10 hours ago, Mercer said:

The lad's an absolute class act - I posted on here last season that in 2 to 3 years time, he will be running England's midfield.

Friend of mine is a big Liverpool fan and he was surprised and disappointed they didn't make a move for him as he thought his different style to what they already have in midfield would give them an additional edge. 

 

The Liverpool mention had me thinking, and Adam plays like a lanky Lancy Xabi Alonso.

On 10/02/2024 at 14:32, Norbert Rassragr said:

I suppose I call them the Venkys as I probably see it as a sign of disrespect at a subconscious level to get their name wrong on purpose. It's like calling someone Tim when their name is Tom, and being dismissive when they correct you.

If you get on Richard Branson’s bad side, do you call him ‘The Virgin’?

6 hours ago, ScorpioRover said:

Don’t usually get promos at mania or PPVs/PLEs anyway in general but to have stone cold come back v The Rock would be the nuts….. don’t think stone cold would tho

Agreed, just an idea I’d seen that I know I’d pop for but it should stay in the past

I loved an idea (although I hope it remains only an idea) that Rock’s demands to HHH to ‘fix it’ grow their feud further.

Come WM Night One, Rock gets in the ring and calls out HHH. ‘You didn’t fix it. You disrespected me as a board member, you disrespected the Bloodline, you disrespected my family. I could fire your candyass right now but why don’t you step in this ring so I can whup it instead!’

HHH: ‘Rock, as much as I’d love to step in the ring, you know I can’t. My heart issues haven’t gone away. But I figured you’ve been getting angrier as the weeks have built to this amazing event. I figured you’d call me out. I know you want a fight, but you won’t get it from me…

*Glass shatters*

11 hours ago, Neal said:

It's down to where he's played. HE IS NOT A WINGER. 

 

He doesn't have the genuine pace to play out wide. His best performances have always been when he's played more central, pressing defenders, breaking into the box, turning people whilst playing between the lines. He's an easy player to mark when he's wasted out wide. 

He’s Dickov, but without the aggression. If he can add the aggression (and I don’t mean petulance), he’ll be a bloody menace.

I think it’s half-right. I believe the club (via Broughton) have known a while that Eustace would be their man to replace JDT.

Having made the decision to sell Adam Wharton (this could’ve been the night of the Wrexham game, judging by Adam’s comments), JDT may have decided to leave and the club therefore consulted Eustace.

I believe (as GB has harped on about contingency planning) GB may have consulted and obtained approval from both men for the signings of Fadz, Fleck, and McGuire. The failure to sign McGuire will have annoyed both men, but without employment, Eustace was still keen on the job.

Not the truth, just how I believe it has happened.

1 hour ago, aletheia said:

Pragmatically, for the level we are likely to be at and with the shitshow above the manager, you are probably correct. It will keep us at this level or below for ever.

JDT offered a glimpse of something better and with the correct backing and a functional club could have achieved it.

We will never go up with this kind of pragmatism and if we did would be a laughing stock. JDT's brand would not have been a laughing stock at a higher level.

Luton with Edwards? Burnley with Dyche? Bolton and West Ham with Allardyce? Stoke with Pulis? Wigan with Jewell?

13 minutes ago, DE. said:

Despite getting a goal today, Stoke fans aren't too impressed with Ennis:

https://oatcakefanzine.proboards.com/thread/311905/nail-ennis

‘Like a dog with a balloon’ is perfect.

6 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

A good day at the office today, but obviously the bigger problems remain- but good to hear Venky’s and Waggott out chants, think the tide is finally turning!

As usual, we win when we protest. It NEVER affects the players, but if it does we tend to win.

29 minutes ago, bluebruce said:

Because it needs to be a quality appointment far more than it needs to be a quick appointment. I'm sure we could have hired the manager from the Dog & Duck in about 2 minutes. If it's not the right man it's shit appointment work, if it is, it's great appointment work. I'm sceptical for now that it's the latter.

But that’s how you do succession planning. Ensuring you get a candidate of appropriate quality in quickly.

12 hours ago, bluebruce said:

I've nothing against GB but I'm not giving him credit for such a bland appointment (unless it works) just because it was quick.

