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[AndyRM]

True, but remember Scotland are in league A, Wales are in League B (And will be in playoffs for League A/B if they beat Iceland tonight), so league C still isn't exactly among the big boys.

You've missed the point.

 

[Alex321]

Good night for Wales last night, winning 4-1 and Turkey losing to Montenegro, means promotion to league A next season.

That was Montenegro's only points of the competition, so rather unexpected.

 

[StuAff]

A good day for the blue and gold bit of Hampshire- Pompey win 3-1, first home win (!), off the bottom of the table, Colby Bishop back after his health issues and on the scoresheet, and the other lot lost. Hopefully, onwards and upwards from here.

In other news: Man City beaten again. Four in a row…it probably won't last. Not exactly a crisis, still second.

Now five in a row. Spurs put four past them at the Etihad. Oops.

 

[Smokin Joe]

Now five in a row. Spurs put four past them at the Etihad. Oops.

What the hell has happened there?

Mind you, I'm glad it has. The whole thing was getting boring.

 

[StuAff]

What the hell has happened there?

Mind you, I'm glad it has. The whole thing was getting boring.

No idea. Yes, they've got a lot of injuries (ten out?), but they should be able to cope better than they are, the first eleven wasn't exactly reserves and yoof.

 

[Accy cyclist]

Now five in a row. Spurs put four past them at the Etihad. Oops.

Do you know what time they called it off? I pity those Pompey fans who'll probably have set off at 5am to 6am, then found it was off, many hours into the journey up here!!

4 hr 29 min (265.8 mi) via M6

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cvg0zn2l3kwt

 

[StuAff]

Do you know what time they called it off? I pity those Pompey fans who'll probably have set off at 5am to 6am, then found it was off, many hours into the journey up here!!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/live/cvg0zn2l3kwt

11am pitch inspection, PFC announced the postponement at 11.15. Yup, a long old day for them.

 

[Accy cyclist]

You do understand it's the match officials who decide if the game should be postponed. It's not Rovers decision whether the game should go ahead or not.

Er, where in my post did I blame Blackburn Rovers for the postponement? 🤔

 

[roubaixtuesday]

Wish he'd been playing!

 

[StuAff]

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Wish he'd been playing!

He might have helped even in current condition…

 

[SpokeyDokey]

No idea. Yes, they've got a lot of injuries (ten out?), but they should be able to cope better than they are, the first eleven wasn't exactly reserves and yoof.

Hopefully the start of the inevitable what goes around comes around decline.

They've had a good innings - and to be fair they waited an awful long time for their turn at the top and deserved their success too.

Not totally writing them off yet but every dog has its day.

MUFC, Arsenal, Chelsea, MCFC - who is next...

 

[Accy cyclist]

Er, where in my post did I blame Blackburn Rovers for the postponement? 🤔

It seems that @PaulSB has deleted his post. 🤔

 

[PaulSB]

Er, where in my post did I blame Blackburn Rovers for the postponement? 🤔

It seems that @PaulSB has deleted his post. 🤔

Yes, that's right. I deleted it within perhaps two minutes of my post when I realised I had misunderstood your initial post.

I'll try to be quicker in future

 

[Accy cyclist]

Yes, that's right. I deleted it within perhaps two minutes of my post when I realised I had misunderstood your initial post.

I'll try to be quicker in future

I heard it wasn't bad, apart from a few puddles. 🤔

 

[PaulSB]

I heard it wasn't bad, apart from a few puddles. 🤔

Yes, that's the usual comment amongst the thousands who like to kick and criticise the club at every opportunity. The vast majority of those "fans" never set foot inside Ewood, except possibly when we play Burnley.

The above is not aimed at you. It would be worth passing on to the "fans" who insist on talking down the club.

Locally I would say we didn't have enough rain to cause a problem. I live less than five miles from Ewood. Preston and Bolton both played and will have had similar weather. Crucially those clubs don't drain the pitch into a nearby river.

The facts are these, and have been for decades. Even in the Walker era when it was rebuilt this ocassionally happened. As you'll know the river Darwen flows behind the Riverside stand. The Darwen has a large catchment area from the moors upstream of Ewood. The pitch drainage system outflow has always, to my knowledge, drained into the Darwen. When the river is in flood It can reach a level where river water begins to fill the drainage system and the pitch ceases to drain.

It may be there were only a few puddles visible. The only people who could really know how wet the pitch was are those who actually walked on the pitch.

The image below is the drainage outflow into the Darwen.

Rovers can't beat nature