So relieved! Hell to pay, when my youngest gets in. He swore to me that he had heard on the radio that BB was out for the season. Funny joke....Bastard!

If we don't get promoted, we will be raided big time....

Yes, I wouldn't be surprised, if someone was making that sort of calculation. A poor festive season and they might well be inclined to accept a good offer. I suddenly remembered Rovers being 2nd in the table in December '69. Then Everton came calling!

Yeah, that's what I always said....Then I went to watch Rovers at Stockport with Souness. I was actually surprised how much I missed the comfort. I'd got too used to premiership, Ewood luxury. On the other hand, Brentford seemed ok, although the view wasn't the best.... But I do love seeing the celebrating masses behind the goals, posted on this very thread....

Anyone else experienced problems with ifollow and Wifi? Last night I endured the treble frustration whammy of constant freeze, ridiculous colour clash and poor performance....brightened up, of course, by last-minute winner...

Yes, it is a really irritating fallacy and I foolishly took this up on a Rovers facebook page. In my sad determination to lay this "natural level" ghost, I actually went and looked it up. Several top 5 finishes in there- after suffering disappointments in our bids for automatic promotion...

Greatness?...Straw man. How many times have we finished in the top 5 of the second tier, since 2012. How many times have we been in the top 3 at Christmas? Then go and compare that with the late 70's and 80's. We can do much better.... with the right stewardship. The trouble is that the longer we are not engaged at the business end of the table, the less interest is maintained.....

Me too...It triggers me lol

I don't agree. Just look at the number of times between '75 and '91, when we had a team that was in the mix-in the top two at Christmas time etc- dropping away later, but still finishing in the top five in the 2nd tier. This era is completely different. Aside from all the crooks and clowns, since 2012, we haven't even had a sniff. We have not been competitive anywhere near the top of the table. We have not been at the races. It has been almost pointless. All this "found our natural level" stuff that we see on Facebook is nonsense. It merely seeks to rationalise what has been disgustingly, neglectful stewardship of this old club.

Celiac Rovers.."We are together"...

And the sisters wouldn't approve...

That's exactly what I said to my son, as we were watching lol

He says three weeks in podcast, apparently made today.. My youngest is watching it now....

Based on percentages, I think. I am sure early Graham Taylor and Basset at Wimbledon had a similar approach ...I think it came from a statistical approach by Charles Hughes, whoever he was

OMG..Goodison vertigo! I had that awful feeling of wanting to jump...and that was before John O'Mara took the ball on his chest, let it roll down his leg, hit his toe...and squirt away from him....

John Beck

This is the year!

I guess that sums up my frustration with him. Clearly in his locker, but......

Proud to be a Rovers fan after that. Fantastic. Deserved more goals for such an imperious performance. I was a bit worried someone might get a serious injury, as they were so frustrated and humiliated....and that was a good few minutes before the assault on Elliott. Once again, if only we can build on it ....

From memory yes and I thought it was one of seven.

Don't be so hard on yourself! Messageboards and irrelevance are like love marriage, horse, carriage etc...They go together...

Think of it as Limbo psychology. All very sad lol..... Every one of their neighbours and local rivals have tasted top-flight glory in recent years. There are PNE fans in their late 60's, who have never seen their team play a single game in the top flight. The likes of Carlisle, Notts County, Oxford, Bournemouth, Wigan, Barnsley, Bradford, Swindon have all been there since PNE.

Never explain a joke lol

Code for "I've passed it on...out of my hands...don't blame me if they all go for free..?"