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I have been a long term reader of this forum, and I have always enjoyed reading people’s opinions on Rovers, without ever posting myself. After 30 years of supporting Rovers, I think I am at my lowest point, and there have been many lows over the past 12 years as you all know. I cannot stomach the thought of another 12 years under our current “owners”. As many have posted over the last couple of months, where do we go from here to rid ourselves of these people who have shamed and continue to shame this once proud and great football club. 12 years of mis-management, lies, and embarrassment. Does it make me any less of a fan to think rovers would be better off getting relegated in order to force a reaction in India? As we are only going to be in the exact same position or worse next season in the championship. The topic of protests. I admire those who organised the tennis ball protest against Newcastle albeit it was a small protest. What will it take for Rovers fans to invade the pitch in numbers like reading have done, hitting the club and owners in the pocket with abandoned matches. Through the Lancashire telegraph or other platforms, can an open letter to the owners be compiled requesting them to sell the football club as their position is untenable and beyond repair. This may have been tried in years gone by, and be nothing more than something the owners would simply overlook but at least it hammers home the fans feelings. Surely more pressure must be applied to the Football League for more stringent criteria to be put in place on owners. A founder member of the Football League being dragged through the mud, and technically being ran on the basis payments are approved by a court in India. I can live with the club not having much money to spend on players, but to be subjected to a constant cycle of crisis and incompetence at every level I cannot. At the very least we demand the club is ran professionally by people who care and have good intentions.41 points
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skyblue here, he screwed Charlton over and did the same for us, the man is a fraud and shouldn't be allowed near a football club I hope you can get rid of him asap.36 points
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Three games ago I was quite comfortable that we wouldn't to down. That doubt dissipated somewhat after Swansea but after Tuesday and today I'm convinced we will be relegated. The first ten minutes aside Plymouth were streets ahead of us and if I was a fan of theirs I would have been disappointed not to win and win by three or four goals. We started well, scored and Sigurdsson misses an easy chance and for some unfathomable reason the game changed. We must have the slowest three centre halves in living memory so to play a high line against a pacy young team was footballing suicide. Time and time again they got in from either a simple ball over the top, down the sides or in behind. So we get through to half time and expect changes particularly when we see Hedges doing a strenuous warm up at half time. But no, our tactically astute manager doesn't see it the same way as us and that we are once again being overrun in midfield. The second half starts in exactly the same vein and lo and behold a ball over the top of our high line catches us out and McFadzean is off. I honestly don't think that anybody with half a brain cell thought at that point we could win. Then a couple of baffling changes which hindered us even more handed a bigger advantage to Plymouth whose changes we really positive. The inevitable happened and once again was a calamity of errors. I really thought Plymouth would go on to win from there and once again bad finishing and luck saved us. Two players worthy of mention were Szmodics and Ayari. The rest were pretty useless but the biggest criticism from me is for Eustace. I know it's only early in his time here but the omens aren't good, in fact they are poor. He doesn't appear to have and tactical nous or has the ability to change anything. His one dimensional approach is alarming and his touchline demeanour doesn't inspire me. Still he might be happy tonight as, according to him today wasn't a must win game. I'm struggling to get angry right now and my acceptance is almost a fait accompli after the last thirteen years. My disgust is for the owners and their munchkins at Ewood. Hopefully something happens on Tuesday in a court on another continent that hastens their departure. On the bus home me and my granddaughter looked at the likely line up of League One next season and have already planned some trips.32 points
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Others may disagree but for me JDT had the makings of a fantastic manager. If they had only backed him in January 2023, I think we may well have gone up. This season, he had his legs taken from beneath him and was left to front a club in crisis. Despite this, until injuries and the paper thin squad was exposed we were riding high in the table and playing the best football for many years. The fact that he eventually got worn down by Swag and the off field incompetence, I certainly won’t be holding against him. He was a breath of fresh air and tried to breathe new passion, aspiration and ambition into a near dead club and a long suffering and dwindling fan base. Eventually, he may have failed but I think he gave it everything he had. For a short while it felt like we might be getting our Rovers back but as we all know, it is very difficult to beat the system / authority no matter how hard you try.31 points
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Very occasionally a game comes along that reignites my love for, and pride in, this football club. This was one of them. A brilliant effort by every one of them, and by the manager.29 points
