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rog of the rovers

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  1. February Frustrations Rovers in the Championship, under Mowbray, in February (Feb 17 - Present) P 22 W 3 D 7 L 12 F 21 A 31 Pts 16 GD - 10 Last victory in February, 15th, 2020. A 0-2 victory away at Charlton with Buckley and Adarabioyo on the scoresheet. But as of right now....Sack him? πŸ˜† Oh I do love that ignore button!
  2. Based on the press quotes looking thin on the ground! Hedges and Giles likely to come straight into the mix, particularly if Khadra doesn't make it. Zeefuik at LWB likely? Rothwell hopefully able to slot straight back in, and BBD available from the start.
  3. The Ecuador and Peru draw early this morning keeps their hopes alive, but very slim. Chile would need to beat Brazil in Brazil AND the in from Uruguay to qualify automatically, and even then, that would probably only be good enough for the Inter Continental playoffs. BBD at Qatar 2022 seems unlikely.
  4. Unless you're a Bills fan and its 3am in the morning! πŸ˜ͺ Glad Rovers won yesterday to drag me out of the doldrums! Pity the only thing Josh Allen did wrong in the whole game was to call tails instead of heads, shame such a game had to (effectively) be decided on a coin toss, but those are the rules. Bills Super Bowl window is open and no doubt the Chiefs and Bills will be meeting a lot more in years to come.
  5. The big green box from Time computers wasn't exactly aesthetically pleasing, yet it didn't spoil the feeling of promotion or lifting the League Cup, nor the memories. The whole situation has me thinking of Helen Lovejoy πŸ˜‚
  6. Certainly been a good advertising campaign already! 4 pages is more than most pre match threads these days! πŸ˜‚
  7. As a clothing decorator myself, if they're going to allow fans a chance to get the new sponsor on their existing shirts, that can only mean a box transfer over the existing Recoverite logo. There is a facility to peel off the Recoverite logo, but would leave glue marks anyway, thus meaning a logo without a white (or most probably black - as is their complete marketing colour palate) box would just look awful, as you'd still be able to see where the old logo was. Also, unfortunately, the Recoverite logo was on two lines (with the snowflake logo above the text) meaning an even bigger black/white box needed to cover the existing logo. Very rough guesses attached. The black logo patch should look nice on the red/black away shirt, but will look rather jarring on the yellow 3rd kit I'd imagine. As a side note, Rovers wore yellow away at Cardiff when they could/should have worn red and black. Rovers record in the Red/Black halved away kit is P3 L3 Pts 0 (Blackpool away, QPR away and in the FA Cup Wigan away) Whilst in yellow the record is P8 W4 D3 L1 Pts 15 I wonder if internally (maybe even the players) the yellow kit has almost become the choice away kit, due to results and superstitious staff/players......or maybe I'm reading too much into it? 😁
  8. Easy to forget how young Dolan is. Only just turned 20. Similar sort of season to last year for him thus far, burst out of the blocks quickly with some impressive performances and goals, through the festive period however, has stalled with the COVID isolation, loss of his place and therefore lack of production. His time will come, much like BBD or Armstrong, probably next season or 2023/24 the season whether he'll kick on and 'make it'. Premier League level youth players like Khadra, Poveda, Elliott, Markanday give him an idea of the standards he needs to reach.
  9. Back in our promotion campaign of 2000/01 we had a healthy cup run, all the way to the quarter finals, losing to eventual runners up Arsenal, who probably should have won, remember Michael Owen's late brace in Cardiff? We despatched of Chester City at home in round 3, beat then Premier League Derby County 5-2 at Pride Park in the fourth round replay, before needing a replay at Ewood to see off promotion rivals Bolton Wanderers in the sixth round. In fact we played Bolton at the Reebok twice in the same week, Saturday in the FA Cup, where it finished 1-1, though Rovers went down to 10 men after Flitcroft was sent off after just 9 minutes! Before famously, thumping our nearest rivals to automatic promotion at the time, on the following Friday night 4-1. I suspect Souey's teamtalk was simple. If they can't beat 10 of you, what will they be like against 11? Adding 5 games to our ''busy'' schedule didn't seem to cause any issues to that squad. Winning is a habit and winning breeds confidence and competition. A Rovers victory tomorrow with a series of strong performances from fringe 1st XI players like Ayala, Gallagher, Dolan, Butterworth, Edun etc... would send out a message to those currently in possession of the shirts.
  10. Mowbray usually makes a sprinkling of changes, so expecting four/five. Amazing to think the Daniel Ayala (arguably our best player for the first 10 games of the season) hasn't played much recently due to the great form of the back three. I'd suspect he definitely comes in, Dolan and Gallagher too. Pears for Kaminski also seems an obvious one. With Pickering carrying a knock I'd suspect. Pears Nyambe - Lenihan - Ayala - Wharton - Edun Johnson - Buckley - Travis Dolan - Gallagher Subs - BBD, Khadra, Kaminski, van Hecke, Butterworth, Rothwell, Davenport.
