I had a 2 and half hour call yesterday regarding a new documentary about Rovers. The past is certainly not forgotten, the story of Venkys ownership past and present will be told. Dooped, Niave, hands tied? This is fictitious account we are left with after weeks, months and years pass. What was their excuse when they was picking team? What was their excuse when selecting board members to replace our solid administration they inherited? Kentaro, Crescedo et al, its all very easy to pin all the blame at their door. They are massively culperable , but Venkys are certainly not innocent. I try and keep my head down nowadays, but its quite evident that many people have profited, jokeyed for position locally, have got too cosey with the club, hang on their every word, and in some respects put the efforts and sacrifices of thousands to waste. You look around the ground, and 95% of local sponsors are gone, the boards which separate the upper and lower tier no longer advertises these. We have a business development manager, who went from walking on protest, wearing venkys out t-shirts to then getting a job at the club and within a couple of weeks, requesting to meet me at the services to lambast the supporter base for making a stand. Sold himself out for a job!!!!! Time is not healer, thousands have walked away, loyal supporters for decades. We now have an element of support within our supporter base which is young youths, who can make going to a game somewhat intimidating. Many of these are not old enough to remember Venkys buying the club, or understand where the club was before Venkys. I, and many of you have lost family members, seen people who marched for the cause sadly pass away, it breaks my heart when I remember these supporters that they are no longer here, and the club they loved so dear continues to be a shadow of its former self. Venkys have been here a long time now, but the frailties and fundamental basics which they dont do remain. The acceptance of, it is what it is, or make do is painful to see. The years of taking our case to the highest authorities of our national game, the cover ups, the personal intrusion, has sadly taken its toll on my health. The years of not being there to support my wife in bringing our children up, and giving every minute of my time to stand up for those who had the courage to fight for our club, its future and threat of existence, is something I have to live with, I will never get those years back. Its a shell of a club now, absent owners, no one being held accountable and no one standing up for us. Accepting the issues, forgetting the sacrifices, you become part of the problem and not the solution. Watching Panarama this week and the Ambramovich story shows where the games at. £'s buy votes, they buy silence, they buy closed eyes. If your team is winning, no one bats an eyelid, its only when results are bad that people take a closer look. Supporters are taken for granted, not just by our clubs, but the administration of our leagues and governance. As things stand we are always just an hour away from going bust, our owners are unpredictable, our board are puppets and full of self-preservation. You cannot talk or negotiate with Puppets or ignorance. I've deliberately not spoken with Waggott, as there is not a single thing he could say, which would remotely interest me. Like those before him, he has the power of a broken light bulb and gets paid handsomely for being ineffective. He will give his lip service to those who will listen, and get many on board. They will quite like feeling important and sadly buy into his bullshit. For those of us more seasoned in the art of negotiations, (we had years perfecting it), they fear us, they fear an uprising , they fear getting knocked off their pedestal. This current crop are not as clever as the last crop, and would fall like skittles. I hope i'm still around to see the day, the town really does have its club back. Knowing the things I've learnt, seen and witnessed is a curse. Anyway it was not my intention to write a long winded post and this was not directed at you, or anyone else in particular.

Was very angry at Half-time, it was that bad, it was difficult to think of a positive bar only being 1-0 down. Square pegs, round holes, no plan, no clue and a half which ended up with Rankin Costello and Lenihan playing out their own Batty and Lesaux spat, embarrasing. Johnson asked to play false 9, Khadra who wont pass, and us at sixs and sevens. Second half, 4-4-2, wide players playing as wide players, strikers playing as strikers and the first 15 minutes and we were like a side possessed. Closing down from the front, a desire to win the ball and a desire to not lose. This awful run has been crying out for us to ditch the tactics which have become oh so predicatable. Suddenly we change, the players see the picture, we find 50% extra and those who have looked lost at sea, suddenly are playing like ballers epitomised by Gallagher (like a ranging bull) and some meaty tackles from Lenihan, Van Hecke, Wharton, Travis. We've seriously got out of jail tonight, and need to have a real think about how we play going forwards. We've shown with players playing in their natural positions that we can create and score goals.

I just choked on my fish and chips, Giles, Mahrez, he really said that?

Will sum this game up in a couple of words on how it was lost, "Tony Mowbray" Try and enjoy the rest of your weekend folks

Its based on far more than last nights result. Since Xmas we've been very poor. His transfer business has been suspect. He has had a few seasons in the championship now, and even with a promotion the team would need major surgery to have any chance of staying up. He is not the man to do that, im thankful of his efforts and have defended him to the hilt, but after 5 years its time for a change

Never said it before now, been patient, but sorry whatever the outcome this season its time for him to go, and take the idiots in the boardroom with him. We have more than enough in the squad to beat Millwall at home, but team selection and tactics meant 1 point instead of 3. He has done well in his time here, but cannot take us to the next level, and his interviews now are like a broken record