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We'll lose anyone capable of playing in the Championship for a start. Sammi first to go. It'll be a real battle to get back up and I can'r see how we will. The problem is I'm wondering if I'll care. 75 years since I saw my first game and a long family history of support before that. Never expected it to end but it doesn't seem like Rovers anymore, it seems like we're buying into a foreign scam. Time to give Venkys an ultimatum---fuck off or we will.27 points
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I am of the opinion that selling Adam has helped to stave off administration in the short term. I also heard he didn't want to leave and was happy with the progress he was making under Tomasson. If it's true it's a shameful way to treat a young lad whose head must have been spinning. Shame on them all.26 points
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It’s impossible to predict but my head tells me a motivated JDT that hasn’t been lied to about the project and hasn’t uprooted his family and travelled them to another country gets a lot more than 2 points from PNE, Cardiff and Norwich. At the same time the JDT we ended up with that had lost the dressing room, was pissed off at the management with an upset family at home probably doesn’t get 2 points from those 9. Which in reality just compounds the issue further. All they had to do was do as they promised and in my opinion JDT would have been the best manager since Allardyce, but they fucked it up.25 points
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It’s obviously all JDTs fault if we go down… …for being rational, for being intelligent, for playing attractive football, for being logical, for being a quality coach, for calling out incompetence, for wanting new players, for not towing the line and doing what he was told.… But don’t worry, you can all breathe a sigh of relief because we’ve sacked him and a new project (puppet) is in place with us all in it together. Let’s get back to what we know and love, over promising and under delivering, easy training, easy street, mediocrity, turgid football, poor computer skills, poor communication skills, January admin errors, increased prices, court cases, power vacuums, a compliant LET, docile fans, comment section bots… Phew, I mean there was a danger there of us being a sensible club. Order restored.23 points
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I fully disagree; watched the whole thing proud and reassured that my love for the club is well placed Gutted but proud23 points
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Initially I thought that Palace were the wrong club for Adams development but watching the last two matches I'm not sure now. In both games Palace didn't have the ball as much as we had under Tomasson and from an out of possession point of view Adam is doing a lot of closing down and tracking back. Hopefully in a couple of years when his all round game has improved he will get the move and platform to show what we know he is capable of. Watching him play now though gives me an even bigger dislike of the horrible people who own and run our club. Through their absolute mismanagement and corrupt practices we have been denied of watching a Blackburn lad fulfilling his dream by playing for us, a lad with an abundance of talent and a nice lad too. Even if is was only for another six months.23 points
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As I’ve said previously we’ve somehow ended up with the most unbelievable bad luck, a unique situation from what I can see. We have owners that have absolutely no ambition for the club apart from keeping it out of administration, but also refuse to even entertain selling it to someone who does have ambition for it. We’re fucked.22 points
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I liked Tomasson's interviews and found them a refreshing change from the mundane stuff from Mowbray. For me it was enlightening to hear him calling out the right people for the right reasons. He was misled on more than one occasion and I personally thought he was right to have a go even if it goes against the grain for the majority of managers interviews.22 points
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My stream died for 5 minutes at one point of the 2nd half. Genuinely the most enjoyable part of that game. Dreadful.22 points
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JDT did well in his first season. Obviously the second half of 22/23 was pretty galling, but when you've got a squad filled with weak-minded players it's somewhat inevitable. We also had our main goalscorer totally lose form after Christmas and stop scoring, which was a hammerblow to our chances of keeping up with the teams around us. This season we were doing fine until November, at which point injuries crippled us and the proverbial chickens came home to roost insofar as our dismal recruitment and financial cutbacks are concerned. The players seemed to lose faith and confidence (doesn't take much with this lot) and we went on a huge downward spiral. JDT was either unable or unwilling to change how we played to try and shore up, so we were just conceding ridiculous amounts of goals with no end in sight. The manager's position had become untenable by January as seemingly the "senior committee" of players had lost their trust in him and the relationship between JDT and the higher-ups was irrevocably fractured. It probably had been since the summer when he first offered his resignation. I think we only got to see glimpses of what was possible under JDT as he wasn't suitably backed for the project he had signed up for. I'm sure he was clear on what he saw as requirements to succeed before he was appointed, so that's on the owners and upper management if they were not able to commit to the manager's vision during the course of his contract. Obviously things can change financially, but at that point JDT did the right thing and offered to leave and the owners stubbornly refused to let him go. Again, that's completely their fault. Nobody with a modicum of sense would force the manager to stay in that scenario. JDT was never the problem, and the truth is neither is Eustace. The owners have always been and will always be the problem. They aren't capable of running this club properly and they've had long enough to prove otherwise. Until they go we are stuffed no matter who comes in. At best treading water in the Championship, at worst hurtling down the leagues if things really do start to unravel.21 points
