Mowbray probably thinks Messi is a good player. Still have to go and sign him 😂 Broughton isn’t a scout or an analyst, he’s a Director of Football. He brought Szmodics to the club, the end.

Do people think he’s an analyst? Not a DoF? So he’s come into the job and says, “who’ve you been looking at?”, decides to make a move for someone he thinks will fit, does the negotiations, contracts, deals with the agents etc and gets them to sign, then after a successful period ties them down to a longer contract… NOT A GB SIGNING HE’S SHIT

Let’s just pretend the excellent free transfer of Sondre Tronstad doesn’t exist (I know there’s apparently caveats with the others like Brittain, Hyam, Szmodics, Hill, to an extent Sigurdsson etc).

How often do “big 6” clubs buy players from the Championship for £25m+? Have they ever? Do they play them? What happens to their careers? It’s a logical destination for Wharton, look at what they’ve done for Eze, Olise, Guehi etc. And the fee is very hard to turn down. Surely one of the biggest ever sales from a Championship (not relegated) club? What’s not logical or palatable is what I expect to happen next with the funds - I.e. fuck all constructive.

Always go into this one with trepidation as it's been my personal "derby" for a good few years now. We're incredibly stretched, Wednesday fans feel they're finally on the up and playing well, they got a great result against Leicester last night, have a lot of experience, and our youngsters will have to deal with the cauldron of a potentially bouncing Hillsborough... 6-0 Rovers Szmodics double hat-trick.

Hell of a battling performance that. Fingernails gone but what a shift.

Love owt like this me, and I absolutely love these. Could see them taking off. Indulge me a couple of “scanability/footballification” suggestions from a (very, very) amateur lyricist? His name is hard to spellll, We don’t want no one elseeee, I’m feeling Supersonic, Give me Sammie Szmodics, Give that man the ball and He’ll score another rocket & He’s Icelandic, He plays in the old blue and white kit, Makes everyone else look like they’re shit, It’s Siiiiiiigurdssooooon Feel a dick trying to improve on a bit of brilliance but I’ve had a few and they’ve got potential! Look forward to hearing them when I’m next in an away end!

Tbh, before the penalty I felt like the only thing between the two teams was a moment of individual quality, which they oozed all over the pitch. After that it’s the standard Blackburn Rovers collapse. Coming up against the best squad in the league and gifting them goals is never going to be a recipe for success. This game won’t tell us much about our season, but I would think we have to be targeting 4 points from the next two before the real concerns start niggling in the back of the mind. Thought Markanday did ok overall, Brittain rightly keeps JRC out of the team, and Moran is a lovely footballer. Wharton was looking a bit more like his old self in that second half before a silly mistake put us under pressure. Need to move on quickly.

Playing him left wing won’t help. Wednesday genuinely look one of the worst sides I’ve ever seen at this level right now, and the manager is totally clueless.

The "It's their money they can do what they want" attitude doesn't sit well with me. Owners are just custodians of a greater social/community asset and it is negligence and bad decision making that puts them in precarious positions in the first place. I don't think we should give owners any pats on the back for keeping cashflow going when, in the case of Chansiri, he's flogged their stadium, put them in transfer embargos, had points deductions, and generally ruled the roost on the cheap to the extent that no decent football manager would want to work for him and the signings he makes. All while charging them £50 a ticket and pricing many fans out. Complain, and he threatens to stop keeping the lights on. I think if you asked many Wednesday fans, they'd take admin/Lg2/whatever to get rid of the narcissistic embarrassment of an owner. There is huge potential there with that fanbase to aim towards some kind of relative sustainability. How is that entitled? If you don't want to have to cover some losses, don't buy (or create in our case) a Championship football club. Sort out the business model, respect the supporters, or hand the keys over to someone that will. At the very least expect some criticism when you fuck it up.

I personally think it's a disgrace. "Protest and I'll let your club die" is the threat. Appalling.

In the last 20 years I can remember a game being rained off once (a Boxing Day game I think?). How bad is it up there??!! Didn't think our pitch was that bad for drainage?

Think we saw how we’ll deal with those kind of teams (especially away) in the Watford game. Sit back, stay solid, smash and grab. Counter attacking suits some of our forwards.

And their goal doesn’t count in 99% of professional games

The speed of the game at that time would be hard for any debutant. Yes, he looked a little off the pace, but no more than Moran and certainly not enough to make any worrying definitive judgements.

Nonsense. Slipped Szmodics through really nicely for a one v one and was in a good position for a chance on the break, although sliced. We were proper under the cosh at the time and he did ok leading the line.

Thought Pears had a good game. Anything but a National League linesman and it’s a well earned clean sheet.

Wouldn’t swap him for Carter or Hyam. Both proper top quality defenders at this level with a touch of class.

If we could finish and the officials were up to standard I’d have those 5 years that came off my life in the last 20 mins back. Some of those misses (namely Dolan’s) were easier to score. Law of averages say they’ll start going in imo. Every game is a fight, and Jon’s Baby Army saw it out. Onwards and upwards.

Think Carter and Hyam have been immense. Wouldn’t swap either of them for Lenihan on his best day.

They might if it's highly rated coach and ex-player Jon Dahl Tomasson.

Of course, we all know that every potential suitor to own a football club has loads of money, no ego, and knows exactly what they are doing. Always worry! Things can always get worse with precarious businesses like these and the people they attract. But yeah, from today’s news I’d expect further stagnation and slow decline under Venkys, barring a miracle on the pitch. Joy.

Scored from one today didn’t we?

I think that in particular is what we got better at judging as the season went on. I suspect less Morton/Travis and more of Wharton/Buckley/Tronstad (hopefully) will cut out the hesitation and pondering, getting us on the front foot quicker. It’ll fly by. Gonna piss it.

That’s not the fault of “playing it out from the back”. You seem to have taken a throwaway interview comment about “only increasing value” a little literally too. But why does that increase value? Because more clubs want players who can do that. Why do they want players who can do that? Because statistically keeping the ball and building from the back leads to retaining possession and better results than getting the ball forwards at the very first opportunity. It isn’t some world football conspiracy against Tony Pulis. We didn’t play possession for possession sake like a Swansea imo (and like we tried for one weird TM season), and in my opinion we improved and started moving the ball crisply and with confidence. I think the team is going places, mainly because of good coaching. If we carry on in that vein, I don’t think you’ll be “bored”, but try and stop yourself booing if we’re patient in the build up and do remember the good points/moves/goals created and not just the (inevitable) odd mistake.