Championship thread 25/26! (21 Viewers)

Lamps · Sep 23, 2025

SkyblueTexan said:
Hope you’re right, but wish we’d had a few confirmed signings through the door before letting Sheaf and Rapha go. Then again I know Sheaf’s been very injury prone of late and we probably couldn’t have received any more reasonable offers for him.

We all do. But we have a few quid in the bank ready for the January window. We have loan options and by then it will be clear which players will be available that might not have been before the season started. It was a great offer for Sheaf, who in reality was cover for Grimes who is as consistent as any player you could find.

I am happy we didn't waste money on squad fillers. We have players like Bidwell and Eccles to come in when needed. They are better than what some would like you to believe and already know how we play.

skybluelee · Sep 23, 2025

baldy said:
So it should have - the crowd's fuck all to do with the action on the pitch

I was just pointing out an example.

Out of interest, if the crowd has 'fuck all to do with the action' should a result stand if, say 60 mins had been played? 45, 30?

SBAndy · Sep 23, 2025

skybluelee said:
I was just pointing out an example.

Out of interest, if the crowd has 'fuck all to do with the action' should a result stand if, say 60 mins had been played? 45, 30?

My gut feel is that after 75 minutes the result should stand, but only in instances where the abandonment is due to conditions. If it were protests, etc then you either replay or it’s forfeited.

Sbarcher · Sep 24, 2025

Bristol City about to be taken over by a Saudi businessman. No doubt will spend heavily in January.

Brighton Sky Blue · Sep 24, 2025

Sbarcher said:
Bristol City about to be taken over by a Saudi businessman. No doubt will spend heavily in January.

Before this he'd owned Almeria in Spain for 6 years, sold it on earlier this year. Took them a few years post takeover to get promoted to La Liga, then they went back down soon after. Spent a fair bit in that time, but not humongous amounts.

Sky Blue Harry H · Sep 24, 2025

Goodish news in that Wrexham have to play Cardiff in their EFL Cup home tie in the same week that we play them on the Friday evening. Given the Welsh rivalry, hopefully that may give us a slight edge, if they've kicked lumps out of each other!

skyblueelephant76 · Sep 25, 2025

Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town to be replayed in full after abandonment

Blackburn Rovers' Championship fixture against Ipswich Town is to be replayed in full following its abandonment on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

DT-R · Sep 25, 2025

skyblueelephant76 said:
Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town to be replayed in full after abandonment

Blackburn Rovers' Championship fixture against Ipswich Town is to be replayed in full following its abandonment on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Games gone!

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Tommo1993 · Sep 25, 2025

Blackburn 0 - 4 Ipswich in the replay.

DT-R · Sep 25, 2025

Tommo1993 said:
Blackburn 0 - 4 Ipswich in the replay.

Ipswich to beat us to 2nd place by 3 points too!

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David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

If I was Blackburn i'd appeal that all the way to CAS, may not win but make the EFL justify their decision in court.

David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

@SBT as you've taken time out from writing about Mrs Jones cat being stuck up a tree why don't you give us your thoughts?

Be almost as good as the time you were so stupid you misunderstood the law on reselling tickets.

chiefdave · Sep 25, 2025

skyblueelephant76 said:
Blackburn Rovers v Ipswich Town to be replayed in full after abandonment

Blackburn Rovers' Championship fixture against Ipswich Town is to be replayed in full following its abandonment on Saturday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Ipswich defender Jacob Greaves, who was sent off, will still have to serve a suspension.

How does that work for a game that has been struck from the records?

David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

chiefdave said:
How does that work for a game that has been struck from the records?

it's a nonsense decision, either the game officially didn't happen or the result and any cards stand.

SBT · Sep 25, 2025

David O'Day said:
@SBT as you've taken time out from writing about Mrs Jones cat being stuck up a tree why don't you give us your thoughts?

Be almost as good as the time you were so stupid you misunderstood the law on reselling tickets.

My thoughts are that it’s very harsh on Blackburn but there’s enough of a precedent there that means going to court would be a total waste of time (and isn’t going to happen anyway)

David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

SBT said:
My thoughts are that it’s very harsh on Blackburn but there’s enough of a precedent there that means going to court would be a total waste of time (and isn’t going to happen anyway)

precedent doesn't mean it always has to happen that way, blackburn are already talking about appeals so once again your fucking clueless as usual

anyway you've got to dash as 2 neighbours are arguing over a hedge

Grendel · Sep 25, 2025

Sky Blue Pete said:
Grendel knows best come on man

It seems I do

Grendel · Sep 25, 2025

SBT said:
My thoughts are that it’s very harsh on Blackburn but there’s enough of a precedent there that means going to court would be a total waste of time (and isn’t going to happen anyway)

It’s hardly harsh. How could it not be replayed?

SBT · Sep 25, 2025

David O'Day said:
precedent doesn't mean it always has to happen that way, blackburn are already talking about appeals so once again your fucking clueless as usual

anyway you've got to dash as 2 neighbours are arguing over a hedge

No, but precedents do tend to influence the outcome of court cases - I’ll be very surprised if it goes to the CAS.

SBT · Sep 25, 2025

Grendel said:
It’s hardly harsh. How could it not be replayed?

It’s harsh in the sense they are unlikely to find themselves a goal and a man up with 10 minutes to go in the replayed fixture. There’s a difference between harsh and unfair.

