Leonard Venkhater

Therein a contradiction...Venky's/empowered board governance. Cheston appointed Warnock and while he was on holiday, someone else overturned the decision. And that was after all the "learning from their previous mistakes". Now the agenda looks worryingly like a nursery school for the premiership... "WE WERE THE ROVERS"?

And what evidence is there that they will ever appoint the right manager/proven coach? I can't see past HSH's current list of out of work clients. We may think that the only solution is a return to the top flight, but are we sure that is the agenda here? There is not a lot of supportive evidence...

We are shit.

You could say the same about the football club!

Lol.... I guess I am merely reminded-bitterly- once again that Blackburn Rovers is not a normal club. Remember even after the dirty scandal of Steve Kean, these bastards still felt free to change their minds and reject Warnock for "the outstanding candidate"!...the question Cheston wouldn't answer...

Unfortunately, I know that is not true under this shower. Just look at the quality of appointments to key roles at the club, since 2010...

Really? What was the post assigned to the likes of Agnew, Senior, Singh? Venky's could always appoint worse. Ten years tells me that the problem is that the club will never go anywhere under these owners. It is almost pointless.

Quite. I don't blame Duffy exclusively for that relegation either, but, as a Rovers fan, those (deliberate?) own goals certainly rankled.... The "no matter how badly Taylor" clause doesn't give him a free pass for me, even though Mackenzie is undoubtedly a t****.

Was it you I met at The Drummers Arms Sunday music session?

Oh yes, he could go it alone all right! Off the top of my head..a brilliant solo dribble and goal at the Blackburn End against Watford in front of a tearful Elton John. A similar goal in the same end versus Charlton.. A run and a long range shot from the Nuttal St wing into the Darwen End net..versus Lincoln in one of the cups. Brilliant player!

MacKenzie...God, I never recognised him!...until you mentioned it. My lad showed me the video. Re the scapegoating, Lyle Taylor was one of a number of footballers, who took that line, but were I a Charlton fan, I know I would feel aggrieved about this player. Obviously, relegation was not only down to Taylor, but he might have helped avoid it. I certainly felt aggrieved about Shane Duffy and Owen Coyle. I am not sure I was merely scapegoationg them. That said, I lay the blame for that dreadful relegation squarely on the shoulders of our ever so 'umble owners! Never forgive. Never forget lol

..but that's football, that's life.............and that's bullying (just saying)

Equally, if we are in reach, do we believe TM is the man to do it? If not...a new appointment should be made now.... Would love Pearson, but maybe he would only be calling Rich Sharpe and Andy Bayes ostriches!

Does anyone else remember something about Nixon having..er "connections" with Anderson, Kean et al, during the dark age? I never forgot Moyes' intervention after that Bolton game, speaking up-with Coyle- for Kean. Surprise, surprise..the agent, Kenny Moyes, another football agent, is Davy boy's brother!

I think you are right...and if pace wasn't an asset before, there is no reason why he shouldn't recover his previous form?

I think that probably makes sense, unless you are a concession etc My ticket seems pretty good value with the 7(-1) away games included...although ifollow is not all that great...

One of the best ever days to be a Rovers fan. Pictures marked indelibly into my brain....... Light snow on the pitch, Rovers in blue shorts, Mecky spraying the orange ball with aplomb...Waggy rounding the keeper, Keith Fear's missed pen, Noble's big, fat bald head, extreme tension for the last 15 minutes. Ecstasy at the final whistle......fear ( not Keith)going to the car!

Francis Lee?

To the tune of Son of the Father.. Oh, Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony, Tony Tony, Tony Field Kit Napier- Bastardising the Stretford End's song for Bryan Kidd ...K-IT-O ..KITO

Well done on the Tim Farron interview. I must say you do have the knack of getting your subjects to talk, just saying ebough yourself to stimulate them etc

You will ..( smiley face..if I could only find one)

Same here with mine. Here's the miserable bastard bit though...When so many fans ran onto the Doncaster pitch, I was ..well.. disgruntled and remained on the terrace with others, chanting "Off, off!" and worse. My lads were in the masses on the pitch and really couldn't compute when I explained that there was a large contingent, who were not on the pitch, who were prevented from enjoying the players celebrating in front of the away goal....until that Saturday against Oxford, when they were in the stands at a much bigger pitch invasion. Saying all that, when I was their age, I was on the pitch at Burslem, among those, who chaired Stuart Metcalfe from the pitch.. I still remember Gordon Lee coming to the edge of the directors' box to calm the exuberant Rovers fans. It was the closest I have come to seeing the Pope in Rome! For years,totally out of context my mate used to say-in faux Midlands accent- "Go back to Blackburn. Behave yourselves!"

Now that is really very cynically funny!

So true! And that was me. I came in just before the 1968 cup run that ended with City. Christmas 1969 and the slump following the Newton sale was such a kick in the nuts...and set a pattern for the rest of my parallel Rovers existence!