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Operation Bullshit in full flow...all is well was the cry as the good Ship Rovers started to sink below the Waves.

U21s lost too, albeit the highlights indicate they played ok

I agree, but sooner or later everyone enters a point of no return and I think Ismael is getting close...

Also, where the f*ck are the coalition? Does anyone left at Ewood Park, the fans included, care enough anymore to do anything? This doesn’t end in League One!

I woke up this morning expecting him to be sacked. Then I realised this is dependant on Suhail and Rudy admitting they made a mistake. Everything we hear about those pair tells us that won’t happen Gestede doing as much damage to this club as any gone before him. What a disgrace. He can’t be putting himself in good standing for another job in club football The best thing he can do now is show decisiveness and get a grip of this situation. Val out.

That would be an 1/8thed Shirt.

This is just the start of the final Venky’s solution guys and girls. If you think it can’t get any worse…

It’s just maddening that the majority of the fanbase called this in the summer and as usual weren’t listened to and totally patronised by gestede and co saying no these players will excite and it’s the start of a new dawn. We have signed one decent player at right back and a steady central defender but then sold our other steady central defender. Absolute car crash of a window , these players aren’t and never will be good enough , that much is clear

Just on the matter of VI not being rated by Barnsley fans. I think it was mentioned that they credit his predecessor for putting everything in place for the play off season (I think he’s the Bristol City Manager). That’s what I seem to recall but I don’t know for sure.

He’s been a very good signing and fits the bill of a modern full back. Very athletic with the pace to beat his man and deliver a ball into the box. Only ray of sunshine from the summer signings

Agree with your post but on the bit above I'm not sure if it's Venky led or just Pasha/Gestede trying to look good in their eyes by convincing them they can do it on the cheap? The Venkys clearly had money issues that have now gone away with the court case concluding, so in theory if Pasha started asking for the £20m a season they could/would pay it based on previous years. In the past Waggot likely stopped them from doing anything as bat shit as this summer but with him gone we have gone down the full Pasha pound stretcher model.

Ismael is not the root cause of the problem (*), the cause of our problems is way above him, He does seem to set us up fairly well (given the players we have) to start games, however, he seems completely incapable of changing things (in a positive way) once other teams/managers adapt to our tactics and get on top in any given game. My issue is that whoever replaces him will just be (like the players) the cheapest option, maybe we drop lucky and get the manager/head coach equivalent of Alebiosu , but the likelihood is that we don't * edit - although he did sign up to this ridiculous "project" of offloading our Championship performers and replacing them on the cheap, so he is complicit.... but so would any manager/head coach who comes in to replace him as long as they are working under Pasha/Rudy, and ultimately Venkys

This season has the makings of going down with a whimper, like Southampton in the prem last season. Very sad times.

When I hear a shirt explained as "quartered", I always think of a Bristol Rovers shirt or a Wycombe Wanderers shirt. Not suggesting that this is the correct description of quartered but its just where my personal brain logic goes.

Half time I was in pretty good spirits. Deservedly leading with Sheff U not looking threatening at all. A better ball in from De Neve early in the second half and we could be 2-0 up. Then total implosion…. Totally understand why the manager is getting stick but reality is any change is not going to sort out the problem. Unpopular opinion, but I’d stick with him for now.

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10 games into season, we are in deep deep trouble. Rock bottom very soon, with record low points tally. Can't see how this lot can turn this around. It's League One football next season.

If team spirit is good I hate to think how shit we’ll be when this drops away.

He just signed a contract extension…🤷🏼‍♂️

I imagine that Pasha & Rudy have studied this method to help improve team spirit

Bob Crompton…for those who didn’t already know it…

FF members apparently invited to Brockhall to see how good the team spirit is. I hope the visit is this morning.

The Ultimate 150 Rovers List Part Two Turn of the 20th Century and Post World War I 1900-1930 Poll runs from - 22nd October to 29th October. Some additional notes Lawrence Cotton - Wealthy local businessman would bankroll the Rovers to become a major force in domestic football. Invested not just in the team but also the stadium and infrastructure Fred Blackburn - Fred and his brother Arthur both played for Rovers at the turn of the 20th Century, Fred had the more successful career making 206 appearances, mostly from the left wing. Billy Davies - Division 1 Champion 1912 - A title was a fitting end to a fine Rovers career. Davies was a regular goal-scorer in the 19 noughties. He retired in 1913 to go into business in Motor engineering with team-mate Bob Crompton. Walter Anthony - Division 1 Champion 1912 - Tricky left winger with a powerful shot. Eddie Latheron - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - 2 England Caps - Killed at The Battle of Passchendaele in World War I. Wattie Aikenhead - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - Scotland Cap - Top scorer in the 1911/12 season. George Chapman - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - Versatile defender/forward a key piece in both title winning seasons. Bob Crompton - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - 41 England Caps - Inaugural member of the Blackburn Rovers Hall of Fame. Billy Bradshaw - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - 4 England Caps - Legendary full back. Arthur Cowell - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - 1 England Cap - Lower Darwen born left back struck up an excellent partnership with Bob Crompton Albert Walmsley - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - Blackburn born wing half played 37 of 38 matches in each of the title campaigns. Percy Smith - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - Double Division 1 champion, would later have success as a manager at Tottenham Hostpur Danny Shea - Division 1 Champion 1914 - 2 England Caps - British record transfer of £2,000 in 1913. Career halted by World War I Jock Simpson - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - 8 England Caps - Born in Pendleton to Scottish parents who moved the family to Falkirk soon after (hence Jock) the Outside right won Robert Middleton - Manager who was bankrolled by Cotton, Middleton would win back to back Division 1 titles as Rovers boss. Longest serving manager, a record that will never be broken at 605 matches Joe Hodkinson - Division 1 Champion 1914 - 3 England Caps - Talented winger from Lancaster, one of four Rovers players in his England debut vs. Wales in 1913 (Crompton, Bradshaw, Latheron) career stymied by World War I Alfred Robinson - 2 x Division 1 Champion 1912, 1914 - Manchester born keeper picked up two league winners medals before joining the war effort in World War I Percy Dawson - Division 1 Champion 1914 - Signed from Heart of Midlothian and helped Rovers over the line in their title charge. Crucial winners at Ewood against Bolton (3-2) and Oldham Athletic (2-1) in the run in gave Rovers the title. Top scorer the following season as Rovers finished 3rd. Scored four against Burnley on 28th November 1914 in a 6-0 home win. Tom Wylie - Part of the formidable full back duo with partner in crime David Rollo Ronnie Sewell - 1 England Cap - Regular goalie in the inter-war years, played in the 1914 FA Cup Final for Burnley as they defeated Liverpool 1-0 David Rollo - 5 Northern Ireland/Ireland Caps - Had to follow Bob Crompton as Rovers' right back, though also played right half. A speedy, classy player with a terrific temperament. Aussie Campbell - FA Cup Winner 1928 - Half back of the Cup winning team Arthur Rigby - FA Cup Winner 1928 - 5 England Caps - Hard working winger who could supply fine crosses from the left side. Scored for England against Belgium and France. Others who are up for consideration, but are beyond the maximum voting options allowed. Please add your opinions if you think these should be included: Sam McClure, Kelly Houlker, Arnold Whittaker, Jock McKay and John McIntyre.

We won’t climb out, we’ll dig deeper.

Just don't know how tp feel about anything anymore. Numb is how I feel with it all. There's no one steering the ship we are floating off toward oblivion. Captain abandoned ship years ago and we are an empty vessel going wherever the take takes us. Don't even know where to begin thinking about how we can climb out this hole everything just seems impossible.