Bygones are bygones...just saying...

Haha..Sounds like the one about the police stopping a tramp in Beverley Hills, only to realise it was Bob Dylan....

I remember it like yesterday. Jimmy Kerr's finest hour in a Rovers shirt! Nevertheless, a struggling team were 2 down to promotion-chasing Leicester. As soon as Rovers got the equaliser, the Darwen End just emptied. Wthin a few minutes, they were all around us in the Blackburn End. They had blue and white scarves, but we could distinguish them from our own skinheads and crombies because they were so out of breath! From memory, most of them had exited the ground and re-entered at our end. Pretty scary...but not as bad as Chelsea a few years later....

So why does this keep coming up? Because the "scab" has formed over a dirty wound. This was a very deep wound and the healing process has been hindered by dishonesty and successful attempts to silence full and open discussion. A look across messageboards and facebook will show anyone that it remains poisonous. There is still too much secrecy, half-truth/partial disclosure. Personally, I felt a bit sick when Nelsen and Samba trumpeted their partial revelations a "convenient" ten years after the events. And I wasn't impressed by Nick Harris' minimalist podcast either. Too much about Harris and too little about the machinations, which he claims he knows about. Members of the same "football" family were at each others' throats because some had a little knowledge and were closed down. Others had no knowledge, merely loyalty to their club. If you did not read BRFCS in 2011, where would you get the information?-The LT, Radio Lancs?...Don't make me laugh.....

Well, I love David Dunn, but I do wish he wouldn't stray into this area. No-one can reconcile me into accepting the unacceptable!

Interesting. In the first weekend of the takeover, we were naturally anxious in our house. I actually consoled my kids that under the Walker Trusts's disinvestment policy, it was only a matter of time before we went down. The departures of Hughes, Friedel, Bentley and the appointment of Ince had been indicators. Sam had done a good job of keeping us up in the face of deteriorating quality on the field. That was before I knew about the huge TV deal that was around the corner. A takeover was vital. That said, the hateful, destructive raft of decisions made by the Roas and their allies seemed almost designed to deliver relegation and far sooner than the neglectful Walker Trust would have managed.

Before we all drown in our tears for the Raos, we must remember that even after their sincere prayers in the Wolverhampton temple helped us stay up by the skin of our teeth, they actually left Kean in post-think on that for a while- and then, allowed the team to be significantly weakened the following(relegation) season. And that's before any mention of Salgado's contract, Emerton's sudden departure, Paul Agnew etc... I always kept this back. No substitute for a Saturday game, but have a listen...Sorry..luddite barrier sorted now Devil_Desai_mix3_(5).mp3

Too bloody right!!

Actually, we watched that bit for a few (cringing) minutes. I thought Mulgrew looked a bit embarrassed?

Good!

We're going up as f***** champions!

A great win and richly deserved. I was so relieved to see Kaminski, Armstrong and Johnson back. Well done TM and the team! Is that the 4th/5th different centre- half pairing in just a few games? I am not watching the league table, so much as the distance we are from the playoffs. Really hoping the absence jinx does not continue and we can get some selection consistency after the break..( famous last words) I have totally given up on Evans and Gallagher and we have the players-if they remain fit- to ensure these two have delighted us for long enough! Our squad is better than it has been for years. The last time we had a really good squad, it was wasted by Bowyer's inexperience...

Wonderful...Love it!!!!

Maybe the injured players would just have to touch his garments!

Patience certainly is running thin in our house. The performance the other night was dreadful, apart-ironically-from the defence. Does the fact that my patience is running thin mean that I should diagnose Covid-19 absences and injuries to Kaminski, Travis and Johnson etc , as somehow psychological and only happening because we have an uninspiring manager? I am not so sure.

There were 3 passionate Rovers fans, working in Rochdale Social Services in the early 80's. It was great to see a picture of the famous blue and whites in pride of place on the office wall!

OMG..agony indeed! My own was between staying to the end or catching the early bus. The later bus meant missing a connection and being late back to the institution and the risk of being listed to be missing from my desk at study time. That meant the cane plus...well the equivalent of the strap on steroids... One reason why my head was f*****, when you first met me....

Yes, I have worried about all those things. However, I am not sure he could have done much about any of the 6(!) goals conceded, since Tommy K was injured. Mind you, I haven't analysed other things like his general command and control of his area...

Though everythin' is broken, there are happy clappers there

It's almost as if you think Rovers will never progress with these owners lol

It matters not because we won't win the games!

And if we do,... I would willingly do a lot worse with said donkey..

And I can be King of England!

Essay question 25 marks “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better.” Samuel Beckett Review the CV's and contributions to Blackburn Rovers of the following: Steve Kean, Eric Black, Michael Appleton, Henning Berg, Gary Bowyer, Paul Lambert Owen Coyle and Tony Mowbray. Estimate the success/failure of the club's manager recruitment strategy since 2011. What evidence can you present that the same recruiters will secure a successful manager in the future?

I guess that is the point. Why commit himself to a club, which has never competed at the business end of the Championship, ever since Venky's took us down?.