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Not debating that, correcting the person on the original comment who said that this is the worst squad we’ve had or some rubbish like that, it isn’t. Coyles squad was worse.

If Coyle had been sacked on Boxing Day after he got dogs abuse at Barnsley post another horrendous performance, with Mowbray then brought straight in we’d have survived no question… only manager they’ve sacked in a decade and it was still too late.

At least in the Coyle season we still had a limited core of experience/nous/battlers - Graham, Conway, Evans, Bennett, Mulgrew - people who knew the level and I suspect could sort out the dressing room side of things. Now?

But Mowbray came within a whisker of keeping it up. I'm pretty certain if we are rooted in the bottom 3 at Christmas this time this lot will go down with barely a whimper.

Obviously not, took a while.

I look at their team and then I look at our team. I can’t see us winning I’m afraid.

The BRFCS POTM is Ryan Alebiosu MOTM template.mp4

He’s an Asian lad from Dingleland so I’m going to say it’s highly unlikely.

Yes Gav I know he is the MP for Blackburn thanks. Heard nothing on Rovers tho I was just wondering if he was a Rovers Fan. Jack Straw was.

Jason Lowe point, no hope Akpan, Danny gutless, Jason plastic, need I continue, horrible squad, worst I’ve seen,

A lot of this comes back to Gestede and the inexplicable decision to hand him control of the footballing operation overnight despite him having absolutely zero by way of experience or track record to justify it. Something very, very strange and probably dodgy going on there with that one especially when we factor in the bizarre period pre-appointment where he was following Waggott around to meetings and loitering around the training ground - again just not what happens in modern day professional high level football. If you want a new director of football or 'head of' you identify suitable options from a range of backgrounds and experiences and then you whittle the list down and plump for a choice. None of that here though, oh no, we go straight for a friendly face, I bet there was no recruitment process the job was his the minute they managed to get Broughton down the road. Why and how it came about more mystery. But as we've seen here countless times with randomers being parachuted into top jobs, going right back to the first major decision the scum made in 2010, they seem to enjoy this sort of thing. The idea of having a thorough due process and ending with someone getting a job running the show who is unconnected and has a CV that stands up to scrutiny unheard of - it's jobs for the boys and who you know not what you know. In his haste to make a name for himself Gestede's recruitment probably the final nail in our coffin. I'm sure there will be people along sooner rather than later to explain how we couldn't remain competitive on our finances/crowds in this league, despite Eustace doing just that with his wheeling and dealing last summer. So why was that 'model' that was working well under a competent manager so radically and suddenly ditched? The answer I suspect is all to allow Rudy and his chums to get to work and 'do their bit' whilst 'proving himself'. Unfortunately that gamble/experiment will probably finish off Blackburn Rovers in its current form.

He’s an MP chaddy, represents his constituents, I’ve heard nothing from him on any football matters?

What’s that got to do with it?

You tend to get what you deserve in football. Its loser talk to bemoan how you deserve more. Even if a team has constant pressure on the opposition goal, keeps missing their chances then concedes a sloppy goal or two at the other end, they dont "deserve" to win yet that tends to be the narrative. (Not that it was the case in our games) If you keep finding yourself on the wrong side of games, its not bad luck or undeserved.

Is he a Rovers fan?

United deserved to win that and first time under Amorim they have won back to back league game. Liverpool new signings haven't hit the ground yet apart from Hugo Ekitike. Salah doesn't look the same player. They needed centre back signing in summer didnt get one.

If you can't win when you are playing well just when the feck will you win!?!? A three and a half year contract for a man with Ismael's record is ridiculous - IMO, it stinks. Think Pasha and Gestede, aided and abetted by Ismael have transformed a very decent team that narrowly missed out on the play-offs to a team that will be embroiled in a relegation scrap and are unlikely to come through unscathed.

Has anyone heard from Adan Hussain Blackburns MP on the Venky situation? Jack Straw would have been shouting our plight from the rooftops, I’ve heard nothing from the current Blackburn MP?

I'm not sure he deserves that much credit, it reminded me a bit of our managers over the years just chucking players on randomly and hoping for the best. Difference is Slot has hundreds of millions of pounds of talent on the bench so you'd expect at least one or two of them to make an impact.

I get the feeling both Salah's and Van Dykes legs are gone. Sarah can't move into a centre forward role like Robaldo did, plus Liverpool have a queue for that position. That could be a very expensive contract they shelled out for a last 15mins substitute.

Credit to Slot, all the subs made a difference when they came on. Salah seems a shadow of his former self though, Isak and Wirtz haven’t really gotten going yet and I don’t think Slot rates Chiesa enough to start him. Van Dijk was poor today I thought. United, to their credit played well.

Four games ago it theoretically looked like all was well for Liverpool but in reality they were only a hairs breadth off making an absolutely abysmal start. Saved by all those injury time goals but now the performances are catching up with them. Caught a bit of today's game and I dont think I've ever seen anything quite like Salah's performance. Never seen such an abject display from such a good player. Not sure what's up with him but if I was Slot I wouldnt be letting him anywhere near the squad until he gets his head in the right place.

I said to a Liverpool supporting friend earlier in the season that if I was one of their supporters I'd be worried that they keep having to rely on luck to win, and that if they couldn't address their problems then sooner or later things would turn in the other direction. Fair to say they didn't address their problems and this is the end result. Man United now two points off the top four, lol.

Liverpool gone from doing that thing champions do and winning when it looks unlikely to suddenly being unable to pull out a result - which is nice.

If Coyle had been sacked a month earlier we would have likely survived. If Ismael was sacked today a new manager will still come in and have almost nothing to work with. I don't think it can be understated how much damage was done this summer with such an insane and suicidal transfer "strategy".