Port Said Red

What about them? HAS HE SAID WHY HE CHANGED THE PLAN IN THE SECOND HALF?

Both Cam and Dickie picked up knocks in the first half, I would imagine he wanted to take the pressure off the defence. we dominated in attack in the first half and did the same defensively in the 2nd. Has he said yet, or did you not bother waiting to hear before posting? Having to defend himself after a win now, for ***** sake.

And win.

"Promotion chasing Rovers" 13 points behind Stevenage in 6th who have a game in hand, 9 points above 21st place Port Vale who have 2 games in hand. "Something special happening" though........ I wonder what Pravda will have to say after this.

What did they create, Max had one decent save to make? It was fine, we just needed to see the game out without expending too much energy and we did it.

Yes Tanner has really hit form in recent weeks, today he was excellent in every part of the pitch.

we only need 13

Former Bartons 1 - Current Burtons 2

Yes, looks like a change of plan......

They finally found a place to buy. Obviously not up to Ian Gay standards, but I do my best.

Probably something to do with Johnstone's paints.

No it's away to QPR, so they must be fairly confident in their fitness as they don't usually do away games first back. I think it must be a rearranged game because it isn't on the OS. Home to Cardiff Tuesday though.

Not any longer. But still in touch.

I am really pleased for Rob, it will have been 8 days shy of a year out. I know he had that 45 minutes in November, but I am sure he would have expected to have been back before now. He has been in full training since 28th Jan, so he's probably more prepared than you might think. He's been through a lot away from football too, (sorry to be so mysterious) so I am sure he is itching to get back tomorrow.

Would be good wouldn't it? Naisy looks more likely, there is another U21's game on Tuesday, so that's an option as well as the first team bench.

Starting for U21's tomorrow, let's hope it all goes well and they available for 1st team action soon. More to come too.

It doesn't seem to be affecting attendances though, streaming might be effecting Sky, BT etc, but the numbers in the ground continue to increase.

Ah right, that was another "port" @Portland Bill he's answered your point above I think?

Did you mean to tag me here? I haven't followed any of those sports. I am new to basketball and they don't really have a sin bin as such. A player can be "sent off" for 5 personal fouls, but it doesn't reduce the team numbers, just the options for making changes. Coaches seem to use there own sin bin approach though and will take a player out if they are 3 or 4 fouls, and reintroduce them in the final minutes, reducing the risk of losing them completely.

I don't know how you can say that the game is on the decline because it's attracting more fans from a different demographic than before. That's a good thing isn't it? Of course the game may be losing some people (e.g. single males over 45) I don't know, but they/we aren't the future of the game. If your personal interest, or the interest levels of your friends is declining, I don't think that's indicative of the sport as a whole.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/686981/football-aggregate-attendance-by-league-united-kingdom/

I thought attendances were on the up? Every club is trying to increase it's capacity in some way.

That's bizarre. Is there an issue with the colour of the barrier and the background we can't see? Amazed no one was seriously hurt.

Unnecessary, the one thing that took me out of the nostalgia was sitting playing cards on my laptop.

I have just watched the highlights on a bigger screen and it seems to me that the defender does just enough to shepherd Wells beyond the ball so that he is ahead of it when it comes across. Should really have still scored though.