  11. Pears has played 5 (and the remainder of the Stoke game) matches for Rovers and kept 3 (and a bit) clean sheets. He may not look the most convincing, but he's got a decent record! πŸ˜„ Like everyone delighted with the result and enjoying the recent run. Long may it continue! Still sticking to my 10 points from the festive period of games as being what I'd hoped for, so over halfway there. A huge January coming up!
  12. In a different thread I spoke about 10/12 points over the December/New Year run of fixtures. Last weeks victory at home in some respects makes this a bit of a ''free hit'' so to speak. Expectations are low, would be happy with a point, delighted with a win.
  13. I'd guess Poveda and Clarkson may go back from their loans to free up some spaces? Another striker, full back and central midfielder would be on my list. Dack to come back also. Could really do with Rankin-Costello staying fit as another fullback option.
  14. I think the Preston managerial list is a good indicator of who we'd be looking at should Mowbray be shown the door, or leave at the end of the season. Ryan Lowe (links to North West - Scouser, ex Bury) Callum Davidson (obvious links to Blackburn Rovers - former player) Gareth Ainsworth (obvious links to Blackburn Rovers - Blackburn lad and fan) Michael Carrick (links to North West - ex Man Utd coach)
  15. In modern day management won't Mowbray succeed all of the fitness responsibility to a dedicated fitness coach? Totally random (yet somehow still interesting) stat alert. This is the time of year that we usually do well. You don't want to face us between 1st November and Boxing Day under Tony Mowbray. Blackburn Rovers record (November to Boxing Day from 2017 - present) P45 W24 D12 L9 F75 A54 Pts84 GD+21 Automatic Promotion form for us!!
  16. I also do think this is the start of a season defining run of six games. Particularly in regards to whether we can sneak into the playoffs, or whether we'll revert to type and close back into the pack. Preston [17th] (h) Bournemouth [2nd] (a) Birmingham [14th] (h) Hull [19th] (a) - Boxing Day Barnsley [23rd] (h) Huddersfield [8th] (h) - 2nd January 2022 Brentford [48pts], Watford [47pts], Reading [47pts] and Bournemouth [42pts] occupied the playoff positions after 26 games last season. 4 out of 6 at home, 18 points available, given the above stats, and the fact Rovers currently sit on 33 points, you'd think if we still want to be in the playoff positions/contention after this period you'd have to get 10+ points. Meaning 3 wins and a draw the minimum requirement. After those the FA Cup returns, the transfer window opens, maybe some departures? Maybe some arrivals? Dack should be back in January also.
  17. Over 20 years since Rovers last beat Preston in any fixture at Ewood Park. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_div_1/1108526.stm Admittedly we didn't play them for 14 years between 2001 - 2015, but since the 15/16 season. Rovers v PNE at home P5 W0 D2 L3 F5 A8 Pts2
  18. It was all going well until age 12 in 1999, then was great til aged 25 in 2012. Admittedly its been a bit grim since! πŸ˜‚
  19. Mowbray's place in Rovers' history is assured with his promotion campaign of 2017/18. Bob Crompton, Johnny Carey, Gordon Lee, Howard Kendall, Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Tony Mowbray the only Rovers managers to oversee promotion campaigns. Lee, Kendall and Mowbray from Tier 3 to Tier 2 Crompton, Carey, Dalglish and Souness from Tier 2 to Tier 1 Being born in 1987 and a season ticket holder since 1992/93 I obviously don't remember the era of Bobby Saxton and Don Mackay. Data shows similar records with all three Saxton, Mackay and Mowbray, all around the 40% win rate, with around 200+ games managed over several seasons, primarily in the second tier. Saxton 36% Win Rate Mackay 39% Win Rate Mowbray 41% Win Rate (36% at Tier 2 level) For those who are old enough to remember the 1980s, how fair a comparison is Mowbray v Saxton and Mowbray v Mackay From numerous sources (friends, relatives etc) who remember the era, knew Rovers we a club without the preverbial pot to tinkle in, so Mowbray has maybe had more favourable circumstances? Although this season with the numerous outgoings and reliance on youth/loans maybe turned the tide?
  20. Fourth! Nose bleed territory. Chuffed for us all, the players, the fans, Mowbray and the coaches. Lets keep this going. Bring on PNE next week! Hope Ewood is rocking.
  21. When I left, I'd say it was about a 50/50 split. More recently has made big strides, hence the Guardian article above.
  22. Despite having spent many of the last dozen years as a member/administrator at East Lancs, I can't really answer any of your questions, the asian players themselves would have to answer those questions. Admittedly I wouldn't be in the least bit surprised to hear some, if not all, saying they experienced some sort of prejudice whilst playing Lancashire League cricket.
  23. Absoltuely BigUts, no offence taken, we're all desperate for Rovers to do well. I respect your views wholeheartedly. The Labore part in particular is extremely valid. We're all hurting today, no matter where you feel the buck stops. Last night was as tough a watch from the Riverside as I'm sure it was from anywhere else...be it Clitheroe, California or Australia!
  24. I did refer to that underneath the graphic, I'm not condoning or forgiving the attitude or commitment of the players and the manager, it was very poor, unacceptably so. Just looking at the statistical facts.
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