Saddened and shocked. Sympathy and condolences go out to Matt’s family, friends and all who knew him.

Moments like this put everything into perspective.

11 hours ago, JoeH said:

Look, people can criticise, mock and disbelieve. I think going forward I’ll be saying nothing, people love to shut down anyone who shares anything they’ve heard.

I get why people can feel conned, but I only posted what I’d been told. I don’t take any enjoyment from transfers being delayed, transfers going wrong or being given false info, I don’t know why people think that would be done from posters purposefully.

I was extremely careful only to share what I knew/was told and nothing more, I never gave a name because I didn’t know one. I’ll be saying nothing more on it, and anyone else who feels like having a jibe or a dig can cope with being ignored.

No criticism from me Joe - fans forum is exactly for the type of chat you brought. Many thanks for sharing it.
Seems there's so much complexity to signing a new player that we're not aware of and nothing is ever straightforward.

IMO Mowbray is a very cagey operator, keeps cards close to his chest and only shares what he wants people to know.

I've no idea, but could be sports nutrition company like Musashi, or compression wear like 2XU?

So no transfer news then?

Interesting stuff on the BBC...

Dack didn’t look anywhere near a £15m player yesterday. Can he perform without Graham? 

They have a chemistry that makes them both better than the individual parts.

Nuttall scored 2 goals today for the U23s against a full strength Southport FC team.

First was a peach, free kick, outside the box, keeper didn’t even move as it went in off the post. Great technique.

Second was a right place right time effort.

I think it would probably gone in any way, but Joe was there to apply the finishing touch just to make sure.

IMO he really needs to be playing first team football somewhere.

if he does move on a permanent basis then I hope Rovers build in a future sell on clause, because he does have a very handy knack for scoring goals.

I recently re-watched Moneyball.

If you haven’t seen it I suggest you do.

Billy Beane’s recruitment policy and team selections baffled people too.

2 hours ago, RoverKyle said:

Think you've hit the nail on the head there. Using Smallwood as an example (assuming he's one of the players that's been told he'll play less next season)..

Mowbray is essentially saying that the player has been told that due to us looking to progress, they won't get as much game time anymore and are free to find themselves another club if they wish. That means that if they don't decide to look around, they'll be sitting on their wage with very little game time. 

In reality we should be doing all we can to flog that player to another club if we've deemed them surplus to requirements. He's just taking up a wage and a spot in the squad, when we should be signing someone else that's better.

But what if their basic wage is relatively low, with top ups based on games played? 

As we don’t know details of how players wages are packaged/ incentivised it’s futile to speculate. Good fun, but futile.

Jedinak has also been released by Villa. Has been Mr reliable in the past, but is his race run now?

Genuine question - I ain’t seen him play in ages.

Ah, the remain or leave conundrum.

We all know how that one plays out...

Un f ing believable

Some people just can’t resist meddling where meddling ain’t required.

Patience.

Players or Manager to blame?

It’s never so binary is it?

’it’s a poor workman that blames his tools’ vs. ‘give me the tools and I’ll do the Job’

There’s a bit of truth in both.

Personally I like the stability that Tony Mowbray has brought to the club and think he has played a major role in restoring pride.

I think it would be foolish and impetuous to get rid of him.

For every piece of Arte there needs will always be lots of Labore required.

If Don is willing to chat more I’d love to hear him.

Congratulations to all involved - very well done.

My ‘other’ is Tony Parkes. I don’t think there’s any need to explain the rationale for him.

As the HOF has been created by the former players association they can write their own rules.

If they choose to limit to former players only then so be it.

As for future inductees - showing my age here - I’d like to put forward Glenn Keeley, Terry Gennoe, Howard Gayle, Noel Brotherston or Howard Kendal.

Ewood

A gateway

A hope

Oh we’ve got blue halves

oh we’ve got white halves

oh we’ve got blue halves

and there’s never been anyone quite like us before 

20 hours ago, perthblue02 said:

All blue background version

Love this.

Really interesting read and many thanks for taking the time to do this.

An observation, not a criticism - it seems keeper & defender errors come under more scrutiny because of the goal threat, whereas players in more forward positions get off a bit lighter. But this ain’t nothing new ?

Hull have a track record for creating angst with ticket prices. Maybe things aren’t sorted at their end...

https://www.google.com.au/amp/www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-5568137/amp/Hull-City-risk-fans-fury-fail-kill-Tigers-name.html

You think that’s bad?

Wait til you get VAR

Then you’ll know bad.

Aus v NZ isn't hard to call at all. Kangaroos will walk it. They always do against the Kiwis.

Anyone of here coming to the Brisbane test?

Anyone coming to the Brisbane test in November?

According to Fan Chants.com we have 152 chants...

Didn't see one of my favorites though

"You are my Rovers

My Blackburn Rovers

You make me happy when skies are grey

You'll never know dear

How much I love you

Please don't take my Rovers away"