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I think this is why I've lost any enthusiasm I've had over the last couple of years. JDT was that bit of hope that we might do something properly, show a bit of ambition - call out the incompetence we've seen for the last 12 years and forcibly challenge & try to change it. And now we're back to no mark / no ambition / towing the line / a new manager bounce that never left the floor in the first place / 'we're all in it together'... Absolute bollocks, the lot of it.21 points
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A month on from the McGuire debacle and nobody senior taking responsibility. I can only conclude that Pune pulled the plug not only on McGuire but O'Brien last year also. If you are reading this, I managed to hit "submit reply" Much as I have an extremely low opinion of Waggott, I don't for a moment believe he is incapable of supervising someone hitting the right computer key...21 points
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The biggest clowns were the fans who said, "JDT got everything he needed from the window and we had a great Jan window" What planet were those people on20 points
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Didn’t take long for people to start blaming JDT and to subsequently take the heat off Venky’s and Waggott. BRB- just off to hang my head against a brick wall.20 points
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Thought it was just me. Tried one interview and it was a banal collection of cliches largely consisting of ‘Blackburn’ ‘you know’ ‘togetherness’, ‘Hedgy’, ‘Pearsy’ etc etc 🙄 I’m back to swerving all their pre and post match tripe like I’ve been for every Venky appointment, JDT aside.19 points
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I don't blame you for cancelling, as we've moved from being a hard working team playing some decent and technically superior football and scoring for fun (yes also conceding like it was going out of fashion) to being a workaday hoofball outfit that will be sadly found lacking by any team with even a modicum of nous and talent. What kind of outfit consistently undermines the best qualified and technically capable coach they've had for years, refuses to provide him with the resources they'd previously promised and making up completely see through excuses about their lack of willingness to spend money to improve the team, then replaces said coach / manager with a relatively unproven rookie? Yes, Blackburn Rovers under the shadow of the Lunes from Pune, that's who. I am sure even the most blinkered fans could imagine what might have been had we actually given him the resources he asked for, rather than shoving his fucking head down the bog at every single opportunity once he was on board. Pathetic liars, cheats, shysters and morons the lot of them. We should hang our heads in shame for what was done in the name of Blackburn Rovers for the last 12-13 years. Except, no - we as fans shouldn't be ashamed, WE SHOULD BE MAD AS HELL 😞 Bollox to the entitled sons of morons and hoors in Pune. Bollox to the shady chancers thieving a living from the ashes of our once proud club. Bollox to those who think that anything will change until this cancer is cut from our club. It won't. Sorry you feel strongly enough to cut your ties in Denmark. I hope you are back and cheering and happy and rewarded for your support soon.19 points
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JDT was working an absolute fucking miracle And if that fat fucking slimy cunt of a CEO thinks he's taken the heat of himself with Eustace he's got another thing coming19 points
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At this point I can't get onboard with anything that comes from Waggott. He's had more than enough time to prove he's capable of doing the job and at best he's proved that he can just about make sure we don't go bankrupt by selling all our best players. The guy is clearly incapable of pushing us any further than total mediocracy and anyone entertaining him and his nonsense should know better.18 points
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When you look back at that infamous eve of season Swag interview and we sat here at the time aghast at the outlandish (we thought) and unambitious things he was saying. (After two seasons knocking on the door of the Premier League) “We just want to develop players and stay in this division” (Despite the owners being billionaires) “We need to help them” And so it has come to pass- A squad full of loans and young lads ‘to develop’ as we ‘aim’ to stay in the division. Wharton sold to ‘help’ pay the bills for them.18 points
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Fleck was a desperation stage gamble that ticked all the boxes for all the parties Sheff Utd got shut and off their books and squad early. Fleck got a shot at earning a longer deal here or impressing suffiently to attract interest from elsewhere. Rovers got a quick fix at favourable cost to address a problem of their own making. Unfortunately for us the risk was all on Rovers, because someone with his recent fitness record was always at risk of issues and so it has proven. But when you operate like this club has operated you get what you deserve. We wouldn't have needed Fleck if we hadn't taken the unprecedented step of loaning our captain (excellent fitness record) out in the first few days of the window But when you are more interested in cutting costs than winning games these are the sort of decisions you get. We are now going to probably lose Championship status and all that goes with it as a result of such short-sightedness18 points
