On 05/03/2024 at 14:17, Ghost7 said:

It took me 2 minutes on Google to do Fleck's medical on deadline day.

Desperate, desperate times.

Me too. I started wondering if it was another of those dodgy agent payback deals...

Denmark state rotten etc

On 15/03/2024 at 07:19, ABBEY said:

personall,y I for one could not give a flying shit.

Aw, and I was just about to share my knowledge of Latin!

1 hour ago, Old Codger said:

That'll be the Mick Rose whose dad was Fred, and brother Peter who both taught at the College back in the day. Not sure if Mick might have retired from the Holly Tree Chippy these days, and passed it on to the younger generation, but I think his missus (or daughter) can still be seen there from time to time..

There are many ex St. Mary's College folk lurking on these pages - you know who you are (in Thailand, Redditch and the like 🙂 ) Some of us have ended up back in Blackburn and let's be honest, there really are a lot worse places to live!

Father Stuart, Fred Arkwright, Mick Devoy, Joe Rigby (died last week at 96 I heard, RIP), Father Cassidy, John (?) Eastham (Spam), Ma Riley, Ma Burns, Fat Colly Collinridge, Dirty Denis Mahon, Joe Pilling (Groundsman), Tommy Duckworth, Father Wynne, And many others..

Not happy days for me, but for some, no doubt the time of your lives :O)

A good school for football.

 

And trauma for some apparently..

No mention of "Rev Kev", I note....

12 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

Take them to Huntingdon. They'll love it

Cromwell's Bridge in Great Mitton was bad enough!

45 minutes ago, 47er said:

To complete the quote "You have been here too long for all the good you have done, in the name of God ..GO!"

Oliver Cromwell to the Long Parliament. 1660!!

Careful!...To my Irish in-laws he is a 17th century Hitler!

In the name of God, go!!!!

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

I don't think we were intentionally throwing matches; it's the result of putting an absolute incompetent nobody like Kean in charge of the team.

What I do find interesting though is NDAs being handed out like sweets.
And they're still clearly active, as no former player has been brave enough to speak up about what went on.

Why would you do this if there's nothing dodgy being concealed?

Poster:...

Venky's: more NDA's than Jeffrey Epstein.

7 hours ago, lraC said:

This is typically what is bet on the legal and illegal markets. Truly staggering.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/958476/upto-one-billion-euros-bet-on-each-premier-league-match

But that would suggest several players were in on it.

And who can forget the look on Ray Wilkins' face, while King Rat was spouting his post match bullshit...

1 hour ago, danger19_80 said:

New Sky EFL deal comes into play next season too which will presumably be worth more to Championship clubs

https://www.efl.com/news/2023/may/efl-and-sky-sports-broadcast-rights-agreement/

Another accidental on purpose relegation-just in time to "avoid" a significant increase in revenue.

Hmmm

On 03/03/2024 at 21:25, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Wasn’t that the game were a Luton player went right over Glen Keeley’s shoulder and came down onto the frozen ground head first ? The only time I’ve thought a player might have been killed at a football match.

I am almost sure that Fucillo was not out for long. Recently, someone assured me he played the following game?

3 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

He left to join a big Premier League club who are in Europe, on I am assuming a much bigger contract. Most sane people would take a similar jump if offered. He is also now getting more football than he was here, albeit on loan.

Surely, he could have ensured Rovers got a better deal.

All that stuff about his looking forward to coming back and meeting old friends made me want to puke.

3 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

No issue with booing at full time. Another poor performance and 2 wins in 18 or 19 games, people are pissed off and understandably so.

Booing Phillips, maybe a bit petty. He moved to a big club, he wasnt playing here and he is now playing regularly out on loan on a considerably bigger salary.

The reaction that was difficult to comprehend was the applause to McFadzean after he just cost us so badly. 

Nah. Philips shafted the club, who nurtured his development. He can fck off. He got off lightly.

