MATCHWATCH : Blackburn Rovers (h)

[windermereROYAL]

Sky red button seems to have changed in 22/23- none on this midweek ??

It was has much use as a chocolate ashtray anyway, no big loss.

[Mid Sussex Royal]

Nice have bid £10m for Brereton Diaz according to Sky

[Zip]

Nice have bid £10m for Brereton Diaz according to Sky

Nice are going for it . I had hoped he would have been sold by now

[Hound]

Good work nice

Be a bargain for that. Last year of contract isn’t he

[Sutekh]

Good work nice

Be a bargain for that. Last year of contract isn’t he

Yes, contracted until June 2023 according to transfermarkt

[tidus_mi2]

If we're lucky it might take BBD out of their line-up tomorrow

[SpaghettiHoop]

If we win 5-0 tonight we could be in sixth place, a defeat could leave us 22nd. Just a thought.

[genome]

Thanks for the info SpaghettiHoop

[Nameless]

If we win 5-0 tonight we could be in sixth place, a defeat could leave us 22nd. Just a thought.

A couple of weeks ago a 5-0 win would have put us top, and a defeat could have left us bottom.....

[SouthDownsRoyal]

I don’t think we will win 5-0 but I see a point tonight.

Score draw

[Stranded]

If we win 5-0 tonight we could be in sixth place, a defeat could leave us 22nd. Just a thought.

So what you are seeing is that it is very early in the season, the division is (and likely will be) incredibly compressed - so we shouldn't get over excited if we win tonight or too despondent if we lose (unless it is another thrashing).

Good balanced view there, thanks.

[Franconian Royal]

Is this on Royals TV from abroad?

[tidus_mi2]

Is this on Royals TV from abroad?

Should be.

[RoyalBlue]

The worst time to be playing the team arguably tipped for playoffs at the very least. Let's hope for a reaction to Saturdays game. I'm still struggling to belive we have an injury crisis that's now lasted at least 2 seasons. What the hell is going on?

I cannot predict a team and honestly don't know who I'd want to put out right now anyway.

As I've said many times the medical team needs replacing with a new bunch. Surely they can't do any worse. Im a marketer and if my strategy led my company to lose more money than it made over several years then I'd be shown the door. Bad luck happens but this is a persistent problem and the club need to get a grip on this now.

I would suggest it's perhaps more the sports scientists that need looking at. Once players pick up injuries I suspect the medical treatment is pretty good. The issue is they are picking up far too many injuries, particularly in training. The club needs to do better on injury prevention/risk reduction strategies.

[RoyalBlue]

Is this on Royals TV from abroad?

Should be.

Yes, that was confirmed by Royals Support in a tweet.

[Pepe the Horseman]

No red button tonight?

[Hound]

The worst time to be playing the team arguably tipped for playoffs at the very least. Let's hope for a reaction to Saturdays game. I'm still struggling to belive we have an injury crisis that's now lasted at least 2 seasons. What the hell is going on?

I cannot predict a team and honestly don't know who I'd want to put out right now anyway.

As I've said many times the medical team needs replacing with a new bunch. Surely they can't do any worse. Im a marketer and if my strategy led my company to lose more money than it made over several years then I'd be shown the door. Bad luck happens but this is a persistent problem and the club need to get a grip on this now.

I would suggest it's perhaps more the sports scientists that need looking at. Once players pick up injuries I suspect the medical treatment is pretty good. The issue is they are picking up far too many injuries, particularly in training. The club needs to do better on injury prevention/risk reduction strategies.

Think it’s very difficult from the outside and expertise to know what is going wrong - clearly something but it could be any number of things

Training too intense/not intense enough/made too intense too quickly
Recovery strategy
Diet and Nutrition
Bad luck
Stretching and preparation
Treatment of the injury

Or a bit of all. Suggest if it was an easy fix it would have been sorted a while ago

[RG30]

No red button tonight?

No in a regular season this is a Saturday fixture hence why it’s not on red button

[Stranded]

Forecast is for fairly heavy rain from about 3pm through to kick off tonight, could make things interesting.

[Hound]

Forecast is for fairly heavy rain from about 3pm through to kick off tonight, could make things interesting.

All lies. Forecast these for the last 3 days and still barely a shower