2 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I’d personally go for the defenestration option.

I had to ggogle that !

I hope Broughton is making a list of head coaches capable of dragging us back at the first attempt and making maybe his one and only worthwhile contribution since turning up here the over rated lickspittle.

Because no way is this fella doing it not a chance there is very little comparison to be had with Mowbrays attempts to stay up, yes he was too conservative himself but there were enough green shoots to offer some hope.

If we do drop though he really should be 3rd out of the door behind Waggot and Eustace.

3 hours ago, Groundhog said:

I just can't believe we didn't offer any incentive for the home fans for this game to counterbalance offering the whole Darwen End to one of our biggest relegation rivals - kids for a quid etc - just proof no one in charge at Ewood prioritises the support.

For all those saying "the crowd doesn't matter" - where you there at Ewood on Saturday? When you have L1 level players like ours who crack at the merest hint of pressure, at home, trying to force the issue in a game against a team fighting for their lives. They literally sucked the ball in to make it 3-1 FFS! 🤣 (sorry trying to see the light side, it's hard)

Comparing 7k away fans to 37k home fans at Leeds away isn't the same thing - it was a magnificent performance but it was a free hit, almost no pressure, no expectation and we grew into the game from a confidence point of view, a backs-against-the-wall performance when no one expects anything is a different kind of approach mentally and tactically compared to trying to force the impetus against a stubborn, determined opponent at home who are willing to scrap.

I don't want to go over old ground, but who's decision was it to limit the Dingles for 2000? Did it come from JDT? I can't remember. If it was, and although it didn't effect the result in our favour (although it was a "better" performance), it just shows what happens when someone with a competitive and ambitious spirit is calling the shots. 

I'm sure it was advised by the police and probably requested by JDT for the dingle game but the only reason it happened was because of the cup run/tv income Waggot had exceeded his income target for the season by some way.

Otherwise it is nailed on he'd have turned over as much as the fuzz would allow for that game.

First half we were far from good but reasonably comfortable and after the lively start the whole thing had an air of both teams being happy not to lose.

Second half they were the ones who came out to win it - kicking into a bank of 7k fans who then got up for it - whilst we strolled out looking like the instruction was 'as you were'.

He doesn't seem the most inspiring guy but we have a long recent history of being the most consistent in the league at not being able to turn games around anyway.  He is also yet another with no plan B whatsoever and subs for subs sake rather than spotting something to unlock the opposition.

Staying in a job as a head coach or manager is hard but feck me i wish i worked in football as getting coaching badges and getting a well paid gig is a piece of cake obviously.

When i showed the Pears goal to a non football supporting 17 year old who plays a bit the first thing he said was wow that's bad for a pro keeper but hang on surely he could have batted it away instead of running into the net with it ?

Similarly my pals 80 year old mam said 'he could've caught that' when i nipped round there for a brew on the way home, he was in hysterics of course.

That sums up how ridiculous it was it was more than just a bobble it was awful awful goalkeeping. Nobody does it on purpose every keeper gets caught out occasionally but with this lad you expect it it's no surprise at all.  I do feel for him a bit and he will bounce back but there'll be another and another because he isn't a reliable number 1 the lad is a back up keeper at this level that much is clear now.

Can't do that here though because the football experts have brought in an even more naive one to compete.

He's another shoulder shrugger this fella but the worse thing is he's smiling whilst he does it.

1 hour ago, jim mk2 said:

Between them, how many points have Pears and the Swedish lad cost us this season? It must be 10-15 points thrown away through stupid, unforced errors that no professional goalkeeper should make.  

This is the worst keeper dept iv'e seen here and yet ANOTHER new low Venkys have created.

Steele and Eastwood were head and shoulders above these two and neither of those were above average whilst here and in no way was Jake Keane worse than these two.

Shocking stuff it really is for a club with the setup we have and on the strength of selling TK, wasting a fortune on Leo then adding in Ennis, Telelovic, Eustace etc Broughton needs to be out the door with Waggot in summer.

8 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

As someone else said - we would have lost today if it had been played behind closed doors. 7000 fans in the Darwen End didn’t make our goalkeeper lose his head. He has form for it I’m afraid. This one is on the players. 

