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Sam Szmodics-Your thoughts?
Atko's Engine replied to BRFC4EVA's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Do we know what sell on percentage Peterborough have on him? -
Championship 23/24
Atko's Engine replied to goozburger's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Has this happened yet? Or do you not have a printer?! 😉 -
v Leeds United (a) - 13/04/2024
Atko's Engine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
He did it against Stoke too, when Dolan scored. He's frustrating, but not as bad as is often made out. -
Championship 23/24
Atko's Engine replied to goozburger's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Is Leeds a nailed on defeat though? I mean, they failed to even score at home against Sunderland last night! I'm trying to be glass half full, but I'm more concerned about the evidence of fight in our relegation rivals, as evidenced by Sheff Weds, Millwall & Plymouth tonight. In all honesty I'm v concerned as it's silly season results-wise. Pressure (or the lack of it) does strange things to the psyche of teams... At least it's in our hands still but, as unlikely as it is, I really don't want to go into the Wednesday match with anything less than a 6 point gap (i.e. 7 inc the favourable GD). -
Totally agree. Both much signed on here & of course they have their issues, but they are crucial to us offensively & those stats don't lie.
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v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Atko's Engine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Oi, leave us alone; divide & rule is what Waggott wants!! -
v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Atko's Engine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Precious buggers, they've managed to get a league goal out of him & I've seen more of him in a Stoke shirt than I did in a Rovers one!! -
v Stoke City (h) - 11/02/2024
Atko's Engine replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Eustace out, Johnson in!! -
John Eustace - our head coach
Atko's Engine replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Eustace: “At the moment, we’ve had some difficult moments, but we have an exciting group of young players and, with a little bit of help, we can really push up that league." Er, John, about that "little bit of help"....- 1901 replies
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Gilsenan on target again tonight, Rovers 1 up at Fulham after 20 mins.
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John Eustace - our head coach
Atko's Engine replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Well, I think this is as good as the week could've ended, given the shit show we've all had to endure. Thanks JDT, he leaves with my absolute best wishes & thanks for his efforts. Good luck John, you're going to need it. I'll be there tomorrow supporting the team, the manager & the club. I will be vocal in joining in the Venkys / Waggott out chants, though my voice will probably not match my strength of feeling. -
That *was* the January Window
Atko's Engine replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Gregg does seem to be more implicated here than I thought. Not only for not making personally sure the papers had been sent (as he was the one who said he'd ensured last Jan's problem couldn't happen again, even though he personally could not submit the docs & ought to be able to trust those who could), but also it seems like he was happy to all but commit the club to spending £7m on a late-developing college football rookie. If he was keen on this player for months (his prerogative as DoF), why was due diligence elsewhere in recruitment only done on deadline day?? As for Waggott, on £300k p/a and being the only other person able to submit docs besides Sylvester, he ought to have done it himself given what happened last January. An absolute derogation of duty on his part, added to his derogation of duty last Jan when at the match instead of overseeing deadline day. I think both have to go (somewhat reluctantly in GB's case), and Sylvester of course. -
Dunno if you read the link I posted earlier, but it was comments from a Brum journo made to a Bristol City journo when he was on their radar a couple of months back. Included: "To start with, Eustace was quite negative with his play as Birmingham relied on long-ball football and set pieces a little. As time progressed, though, there was more of a possession focus. The recent summer transfer window really helped Eustace’s style to become more exciting and attacking as Blues signed a handful of tricky wingers. "Eustace showed some good tactical versatility during his time at St Andrew’s as he switched between three main formations – a wide 4-2-3-1, a narrow 4-2-2-2 diamond and a 3-5-2 with wing-backs. "The Robins would definitely benefit from Eustace’s strong man-management skills and his working-class mentality. He used to speak often and passionately about getting his players to fight for one another as if they were a working-class family. It brought about brilliant results, especially in the latter stages of games. "The downside would have to be Eustace’s decision-making with substitutions. Birmingham fans would often get frustrated by the lack of changes or the lateness. Eustace clearly likes to keep some sort of continuity in his lineups, including throughout matches, but sometimes subs were needed quicker to shift the momentum." There's definitely some positives there & parallels between what awaits here in terms of the club background, and also some ability to improve significant weaknesses our team have (e.g. set pieces, strong in the final stages of games). Someone on here also recalled that his Brum side played brilliantly against us, only losing as Kaminski was inspired, and I remember that too. Look, I'm not saying he would be ideal, but he would be better overall than Neil would as a younger, more dynamic man at the helm. Just my opinion, but certainly not without logic.
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Alex Neil is just Mowbray Mk II. All of his success was a decade or more ago, since then he's just been a serial merrygorounder, achieving very little. Eustace, whilst arguably more of a gamble, would be a more exciting (in context) & forward-looking appointment imo. I think he was discarded from Brum just as he was taking off, and if you look at the link I posted a few pages back he does seem to be inheriting similar circs here to those he inherited there. And fwiw I think the Coventry link to Waggott is coincidental. Given their respective times in the game, I would guess Waggott knows Neil better than he does Eustace.
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I get point C was somewhat in jest, but sorry I'm not a "casual", nor bonkers, and I never said Eustace is a Messiah; I said he's the best option I think we could expect. Alex Neill is another Mowbray, making a career off a couple of promotions over a decade ago, who will maybe steady the ship, tread water, flirt with playoffs then run out of ideas. Eustace is a more forward looking appointment who, albeit in a shorter career, comfortably led Big Club to safety when favourites to go down, had them playing good football & in 6th place when sacked by uninformed useless owners. Anyway, sounds almost certain it'll be him in the dugout on Saturday, I hope you'll support him.