David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

SBT said:
No, but precedents do tend to influence the outcome of court cases - I’ll be very surprised if it goes to the CAS.

You seem to have not even bothered to read what I said.

1) I clearly didn't say they would win

2) I said they should rather than they would and the reason given was not because they owuld win.

3) The are talking about appealing it and was clearly a split decision.

4) Also you seem to not understand precedence and how the courts would look at it.

Read what people say and you won't make mistakes like this and the time you mistook me saying the club would look down on reselling tickets as it is illegal with your thinking I said people should be arrested for giving others their tickets for games

Ciao

SBT · Sep 25, 2025

David O'Day said:
You seem to have not even bothered to read what I said.

1) I clearly didn't say they would win

2) I said they should rather than they would and the reason given was not because they owuld win.

3) The are talking about appealing it and was clearly a split decision.

4) Also you seem to not understand precedence and how the courts would look at it.

Read what people say and you won't make mistakes like this and the time you mistook me saying the club would look down on reselling tickets as it is illegal with your thinking I said people should be arrested for giving others their tickets for games

Ciao

I read your initial post just fine. Blackburn Rovers can appeal all they like, they aren’t going to waste resources on a court battle, hence why I laughed at the suggestion. Thanks for the insincere smiles though!

Terry Gibson's perm · Sep 25, 2025

The ban should really be against Blackburn and not against one of their rivals.

David O'Day · Sep 25, 2025

Also how the hell does the red card still count but the goal doesn't? Can't have both.

Shannerz · Sep 25, 2025

David O'Day said:
it's a nonsense decision, either the game officially didn't happen or the result and any cards stand.

I guess the worry was that if someone gets sent off for something very serious, and the result's voided, then they escape punishment.

So a rule was put in to make sure red cards stood regardless.

Just conjecture, but it would make sense. You don't want someone getting away with a leg-breaker tackle if the game's called off.

covcity4life · Sep 25, 2025

Serie a does it best. Start from the same minute game was abaonded.

Even if it's to have a 15 minute match

Frostie · Sep 25, 2025

Whilst it is obviously harsh on Blackburn, it's the only real possibility & certainly the fairest option.

Whilst this "only 10 minutes to go" line has been trotted out a lot, in reality the game had already had a lengthy stoppage due to issues with the Ref's headset, so there was probably nearer 20 minutes to play.

Let's not forget, Blackburn have already managed to lose a home game whilst 1-0 up in stoppage time this season so it's not really a foregone conclusion that they'd win this.

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Sep 26, 2025

Frostie said:
Whilst it is obviously harsh on Blackburn, it's the only real possibility & certainly the fairest option.

Whilst this "only 10 minutes to go" line has been trotted out a lot, in reality the game had already had a lengthy stoppage due to issues with the Ref's headset, so there was probably nearer 20 minutes to play.

Let's not forget, Blackburn have already managed to lose a home game whilst 1-0 up in stoppage time this season so it's not really a foregone conclusion that they'd win this.

But if you're leading in a game with a short amount of time to go and the opposition are down to ten men is it the fairest?

I'd say it'd be fairer to play the remaining time and the opposition be a player down.

Ideally they should have to play the same players, but obviously teams will claim injuries so they can swap players if they want.

SkyBlueSam01 · Sep 26, 2025

David O'Day said:
Also how the hell does the red card still count but the goal doesn't? Can't have both.

I suppose first and foremost a Y/R card is meant as punishment for an individual player's actions rather than something designed to impact the result of a given game

Whereas obviously goals are very much the latter so need to be wiped if the game is replayed

Sky_Blue_Dreamer · Sep 26, 2025

SkyBlueSam01 said:
I suppose first and foremost a Y/R card is meant as punishment for an individual player's actions rather than something designed to impact the result of a given game

Whereas obviously goals are very much the latter so need to be wiped if the game is replayed

But how can you punish a player's action in a game that didn't happen?

SkyBlueSam01 · Sep 26, 2025

Sky_Blue_Dreamer said:
But how can you punish a player's action in a game that didn't happen?

It's a good question I suppose its just that as others have said, if someone has been carded for doing something dangerous/shitty it should stand regardless of whether the result of the game stands

David O'Day · Sep 26, 2025

SkyBlueSam01 said:
I suppose first and foremost a Y/R card is meant as punishment for an individual player's actions rather than something designed to impact the result of a given game

Whereas obviously goals are very much the latter so need to be wiped if the game is replayed

the game either happened or it didn't

David O'Day · Sep 26, 2025

Shannerz said:
I guess the worry was that if someone gets sent off for something very serious, and the result's voided, then they escape punishment.

So a rule was put in to make sure red cards stood regardless.

Just conjecture, but it would make sense. You don't want someone getting away with a leg-breaker tackle if the game's called off.

the game didn't happen according to the history books so there is no real reason why the red should stand

David O'Day · Sep 26, 2025

SBT said:
I read your initial post just fine. Blackburn Rovers can appeal all they like, they aren’t going to waste resources on a court battle, hence why I laughed at the suggestion. Thanks for the insincere smiles though!

@SBT you clearly didn't or you wouldn't off got it so badly wrong your oist was basically written in crayon.

better luck next time

SkyBlueSam01 · Sep 26, 2025

David O'Day said:
the game didn't happen according to the history books so there is no real reason why the red should stand

If an assault happened in the game that would still be punished

Cards are for enforcing the games laws rather than being anything to do with the result of a game

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