Yep we were crap and playing like that whatever the crowd we lose but second half once they went in front their crowd made a difference.

It made them grow in stature whilst we wilted.

We've seen a full BBE lower suck the ball in a blow it out, well today it was the opposite end and that's all down to the the fat suited berk.

I don't blame him for the Pears horror show that is 100% all his own making.

However in regards to Hyam as iv'e said before i'd take Lenihen over him any day.

Keep it tight lads let them attack and lets hit Sam and Sammie early.

That i think was the entirety of today's match tactics and team talk.

He went on about quietening the Leeds crowd last week then reverses that by doing it to our own.

We will feck this up guaranteed with this lilly livered bunch and there'll be 4k Coventry fans given the freedom of the lower tier whilst Pears knees knock at the thought of it.

For crying out loud exercise some brain cells for once in your entire Ewood tenure you clueless ballbag and stick them in the upper tier.  This fallacy that it spoils the atmosphere is about as true as the moon being made of cheese.

He has the odd good game but what we saw today again was the norm from him but lets not let Carter or Brittain off the hook either, both shite again.

He'll almost certainly be replaced by a rookie or another downgrade.

Flapping at crosses and not commanding the area is an affliction amongst this generation of keepers and a lot of the grow out of it.

The goals Pears lets in though aren't normal i'm genuinely beginning to think he has some kind of eyesight issue, anything comes at him quick from anywhere he only seems to realise at the last min.

Nothing at all would surprise me at this club, nothing.

Struggling for words after that the only thing i can come up with is ALL players and coaching staff and tactics absolutely abysmal when it matters at home yet again.

Credit Sheff Weds better than us in every dept on and off the pitch today.

Everything i said about giving over all that end again came to pass, once they got their noses in front kicking that way.

Pathetic way to go about things in such an important game, is that 3 full ends in the league and 3 away wins now ????

1 hour ago, ABBEY said:

I'm under the Docs orders of a healthy scranning.  That's out the window this morning , woke up dead early and full English in full flow.  If me saying full English has offended anyone then haha I couldn't give a toss. 

On black pud and fk the Yorkshire ones

 

These are another team on the hate list.  Never forgive them for twatting me outside the kings when I was about 10 . My fave memories was the pub emptying to go after them . Can't imagine the generation of today sticking up for anyone .

I don't mind these it's the other lot i'm not keen on based on previous experience.

Anyway as for the game i think we know what's coming after a boisterous opening 5 mins....

Rovers  1    Wendies  1

1 hour ago, NeilInBristol said:

goodwillie!!!! 

Wow.

I had erased that signing from my memory. 

Is he not another one whose ended up in the nick or skid row like that bum from up that way who came here just to go to Hibs ?

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

we know that we need players,but the guttersnipe running the club (management aside) are a bunch of incompetents and self serving w*****s,they`ll do whatever suits their own interest and preservation

They seem pretty untouchable but the best self preservation for them is being comfortable in this league, we need to spend now just to achieve that.

Waggot and Suhail 'winging it' has reached the end they'll have to actually demand the owners sanction some spending now otherwise the game is up.

14 minutes ago, NeilInBristol said:

Not wanting to give the egg and that lot any credit but the few transfers we did make last summer (yes they were mainly trash) were all made under the radar with limited gossip. We must be signing some players this summer. We have to. 

By pipeline i was meaning the stock pile of good forwards has completely gone after Sammie.

Graham was brought in whilst Rhodes was still here then Dack whilst DG still here, AA and Brereton were loaded onto the books with Dack still here and Szmods comes in whilst BBD still here.

That kind of thing.

It's the one area of the pitch they've actually invested in since they arrived and no surprise its been the most consistently successful, if only they'd applied it to other areas as well.

The EFL won't bite the hand that drip feeds it therefore after a bit of posturing nothing will happen.

The big 6 run football in this country in conjunction with the biggest paying tv companies and for me the sooner they all do one to their nonsense money laundering Super League the better.

Take their plastic fans with them, football will survive just fine.

26 minutes ago, Hasta said:

Great find by Bowyer. He still cost £200k and would have been on decent wages to get him away from Cardiff who had him in the Premier League on presumably a decent salary.

I'd be surprised if that kind of overall outlay is available to us this summer.

