Matthew Stanger

Celebrations where everyone just runs everywhere are unbeatable

Last year Forshaw looked like our least capable player but a decent older head to have in the squad. Now he’s our best player by some distance. That tells you everything.

@_ElliottJackson Reinforces what O’Neill thinks about the squad, quality just isn’t there to make us competitive

No changes at the break. Wild. #Rovers lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25928597…

This is as bad as it’s ever been.

Heard a lot from former goalkeepers hammering Tudor for taking Kinsky off but, as sorry as you might feel for him, it was surely the right decision. His game was done. Plenty to pin on Tudor, like starting him in the first place, but can’t see how Kinsky could possibly stay on.

@MikeyDelap If we win on Wednesday it’s quickly forgotten; if we don’t we’ll probably look back on these two games as the performances that sent us down

The right outcome for that game was 0-0. A dreadful performance from Rovers - like every player was running in treacle. Did little to deserve to win, but thank god they salvaged a point at the end. The only saving grace, but desperately poor.

@MikeyDelap How the hell was Forshaw booked for that

Sammie, I still love you mate, but there was nothing wrong with that…. #Rovers

@ellis_platten Better than the blue one

Finding out so many people loved this coat that there was a genuine search party for it. Then I wore it and suddenly everyone hates it. A lot to unpack.

@arse2mouse Would help if Trossard could control it today

Okay that’s a fucking banger. I’d been lamenting how ineffectual he was in the 1st half too. Now let’s fucking use our brains for a few minutes.

@ChrisMartin_93 He’s defo heard about the curse

@MatthewStanger Looks less petrified next to you tbh

Yuki you absolute hero 💙

@JimLavery Can’t believe your dad had 94th minute first goal 😂

@MatthewStanger That's a good photo. Really talented photographer

@bghayward All the best, Ben

I haven't watched a football match in 2026. I don't much miss it, either. The last few years have changed me as a person and led me in a different direction. Thanks for reading: why it's time for something new benhayward.substack.com/p/thanks-for-r…

I hope Eiran Cashin’s nickname is “The Attic”

You can’t feel the pressure this hard in February. Great team but looks more and more like they peaked in November with those wins against Spurs and Bayern in the space of a few days

City remind me of Wenger’s Arsenal during the walk-it-in years

@PeteHall86 Hope it’s not too dull for you mate 😏

Teams from the Etihad. Haaland on the bench but Foden and Trafford start. Back five for Newcastle.

@FootballCliches can you “bury” an effort “high and wide”?

@_billyreid Daniel Farke to every other PL manager

People are so used to battering us in the Premier League that they don't know what to do when we don't roll over