Andrew Cryer

Working in sport. Ex sports Editor and Blackburn Rovers writer for the Lancashire Telegraph. All views are my own

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@GuillemBalague Enjoy Guillem!

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Is it just me or have the crowds at the World Cup been really surprising given the prices and noise before hand? Most world cups I remember - loads of games have been really, really empty. Feels the World Cup attendances have been really good / even for the rubbish games.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Good luck to him. Seemed a good guy. We clearly needed better though.

[Bristol City FC @BristolCity]

📣 Sinclair Armstrong joined Turkish side Göztepe for an undisclosed fee.

The club thank Sinclair for his contributions in a City shirt and wish him all the best for the future.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Commentary was a bit bizarre on tv. How could anyone think it was a penalty on Madueke. It was so clearly a foul by him.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Fair play, Arsenal defended well. But better team won.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Thank goodness tbh. Last thing we need is another assistant manager who has never managed. Although does seem like everyone turning us down.

[Alex Crook ⚽️🎙 @alex_crook]

Understand Tommy Elphick has turned down the chance to become Bristol City manager. #AFCB want him to stay as a key party of Marco Rose's new coaching team @talkSPORT

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@malstar79 @HughWoozencroft Anderson gets injured, rice drops there and Bellingham or Mainoo play there. Wharton wouldn’t get a kick.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@malstar79 @HughWoozencroft Neither will play a minute. Every player has consistently said Henderson is a brilliant squad member, character , experience etc. so I guess that’s why he is in over Wharton - who would just sit on the bench for three weeks

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@timfarron Not going to play though is he? Rice and Anderson clearly ahead of him for tuchel - then if struggling, Bellingham drops in. He wouldn’t play a minute.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

And, yes, Toney clearly not a starter. But he is a specialist penalty taker - Foden and palmer weren’t getting near challenging rogers or Bellingham, so what’s the harm in putting your 26th pick as a pen specialist? Far more likely to have an involvement than the other two

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

The starting x1 was/ is never not going to be Pickford, oreilly, Guehi, kinda, James, rice, Anderson, Rogers (Bellingham) Rashford, saka, Kane - with Watkins, Gordon, (rogers or Bellingham) as key subs.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Not sure I get the fuss about Maguire not being in the squad. Wasn’t going to play anyway. Same as Trent missing out to Spence. Both just bench fillers anyway.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@JPercyTelegraph @BCFC_Supporters Not sure there is much potential to be honest John. Can’t compete financially. Good, solid club but certainly very little ambition. Elphick feels a very uninspiring appointment that sums up our pull.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

@malstar79 True. Just wondered how they did it - cant change the laws because people invade the pitch.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Are you allowed to call full time because of a pitch invasion?

[Duncan Wright @dwright75]

How many fouls can you spot in this pic??

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

An awful quality game. VAR having no consistency and chaos from a corner. Sums up the season.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

Bit confused why the foul on raya was given but not the fouls by Trossard or Rice. A point likely would have been enough for Arsenal anyway - as will hammer Burnley - but zero consistency.

[Andrew Cryer @andrew_cryer]

RIP Tony Parkes. Thoughts to all his family and friends today. Legend is often used too easily, but he was a total Blackburn Rovers legend and - having covered the club for a while - I know the extent to which everyone with any connection to Rovers loved him.