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I thought Szmodics looked knackered today and no wonder. I don't know if it's been posted yet but his wife gave birth to a little girl around 11 am after going to hospital at 2 am. Sammy was with her all the time and turned up at 2 pm to play. His commitment can never be questioned 😁😁. It would have been great for him to score a winner. Congratulations to the Szmodics family.18 points
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Total boycotts will never, ever happen, so zero point banging on about it. A core just want to watch a game of football involving 11 lads in a blue and white shirt every other week and that’s that. A boycott of sorts has happened already. We have gone from c20,000 ST holders to at times under 7,000 on their watch and they haven’t batted an eye lid. 13 years and folk still treat them like normal owners.18 points
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A really good performance today in my opinion, probably the best league showing of Eustace's tenure. We defended really well and if they were going to score it was going to be from one of our errors rather than then creating it for themselves. For me the key was going back to a four man midfield as we didn't allow them to dominate as teams have done to us in recent weeks. It helped having Tronstad back and he was his usual tidy self. We have to keep him fit at all costs. If I was going to be critical I thought our final ball in attacking positions left a bit to be desired or even the lack of shooting when I thought we had chances to do so. A special mention today from me for Brittain and Hyam. I have been really critical of them recently but today they were both really good. I thought though that Hedges was our stand out player. Considering his fitness levels must be way off he really put a shift in. The clean sheet is really welcome and if we set up with the same system from now on we won't concede too many. A special word for the fans today. The 'I don't care about Venky's' song was quite innovate and simplistic but it contained the sentiments most of us feel. And there weren't too many fans not singing it around where I was. That should be echoing around Ewood on Good Friday.17 points
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Is he buggery. My initial view is he’s your standard lower league journeyman manager, happy to have a job so will come out with the standard manager cliched claptrap. Maybe he’s another Coyle or Appleton, we’ll see. But some of you have very short memories if you are comparing him to an individual that played a central role in completely ruining this football club.17 points
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Of course JDT has forgotten about us, as does every professional as soon as they get a new gig, they are all guns for hire. However, whilst here he was striving for this club to be more - it’s the fact that it isn’t run like a professional football club as to why he’s gone.17 points
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K**n's reign of terror is being seriously glossed over here. I'm not convinced by Eustace so far in his short time with us but comparisons to K**n are significantly wide of the mark. K**n was a backstabber, a drink driver and a pathological liar. Eustace isn't anywhere near the levels of that cretin.17 points
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https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2024/march/05/eustace-praises-his-side-s-character/ I just have missed this 'character' of the players he talks about. I saw lots of weak characters who were prepared to take the easy option far too often.17 points
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I wasn't convinced when he came in and I've seen nothing to change my mind. And the most worrying aspect is that he had the perfect run of games to start his tenure with a few wins. We've not just failed to win any of those, but we've been awful to watch (Newcastle aside). No excuses.17 points
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We wont go down. There's loads of dross in our division and we have a head start on many of them. Meanwhile we are Blackburn Rovers Football Club, founder members of the football league, six times winners of this competition, playing at Ewood Park, in the famous blue and white, with a chance of getting through to the quarter finals. Televised. Our best players will want to be in the shop window. Our manager can help his standing going forward. They owe it to the fans to try and win. Once upon a time our biggest game was a Full Members Cup final. Uncle Jack taught us all it was ok to dream.17 points
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Maybe so but a blind man on a galloping horse could see that the back five needed changing at half time today, let alone a professional football coach.16 points
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I honestly can't remember an incident as embarrassing as the Pickering and Ayari corner near the end. It kind of sums up Blackburn Rovers right now. And Hyam gesturing to the crowd because the wanted him to play forward but he took the cowards way and went back to McFadzean. And that fucker is our captain, our leader and supposed inspiration. I hope the boos at the end are ringing in his ears for the next few days. Five at the back at home to Millwall really is poor from the manager. Once again we were outnumbered in midfield as Millwall were allowed to do what they are good at namely out muscle us. So many of our players were poor, no really poor but special mention must go to Dolan and Gallagher who were neither use nor ornament. It was weary tonight and players look like they are frightened to death. Is it all down to confidence? I'm not sure it is. We are insipid, lack any fight or motivation and seem to have little pride. I know he's only been here a short while but the signs aren't good with Eustace. His tactics are so basic, we don't seem to have a game plan and he just doesn't seem to have and motivational aptitude. But we are stuck with him.16 points
