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Palmer, saved 0-0 Young, scores 1-0

Matt, O'Leary saves!

Pathetic defending.

Penalties.

Oh shit.

6 minutes injury time.

Has Cameron got a crisp shot? Will we see any Pring goals?

Lovely passing triangle and finished confidently.

"Start Janneh up front vs Middlesbrough - he's the best striker at the club!"

Wayne was asleep and we have the photos.

Saikou with time on his hands.

Janneeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh!!!!!

Because they're ITK?

Well, he can give up the paper round.

It's certainly produced a reaction...

Apparently, Joey loves to quote Nietzsche, the nineteenth century German philosopher: "To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering." Hang on, isn't that already in the Rovers' Managers job description?

Bobby was before my time, but I was lucky enough to interview him for the Evening Post, prior to our FA Cup 3rd Round replay with Portsmouth, in January 2009. He told me a great story about the reason behind his signing for City in July 1968 as a replacement for John Quigley. According to Bobby, Alan Dicks saw Quigley - the club Captain and a great leader - as a real threat to his job. To make matters worse, Bobby was handed the captain's armband for his debut and it didn't go down well with the fans. I can't recall his exact words, but they were along these lines: I knew it, Dicks knew it and the fans knew it. I promptly led out the team to a chorus of boos. As you know Bobby crammed a number of clubs onto his CV and didn't hang around at his next destination, Leicester City, due to a bust up with manager Frank O'Farrell. Bobby explained that he signed for the Foxes in the Summer of 1970 after being verbally promised a bonus should they be promoted at the end of the 70/71 season. Bobby and Leicester duly delivered, but O'Farrell didn't keep his end of the bargain. You'll have to sort it out with the new man. I'm off to Manchester United!

Another postponement? From yesterday's Lancashire Evening Post Preston North End squad and backroom staff to undergo Covid-19 tests after member of coaching team shows symptoms | Lancashire Evening Post (lep.co.uk) Preston North End will test their squad and backroom staff for Covid-19 today after their coaching team was hit by a scare at the weekend. By Dave Seddon Monday, 11th January 2021, 8:00 am Four of the coaches went into self-isolation ahead of the FA Cup defeat to Wycombe after one of them displayed symptoms of the virus. It left staff numbers thin on the ground at Adams Park, with manager Alex Neil only having the help of assistant keeper coach Jack Cudworth and the fitness coaches. Those isolating include Steve Thompson, Mike Pollitt, Frankie McAvoy and Paul Gallagher, although medical confidentiality means the individual with symptoms isn’t being identified. The individual concerned has been tested and the result being awaited. Separately, PNE winger Tom Barkhuizen is currently isolating, that period due to end in the middle of the week. A track and trace from outside the club led to him having to isolate under Government rules. All EFL clubs will start twice weekly lateral flow tests from today, funded by the PFA. PNE's 4-1 FA Cup defeat at Wycombe was played in misty conditions For today’s testing though, North End are funding the nose and throat swab tests which have been used through the pandemic. It tends to take around 48 hours for results of those tests to come back. Speaking after the 4-1 loss to Wycombe, Neil said: “We need to get them tested, we need to get everyone tested. “The likelihood is we will have a testing programme and won’t be able to train until we have the results. “It came from one individual having symptoms within the group. That is more concerning than a track and trace.”

Spot on, and he'll announce it, "With a very heavy heart." As The Guardian's brilliant Marina Hyde recently wrote: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/jan/01/boris-johnson-victim-emotions But mainly, we are forever being subjected to self-dramatising speeches about the latest virus measures he hates, to which the only dignified response is: I couldn’t care less how it all makes you feel. You’re the prime minister. The people listening are the ones you’re supposed to lead, not your psychotherapist.

You're right P, it was scandalous. And to make matters worse, the EP ran a back page headline - attributed to Alan Dicks - in Autumn 76, that ran something like, "Cheesley will have to go through the pain barrier for first-team return."

Thank you, Mr President.

Under pay as you play. They could call it, 'The Gigg Economy'.

It certainly looks bad for the Trotters. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49470865

Well, he is one of our own.

What? Have you forgotten already? ?