Mike E

Not quite the same, but I remember Henry scoring a genuinely fabulous goal in off the bar after 1-2 with Fabregas before he left Arsenal. When he was subbed off, all 4 sides of Ewood stood and applauded.

Honestly, if it had been Big Sam still in charge at the time, I might have believed it.

Do I remember he actually took a while to really bed in properly, ie: For other players to get up to his brain speed? I seem to remember a lot of 'Tugay passing to his invisible friend' up to the end of the Worthy Cup season.

Nearest we've got to a humiliation like that since is probably an FA Cup match under Hughesy where we (PL) lost 4-1 to Coventry City (Champ) courtesy of the Maltese Miniscule Machine Michael Mifsud.

Jinx machine, you just HAD to didn't you?

It just hurts when you catch feelings for a loan player 😭😭😭💙🤍💙🤍

Chelsea? Could it be a roundabout link to interest in JPvH?

Have to confess my favourite thing about the film is during Summer Lovin', during John Travolta's bits. There's some bloke dancing who's not even involved in the conversation dancing to the song about 50yds away.and it cracks me up whenever I see it.

YES!

This is the issue. At £429, I'm just waiting around for freebies and cheap tix (like the cup game tomorrow). At £200-250, they'd have my money every season.

We wouldn't need the PL cash anyway for this. Even if we only add up to 12,000 STs at half this year's price, we only lose a relatively small amount in cash, probably made up by extra food and drink sales. Above that we're making more money.

Food for thought. Last time there was a cost of living crisis, we sold 19,000 Season Tickets. Prices started at £199 (tenner a game). Why we can't do that again (start at £230) and get folk in the ground (y'know, to buy food and drink and merch every other week), I don't know. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/4542583.blackburn-rovers-chairman-bringing-football-people/

A lot of words but says very little imo.

Where does 'Hartlepools' come from?

Brilliant idea. Did it just come to you? Like St Paul on the road to domestos?

We're not expecting 46 goals from Trav. Or indeed, half our goal tally.

Totally irrelevant to what he was saying, but do carry on.

EIEIEIO Up the football league we go! When we win promotion, this is what we'll sing! We are Rovers! We are Rovers! Tomasson's our King!

FUCK A DUCK

To this day, I believe that Henley had it but was thrown in too soon and ruined. Needed another year or two loaned to League 1/2.

I think the players mentioned will be picked for the Hartlepool game. As we're in uncharted territory (obviously JDT has more clue than me), I'd rather prioritise the league for now to build up a solid base of points. Target the FA Cup if we want a cup run.

I'd love to see us try Brereton-Diaz up front in place of Gally, with Dolan on the right.

He's right though. Anyone in recruitment will tell you that your CV is just a list of where you've worked before and little else. The key will have been explaining his impact on each role and results gained, when interviewing. Malmö and Denmark stand out as obvious roles where he excelled though.

Given that it was Buckley's breakout season, I think it's a bit harsh. I had him and Trav (alongside Kaminski and Lenihan) as first names on the teamsheet.

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