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Two types of manager in the world. Those who are willing to play the Venky game and those who aren't. JDT and Lambert weren't. Realised they'd been conned, just like the rest of us, and knew for the sake of their sanity they needed to get out of it quickly. The rest were just grateful to have a job here and put up with it.16 points
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Makes me laugh (or scream) when I see various Rovers supporters and even employees boasting about what a big positive selling Adam was and as though this is some sort of accomplishment for Rovers to develop a player that we quickly flog to Crystal Palace. Newsflash. Palace don't care that he came through Rovers' academy, nor do Sky Sports, The FA or anybody else. We aren't going to win any points or prizes by virtue of developing and selling great talents from our academy. Blackburn Rovers only benefits if: a) The player(s) go on to have successful careers in a ROVERS SHIRT and haul us to successful times b) If we do sell them we bring in such levels of cash that it improves ROVERS and ROVERS' squad allowing us to reinvest and improve. Neither of those things have or will happen, the money is of zero benefit to Blackburn Rovers, it just makes Venkys' life easier for the next 12 months and probably lands Waggott his annual bonus in one move. Neither of those things are good for us because it enables Venkys to stick around without relying on court hearings and it keeps the heat off Waggott from upstairs. It's just disgusting IMO, and most worrying of all is it is just accepted and brushed under the carpet as though it is all fine, normal, acceptable16 points
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This is one of the many ways that the current rules around football club ownership fails the fans The court case in India has a direct impact on the club and therefore on the fans and the town itself. Yet we are left in the dark. It's not exactly clear what is going to happen. Most supporters have had an interest in Rovers long before they "bought us". Why on earth do fans not have a right to know what is going on at the club? Everything is second hand, or whatever can be gleamed from the internet This leaves the whole sport open to abuses. The authorities need to get a grip but they show no appetite. Whilst the money comes rolling in and HMRC keep getting their huge PL tax bills then the govt doesn't really care what happens to clubs like us15 points
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How can the signing of a footballer who has hardly kicked a ball in the last 12 months owing to 2 broken leg issues be low risk either physically or financially? Any club with any nous would not have signed a player with such an injury record unless they had got at least half a dozen 60 minute appearances under their belt in the last couple of months. You saw it with Dack, players with serious injuries are always prone to breaking down. As for "Only 5 months contract" - how much do you think that has cost plus his medical surgery / rehab!?!? IMO, anything from £300k to £500k with all costs factored in. The only way it could have been deemed no risk was it Fleck had been signed on a pay as you play basis.15 points
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Unlucky? Most players wouldnt come with the risk of having their leg broken twice very recently and having a plate in there in the first place. Probably dont loan out your captain who as far as I am aware has 2 legs both without plates in. A luxury.15 points
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The perspective for me is that we have had awful owners for over a decade, a procession of shysters running the club and some God awful managers. In spite of all that there will be 15000 or so Rovers fans in attendance. That is a glimmer of the potential this club has for any prospective buyer should the fools decide to sell us. I for one am looking forward to a bustling Ewood Park with an atmosphere to match another era.15 points
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First point I have to makes how inept the referee was. I thought he didn't look interested in the game and lots of decisions both ways were afterthoughts. He just didn't have any empathy with the game and his attitude was questionable, almost like he didn't want to be there. From my view it was a relatively easy match to referee but he made really hard work of it. I enjoyed today's game and I thought we played more football today than we have in the previous three. It was always going to be difficult against an in from footballing team but I'm pleased we had a go at them particularly after going one down. You could make a strong case for the Norwich keeper being their best player and the number of chances we created was impressive. Lots of good performances today but probably most pleasing was Buckley. Hopefully he has got over his issues and will be the player most of us know he can be. We were quite solid defensively but susceptible to balls in behind given our lack of pace but Pears read the situations well and came out quickly. Norwich have some really talented players so I think today is a decent point and given a bit of luck it could have been three. for me it was the best performance of the new managers shirt reign as we mixed up the way we played, absolutely the right thing to do in my opinion.15 points
