Dominated the game so far but we're still lacking a striker, and now we're lacking a goalie. Should be more than 1-0 up, go in at the break 1-1 with them hitting the woodwork in the closing seconds.

Those deliberate handballs.

There's no way Hyam is fit. He's been rushed back due to lack of options. Carter is over-rated in my opinion. Not a kid any more but still making schoolboy errors. Brittain had a few good matches when he joined. He has the odd decent game going forward but he's an awful fullback. Aside from the odd decent game where he gets stuck in, Pickering is a poor fullback and has been since Mowbray was here. People seem to have buried their head in the sand over this for some reason. Maybe it's because we're never going to get anyone better. Moran is a young lad out of form and I suspect fatigued from not being used to so many minutes. When he first came into the team he struggled but then got up to speed and looked great. But I'm not surprised he's ran out of steam as he only turned 20 in October. I think he's also missing JRC and Dolan as his decline seems to have coincided with their absences. We didn't have the best squad at the beginning and now with injuries/fitness issues it's showing us up for what we are. A lower mid-table club.

Possibly mid January now.

If Wharton had got it right last night he'd have scored due to a Morton blunder. Morton didn't impress me at all.

Which players?

Yep, then did nothing to build on it when what we needed to do so was obvious. Waggott knew the cutbacks were coming too, yet allowed everyone to believe we had a "project". Any other CEO would have prepared for it accordingly. He's an absolute chancer.

He's not the best looking fella but there's no need for that!

I'm not sure it's about rescuing the season. It's just a bit more competition for places and a bit more quality to keep us nearer mid table rather than descending any lower. I think we miss Dolan even if it just means him creating space for others. We don't seem to have anyone doing that without him and JRC.

I'd agree with that, at least if they blocked a signing he'd chin a Venky.

I've seen Pickering play under two managers and he's been mostly terrible throughout his time here, whatever the tactics. Hyam unfit. JRC injured. Wharton injured. Carter injured. Brittain for me has given up trying. His cross into the box which ended up in the stand was a highlight. The defence was awful under Mowbray and they are awful now. Venkys blocking signings because they are too old won't help the cause. As was established earlier, we haven't signed a decent fullback under Venkys in over 10 years.

https://www.besoccer.com/team/injuries-suspensions/blackburn-rovers-fc I've no idea how accurate that is but if we do have those players coming back between mid January and mid February, you'd hope some of them could make a difference. How's that for optimism?

Pickering, an unfit Hyam, Hill and Brittain were/are a fucking hopeless defence. On paper and on the pitch. I wouldn't put Pickering and Brittain in a pub team, but at least Pickering tries (and scored a nice goal). Brittain was so poor both defending and going forward. When is JRC back?

Glad to see him score tonight. Sunshine on a rainy day. Sadly he'll get sold at the end of the season and the squad will be dumbed down even more.

There'll be a change in league before there's a change in manager.

Luton also spent years gradually building up to that point too. With two very good Championship strikers in their squad.

How do you get a defence right when you can't bring in any players and your decent ones are injured or unfit? He won't get sacked. The two seasons we ended up 15th under Mowbray tells you all you need to know. And he spent money!

Or the silly cunt in the bus.

Scoring the winner in the Burnley match at Ewood is the overriding memory of Chimbonda for a lot of people.

Looked unfit to me in both games.

I never rated Olsson but he seems a class above what we have now. He left a decade ago too. What is it with fullbacks since Venkys turned up?

I don't rate Carter either but he has the odd solid game where he gets stuck in. Hyam is too quiet to be our only senior defender as well. Not signing Baath really hurt us, and I can't see how signing a 20 year old kid from L2 will bolster the defence. But I suppose he fulfills the Venky transfer policy of buying cheap young players who can hopefully pay the bills when sold.

Bimey, that's 12 years ago.

Currently third in the greek league I think, with Olympiacos.

All I want these days is two decent fullbacks. I can't remember the last reliable fullback in a blue and white shirt. Can anyone else?