U21s Central league Cup Fixtures https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/26/rovers-under-21s-learn-central-league-cup-fate/ • Rovers v Blackpool Tuesday September 23rd, kick-off 1pm Blackburn Rovers Academy • Preston North End v Rovers Tuesday October 14th, kick-off 1pm PNE Academy Training Ground • Blackpool v Rovers Tuesday December 2nd, kick-off 1pm Bamber Bridge • Rovers v Preston North End Tuesday January 27th, kick-off 1pm Blackburn Rovers Academy

I am sure someone told me years ago that Nixon had some kind of involvement in our agent feeding frenzy...

I do see what you mean but I still think it’s covered by ‘shall fill an ESC place of both the parent club and the loaning club’

I find it bizarre how it was a disaster last week with Trav leaving and a win and a signing and a smokescreen rumor (the £5M striker) and now it’s all “trust in Ismael and Rudy” if it didn’t work for broughton and JDT I don’t think Rudy or Ismael will succeed imo

If "they" are still involved / increasing their involvement here again, I guess Rovers won't be the only club? Is there a chain of several clubs? I guess it will be a bit like those diagrams of rock music family trees! Weirdly, it "appears" that some of the recent signings might be ok. ..unlike the January window, when I was a bit suspicious about how, why -and in whose interests-most of the recruits arrived....

Eustace is gone let’s revisit come May as to his credentials he’s had full pre season he’s been backed so no excuses exact same with val

Coincidentally “lucky wins” had a Birmingham side in a play offs that went down when he left had us in the play offs and an awful derby team staying in the championship

Yes you find things or situations that only come out after they left, like Eustace over the Derby's approach or the fact he lied to the Rovers fans. You might be comfortable with that but I ain't. I like Ismael cos he told the supporters about the Brittain and Travis the truth, you might see it as throwing Travis under the bus but I don't think he ever did, he told the truth and as supporters that all you asked for. For some unknown reason, he don't agree and think supporters shouldn't be told the truth Buckley, Leonard and Pears are all on the wage bill and we need to move on them otherwise we are going to either bring them in the fold or stick them in under 23's whilst still paying them. Also I think Rovers higher management/owners are allowing Gestede, Owen and Ismael to spend more than the original budget was. It was suggested the original budget was £5m but so far we spend around £7.5m with more set to spend. Yes they will be outgoing so more cash will be generate by the Travis sale, Buckley sale and possible others.

The loophole I see there is that the rule seems to be aimed at players who already are taking up an ESC slot, before being loaned out. I couldn't see one for players who were never allocated an ESC slot, if you get my meaning

I do think that the ref should have stuck with original decision with that Gordon's tackle. When you slow it down, the tackle looks worst and worst. I think Gordon does try to pull out but his momentum takes into van Dijk .

All I care about is what happens on the pitch for 90 minutes. That’s my focus, anything else is just candy floss.

In my opinion part of the reason for that was we were playing with two water carriers in central midfield. Neither of them are particularly good at getting up to and beyond the forwards. There were times when we were playing with a back 7 if you include the goalkeeper. With Cantwell also playing deeper that left the forward 3 players to do a hell of a lot ! I think Ismael realised early on that if we were going to score more goals at least one of the central midfield players needed to be able to get forward more and link up forward play and join in with attacks. If that is his thinking I agree with him.

I don’t believe this is possible as I think it would be ‘caught’ by the following (whilst he wouldn’t be an ESC player when we loaned him he’d become one immediately afterwards):

It's not abuse, it's just piss taking. The guy is absolutely delusional about numerous things, so people find it funny when he fails. Not all that complicated. really.

Sometimes I find it hard to believe that any Rovers fan can have confidence in 'building for the future' under this regime. Yes Eustace was for the here and now - he's a Championship manager who on average might get a couple of years to deliver and that's what any manager should be judged on - immediate results and league position. He found a way of delivering play-off form over 7 months on a shoestring after selling Szmodics. Whatever it is we are doing now it will have to be a total masterstroke to eclipse the results and league position Eustace was providing us with. Fortunately for those running the show they aren't employed to get us promoted, and aren't employed based on league position, so provided we can scrape our way to 50 points they will be quite comfortable. We are now embarking on a few years of the gravy train road to nowhere as they 'build' - but they didn't need to build - if they'd have kept what we had we would have been very well placed for promotion last season. How on earth anyone can say this club is building for the future in a summer where we've watched basically the entire spine of the team walk out the door as a direct result of a negligent failed approach to contract renewals baffles me. This is just life in the Venky cycle - someone else gets their foot in the door and oversees another rebuild, and then in a couple of years they'll have left or the owners will have changed track again. It never ends. Yet because we've got a revolving door of players people get giddy and think there's some grand plan or ambition.

Not grumpy at all no, just find stuff like that incredibly cringeworthy.

I like that haha

Hedges is better on the left.

@Theaxe15 bit grumpy arent you

My wife and I go shopping at the Piece Hall quite often and wonder how all those people fit in for a concert. Is it really packed or reasonably comfortable?

Tyjon has been called up for Poland U18

If you look at the left edge of box camera angle, Hedges shot was going a long way wide and Yuki times his run from an onside position perfectly to get the totally accidental on purpose belly rub of the ball.

The Rolling Stones - Far Away Eyes

I certainly haven't seen it confirmed or denied anywhere. Nixon insisted he needed an operation for a stress fracture and its been taken as gospel. He played for his 'old' team the other week. It might be a case of playing him and seeing how he gets on, it certainly isn't a serious injury and one that could most probably be managed. Unless Nixon has very good contacts within our medical setup and has had it confirmed, possible I suppose.

Two to many coincidences there !!