Another flat performance, square pegs round holes and we are doing our best to blow the best chance we had of promotion in years. Points I took from game. Team selection. Giles - He is all left foot, showed against Swansea what he is all about, a good attacking Left wing back. What does Tombola Tony do? Plays him as a right sided forward (beggars belief) Gallagher - once again showed how clueless he is. Has no one told him his job is not to mark their centre back? He does not split the centre backs, pull players out of position, and I lost count the amount of times Buckley Rothwell and Travis, were waving their arms at him to move into space, run a channel or do what centre forwards need to do. He had run his race after an hour and TM kept him on, ridiculous decision. Formation - MIllwall came for a point, played for a point and IMO we should of gone back 4, played Lenihan at right back, and gone 4-4-2 with Dolan playing off Gallagher. At what point do we become less predicactable? Is that 1 goal in 8 games? Are we really a one man team. This shite talk playing down why we didnt need a striker, why we dont play a formation that warrants a striker is P45 territory for me. They blew the transfer window. Markanday was a long term prospect not a here and now signing. Never since Ray Harford didnt strengthen after we won the league have I been more disappointed with our transfer business. The fault lies with the Manager and the board, pure and simple, and the KFC representative they use, who is impersonating a football professional. Needless to say, very disappointed, they are bloody joke, the lot of them

We were really at it today, unbelievable effort from all 14 players. Kaminski - Didnt have lots to do, but was calm and a key ingredient to another clean sheet. 7 Nyambe - feel for the lad getting the injury, hopefully wont be out too long and we see him in the blue and white halves once more. Was doing okay from a defensive point of view, although didnt offer as much as usual going forwards. - 7 Lenihan - Grew into the game after some uncharacteristic mistakes first half, was solid enough -7 Van Ecke - I'm running out of words for this lad "a young Vincent Kompany". Outstanding again, did play the odd stray ball, but more than made up for it with some outstanding tackling, interceptions and general play - 9 Wharton - Another comfortable game for Scott, with his central partners totally shut out a QPR side, and prevented them playing 8 Pickering - We've really missed this lad, solid game, kept his winger quiet and was a willing runner covering for 2 at times when Khadra didnt track back -7 Travis - another dynamo performance in Midfield. He is never going to be hitting 35 yard killer passes, hitting 25 yard worldies or dribbling past 4 players. However the way he breaks play down and throws himself about, winds the opposition up, and never stops running has him as one of our most important players. Was fantastic today 9 Johnson - He has'nt seen much football this season, but offers some more physical grit in centre midfield from a defensive point of view. Was solid today, and with Travis won the midfield battle. Will be a key player for the run in - 8 Gallagher - I'm one of his biggest critics, but today for the hour or so he played, he played well. Better ball retention, won some key headers, played the right passes and hurried the oppositions defence into mistakes. - 8 Dolan - scarey to think that was the Boy wonders first start since November, how we will never know. Was head and shoulders the quality on show at Ewood today from either side. They just had no answers to his trickery, speed or tecnique. Had Giles lifted his head and squared the ball second half, Dolan would of had a goal to top off an excellent display -10 Khadra - he has the tools, but just not worked out how to best use them. At times his skill is breathtaking but decision making lets him down, when he dont pass or runs down blind alleys. Missed a couple of great chances before scoring a free-kick that only a few around the country would of attempted. Its a big goal in our season, and in him and Dolan, we need them both on the pitch as at times the two were just unstoppable. -8 Zeefuik - took a few minutes to settle but then made some big challenges and won key duels. Full of heart and dont mess about. 8 Hedges - important he got minutes on pitch and timing was about right to replace Gallagher. Saw enough to see he has some potential, and was solid change - 7 Giles - Was unlucky to lose his place in side, another good shift, although should of squared for Dolan 7 TM - We hear QPR were poor today, but thats an injustice to how well we played and made them poor. He made the big calls in leaving certain players out, he got his changes right, at the right time, and ultimately we've got three points against a side who were in form and prior to kickoff sat above us. Without doubt this is our biggest result of the season so far, because the wheels have been falling off in terms of results.

It was bordering on desperation people thinking Gallagher would come good. He has been a waste of £5 million, and it does not surprise me he signed a new deal. Probably couldnt believe his luck he'd been offered one. I don't buy into this, playing out of position. He has played centrally plenty of times. How many times as our tallest player has he got on the end of a free kick or offensive corner in the oppositions box? I'd be writing out those P45's for the clubs administration. Totally blew the transfer window, and the fault lies solely with them and TM. The players are giving their all, but with no goalscorer its a thankless task

Didnt deserve to lose, before they went down to 10 men we were on top, but the result is all that matters right now. Another defeat, another game without a goal, and unless we find a plan B, a season that's going to peter out very quickly. Waggott and Mowbray are fully responsible for not signing a striker when the sold Armstrong. No one could of really predicted that Brereton would suddenly become prolific despite the bets on him. However it was obvious with international committments, possible suspensions or injury to him, that we did not have someone to carry the mantel in his absence. Gallagher although one of his better games, never looked like scoring and i really do not know the answer with the players we have available. We cant magic the striker that we didnt sign. Markanday cannot be pointed at as that striker as he had no first team experience and is injured. The whole team needs to chip in with goals, but the likes of Rothwell, Travis and Buckley are never going to be prolific. 2 goals since Xmas is just poor, and we dont look like scoring. I don't see how we salavage the season with our current options. Very disappointed tonight

Hard to stomach that by 5pm Saturday we could be out the top 6. Must not lose game tomorrow

I got that impression too, that its a long goodbye.

