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All the issues - poor squad, exacerbated injury issues, poor manager, late goals against, games off due to waterlogged pitch - come back to the owners and their investment/management of the club. You get back what you put in.

Maybe at this very moment. I hope it was a text message simply saying... "Rudy you're a prick."

This problem has been years in the making. Last year (November time) we had a game abandoned against Portsmouth due to rain. Prior to that there were vague promises by the Regime (Waggott) about getting the pitch relaid to prevent future problems, which unsurprisingly never materialised. This is not a problem that has landed on the club unexpectedly overnight. It has been developing for years as a direct result of cutting corners, costs and avoiding significant expenditure on the facilities under these hideous owners. That - might- be excusable - in claiming we can't afford it - had it not coincided with circa £40-50 million of transfer cash flowing into the club due to them selling everyone they could get out the door. So to not spend a miniscule portion of that ensuring the pitch and drainage is fit for purpose is unacceptable and unforgivable. The excuses that the water has nowhere to go due to the River Darwen might 'hold water' if this had been a recurring issue going back decades. But history shows that it hasn't been until recent years, again due to neglect and cost cuts catching up with us.

We're all a couple of weeks into the cyclical 6 weeks of Ainsley Pears. He starts surprisingly well, pulls out a few decent saves despite some flappyness by week two. By week three we've conceded a few but any keeper would. We peak in week 4, and then it all starts to crumble. By week 6 the flappyness increases. Week 7 we stop altogether coming for crosses and by week 8 we disorganised the defence. Then, after an international break he starts again quite well. Pulls out a few decent saves despite some flappyness...

Worthy of a club statement that - Alex Miller banned for the foreseeable.

Their local reporter is bang on. Shame other than Henry Winter that more in the national media cannot speak up:

Wednesday supporters had paid the teams travel and pre match costs for today's game.

One of our best summer signings.

Second of the season (so far…) MOTM template.mp4

Prestons game went the all 90 minutes, so did Morcambe, and Accrington, which is a few mile from us. So every time we get heavy rain, its just Ewood Park we're its abandoned. We need a serious talk on the matter from upstairs at Ewood.

Miller is a complete liability...It's sad that out of him, McLaughlin and Pratt id pick the latter first.

The announcement, sorry you all got pissed wet through for nothing, the game is abandoned.

Maybe he needs a CM to take charge and offer him a pass? Morishita and TGH were hiding 40 yards upfield whenever Miller was in possession.

I'm glad you agree. Take it up with those that hold that opinion. 👊

Genuinely, you’d have to be stark raving mad to risk coming up for it as an Oxford fan.

The announcement, sorry you all got pissed wet through for nothing, the game is abandoned.

Maybe we should start a new topic, how to keep the rain off the Ewood pitch.

Made a good save with his leg right at start of second half -but don't let that interfere with anyone's prejudice. 🙂

Too much rain in the Blackburn area -added to the list.

Too short of notice. Not chance at home though:

Pitch issues. Glad really, keeps the thread free from whinging about refs 😉

miller needs telliing to concentrate on defending (which he is good at at) and stop trying to pass the ball (he`s shocking at it)

Pitch issues aside, how bad was the first 20 or so minutes. Aimlessly and ponderously passing it from side to side before giving it to Miller to gift the opposition possession.

Can we play Oxford away on Tuesday?

Which is ironic because that's one of the most moronic fuckin comments I've ever read on here. We'll done, top marks👊