philipl
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Sticking my neck out but if Kompany doesn't completely rebuild the squad again, that lot will struggle in the Championship. Any of the current 100m squad increased their valuations? Very much doubt it.
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We are going down (the pessimism thread)
philipl replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
That is a scary set of 6 wins by the 8 clubs beneath us. -
Something many on here suspected is that he would look better in the Premier League than in the Championship and so it is being proved based on his three games so far.
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National league and North and South
philipl replied to Rogerb's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Mad money in the lower leagues (as both Rochdale and Torquay face oblivion) New York Times looks into the 6th tier of English football- https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/24/world/europe/england-soccer-wrexham-buying-teams.html?smid=url-share -
v Norwich City (h) - 24/02/2024
philipl replied to TheRevAshton's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Wide open- all 3 results equal probability in my book. -
We are going up (the optimism thread)
philipl replied to Eddie's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Win the 13 remaining games and we get to 77 points. Well it does say the optimism thread... -
v Norwich City (h) - 24/02/2024
philipl replied to TheRevAshton's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Big challenge for Eustace. Norwich haven't had a midweek coach tour on Waggott Motors and on Saturday comfortably thrashed the side Rovers laboured against last night. Let's keep it tight for 95 minutes and hit them with a sucker punch... -
Wharton dominated central midfield in his second PL game. He made several excellent interventions and tackles - a side of his game that goes unremarked. None of his through balls came off but that more reflects the standard of forward Palace had available on Monday as much as anything. I used to live in an area dominated by Palace fans and they are already besides themselves at how good Adam is. Everton fans of my acquaintance are howling about transfer fees being squandered in the past meaning the club couldn't follow through on having tracked him for two years. I believe Newcastle are similarly frustrated.
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I thought Buckley's cameo off the bench at Cardiff completely changed the flow of the game. A coach worthy of the title would have seen enough yesterday evening to work on and at least Bucko is no longer under the enormous shadow of Adam Wharton.
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Great to see the under 21s putting such an impressive run together. Finishing in the top 16 is important for Cup fixtures next season.
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Rovers Rumours & Speculation
philipl replied to Herbie6590's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
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...- 303 replies
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John Eustace - our head coach
philipl replied to chaddyrovers's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Suggestions last night that Eustace might produce a combination of the best of JDT with pragmatism. -
v Cardiff City (a) - 20/02/2024, 19:45
philipl replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I got lucky and joined it 10 minutes before Buckley came on. What a massive difference the subs made. Bucko is no Adam Wharton (who is?) but he looked class in that company last night. Excellent discipline at the back especially getting all those offsides with such doolally officials. In the final analysis, PNE created one moment of madness in our box and forced the ball home. We created one moment of mayhem in the Cardiff box and didn't. I would be far more worried as a Cardiff supporter looking at their players than I am as a Rovers supporter looking at our's. -
Poor Tony. Hoping he has a full and rapid recovery.
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v Cardiff City (a) - 20/02/2024, 19:45
philipl replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Certainly looks chunky compared with his colleagues. -
Jon Dahl Tomasson - Officially No Longer Our Head Coach
philipl replied to Tom's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
I am missing JDT Press conferences -
Only pointing out what a CEO's job entails. Waggott is not fit to be a CEO.
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v Preston North End (a) - 17/02/2024
philipl replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Feeling very apprehensive about this one -
We are going down (the pessimism thread)
philipl replied to simongarnerisgod's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
My first post on this thread. When in a relegation battle, the most important rule is don't lose relegation 6 pointers and we have broken it twice in the last 11 days. So we are suddenly Stoke fans for the next 12 hours. If the Potters lose at Loftus Road we are deep in it. -
Venky is the nickname of the Rao father who founded and built it up. So Venky is Rao. The folk running the show now are actually Dessais. The daughter and her husband. The two Rao brothers have equal individual votes with the husband and wife but take a much lesser role in operations. Madam is effectively the big boss.
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The correct answer is no idea. But external factors have resulted in promises to Lambert and JDT being reneiged on so it is a good job Eustace believes he already has the tools to do the job. Reverting to pre March 2023 Venkynomics and behaviour, we would be looking at a Gregg budget of around 15m. March 2023 feels like a lifetime ago.
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Now we no longer have Adam in midfield, we are seeing how integral he was to the side and what a huge hole his leaving has created.
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As CEO, your job is to manage upwards as well as the business. Swag clearly is failing in that regard too.
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v Birmingham City (a) - 13/02/2024 19:45 KO
philipl replied to Upside Down's topic in Blackburn Rovers Fans Messageboard
Have I missed Harry Leonard getting injured? He is a natural finisher and header and that last gasp header would probably have been a goal if Harry had been the one with the chance.