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Deeper depression sets in after this one, another humiliating defeat I am sure.

The 3.5 year contract was for the optics…”look at us, we’re backing this guy…he ain’t going anywhere so get used to him…”. It was a message to the players & the fans. I’d be amazed if that contract didn’t have fixed compensation clauses in it as opposed to “paying up the unexpired term”. But that said, if he is wiling to play the game, as was Kean, then realistically they won’t pot him as they’d then have to find another patsy. I’ve said it multiple times on here, as indeed have many others - this club isn’t about chasing on-field success. It’s about reducing costs.

Gonna be this isn’t it?

Still nothing on this anniversary shirt either. Really is an embarrassing celebration.

We should have snatched a point against Swansea with a clear penalty, but poor defending gave Swansea a deserved win, hope you get a better result on Saturday 12.30pm.

If you take away the clear penalty turned down(proven after a slow motion replay), we weren't that brilliant tuesday, I hate to think what the result will be, against an inform Coventry, if we don't get our act together.

We need Carter back alongside Wharton, anybody know when hes due back. The Hyam comments are coming true, poor defending on Tuesday, we need a defender and if possible, another striker, in the January window, before our ship starts to run aground and sink.

I'd suggest maybe Lambert a bit like Eustace albeit less effective in that he wanted results first and wasn't brought in and didn't have any intentions of all the above stuff. But yeah other than that whether it be Kean, Bowyer, Coyle, Mowbray, JDT and now Ismael there has always been a 'project' running alongside the bread and butter of results which takes over from it. The sad thing is that in both JDT and Eustace - for totally differing reasons but both very effective - they had people here that could deliver for them. Eustace showed he could do it on a shoestring budget without the need for some elaborate network and scouting, and JDT showed he could do it whilst handing debuts and game time to a raft of academy players, most of whom proved themselves to not be good enough yet were given plenty of opportunity at Championship level whilst we remained competitive. In avoiding both of the above we now seem to have gone down a third route - totally ditched the academy model, totally ditched the 'tried and tested' experience model, and ended up with a massively inferior manager working with a raft of players not good enough. Idiots gambling with the club's future and Championship status, for no good reason other than to perhaps benefit third parties outside of BRFC.

Our defending was poor against Swansea, the first goal, left all alone at the backpost in acres of space to volley it Home, and their second, our defenders backed off, and stood like statues while he whipped a cross in for the winner.

I think as one or two others have said, it appears as though Ismael isn't gonna get the boot anytime soon. The 3.5 year deal just beggars belief really. Having said that, Ismael will get rolled under the bus eventually by Rudy and Suhail. If Rovers continue to lose home games then the crowd will turn, and not just on the head coach but I think it might finally turn some of the happy clappers onto the ownership. It was different last season because Eustace had us up in the top 6 for much of the time, but if they're down in and around the bottom 3 this season then it will turn. On Ismael himself - he's just not a very good head coach. I have some sympathy with him due to the turnover of players and the distinct lack of championship experience, but he's still bang average.

Disappointing Rovers crowd Tuesday 9,000, less if you take the Swansea supporters away.

I have been warned for abusive comments, sorry if I've upset anyone. The results and the way we've been playing have been getting to me lately. I would go with Ohashi starting against Stoke, he partners well with morishiti at times. Gudjohnssen had his chance against Swansea, bring him off the bench when needed.

I'm sure they'll give more the bottom tier holds 5k.

According to our board there’s only a few tickets left out of….? 3.5k?

Come on now, Blackburn Olympic beat then though, so close enough, especially as half of the ChatGPT generated PR about the 150th has been about the borough of Blackburn anyway.

It's just the low hanging fruit again. Cheap and easy. Play it straight after the Derby game so there's no significant additional costs in opening Ewood/getting staff and stewarding on. Play Old Etonians it requires no effort or cost to bring them here for it. Is there supposed to be some particular relevance to playing them? I mean I know we played them in an FA Cup final but didn't we lose to them? So it isn't even a commemoration of a famous historical success. Are we now really at the stage of playing a game against an amateur outfit from the other end of the country who happen to share the same name as a team we lost to in an FA Cup final 140 years ago? Seems a bit tenuous to me.

Have recently been in touch with Peter Slater, creator of a fantastic new website about fanzine culture. He has been developing a comprehensive catalogue of all the British football fanzines that have ever existed (1723 and counting!) Helped by giving him a couple of extra Rovers names to make a current total of seven (PNE have 15😐) Any extra information would be great to help the project! Anyone know anything about the 'Blue and White Telegraph' which Peter has listed? · 4,000 Holes (1989– ) – Name from John Lennon’s lyric ‘4,000 Holes in Blackburn, Lancashire’ in the song ‘A Day In The Life’ by The Beatles; currently up to Issue 113. · Beamo! (1990) – Refers to the Ken Beamish chant about skyward shots which is still heard at Ewood 50 years later. A spin-off from 4,000 Holes with content deemed risky (i.e. ‘just over the top’) in the early days when it was harder to judge tone. · Many Miles From Home (1990-1997) – A fanzine primarily for London-based Rovers fans which started in Autumn 1990. · M5 M6 Ewood Heaven (early 1990s) – About 40 fans from the south-west were on the mailing list for this one which was posted from Bristol – the name refers to the two motorways on the journey back to Ewood. · Loadsamoney (1993-1997) – Name made reference to Jack Walker’s investment in the club and 30 issues were published in just a few years. · Colin’s Cheeky Bits (1998-1999) – “Colin, Colin, show us your arse!” was a regular terrace chant at Braveheart defender Hendry. The fanzine was a late incarnation of Loadsamoney. · Blue and White Telegraph

Yes they are all aligned apparently but what to we don't now. He isn't actively trying to lose games and neither are the other two but he obviously is another one who hasn't got a clue how to turn games round or get his team on the front foot more than once every 5 games. However some of that imo is down to priorities and the main one here is getting players games and increasing value through Championship mins and presumably flexibility to systems and positions. Not once has anyone, apart from Eustace i'd argue, tried to build a well oiled square pegs in square holes functional unit to try and wins points however they come as number 1 priority. Nobody, including Mowbray. It's always about swapping, changing, rotating, out of position, pass from the back, develop youth etc etc. Yes modern demands call for some of that at a lot of clubs but here it's a joke it takes priority over everything.

Good to see things have improved on the fitness front since he left us 🙈

We might win that game you know...they look like a pub side!

Paul Ince. Had a decent squad and was backed yet still botched it. Bringer of Keith Andrews.

Dramatic irony really. Killer thought the body was buried for good | Lancashire Telegraph

It always leads back to one thing only and that is they are hiding something and scared of it coming out. liken it to the house on Nuttall Street that had the body in the drains. That would have never come to light, without the house being sold and demolished.

Have Stoke sold out their allocation PotterLog? Home Ends will be 30 Seats per person availability!

All true, JH, yet no clearer to an answer to ‘why’ they want a manager to keep costs down and for the club to just tick over. Obviously a burden (even if a small one in the grand scheme of their empire with their point man given carte blanche), obviously no sporting interest in the club achieving anything, so the next step is obvious, so WHY aren’t they doing it?’