Actually the Northern Ireland fans started singing sweet Caroline a long time before the English adopted it. So it was nicked in the first place.

100%. A season in and around the first team will do wonders for his development, and in a years time he will be fielding multiple suitors who will all be offering him a massive wage and more chance of game time in the prem. we could offer a reasonable release clause to sweeten the deal, and if we continue as we are we’ll be in the premier league next season guaranteeing him first team football.

Buckley was a bit below his usual standards for me today as well but I thought Hedges was good, industrious without excelling. Totally agree on your last point, here’s hoping to a productive end to the transfer window. Defenders are urgently required now.

What about Wherever I May Roam for away games? Alternatively on the Danish connection we could have Junior Senior - Move Your Feet? Couldn’t get two more different songs 😂

From “Sweet Caroline” to “Simply the Best”??? Might as well call us Blackburn Rangers.

Callum brittain. That tackle!

I’m sure our youth system will fall apart at the seams now that “mani” on BRFCS.com is gunning for them. Dry your eyes. We don’t owe Nyambe anything. He was here for a long time, played a lot of games, but his game didn’t develop as planned and he turned down a contract offer to try his luck elsewhere. Early signs are that it hasn’t worked out for him as well as it has for us. That’s good for Rovers and shite for Nyambe. Football sucks sometimes. Don’t lose your cool because someone on a message board has a different opinion to you.

That would destroy our wage bill 🥴

Will she gel with the rest of the lads?

Not that I’m aware of tbf, good point. I was just responding to OP criticising Dack. Rumour and hearsay are such an important part of being a football fan these days!

Imagine your career only lasts 15 years and every time you perform well at work you get cheered and praised to the high heavens, but due to tragic misfortune you’ve not been able to perform for two of those years as you approach your peak. You have a new boss who you think might not trust you to perform any more, and you’re likely looking at the premature end of your career as a high performer in your role. You think you’re back and raring to go, eager to show everyone that wrote you off what you’re really all about, and yet your boss doesn’t give you the chance to show what you can do. From being the main man to an also ran, it’s heartbreaking in my opinion. I’m sure JDT has good reasons for not playing him, but I don’t blame Dack for being pissed off. I think anyone else in his shoes would be the same. I hate when players sulk but he’s given us hope and joy in a very dark period, some amazing performances, and has stood by us throughout his time at Rovers, so I’m willing to give him a bye ball on sulking on this occasion.

Very informative so far, thanks for this 👍

Happens to the best of us.

And so what? If you’ve got burning questions for Steve Waggot you’d be better placed to take some initiative and ask them, rather than pouring scorn on someone who has the initiative to set up their own meeting. Much easier to gripe and moan from behind a keyboard though isn’t it?

Thanks for sharing Chaddy. Not much to report back seemingly, but it seems like you got some reassurance from the meeting. Hopefully we can all move on from this now as the repeated questions aimed at you are tedious in the extreme.

I don’t know if they’ve done it on purpose but the good guys from the wire seem to play bad guys in this one and vice versa, nice touch. Hope you enjoy it Gav.

Try this https://12ft.io/

I just finished “We own this city”, from David Simon, the genius behind the all time best TV show, The Wire. Brilliant performances from Jon Bernthal, the guy who played Sean Suiter, and the civil rights advocate, an amazing conclusion, and a riveting true life story of corruption and the futility of the war on drugs. Similar in a lot of ways to the wire, this takes a more matter-of-fact approach to crime and punishment in Baltimore, with less humour and less character development. Like the wire, it shows the trickle down effects of disinterested or downright foolish policy on institutions and ordinary people that are affected by them. People get caught up along the way and are used, chewed up, and become complicit, while those trying to do good have to fight an unwinnable war against criminals and a crooked and poorly administered system. I wholeheartedly recommend this show. At only 6 episodes it is an easy binge watch, and although it takes a while to adjust to the accents and the narrative which jumps through timelines and parallel storylines, the payoff is worth it as everything is drawn together for a hard hitting and unflinching conclusion. Lots of good cameos from the cast of the wire along the way, and I believe I noticed a member of the Barksdale crew being referred to in a court scene near the end 😄

Skybet got their fingers badly burned on BBD last season, they’ve changed their policy to no longer accept bets on Rovers players 🤑

I have to disagree with this. Lambert and Mowbray had far more experience of football management when we appointed them. Lambert didn’t last long, and Mowbray couldn’t achieve what we wanted and so has departed. We’re all trying to be positive but JDL hasn’t done much in his career to say he’ll be any more successful than TM, and I fear that a DoF who is not given the tools to do his job may go the same way as Lambert did.

I think you’re right here. What’s the point of hiring a DoF who isn’t allowed to spend money? I think JDL’s relative lack of experience will work in the Club’s favour as this has probably been sold to him as an opportunity to get his name out there and build some recognition in the UK with the potential for a move to a bigger club. Just depends on how long he’ll put up with the shambles that is Blackburn Rovers these days.

I didn’t know much about the guy so I used the internet for help. My google search for “Anel video” was vouch more illuminating than I’d dreamed possible.

Lovely city. Alhambra 😍

The greatest Irish player I’ve seen at Rovers is undoubtedly Duff. Even as a Northern Irish fan I was immensely proud that a countryman of his calibre was on our books. I told all my big club supporting mates about him, then at the World Cup he was truly world class. Probably the most technically gifted Rovers player I’ve seen, he was quick, a good finisher, and held on to the ball like it was glued to his feet. Honourable mention for Keith Gillespie - I thought he’d be one of the players to push us on but I can’t recall if he played much? I know he had gambling problems which must have affected him. Proper old school winger, think he scored against his old club Utd as well 😁 There has always been an Irish/Northern Irish connection at Rovers, even of late I loved DL and I willed Corry Evans on, even though he was only good in short bursts. Sad now DL has left and tbh there aren’t any promising players for Ireland North or South coming through. edit - Steven Reid was class as well. I knew of him as a promising millwall player (same squad as the godlike Cherno Samba) from champ manager back in the day, so I was excited when we picked him up. As others have mentioned, that goal 👏 but sadly another who didn’t feature enough, this time down to injury issues.