McGuire is 3 from 6 for Orlando since the January debacle. I've no idea whether he would cut it in the Championship, but I'd be gobsmacked if that got revisited.

I think Gestede cost a lot more as he had clauses attached, probably a million in total by the time he was flogged for 6 mill.

Great signing and the type of business we should have been doing all along but of course the fantastic 20 mill a year ownership torpedoed even that modest model of operating.

6 hours ago, DackDackGoose said:

It's incredible how lucky our hit rate has been with striker signings the last 10 years or so. Or am i forgetting all the duds (ie goodwillie). A 20+ goalscorer has come out the (albeit expensive) woodwork everytime drastically needed. A lot of clubs havnt had anything close.

But there is nothing whatsoever in the pipeline now and only a decent amount in investment up top or a complete rabbit out of the hat by Broughton (no chance imo) or Eustace will alter it.

4 hours ago, BankEnd Rover said:

Patrick Bauer been told he can leave PNE - Worth a shot.

No

But given the desperate two signings in Jan 'they wouldn't be anywhere near Blackburn Rovers in January if they were any good' type statement from GB anything is possible.

Rhodes - Graham - Dack - Armstrong - Brereton - Szmodics 

Common denominator ?

Every one of them cost money including DG who was on Prem wages.

The line has run dry now if we do not INVEST in one or two forwards you can stick your entire savings on relegation next year. A new contract for big Sam isn't the answer and hanging the hat on Telalovic type punts or Leonard or Siggy to come up with enough is like a turkey looking forward to Christmas.

It's not happening and neither is 'oh well if more players chip in we'll be fine'

Massive summer for spin doctor Broughton and the affiable Mr Eustace.

6 hours ago, WacoRover said:

Our marketing people stink.
The below is only an example:

if Rovers sold 20,000 tix at £10/each, they would make more money than selling 10,000 tix at £20/each. 

How?

20,000 would buy more kits, pies & pints. it would also be more likely to encourage fans in Rovers’ catchment area. Young, old, & families alike. 

Winning improves attendance. IMO, the club can’t reduce ticket prices to every single game. But they can drop prices to insure fans still want to attend to see “their team”, even if that team is not chasing promotion.
The club flubbed on this a long time ago, when they didn’t drop ticket prices on the final 2 or 3 home games, when it was obvious our fans were not going to see a promotion-chasing Rovers team this year. 

Waggot is a lazy bastard and just uses examples like PNE who did an ST deal that boosted their ST base overnight from about 8k to 12k yet despite higher gates overall their ticket income was a bit less than ours.

He failed to address the extra added income from everything else to balance it out plus the fact he was able to fleece a few larger away followings here than Preston were able to accommodate.  I've often said the guy should be a politician because he has spin prepared for everything or 'we'll look into it' which means it's now in the bin.

The whole point is fan re-engagement and boosting the gates and there is no other way of doing it in these areas without being a top challenging side or being in the Prem.  It's the same for every club in the Lancashire area so at some point you might have to take a slight hit in income and try and make it up elsewhere in order to get a quick boost in numbers.

Games like this one though are what Waggots policy thrives on, guaranteed full end from big city club, same regulars and 10k empty seats in home sections.

Lazy bastard.

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Like the sound of this, on the record:

We have a commitment that we can operate normally in the summer. We have had conversations on what that might look like in terms of shaping the budget and transfer funds.

"My recommendations to the board are that we will have a significant influx of money. It does not all hit in one transaction with Adam Wharton and the David Raya sell-on, but transfers do not go out in one hit either.

"My recommendation is to invest in four areas - transfer fees, wages to be competitive, the Academy and infrastructure and then money put aside for the season in case we need that for whatever reason. Do not spend it all in one hit, you never know how you might go into January.

"The indication is that yes, we will have money to spend”.

 

But then the politician comes out with the qualifying statement…

“But I have been on record before and said last summer we had clarity on the budget and that had to change for reasons out of our hands.”

 

So basically the only confirmation they have they can operate normally is because Steve tells Gregg he assumes that is the case because there's an influx of transfer money coming.

Nothing at all about owners sending a normal budget PLUS transfer income topping it up ?

Because that is the only way we can operate normally AND put money into the four areas GB is recommending.