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It wasn’t just that they won those World Cups it was how they did it. The 1970 team was the best team I ever saw.

A great game run by idiots.

What a bizarre system: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/articles/c874040rjlno

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Wonder what he's hinting at there ? Sounds like maybe he does too much driving.

At a time when almost every single club in England has seen a rise in attendances (the last ten years or so), our attendances have remained pretty much identical. That means in real terms that our attendances have fallen compared with everyone else, I wonder why that is. That's also without doing the eye-test at Ewood where you can see for some games that the attendance is many thousands below the officially reported one. It's not because we're tinpot, or have no fans, like some would like to wind us up with. The derby match last season was capped at 27k or whatever and realistically that game could have seen 28 or 29k tickets sold if they hadn't gone OTT with the security. The game against Oxford at the end of League One got a similar gate as well. I believe that attendances Will jump significantly if we can get these owners to sell up. I'm not saying we'd be getting 25k every week, I'm not daft. But the feel good factor at the club would certainly bring a few thousand back and if we could build on that momentum, then who knows? 25k attendances pre-Venkys, now looks like easily under 10k for some of these midweek games. Venkys out

Interesting quotes from Ismael on Carter and his injury worries. Despite his inability to ever stay fit, I always had Hayden down as big professional but reading between the lines VI’s words cast doubt on that (from his perspective at least). https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25548193.hayden-carter-sent-blackburn-rovers-injury-message/

I'd take that right now here, as nothing improves until the rats desert the ship. VENKYS OUT - NOTHING ELSE MATTERS

Push is going to come to shove at Hillsborough very soon indeed. When the HMRC winding up petitions get served the clock is ticking. No more kicking the can down the road Interested parties will be hovering and waiting to pick them up on the cheap when they're out of time and options.

The problem is, England are overloaded with midfield players with the latest Anderson (an excellent player) breaking through and another who is ahead of Wharton You get the feeling Adam is going to need a move to a "big" club for England to pick him

Born in 1982 sadly never had the opportunity. But although they won 3 out of 4 world cups including 2 back to back they didn't manage to win the copa america. Screen shot with winners on the left, defeated finalist on right.

BBC reporting Sheffield Wednesday due to be served with winding up petition due to unpaid tax bill of £1 million.

Always with his head up.

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The one off shirt was being discussed in April 2024. They ignored many of our suggestions for this season’s kits though so who knows what will emerge… I expect the blue to be dark & the Maltese Cross to feature…

If you look at the merch this year it is all made with chatgpt.

If you look at the juxtaposition between Spain 2010 and Barcelona 2010/11, which culminated in that exhibition against United in the CL final I'd say it's fairly safe to say Pep wasn't the problem.

I take it you never saw Brazil between 1958 and 1970 ?

In years to come it will reach 11.

Makes me laugh the blame Pep gets for the ill's for modern football. Barcelona scored over 75% of their goals through counter attacks, Bayern were one of the most counter attacking teams in recent years, City at the peak went forward so quickly it was breathtaking. What's happened has been a corruption of his/Cruyffs' style and turned into this possession at all costs nonsense, Cruyff always said look for the furthest pass first and work your way back. The opposite is now true with your Martins, etc where they do not look beyond the next line. Re Spain 2010, Del Bosque had always been a very conservative manager, in fact that Spain 2010 team had loads of internal problems about the negativity of their play, big fall outs within the team, etc. That team wasn't a a representation of Spanish football at the time, it was a manager trying to force his way on a team of players largely used to playing something totally different.

Agree completely with this. JDT had extremely high standards. Those who met those standards and could learn from them excelled (Szmodics, Wharton, etc). Those that weren't up to it struggled and/or were shipped out. His naivety as a younger coach showed in his defensive organisation and kamikaze approach, but we were part of his learning curve (as shit as that is to take as a Rovers supporter). Having ambition, cup runs to the later stages, narrowly missing out on the play offs are all infinitely preferable to the shite we've grown to be accustomed to before and after his tenure.

None of the people running the Club are Rovers fans,not a single one and Christ does it show. Totally detached from the feelings and wishes of the fanbase.This special Occasion should have been done so much better..so sad to witness.

Yeah - that Spain side are probably the greatest ever international team, but I wouldnt be that excited about watching them. Just so risk averse, all about controlling the game.