players will be available on any new date? Don't think there's a cat in hell's chance this doesn't get replayed from scratch.

Tinpot doesn't even begin to describe it. We're an absolute embarrassment at all levels. Owners/management with a modicum of self respect would have sorted something after the first washout. We all knew something like this was going to happen, the only surprise is that it happened after 80 mins, we all thought it would be called off at the last minute before the game again. As a temporary fix, surely my idea of covering the pitch until just before kick off would have allowed for an extra 10-15 mins and the game to be completed? The forecast was known in advance for days.

What do you think?

That would be the fairest solution. Would have to be at our expense obviously.

Needs sorting out properly. Expenditure on this wouldnt be caught by FFP rules. And they no longer have to provide a guarantee when money is sent over. We really are a joke of a Club. "Welcome to Ewood Park for today's fixture" (Unless it rains)

At this stage of the season it will be replayed surely. Plenty of time to fit in in. Can you imagine if we lose the replay and get relegated by 3 points or less. You reap what you sow............

Let's get it right, the only party to blame is the Club because we no longer seem able to fulfill a fixture when it rains. Don't think the infrastructure of the pitch has been touched since the new Ewood was built.

Coming back on?

Im aware of the drainage problem and the fact that the only long term solution is to completely overhaul the system but I refuse to believe it wouldnt make a big difference in most cases if the majority of the water could be kept off the pitch until just before kick off and and there was only a couple of hours precipitation to worry about!

Steady rain but not torrential at the moment - really will be a poor do if we can't get the game on somehow or other. Do we cover the pitch?

3 successive home defeats to start the season off.

Not comparable at all. But Im sure you know that. 🙂 For starters, Eustaces's job was to avoid relegation and keep us in the Championship - he succeeded. Ismail's job was to maintain our position in the play offs - he failed. And he did so in spectacular fashion - basically took him his first game plus eight minutes of the second. Not seen much this season either to suggest anything will be any different either. Im not having him at all, happy to be in a job and go along with the Club of jettisoning the higher earners imo. We'll see where it all ends, I suspect not well.

Glad you enjoyed the day out. 1n he wider scheme of things if you "enjoy" bobbing along between 15th and 21st - that's your (and Parson's) prerogative. As such knowledgeable and seasoned observers I can't understand why you both seem to be so content for us to be poor.

Don't think either Birmingham or Wrexham will hang onto their managers if results dont pick up. They're in it to be successful not to be sentimental. It was obvious from the Birmingham documentary that Wagner and Brady think the world of Chris Davies, but, they are focused on getting to the Premier League and if they dont think he's the man for it, they'll probably drop him without a second thought. Parkinson- if results dont improve - why would anyone keep him? He's no track record at this level.

It's six points from five games. I'd say relief was more appropriate than enjoyment yesterday. We bloody needed that.

Boom Boom! Yes we did. Fair play, I definitely wasn't expecting that. Glad to hear Wharton apparently played well, I've always had him down as our best CB when fit. Keeping him and Carter fit and Gudjonssen being half decent will be crucial to our season Id say.

Im pleased for Weimann. Couldn't really care less how Derby do either way.

Yet it's only 0-0.