Why not? The last appointment under Waggott didn’t happen for weeks UNTIL GB appointed JDT.

2 hours ago, Roverthechimp said:

Any clues as to if it has been GB or someone else that has recruited Eustace?

I personally suspect that such a quick appointment may be exactly because of the succession planning regularly discussed by GB.

IF (a big one) my suspicion is correct, GB deserves some credit.

I’m coming around to the Eustace appointment, strictly in the context of the situation we find ourselves in. After reading around about him, including on a Brum forum, he meets a lot of the criticisms we have of JDT, and probably fits a DOF model better.

1. He focuses on defense and set pieces as a priority, then builds from there. This is what we’ve all said JDT struggles with, and is reminiscent of our better post-Walker managers: Hughes and Allardyce.

2. He is tactically flexible, using at various points in his Brum tenure: 442, 424, 532, and 3412. This suggests a flexibility that meets our need for change and reaction in-game, or in form dips, or injury/suspensions.

3. He is predominantly a man-manager rather than a coach, preferring to work with what he has, rather than square pegs in round holes.

4. Combining 1+2+3 suggests to me that he’d be willing to ‘wee with the willy we’ve got’, using the players brought in by the DOF and make it work, in a way that JDT never really did.

If this is successful we’ll like him, if not we won’t, I think he COULD be the best way (last chance) for this shitshow to work.

Either way:

Raos out. Suhail out. Waggott out.

32 minutes ago, Miller11 said:

It has been provisionally agreed to bring it forward, but with the fallout from yesterdays meeting and the ongoing situation at the club we aren’t going to push it. Perhaps if things are a little calmer over the weekend we might bring it forward a day or two. It absolutely shouldn’t be the boards priority at this moment.

Their priority ought to be to bugger off.

1 hour ago, RoversClitheroe said:

Anyone got Nicko's Patreon, he's updating loads @Mike E

Do you mean to keep tagging me? I don’t have his Patreon. I wouldn’t pay him my turds for his ‘info’.

Failing to capitalise on potential Indian (Venkys) and Chilean (Brereton Diaz) marketing opportunities.

1 hour ago, Pedro said:

Seriously, has this site got a direct link to Calderstones these days or something?? 

 

Owen Coyle, Brockhall Ping Pong Champion, was the catalyst and reason for relegation. Mowbray turned up well into February and a few games too late.  Anyone who thinks other than that isn't worth the conversation. 

Mowbray took us from a relegation place, up to 17th and 5pts clear by April. Then relegated us.

@J*B Would I be right in describing the ‘secret’ bits as actually already in the public domain as rumour, but not official from the club?

11 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Not sure where to post this but 7 minutes on TalkSport last night for anyone who is interested…

 

 

Very well spoken my friend 

If the statement from last week was a lie, spinning events to appear reasonably positive, what’s the betting that today’s statement is a similar lie and the reality is even worse than that ineptitude?

Ie: Sabotage rather than error.

Don’t understand the logic of ‘who will buy us?’ posts.

It’s like asking who will buy your house when you decide to sell: I’ve no idea, but plenty will be interested.

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

It’s a very difficult one but at some point does the Trust have to just draw stumps and say ‘that’s that’ with this ownership and their Blackburn based board/representatives?

Obviously their board will have their own opinions.

Personally, I’d argue that (even aside from WATR members calling for protests themselves) the moment their board might turn unilaterally is if the spirit of the MoU is abandoned when talking with the club, as that would be Rovers representatives going back on a signed agreement.

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

What is the attitude of our local MP’s ? There’s a general election in the offing ? Maybe they could be galvanised into some action.

As a side note, there’s a by election in my constituency, Rochdale, and the candidates were out in force at the football match on Saturday and the Rugby League match on Sunday. One of the candidates is a Dingles season ticket holder, allegedly, but he still rocked up to the ‘Dale on Saturday. It shows politicians are aware that football fans are also voters.

Could we crowd fund a “ Venkies Out “ candidate in Blackburn in the forth coming general election ?

 

Go on @Miller11 😅