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Dave7

Legendary Member
Location
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Thats a shame.
I had my beers all lined up and was looking forward to that :sad:
 

Slick

Guru
Celtic result has been voided !
One of the wee boys playing for St Mirren should of been in bed by 9 o'clock!
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PaulSB

Squire
It's all getting a bit serious now, my boys can go second today, level on points with Fulham who tonked us 7-0 at home 8 weeks ago.

Since then we've taken 19 points out of 21 with six wins and a draw, scoring 16 and conceding just 2 goals. It's conceivable by 9.45pm Wednesday we will be top.

Start of the season I began with the hope of a decent side knocking about in the top ten. As games went by top six beckoned but every year for ten seasons each time we've got close the team and manager seem to bottle it. November 3rd Fulham came to town and we had no answer to a team who hammered us 7-0 at home in a game we need to take at least a point from. All I can say in defence of the result is at 0-3 the boys clearly decided to try and get something back, the door was left but open heads didn't drop. This proved to be a turning point.

The following Saturday we saw the perfect response with the dismantling of Sheffield United at Ewood.

Football fans will know our sad story of the past ten years. Today more by luck than judgement we once more have a proper team. This is a sensational side packed with kids who simply don't know when to stop. The nonsense of going 2-0 up and sitting back which cost us 4 points against Luton and Coventry has disappeared. Another turning point.

Covid isolation stops me traveling to Hull today otherwise we would have gone.

One match doesn't decide a season but starting today we have a run of six games which we should win. If we can take 15/18 points we are serious. So far there has been no real pressure but now we're going to discover how a team packed with young players, five are under 21, react. Carry on playing with style and without fear and this can happen.

After ten terrible years under Venkys we can dream again. Once more we can walk along Bolton Road with pride, anticipation and a knot in the stomach. It is so exciting.

A proper team for proper fans. Those of us who stuck by the club when thousands walked away are being rewarded.

Come on you Blues.
 
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PaulSB

Squire
I cannot believe it. I have just spent a frustrating 45 minutes getting logged into NOW TV, shelled out £9.99 for a Sky Sports Day Membership only to discover Hull v Rovers has just been called off due to Covid.

This needs sorting out. Either everyone plays or no one plays. The Barnsley game today is called off which means our game on Wednesday will be off.

These "professional" clubs need to get a grip. It's not hard to do.
 

Slick

Guru
Probably worse in Scotland right now with clubs like Dundee being forced to play on despite a covid ravished squad with something like 4 goalkeepers listed to try and bring up the numbers and St Mirren last week listing wee boys on the bench that had never even met the first team players. Ridiculous
 

jowwy

Not here offten enough to argue
I cannot believe it. I have just spent a frustrating 45 minutes getting logged into NOW TV, shelled out £9.99 for a Sky Sports Day Membership only to discover Hull v Rovers has just been called off due to Covid.

This needs sorting out. Either everyone plays or no one plays. The Barnsley game today is called off which means our game on Wednesday will be off.

These "professional" clubs need to get a grip. It's not hard to do.
9.99 for a day pass……..bit if a rip off that
 

Slick

Guru
A bit of a simple enough win for the famous today even if it was just in front of 500 fans. How they decided who gets the tickets right now is beyond me. A crazy situation when I'm currently watching villa in front of a capacity crowd. :ph34r:
 

jowwy

Not here offten enough to argue
A bit of a simple enough win for the famous today even if it was just in front of 500 fans. How they decided who gets the tickets right now is beyond me. A crazy situation when I'm currently watching villa in front of a capacity crowd. :ph34r:
I wouldnt say its capacity…. but i would say its a different country
 

PaulSB

Squire
9.99 for a day pass……..bit if a rip off that
Can you explain why?

Last season the EFL offered a single match pass for EFL games at £10 per game. The coverage was pretty grim to say the least. The games couldn't be viewed on a TV without linking a mobile device to the TV which in may case involved buying cables. I watched once. For today's £10 I was able to access 24 hours of Sky Sports including PL and EFL games, cricket, golf, darts, NBA, horse racing and NFL.

Compared to the EFL alternative it's a bargain and as I have absolutely zero interest in having a Sky subscription for me it's a very fair price to pay for the occasional televised game I want to watch. I'm not an armchair fan and if an away game is important enough for me to want to watch I go wherever it is. Haven't missed a key game home or away in 40 years. Today I was isolating, had little to do and fancied a glass of malt and a Rovers win.
 

jowwy

Not here offten enough to argue
Can you explain why?

Last season the EFL offered a single match pass for EFL games at £10 per game. The coverage was pretty grim to say the least. The games couldn't be viewed on a TV without linking a mobile device to the TV which in may case involved buying cables. I watched once. For today's £10 I was able to access 24 hours of Sky Sports including PL and EFL games, cricket, golf, darts, NBA, horse racing and NFL.

Compared to the EFL alternative it's a bargain and as I have absolutely zero interest in having a Sky subscription for me it's a very fair price to pay for the occasional televised game I want to watch. I'm not an armchair fan and if an away game is important enough for me to want to watch I go wherever it is. Haven't missed a key game home or away in 40 years. Today I was isolating, had little to do and fancied a glass of malt and a Rovers win.
Cause its only around £20 a month for skysports…..so £10 for one day seems a rip off

i mean i pay £68 monthly for full sky access, so thats around £2 a day for movies, tv, sport, box sets, catchup tv……£10 for just 1 day of sport just seems excesive
 

PaulSB

Squire
Cause its only around £20 a month for skysports…..so £10 for one day seems a rip off

i mean i pay £68 monthly for full sky access, so thats around £2 a day for movies, tv, sport, box sets, catchup tv……£10 for just 1 day of sport just seems excesive
I don't see why. I haven't watched Sky in perhaps ten years so I feel a pass for £10 is entirely reasonable. It's good marketing on their part because it's a price that might tempt me to have a look on another day. I can't imagine shelling out £68/month as I don't watch enough TV to justify it. As above I'm not an armchair fan so I don't need Sky Sports and to be honest I'm very reluctant to put money in to the hands of an organisation such as Sky.
 
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