Leonard Venkhater

...or Kean, Bowyer, Appleton, Coyle, Berg, Lambert...( anyone Venky's have ever appointed). This is the longest period in 50 plus years, when we have never been remotely in contention....

The plan was...Bell...

Penny for Pinocchio?

Probably stuck on the M6 with Danny G!

I agree. That first drop into Div 3 was horrible and the pain didn't end there, did it. I think we were 3rd from bottom of the old third division, that November, when we went to Tranmere. The 3-1 win set my own teenage heart on fire and I now look back fondly on those times. Furphy brought a religious revival with Tony Field et al. In those days Rovers fans were a family, united against the rest of the world lol. These "badly advised" (my arse) owners and their club killer partners have done so much damage, despite the current, Facebook Venky love. They have lost a generation of fans. How could they have pissed all that away! And Bill Fox will be spinning at some of the stewardship over the last decade, strange boardroom appointments, bizarre signings, Scottish gangsters etc. One of the saddest things for me was the fact that Bill didn't even live to see that promotion under Dalglsh, let alone the later triumph.

Quite! "It was carnage, mate, We was steaming.." (Repeat),,,...Dear, oh dear...

Disgusting appointment. No respect. I knew it at the time and everything I have heard merely confirms that judgement..

Given it is election time in the states, "Summariser, I served with Jack Walker. I knew Jack Walker. Jack Walker was a friend of mine. Summariser, you're no Jack Walker.."

Ouch! Bastards, the lot of 'em!

Rovers in Bizarre Signing How many times would this headline have been appropriate over the last 8 years?

Yes. A very dangerous time...

Fair point, but...(showing age) sell Garbett, Bradford and even Tony Field-build championship-winning team....Just saying...

Thanks, Philip. Sorry, but out of the blue, I suddenly remembered Kenny Dalglish's response to Radio Lancs' Guy Havord, who had had the temerity to pursue the issue of Shearer's Hepatitis.. "Are you a doctor now, all of a sudden?"

Thanks for posting. Heartbreaking!

Me too..like wedding photos after the funeral! For me, it is harder to watch the Souness/Hughes eras because we could and should have easily been at that level now. In some ways, I can accept we couldn't be challenging for the title etc...

Giving him the benefit of the doubt (for 10 seconds) maybe he was just leaving the door open, giving a qualified acceptance in the expectation of challenging the "poisonous" aspects lol. Anyway, what would be the loss to PNE? There are die-hard Knobend OAP's, who have never seen their team in the English top-flight!

The Enabling Act is still a pretty good metaphor though. I heard another good one this morning- "a sugar-coated cyanide pill"...

Too scared to ask him!

It's a bloody joke. Get rid, as far as I'm concerned...

The chilly echo of Hoilett...

..apart from Evans' perhaps ?

I don't know for absolute certain, but....I have spoken to Andy a few times and I know he is a decent bloke. I would be totally flabbergasted to hear that he ever drank from the same jar as Agnew-even with a long spoon!

I would be very surprised indeed, If Neild had anything to do with a **** like Agnew!

No comment on his ability, but if anyone was ever in the right place at the right time, it was Andy Neild!