I wouldn’t say they don’t want promotion, but I don’t think it’s that much of a priority, despite where we are in the league. You can hear it when they’re talking more about adding value to the squad, than winning matches. Even JDT seemingly prioritising implementing his playing style over winning matches. I think it’s absolutely batshit that any football club would consider anything more important than winning matches tbh.

Only chance bar the pens of note was the Maguire header. Bar that, we had a lot of the play, but France took their chances, that’s the difference. Hard to take, but them’s the breaks.

Miss a decisive pen like that, you get what you deserve, for me.

One question- the fuck are you playing at?

Not fit to wear the shirt. Another level of pathetic today.

‘Keep it tight first 5 minutes lads’.

I meant more in terms of JDT saying the team would be refreshed and ready because of the break, wasn’t meant literally….

Glad to see the warm weather training camp got us firing 👌.

Absolutely gash that from Wharton. We all know what happens when we go a goal down, too…

Probably not very helpful to call posters on a forum moaning minnies, particularly when barely anything has been posted about a potential postponement. Not exactly conducive to Messageboard harmony!

A lot of noise about Modric and rightly so, he’s superb, but Brozovic and Kovacic are cracking players too. Some midfield is that.

I’m not sure they’d be as keen, but they will probably be swayed if they’re struggling for coin in the same way as the others.

Juventus and Real Madrid will be all over it if it comes up again and probably Barcelona. They’re all in a fair bit of debt.

There’s just seemingly minimal effort and no imagination and it’s really sad. If anyone has social media, have a look at a page called ‘footy food’ and compare it to the fayre served up at Ewood. We were on there once, but not for the right reasons.

You could easily make that case for Rashford in the last game, too, but we did. I’m for keeping a winning team together myself, though.

He bagged against Iran and although fundamentally, I think we do have better options, he tends to do well for England. I wouldn’t have that much of a problem with him starting, given his tournament performances in recent years for England.

Hell fire, one hell of a 180 in there!

On the Macron website, Rovers home shirt is available in roughly half of the sizes. On Rovers’ website, it’s available in none of the sizes. So the stock clearly exists somewhere beyond where it was manufactured…

If nothing else, walking into a club shop and not having shirts to buy is an absolutely pathetic look, however anyone wants to spin it.

I think Switzerland haven’t shown up, but Portugal have played some cracking stuff here. Of course Switzerland have only just bagged, but they’ve otherwise been very poor. It all seems to have clicked for Portugal tonight!

They’ve definitely under achieved since they won the WC in any case.

Can we just simmer down a bit and not keep talking about and also trolling each other, please? You’re too used to WDWY and that kind of stuff won’t fly in here,

So, this is your second outburst of this nature, pretty much in as many hours. It’s really not helpful to criticise the board and those posting on it, but then continue to post. Especially after saying you were having a break? You’re posting on here of your own free will- if I found something as tiresome as you find it on here, I’d probably not bother entertaining it….

I share the same concerns about France’s quick attackers as everyone else, but let’s remember also, that they’ve got three players injured in Pogba, Kante and Benzema that absolutely would be starting if fit. Their stand ins have done well enough obviously, but we’ve got players that can hurt them as well. It should be a very close game.

Looked at the starting line ups and honestly, bar VVD being better than any USA defenders, there really isn’t much in it at all.