United skewed-absolutely!

Quite. In a previous era he would have been long gone to Everton, Palace or Villa etc. He's probably got a get-out clause anyway....

Yes, I thought they could have made more of out of the controversial refereeing decisions.. I was just musing over Cantona, maintaining this "Je ne regrette rien" shite. At the time I remember thinking he was just angry at being sent off. Then there was the provocative combination of Fergie looking away from him in disgust and abuse from the terraces. Suddenly, it was being glorified by the Utd fans and their press into some noble, French campaign against racism...I never did quite buy that lol.

Yeah, we might as well sit back and allow agents to run the whole club...oh, wait a minute.....

Count their chances...we were shit

We were abysmal...They could have had 5 or 6

It is not either or though, is it? The Allardyce days were joyless-hoofball, "throwing" games against the top sides.....but what came after was sickening.

Actually, I was not thinking of the brothers...because I have never had any sense of the Issas giving a damn about Rovers... There are elite businesses operating across Europe with senior people, who love Rovers....

My only hope... The rumour I have been hearing from time to time was that elite business men with Blackburn Rovers interests were making contact with the owners...to work alongside them. On one hand, I was pleased that there was no public letter, fanfare etc because clearly, any successful approach would have to be entirely confidential...On the other hand, no information could mean this has no substance and nothing is going on at all lol The only possible way the current ownership could ever succeed is in partnership with properly skilled business managers with a Rovers concern , visible to all fans... Somehow, I haven't given up hope yet.....(it's the hope that kills ya) Failing that, I want them to sell and to do so quickly...

I don't know anything...but this is a rumour /expressed hope that comes up every now and then. No surprise either because it is about the only ingredient that could ever make the Venky's ownership work....

I guess too many people know my attitude to the Venky's stewardship over the last decade. However, even I could get behind a new formula of Venky's backing plus a properly skilled, Rovers centred management team! Sure, there would be many questions around why such a litany of toxic middlemen-Shaw, Agnew, Anderson, Singh etc in the past few years- BUT I would love to engage my energy in building for a positive future-without the likes of HSH etc ( MHead is right about the dangers of the current regime appointing a new manager). Clearly, Venky's must have huge trust issues. I know for a fact that there are elite business managers out there with Rovers interests at heart......How to square the circle?.....(then I fell out of bed lol)

The club is their "baby"...they said those exact words. Remember the one about the neglectful parents, who went off on holiday, leaving their toddler with dodgy babysitters? Well, our so-called, badly advised parents have done this not once, but several times over... "Why, oh why do we keep getting it so wrong?" Meanwhile, too many of our fans keep falling for the "fresh start" syndrome, where previous context is conveniently ignored. What next for Venky's?..Stay Badly advised for a decade-Fred and Rose West Babysitting Service...

I couldn't help thinking John O'Mara at Goodison in the FA Cup circa( circus) '72 !

"Those, who have ears will hear"...ask 47er!

Up there with "They'll be dancing in the streets of Raith"..

If you ever get to Austin, say hello to Paddy Gannon. He is my brother in law and an honorary Rovers fan..Hates Burnley anyway!

The sense of pride! The fans were great that day. What a shame that team couldn't get promotion....

Only a joke...couldn't resist

Are you saying he is barking up the wrong tree? lol

Once a seedy little agent......

Treading water is the nicest way of putting it. This decade is the longest period in my Rovers lifetime without a decent-or any sort of-challenge. Nothing. Zilch.. In the past, of course there were heartbreaks at missing out on promotion etc, but at least we were in the mix for a good part of the season. The lack of any kind of push would breed apathy on its own. Then there is all the other toxic stuff. And, for me, there remain concerns about the aim of loaning/buying players....

Me, me me!

The Coyle one surely?

I know where you're coming from...but..when he was playing so well for Norway, the press were musing about why he never got a game for Rovers....I think there is a case that he was mismanaged in the wasteful Bowyer era.....If they didn't fancy him, they should have sold him much sooner....

Yeah, useless business infrastructure....Cairney was a particularly bad example......Don't forget Josh King either... I think the Rhodes figure was probably "massaged" too....