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Some of my patented nonsense on Radio Lancs earlier if you fancy a listen…from 32:40 in… 😳

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0hbh0my?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile
 

 

 

What is the problem there?

7 minutes ago, AllRoverAsia said:

I made no comment about Pears.

 But I also think he's crap, I've said it plenty of times when he's been the pretender.

 

Well, clearly, we would have already been safe with Kaminski. I just hope the transfer fee compensates for all the lost revenue on relegation..Oh, wait....

1 hour ago, bluebruce said:

Concussion? I thought they said he was ill?

ill with concussion?

7 hours ago, Upside Down said:

To me this season has all the hallmarks of when they deliberately relegated us from the Premier League. 

They've offloaded any decent players we have with only Szmodics to go in the summer.

They've managed to get shut of the manager that openly challenge, questioned and called out all of their bullshit.

They've hired a guy who's got absolutely no pedigree and an absolute yes man.

They've tried to once again shift the blame on to the fans.

We've been here before. Our relegation will be this year or the next and it is 100% deliberate. Just like it was when they first took over.

 

Hallmarks indeed...and don't forget the sabotage behaviour before the Coyle season. 

Bastards!

1 hour ago, martonrover said:

I like the idea of “wild anti-Venky groups” and would like to join.

Do they organise trips to Pune to hunt them down?

Yeah, so do I. However, when I read it in the Athletic article, it came across as dismissing a section of the fanbase, as a mere lunatic fringe.

Bertha Mason's Blue and White Army!

4 hours ago, G Somerset Rover said:

The club must be wrestled from them because it sounds as though they sure as hell won't sell up.

Apparently, "there are wild anti-Venky groups"... Christ on a bike!!!!!!

9 hours ago, yellowsubmarine said:

Good feeling about this. 5-1 to Rovers.

Sammi brace, Gally hat trick. Leo OG.

Let's go Rovers!

And the band begins to play!

1 hour ago, lraC said:

I suppose I could have been a bit more cutting and suggested completely baffling. 

Oh, not at all. The understatement is so powerful...it makes it more cutting...

51 minutes ago, lraC said:

If they are stopped from funding at all, the club will quickly go into administration.

The expenditure at the minute (some of it a touch mysterious) is so high that the £20m hole will need filling somehow. It seems that the Adam Wharton money has gone already, so we would not be very far off, if next week goes against them and they are indeed banned from sending any further funds.

I am sure the accountants will be looking closely, as they know the business is trading in an insolvent manner.

"A touch mysterious"...indeed!

12 hours ago, Blow-in said:

He hadn't a leg to stand on.

 

Jimmk2 got there before me, well before me.

You could say I have been dethroned 

What could I do to cushion the blow?

1 hour ago, TheRevAshton said:

Millwall have had a proper new Manager bounce with Neil Harris, winning their first 2 games with him in charge, and against good sides; Southampton (A), and Watford (H).

Unfortunately, I can't see them having much trouble with us. Half of our players simply aren't good enough at this level.

0-2 Millwall 😔

This is what happens when cost-cutting is the only priority. Waggott and Suhail are desperate to appease those scumbags in Pune, even if it's at the expense of our Championship status.

Get the rats out of our Club. Venkys Out. Waggot Out. Pasha Out.

Getting that whiff again.

They made decisions that would practically guarantee relegation in 2012-just before a massive increase in Premier League funding.

I believe the Championship is due a significant increase next season.

All this penny pinching is going to really cost he club in terms of income-again!!!

Why are they still here?!

And I keep hearing a man with a Mancunian accent, talking about "rubber dinghy men!"

3 minutes ago, CambridgeRover said:

Eustace says the squad is good  and no excuses

He is a thick bastard yes man. 

But what do you expect him to say?

" I have inherited a load of shit bottlers, very poorly recruited by Egg-head, in a club with a famous past, which the current owners are determined to relegate.

There is no point in Blackburn Rovers. We are fcked."