Robbie

Match Report from last Friday evening's match. Nottingham 57 British Army 10

Good Morning and happy Monday to you all. Staying mainly cloudy with outbreaks of rain.

You can here the VAR team discussing this incident Is this a penalty. The player has his arm in an unatural position so the VAR team say, but he was so close to the ball kicker and the ball hit is foot and then hit his arm, so he had no time to get out the way. If he had his arm by his side and the ball it his foot then bounced against his arm, the penalty wouldn't have been given? Surely, if the ball hit his arm directly that would have been grounds but was it intentional handball?

I agree that Didzy should have been the one to be replaced. I would rest him against Mansfield and put in an extra midfield player for that game in Sam Austin and have Didzy on the bench if required later in the game. Jaden to replace Brindley.

Get your brolly out if you are going out tomorrow.

End of the third period and the match and another defeat for Panthers on the road.

Winds easing this evening as rain moves across the North. Increasing cloud but drier in the South.

Panthers still trail 1:0 after the 2nd period.

A great day for England Cricket.

Nottingham Panthers in action this evening. Manchester Storm v Panthers, face off 5:30pm. Team news follows.

There as been a new provisional UK Jan daily max temperature record of 19.6C in the UK today.

I suppose @Fan of Big Tone @DangerousSausage & @KB1862 another conundrum for Stuart would be looking into the balance of the current side. Can I even mention it, Langstaff, Didzy in the same side? We have Langstaff up front with Didzy supporting. I know we've gone up a level, however Langstaff supported by Rodriguez ( now replaced by Cowley) and Bostock seemed more fluent to me. Is there room for a two striker force like Didzy & Langstaff playing together, or should we enforce the midfield & rest one of them, especially away fro home?

@KB1862 I agree. I'm very sceptical that Man C or Chelsea will ever be punished fully, they may finish up with a fine, that they will be able to pay that easily. Why a specimen charge out of the 115 against Man C can't be decided upon very quickly is beyond me. I believe like you do that the delay is all about the money, such as TV subscriptions, commercial contracts and advertising revenue at home & around the World.Just imagine if Man City and Chelsea were about to be kicked out the league, the establishment wouldn't allow it. And those two clubs would possibly go on to form a Super League with clubs in Europe, if they were under threat of expulsion from the Premier League anyway.

17deg recorded in Scotland. That is something in January.

When there wasn't VAR, Refs made mistakes, & we grumbled but it was just part of the game in the league for over 136 years from the football league's beginnings in this Country. The laws of the game became consistent across the globe. Now we have VAR, the footballing authorities across the World can't even agree on what some of the rules are regarding it, no wonder the fans are confused, even the players managers, and officials are confused too.

@super_ramIt's great to wake up to some great news. Ollie Pope scored one of the great innings, 196 on a turning wicket, but I still thought that the lead wasn't quite enough, but Tom Hartley's seven wickets proved me wrong. The team spirit in this England team under Ben Stokes is what gives England an extra edge in close matches. Incidentally, West Indies have beaten Australia in Australia today too. A remarkable day in Test Cricket.

ENGLAND HAVE WON THE FIRST TEST IN INDIA. WHAT A REMARKABLE WIN. Tom Hartley taking 7 wickets for England in India's 2nd innings. England win by 28 runs.

Great innings by Ollie Pope in England's 2nd innings.

Weather for this afternoon. Dry and Mild with sunny spells for most.

Nottingham Panthers Head Coach Jonathan Paredes gives his reaction to this exciting match between two great rivals tonight.

Weather for Sunday morning. Increasing amounts of bright spells across the Country

Goals from tonight's game.

One of the best performances of the season sees the Panthers just come up short against the league leaders, but they can be proud of this performance and take confidence from it.