I don't get why it is 12pm and not 1pm. That's ridiculously early. There's a big difference to many people between the two. How many other non-televised games do you see kicking off at 12? Rovers think they have covered this releasing a statement that tells us very little.

Unless of course we could afford to pay the police more to police the game if we were in the Prem. Even though we are not meant to have to pay police for policing the streets, the only reason I can see for this is that the police say that they either want X amount of pounds or the game kicks off at 1pm. Do we have police within Ewood on matchday?

When we were "shite" in the 80's, we finished 6 times in what was, or would have been, a top 6 play off spot to get in the top flight. Our 'shite' season of 1981, they haven't bettered since 1964. Im all for looking forward, but to suggest we were on a similar level from early 70s to when Jack stepped in is laughable. I was born in 77 and until "loud and proud" night in the late 90s, Preston were one of them plucky local teams we played in the Manx cup.

So the reason given for the early kick off time is "due consideration was given to the game being a local derby, previous encounters between the two clubs, the large away allocation and the short distance for thenpreston fans to travel" That's a nothing answer without expanding. All of the above apply to many, many local derbys and yet a lot of them kick off at 3pm. If we even got into the Premier League, would the fixtures against the Manchester or Liverpool clubs have to kick off early. Of ourse not. If they were on TV they could well be 4pm or 5pm.

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Chaddy - you and a number of other posters were saying exactly the same thing when Coyle was in his final few months. The reason for not wanting Coyle gone was "who could we possibly get". Mowbray had been jobless for a while at that point and nobody was putting his name forward. Fast forward 2 years and it's deja vu. You don't know who would take the job and some managers are just better fits for some clubs that they were for others. There are plenty of managers who would be interested, and if we are still losing games next season due to poor team selection and poor defensive setup, then another manager could feasibly rectify that fairly quickly. Just to clarify, I'd give TM the summer and next season to keep the progression under his reign going so I'm not calling for it his head. All managers make mistakes and learn. However when you stop progressing, then stagnating or regressing because you don't believe you can do any better is not the right attitude.

I should be in work until midday that morning. I should sort it as it's a local derby but it's irritating. If not, I will stream the inevitable dodgy iFollow coverage from the dodgy sites.

Now he's given last years team a chance, I'd give him the summer bring in new faces and next season. However as MattyBlue says, doing a 'great' job is not really fair when thats the only answer that implies you definitely want him to start next season. I'd have "Give him next season" as an option instead of re-assess in the summer. Is that not more or less the same as 'Just-only just"

I do really feel sorry for the kid now. It seems the case for the defence has rested looking at this thread. He looked a different player against Boro yesterday than he did in midweek at Reading but I think that was purely because Reading gave him time and allowed him to start running at them. On form, he shouldn't be anywhere near starting for the first team. He should have gone U23's when he first joined and worked his way through. Putting him in there now will probably break the lad and from next season onwards he'll have been here 12 months so he should be making an impact.

Plenty of empty seats yesterday around me in the Blackburn End which are normally taken up by season ticket holders.

In the absence of having addressed the situation in January, Williams until the summer.

It was a chore going down to Ewood today with the season being over Why would I want to have to bother driving or travelling to Wigan or Blackpool to watch a group of people play football I have no attachment to?

Ideally, Bell should only ever be seen again on the wing instead of Conway. Defensively he cannot tackle, close down or control the ball, and he doesn't see danger. People like him because, on the overlap, he's quick and can win a few corner. He can also stretch teams. But a full back needs to first and foremost defend and he can't do it. How many men didn't Berg 'beat' at full back when we won the premier league.

There's 3-way temporary lights up and roadworks at the junction of Bolton road and Branch road. If your coming up Branch road towards Ewood they seem to be on red for quite a while

He gave his opinion on what he thought the team should be. Most people thought Bell was poor on Wednesday. Why the raised eyebrows emoji? I'd save that for when somebody suddenly decides Williams is shite, having said within the last 6 months that he can play well as cover and is more than capable.

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Wonder what he's like at left back? ?

Ok thanks for explaining. So you don't pick players on form like you said.

You've ignored the question again Chaddy. You put Reed in your starting line up. After he was dropped and you agreed with the decision, you said "I pick players on form. Reed was poor at Saturday. Smallwood was good and better than Reed. Reed has been poor recently" So why did you put Reed in your starting line up?

You've not quoted and ignored a bit of my post which you seem to refuse to answer. As for the striker position, the problem is when those two have played upfront they haven't taken their chances and excelled. We shouldn't be relying on DG, but following the failed transfer window we are.

Apologies. And as for Reed being in your team initially and then agreeing he should be dropped for Smallwood like you said on the previous page? As for DG, many players look knackered at the end of games and still play 3 or 4 days later. We haven't got the squad to not play our two main goal threats. The performance and result backs that view up Chaddy. If Dack was t playing, and DG could, he should have played.

That was Saturday. What day did we play Reading? And as LDRover says, if it was clear as day why did you pick him? And Reed?

So he could have played but TM thought we would get away with it ("unless we need him").

Clearly never listen to Danny Graham. And of the three games in a week debate, the striker said: “It’s getting a bit boring to be honest. “I’ve played three games in a week already this season. “Everyone goes on about me being 33, it doesn’t matter how old you are as long as you keep yourself fit and right. “I feel as though I’m fitter now than I ever have been at this football club so I think three games in a week is fine for me. “If other people want to talk about it then that’s fine. “In the past the gaffer has even changed players who you think would play three games in a week so it doesn’t make a difference.” Of course, Danny Graham is always going to say that isn't he. And Mowbray is always going to say he was too tired when he drops a tactically clanger like on Wednesday.

This "coming from a lower league so be patient" theme is another thing that I have some issue with. I do not blame Mowbray at all for relegation. Had he come in 2 or 3 games earlier we would probably have stopped up. The team that season were good enough to stay in the league under Mowbray but were undone by Coyle. He's kept a lot of the team together and has replaced from the lineup that went down at Brentford:- • Lowe with Smallwood • Guthrie with Reed • Gallagher with Dack • Ward with Rodwell. He's shifted out some of the deadwood and, in the instances above, has improved the starting XI. Out of the above, only Dack had no Championship experience - and he has taken to it perfectly. Therefore why are we talking like we are a team such as Southend who are playing at a new level for the first time in 25 years. We shouldn't have gone down last time, we have improved since and the players all know what the Championship is about. It's an excuse. Think big.