The Football.....

[Accy cyclist]

Mind you, they probably did me a favour as I'd probably have stayed in to watch it and missed my 90 minutes dog walk!!🐕‍🦺

 

[Accy cyclist]

It was in every TV listing I've seen, and was advertised all week.

I don't have a TV. Well I do, but I haven't switched it on in over 4 years!!🧐

 

[Alex321]

I don't have a TV. Well I do, but I haven't switched it on in over 4 years!!🧐

I don't have mine attached to an aerial (the lead detached at the aerial end a couple of years ago, and I can't get a ladder to it), but I do watch quite a lot of "live" TV via iPlayer (and yes, I do have a licence). So I automatically go there first, rather than going to the BBC sport pages.

 

[vickster]

This is a good website if wanting to know where live football is being televised
https://www.live-footballontv.com/

 

[AndyRM]

Good news for you @Dave7 - your man is on his way home after a penalty defeat by DR Congo. Guess we'll find out how bad his injury is!

 

[Dave7]

Good news for you @Dave7 - your man is on his way home after a penalty defeat by DR Congo. Guess we'll find out how bad his injury is!

I think the injury is genuine as I believe he really wanted Egypt to succeed.

 

[AndyRM]

I think the injury is genuine as I believe he really wanted Egypt to succeed.

Agreed, I wasn't being overly serious, but some players do seem to have miraculous recovery times. He wasn't even on the bench so they weren't playing a "let's take the chance on him even if he's done".

 

[Accy cyclist]

They might be able to buy promotion, but they couldn't buy a 5th Round date with Newcastle!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68118055

 

[Accy cyclist]

This talk of Rovers striker Sam Gallagher being 'targeted' by Ipswich is quite annoying. Why would he go to Ipswich when Blackburn Rovers are a bigger club than Ipswich?

 

[Mike_P]

They might be able to buy promotion, but they couldn't buy a 5th Round date with Newcastle!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/68118055

Mullinpen only managed one phony dive and that was a failed attempt at a free kick before being subbed.

 

[AndyRM]

How are Blackburn Rovers a "bigger" club than Ipswich?

 

[Alex321]

This talk of Rovers striker Sam Gallagher being 'targeted' by Ipswich is quite annoying. Why would he go to Ipswich when Blackburn Rovers are a bigger club than Ipswich?

Let's think. Blackburn are in a relegation scrap, Ipswich are strong contenders for automatic promotion. I wonder why he might prefer the latter?

 

[T4tomo]

How are Blackburn Rovers a "bigger" club than Ipswich?

Absolutely, Ipswich had at least half a dozen players appear in Escape to Victory.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Let's think. Blackburn are in a relegation scrap, Ipswich are strong contenders for automatic promotion. I wonder why he might prefer the latter?

Ipswich aren't going up and if they did they'd come straight back down, and Blackburn aren't going down. Leicester, Southampton and Leeds are going back up and QPR, Sheff Weds and Rotherham are going down. Rovers have a bigger, more modern ground than Ipswich. They are former Premier League Champions. Ipswich have only been Champions of England once and that was 62 years ago and they've only won the FA Cup once, whereas Blackburn have won it 6 times, granted their last win was 96 years ago. Rovers beat a well off League 2 team in the FA Cup, while Ipswich lost to a non league 6th tier team. Blackburn is in the north west which is a full of top clubs, whereas Ipswich is in the middle of nowhere.

Oh and Ipswich have that crap singer bloke as a 'big fan', which is another minus!!

Ipswich even claim that Norwich, which is 45 miles away is their 'local derby', when in reality their derby rivals are Colchester and Cambridge.

 

[Alex321]

Ipswich aren't going up and if they did they'd come straight back down, and Blackburn aren't going down. Leicester, Southampton and Leeds are going back up and QPR, Sheff Weds and Rotherham are going down. Rovers have a bigger, more modern ground than Ipswich. They are former Premier League Champions. Ipswich have only been Champions of England once and that was 62 years ago and they've only won the FA Cup once, whereas Blackburn have won it 6 times, granted their last win was 96 years ago. Rovers beat a well off League 2 team in the FA Cup, while Ipswich lost to a non league 6th tier team. Blackburn is in the north west which is a full of top clubs, whereas Ipswich is in the middle of nowhere.

Oh and Ipswich have that crap singer bloke as a 'big fan', which is another minus!!

Ipswich even claim that Norwich, which is 45 miles away is their 'local derby', when in reality their derby rivals are Colchester and Cambridge.

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It is your belief that Ipswich aren't going up. In reality, the 2nd automatic promotion spot could easily be theirs. It could go to any of the currently 2nd - 4th.

I agree it isn't likely that Blackburn will go down, but they are definitely in a dangerous area of the table, and are 16 places below Ipswich.

Most neutrals would say there isn't very much between the two clubs in terms of current prestige, regardless of what may have happened 20+ years ago. But that Ipswich are currently looking a much stronger team.