The Football.....

[jowwy]

Sorry to go back to an old debate but i've only just managed to catch up with the manchester derby.
What was ever wrong with the old offside rule?It was simple, if you were the attacking team and your player/players were in front of the opposition last player you was offside.
All this interfering with or not interfering with play malarkey is such a grey area it's got ridiculous.
#If it aint broke don't fix it.

agree..... salah was given offside last night and gakpo, the moment they moved toward the ball, both players hadn't touched it before the whistle went

one rule for one, one rule for another

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Sadly, VAR, often gets blamed when difficult decisions are made.

The reality is is that it is the rules that are at fault.

The offside rule has become way too complicated and really needs simplifying.

Cut the active nonsense - if a player is offside then he is offside no matter what they are doing.

 

[PaulSB]

Clearly the Rovers read CycleChat. Rovers v Birmingham is Adults £10, Concessions £5, U-18 £1 in all areas.

Can't argue with that, now it's up to the fans to prove sensible pricing works.

 

[Grant Fondo]

could be a season defining four days for Man U ... the dream is we sit 3 points behind the Gunners by sunday evening. Big ask mind you.

 

[Slick]

Rovers are now at home to Birmingham in the fourth round, a match we should be looking to win. JDT will almost certainly put out a much changed side which I'm interested to see as I haven't watched this alternative, I won't use reserve or second, team he uses.

The club need to price tickets to match the "attractiveness" of this fixture. Blackburn population is 115,000, 142,000 including Darwen, and has never been a wealthy area. Price this at £30 and the gate will probably be 6/7,000 plus Birmingham City support. Go for £10 and there's a decent chance of 15-16,000 including BIG club fans.

Any of our Scottish contributors any comments about Ryan Porteous, Hibs, as we're in for him.

Porteous is a good player in quite an underperforming team this year. He will certainly strengthen your defence and a move might be just what he needs after being in court last summer for assaulting a female. A bit of a hothead, as he has served a number of suspensions in his time, but I may be biased as I do remember 1 red card in particular against my team.

 

[vickster]

could be a season defining four days for Man U ... the dream is we sit 3 points behind the Gunners by sunday evening. Big ask mind you.

Cmon Palace

 

[jowwy]

could be a season defining four days for Man U ... the dream is we sit 3 points behind the Gunners by sunday evening. Big ask mind you.

But with the gunners having a game in hand, i can see two draws for utd

 

[MrGrumpy]

Fair result , Man U never killed it off to be fair . Points dropped

 

[Slick]

Take the 3 points and get yourselves up the road for Rangers tonight. Still not firing on all cylinders yet and we are now just going round in circles repeating the same mistakes week after week. Really need to see some new faces in there as soon as possible.

 

[jowwy]

could be a season defining four days for Man U ... the dream is we sit 3 points behind the Gunners by sunday evening. Big ask mind you.

Theres the first draw…..and well deserved by palace

 

[Grant Fondo]

Theres the first draw…..and well deserved by palace

Agree, Palace were up for it, de Gea saved our bacon, as for the Casemiro tackle ... really rate the guy but that was just stupid.

 

[jowwy]

Agree, Palace were up for it, de Gea saved our bacon, as for the Casemiro tackle ... really rate the guy but that was just stupid.

yeh it was from casemiro especially as ten hag was about to replace him with fred, but after the booking he changed it too eriksen instead, knowing he needed him to rest for the weekend.

 

[AndyRM]

Take the 3 points and get yourselves up the road for Rangers tonight. Still not firing on all cylinders yet and we are now just going round in circles repeating the same mistakes week after week. Really need to see some new faces in there as soon as possible.

Morelos and Kent make the difference for Rangers.

Beale moaning about our pitch was funny. Never seems to get mentioned about Hamilton.

 

[postman]

Its all going off at Maine Road.City two nil down but now three two up.Franny Lee and Colin Bell must have pulled their socks up.Mike Summerbee is having a blinder,and the old chap Tony Book is holding the rear up,what a team to come back.What a team talk from Joe Mercer.

 

[Grant Fondo]

ooof! How did Spurs let that one slip away?