DavidMailsTightPerm

Why - they can do what they want anyway - they don't need to hive off to a separate business to do that. The reason they couldn't sell the STC in the first place were nothing to do with it being part of Blackburn Rovers. I am not an accountant - but can't see why this makes it any better or any worse than it already was.

TBH - Mowbray was right to complain about the added time - doesn't matter which team is doing the time wasting - it should still be added time. Having said that - it was the only thing Mowbray got right all night.

For me - Edun was very mixed - eventually got to grips with their attacker - but some scary moments prior to doing so. Having said that - some aspects of his play showed promise.

Yet again another inconsistent referee. Thought our latest loan centre half looked OK- against a centre forward well versed in the dark arts. Better officials would have picked up on their forward constantly pulling at his shirt. You can tell why Coventry are doing well - but what a nasty, niggly team. In truth we gifted them the point - we were keeping them at arms length until Gallagher decided to miss place an easy pass. Buckley was having a really good match until he fell foul of the referees inconsistencies. After which his influence waned. I would have substituted him at half time. Love to know what Butterworth has done wrong - but Poveda did very little when he came on.

Keep reading about him having a resell clause. We paid well over the odds for him when we bought him - whoever negotiated the transfer from Rovers really need to be brought to account if it is anything more than 10%

Rev - what is his contract situation - seen lots of talk of us having a 1 year option ? Personally I hadn't seen that mentioned by the club - who gave the distinct impression this was his last contracted year.

Why snarky - you said we had a better option - I bowed to your greater knowledge of a player I haven't seen play in either full back position.

Normally I would be insulted by this - but seeing as it is you and having read your previous opinions, it really isn't worth the bother.

Lol 😆 I struggle how you think me comparing last night to last season is in any way saying Mowbray did great. Having said that it was past your bed time so you were possibly too tired to read to the end of my post 😉 Resident contrarian made me laugh - football is about opinions - obviously ours don't match.

I have never seen Edun play his normal position of left back - let alone right back. So I bow to your superior knowledge on Edun playing out of position. Magloire was out muscled for their goal - but where was Carter or Ayala ? The change of shape actually worked for a while. We always struggle against teams playing 3 at the back - matching the formation is one approach. TBH this match reminded me of last season - a plucky effort, odd good spells, but ultimately getting beat by the odd goal.

Which right wing back did we get ? Also - there were lots of mistakes besides Buckleys including Kaminski who could have done better.

And replaced with ? Mistake that "eventually" resulted in a goal apart he has played ok.

Just to add a hint of realism - the only team in form we have played so far has been WBA - who should have won by far more than 2-1. Anything can happen in this league - and confidence goes a long way - but still three points away from relegation rather than an end of season top 6 finish at the moment for me.

I thought it was just me with a tear in my eye 🙂 - it was a dream that many Rovers fans thought they would never see. I can remember going into every match expecting us to win - what a team, what a management team and the best owner ever.

Neither are reported as fully fit - if that is the case, would make sense

Akpan was the midfield equivalent of Gallagher - he could "trap" the ball further than I can kick it.

Linesman put his flag up - so it was offside 🙂 I did wonder at first whether he had flagged for a foul on Ayala in the build up.

Damien Duff looked knackered in the warm up - never mind 25 minutes into the match 🙂

Agree with what you previously said - but Mowbray got lucky ? or identified our shortfalls and addressed them ? Most managers can get formations etc wrong at the start of a match - it is how they address them during the match that is key. It isn't often TM gets things right - as you say the initial formation was awful - but I am prepared to give him some credit for at least changing it. If Hull could score they would have won that game - you could equally say they could be top of the league if they could score 🙂

Maybe scarred by last seasons collapse - but I still see last nights 3 points as being important as it was against a potential relegation rival - rather than getting us into the play offs. Other than WBA we have played either average teams, or ones out of form. Having said that confidence is a great thing - and this season we seem to be playing a lot more pragmatically than last season (when trying and failing to play a possession game).

Lets be fair to him - he was a loan ranger feeding off scraps in the first half. He was often surrounded by 3 or 4 Hull defenders with no help in sight. Flip forward to the second half subs - when he got a bit more assistance - and he looked a lot better. IMO most forwards would have struggled in our first half formation - as he was often left isolated.

Not the finished article - but seems to be improving game by game as adjusts. He has been targeted by a number of teams - and our formation doesn't really help the full backs (leaving lots of space behind them) - though not spectacular at the moment - he is definitely an improvement on last season

No - not for his centre forward play - but his height at defending set pieces (not that it helped much when they equalised).

The one issue that remains - Armstrong gave us a "get out" ball with his pace, where a lump up field could be turned into a good ball because of his pace. We also miss the effect that his pace has on the opposition defence - it was noticeable that Luton were able to play a fairly high line most of the time because we don't have a electric pace up front any more. We suffered when we had Rhodes - because lack of pace up front meant they could squeeze us in our half. There is a similar risk at the moment - though our front three are quicker than Rhodes - none really have outstanding pace. Be interesting to see if any of the wingers we brought on loan can change that dynamic.

Irrespective of tactics - we had enough chances to kill the game. There was a number of opportunities on the break we just wasted, as well as other chances. Just prior to their goal - Gallagher had the ball - and rather than pass to the player clear through and unmarked - he decided to go to the corner flag - and promptly gave the ball away. It was just one of those matches - TBH we were lucky to not be down to 10 men after 10 minutes.