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The very fact nixon wrote the article has me doubting that Kenny ever worked at Rovers.15 points
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He’s hardly going to tell the truth ”Honestly lads I don’t care. I’ll be 70 after this season and this job has given me a final few years to top up my savings and pension. If it looks like it’s going to get stressful financially I’m just going to bail out. I’m making key decisions now but in 2 or 3 years time I really won’t give two hoots about Blackburn Rovers. I’m not concerned or have any emotion regarding the long term future of this club. I’m in it purely to do the financial wishes of the owners in the present and get well rewarded for it.”14 points
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New article in The Athletic: https://theathletic.com/5277307/2024/03/05/blackburn-rovers-gary-neville/ Don't think it adds anything new, but details how the Modi government's crackdown on the wealth transferring money out of the country links to Venky's purchasing Gary Neville's house for £7.4m in 2011 (there's your lede!). Summarising given the paywall: - Nothing new, but it details how £9m of Pune property has been seized by the govt so far based on 'unpaid tax and interest' on the investment in Neville's house. Venky's were allowed by the Delhi high court to pump in £26m in the summer and a further £11.5m in Nov (with equivalent amounts put in holding accounts), but a decision to allow more in Jan was delayed. Rovers provide boilerplate comment that the owners have assured them of their continued support, they hope to settle the matter soon, etc. No concern about staff wages not being paid. - Gives a general run-through of our past ~10 years, lack of signings of late, focus on youth, becoming a spot for young PL loans, etc. - Refers to signings and managerial appointments being run by both SW and GB, with input from the head coach. No mention of if that's changed in the past month or so... - GB/JDT hoped to add more Championship experience until Suhail informed them of the urgent budget changes. Example: GB/JDT were excited to sign Baath, with a deal verbally agreed, but were then told they could not sign anyone over 30. - Same thing happened with another unnamed target, so JDT offered to resign. Venky's, fans of JDT's coaching talent (albeit less appreciative of his public/private 'communications'), refused to accept his resignation. JDT felt his days were numbered, but was persuaded that if he kept the team in playoff contention, some more funds could be released for the Jan window. A loss of form followed a promising start; the Watford loss referred to as a 'killer' for morale. - The Athletic repeat their version of the McGuire saga (which Jackson's reporting partially refutes): initial deal nixed mid-flight, McGuire flew over anyway to secure a deal with Sheff Wed. That fell through, so his agent approached us about a loan. The "usual to-ing and fro-ing" occurred between GB, SW, Suhail, and Venky's before a ~£550k loan deal was agreed with a £5.5m purchase option. Deal and documents all signed, etc., but failed to click submit... Suggests we'll try to return for him in the summer. - Not the first time the recruitment team had agreed terms for a deal before there was 'ominous' silence from India and then word from Suhail that the deal could not go ahead. - JDT again offered to resign. Venky's said they'd accept subject to an agreement on terms. JDT "said to have made a financial 'sacrifice' to facilitate his departure" - Agent: McGuire was an extreme case, but there's an acceptance with all negotiations with Rovers that any agreement may be vetoed by Venky's. - Eustace's quick arrival was due to 'contingencies' being in place, as it was expected that JDT would leave in the summer. Refers to a wide, thorough recruitment process, variety of candidates interviewed. - Comment from Ian Herbert about the grim state of things after selling Wharton and JDT leaving, uncertainty about funding now tied to the whims of an Indian judge... Tim Farron can only highlight the Academy as a positive.14 points
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I haven't read all the posts on here but what I have read (all post match posts) have been complimentary and reflected how well we played, the game and individual players. It was almost like we had won walking away from Ewood last night.14 points
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I just cant fathom this attitude, you dont care? I dont fully believe it, youve posted here for a start, will you not be attending or even watching? Its a tie against the side that finished 4th last season in the Premier League for a place in the FA cup quarter finals. An unlikely upset and we are a game from Wembley and would get a huge boost. Whats the point if days like that are just dismissed as an unwanted inconvenience? Taking this serious doesnt have to be a terminal blow to our chances of staying up.14 points
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At any normal club JDT would have left in the summer. As soon as he offered his resignation, saying this isn't what he'd signed up for - offering to walk away for nothing, as well - it should have been a case of "OK Jon, give us some time to get things sorted from our end and we'll let you go". Instead he was, seemingly, told he'd be held to his contract whether he wanted to be here or not. He could walk out but wouldn't be able to work anywhere else until his contract expired in summer 2025. Whilst the owners are technically within their rights to do that, it's complete stupidity as we then go into the season with a demotivated manager who doesn't want to be here, and players who no doubt were well aware of that fact. It's a miracle that we got the results we did until November with all of that factored in. It all leads back to the same place - we're a dysfunctional club owned by people who should be nowhere near any football club.14 points