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Winning isn't the be all, but certainly, it breeds confidence and creates an environment for player development. So, to my mind, results and team performances are an important part of youth player development. Those who deny it are usually underperforming coaches! Incidentally, I came across the following Rovers reserve result from 2002-03, when the first team was in the Premier League. Looking at the opposition players that became Premier League stalwarts or regulars, it was a remarkable result (albeit, Newcastle lost a man on 40 mins). A lot of stories in there but it's a curious feeling looking back at in hindsight. 23 January 2003 Newcastle United Reserves 1 - 2 Blackburn Reserves Half time: 0 - 2 Score Sheet: Gavilan (85) Grabbi (27) Grabbi (42 pen) Teams Steve Harper Brian Kerr Titus Bramble Steven Taylor Peter Ramage Andy Ferrell Diego Gavilan Jamie McClen Lomana LuaLua Shola Ameobi Bradley Orr Ryan Robinson Jonathan Douglas Alan Morgan Neil Danns Michael Taylor Gordon Greer Jerome Watt Ciaran Donnelly Ciccio Grabbi Jimmy Corbett Paul Gallagher Substitutes: Adam Bartlett for Ferrell (43) Damon Robson for McClen (55) Darren Hockenhull for Grabbi (65) Subs not used: Kris Gate Martin Brittain Neale McDermott Steven Drench Sebastian Pelzer Anthony Martin Andy Bell Bookings: Ameobi (39) illegal tackle Bramble (90) dissent Taylor (11) tackle on LuaLua Dismissals: Steve Harper (42) straight red for tackle on Taylor. Michael Taylor (67) questionable second yellow for fair tackle on Or

Heart-wrenching is someone wasting their potential and their joy with it. So, this is great for Buckley and decent for Rovers. As someone mentioned, he was getting worse - turning into a plodder with an occasional threaded pass, when he had always been an elegant player with untapped potential. I remember James Beattie saying he had to get away from his familiar surrounds to make it and maybe it'll be the case, in some sense, for Buckley. (Even if, for Beattie, the reasons were lifestyle related, if I remember rightly). The focus should really be on getting through the next Buckley, Travis or JRC. That's where the worries grow. With little to be proud of on the pitch at Rovers, it gives me some pride to think Rovers have fairly recently produced such technically gifted midfield players as Adam Wharton, John Buckley and, from women's football, Keira Walsh.

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You missed the bit about him wanting a new contract in December / January under Eustace but the club refusing to discuss one.

Plastic.

The story is basically: I wanted to leave. I thought I could leave earlier in the window when the first club came in. Turns out the club wanted more money. I thought they'd accept less. They didn't. They indicated that they would sell me, but they didn't make it as easy as I wanted it to be. It's totally nothing. I'm a huge critic of the club, but pretty much any transfer could have this same story. It's also a slightly misleading headline that makes it sound like it might be referring to contract negotiations.

ok cool.

Cup game results doesn't have bearing on my Ismael's job here. My view on Birmingham game and we didnt get what we deserved from that game based on the overall game not just cherry picking like yourself. Ismael will be judged on results. So far we had steady/ok start

To be fair, if the Rovers don't win, I will take no solace how our on loan players do

😂 so it is about the objective matter of results, but only upon the removal of lost cup games and having added on additional points that we subjectively "deserved" but didnt get due to poor play. Ok then. You could surely say that all losses were suffered due to poor play. Yet its not enough evidence even when youve twisted the results in your favour to just say that you are all in on the manager.

Results show 2 wins and 3 losses in 5 league games yes league games. Cos its the same question every time. Its about results in the league. Simple as. We should be on 9 points if it wasn't 2 poor pieces of play from us.

You said it was all about results correctly so its irrelevant surely how many points you think we "deserve" to have. Results show 2 wins and 4 losses this season. 4 wins, 2 draws, 5 losses last season. So overall, 6 wins in 17. 9 losses. Simple as that. You avoided my question and seem reluctant to say whether you are all in on Ismael and if you are fully confident in him.

Granted but 6 points from 5 games is decent/ok given that squad overhaul we did. Its a gamble from us but let's see where come Christmas time

Not an app lover. World beginning to think everyone uses them and that day will come. Having said that I was forced into a corner in getting a Google Wallet so the ST was relatively straight forward. Only thing is it sends 2 oe 3 messages each week which I assume from reading on here is a changed bar code.

But we're not, because it's all about results!

Only 2 home league games played so far

Neither was John Eustace. 2 away clean sheets in the last 2 away game in 2 solid away performances. Can't take that away from Ismael. Should be on 9/10 points right now Norwich played well but we could a grab a point with better finishing and Birmingham should have 3 points. I suggested Cantwell being made captain before he was cos he is our best player and Warnock did it with Tarabet.

Is that something you have heard? Surely Carter hasnt already picked up a knock. Our inability to replace/retain Hyam will cost us.

Seems Miller for Carter the only change apparently, guess we'll see how good he is as it'll be a stern test..

Obviously its all about results. And his overall record so far isnt particularly good here. I would interpret being all in as being fully confident in the ability of the manager without any big doubts. I was all in on Eustace, but only once he had proven his ability shown by results. Hopefully Ismael will oversee results that lead to a similar level of confidence. But he hasnt and I am not sure if he will. Would it be safe to assume that telling me that its about results before cherry picking random positive statistics, picking out individual decisions and telling me what you think about his media presence, that you are very much "all in" on Ismael?

3 successive home defeats to start the season off.

Yeah my mate didn’t realise the card still worked so he ditched his card in the summer. There’s just no reason to remove the ability to screenshot the ticket as it has been for the last few seasons with digital tickets. He probably can’t go tomorrow. Once upon a time he’d drop it off in the morning and I’d ring around and find someone to go with. Now, I’d have to find someone with a customer number and somehow get him to link to them and officially transfer it whilst he is travelling. And even then it can only be done 6 times a season. It will just mean another empty seat at Ewood 9 or 10 games this season. Suhail and The Gooner don’t care as it’s been paid for. I’ll see what the weathers like and if it’s as bad as forecast I might give it a miss going on my own and just fire up a dodgy streaming site. Two empty seats.

Well you can still be STH and have a card but people like myself prefer it on my phone. Easy option

Far too early to say whether window signings wise was successful or not We seen Alebiosu been the best performances out of the new signings. McLoughlin also good plus Miller. Tavares had some good games and some poor ones

Frustrating. Just another simple thing which will inevitably leads to another small reduction in season tickets going forward.