Wife did a video of every Gallagher touch in our last game, to haunt me over the weekend. Its that bad, i do wonder what game some people are watching. Poor positioning, poor ball retention, and I generally think he'd struggle in league 1

Which ever way you look at it, BBD out for weeks is a disaster. I don't really care for this "but we play wide strikers" We've been massively foundout since Christmas. Teams know if they sit off, and give us the ball in wide areas then we are as sharp as a plastic knife. Good teams know how to mix it up, change things when its not working. We are one dimensional and more so now that we dont have an able replacement for our 20 goal plus top scorer. Not signing an out and out centre forward in January was criminal. The stats dont lie, our goal to game ratio has seriously dropped off. Our season has been built on being tight at the back and hitting teams on the break. Once the opposition figured that out and gave us the ball, its pretty much nullified our threat. The 40/50 balls we put in the box against Swansea showed why we needed a plan B. An Andy Carroll buries 2 or 3 of them and we bag three points. Massive pressure now on the two young boys Khadra and Dolan, I wont add Gallagher to those two, as he just aint good enough, and anything he does contribute is a bonus.

Sheff Utd bang in form, but will probably play into our hands on the counter attack. I'd play both Dolan and Khadra as their pace will contribute to a good away win. That being said, if Tombola Tony lines up negative and benches either player, it be a tough night especially as "couldnt hit a barn door" is guaranteed to plsy

Bad weather, dodgy pitches, are a great equaliser for shock/surprise results. Prestons efforts to get the game on today, didnt exactly go to plan getting mullered off Reading. They probably have a quadmire of a pitch too. Looking around the country, Preston are not the only team to suffer a shock result However disappointing it is, the ref called it off, late in the day, but its his call. I'd much rather have a semi decent pitch to play on, for the run in as home points are going to be key to our play off hopes. I dont think Rovers could of done anymore to try and get it on, and given he put Dolan on the bench, i'm actually relieved it was off.

Frustrating it was called off, but had it gone ahead and the pitch been totally ripped up, we'd be cursing more further down the line. Other positives, Brereton hopefully fit for the re-arranged game, and we have a few further days rest ahead of three tough games

Think wigans 2 x free tickets for every season ticket holder against Sunderland is fantastic. Rovers always seem to forget their season ticket holders, yet initiatives like wigans are easier to attract future paying supporters, given the person they are going with already has the bug. Bring a friend if just 25% took up the offer would boost the atmosphere, and if just a few percent of those then bought future tickets its a job well done

Also had he not got in the way first half and touched ball Brereton is on side and we head back with 3 points

A useful point and with a bit of luck could of been 3. I'm running out of compliments for Wharton and Van Hecke, oustanding again. Nyambe was also excellent as a stand in centre back. We were solid enough in midfield and nullified any real threat from them Final third, Brereton before going off was having one of his better games for a while. Negatives Bloody Gallagher will never be a prolific striker for as long as i Have a hole in my a**. Awful first tough, cant cross, turns like bus, powder puff in the air, and must be a joy to mark for centre backs. I just dont see what others see, I wanted to put my foot through the TV, everytime he got it. Khadra needs to pass, I'm not seeing a team player and its frustrating. Dolan needs a run in the first 11 now. Its funny, because if we start with Buckley at Right back and Khadra and Dolan flanking Brereton, we probably would of won that tonight. Lets hope Diaz injury just a knock, because the clubs decision not to sign an out and out striker in january is there for all to see. Even Murray and Davies cannot understand why we have no focul point and cant see where the goals come from without Diaz. Need 3 points Saturday, and probably a few goals to get up and running again

No not him either

No

I will not bore you with some of the names who wanted £10k £20k etc for an event which was to raise money for the former players.

It was harder to take on the night, that old chestnut "never meet your hero's". It was two different people, the one in front of the camera's and on the pitch, then the other one behind the scenes. On a positive, the nicest person ever was Craig Short. We'd laid food on in the green room for the players. It was a hotpot supper for the supporters. I saw Short in the que for hotpot, I mentioned we'd put food on in the green room to him. His reply "i'd much rather be in here with the fans, its a short night and I dont want to miss a munute of it" . What an absolute gentleman that guy is.

Sadly not Tugay was obviously the star attraction. A lot of supporters paid, £10 a ticket off memory to attend the aftermatch supper in Jacks Kitchen, to catch some moments with their heros. However despite our plea's Tugay refused to attend, even for just 2 mins and demanded his car to take him back to hotel. Was probably the sour note on what was an unbelievable event to organise, take part in, and see it all work on the night