Tim Southampton Rover

Pears misses tomorrow's game. Injured wrist apparently. Toth to start.

I know it sounds like an episode to 4,000 holes but does Aron Donnum have a Lambo? 😂

I feel like EJ is getting judged a bit harshly. His accuracy is better than most “ITK” types. Even if he’s got this one wrong (I guess we'll find out today?), nothing is confirmed until the contract is signed and the club makes it official. With plenty of people involved in transfers and football, it only takes a couple of trusted people to get the wrong info for it to spiral out of control - especially when news is breaking fast. Let's not think everyone involved in football is innocent. Trusted sources can be told lies from agents, managers, owners because they might have an agenda. Journalists aren't in the room where the most private conversations happen so they may need to rely on leaks and sources. If it isn't right, from what I've read, the LT has removed the article or sentence from an article. If they now believe it isn't happening then at least they're removing potential false information.

I'm not sure what the situation is with Aron Dønnum but if that was a red herring to either a) keep the Mathias Jorgensen transfer quiet or b) to flush out leaks then I will give credit to the club. Over the years we've had players taken off us at the last minute by other clubs and we've seen club leaks come back and bite us too. This shouldn't happen at Blackburn. Whether we dislike the owners/management or or not, we want the club to be run professionally and in the correct way, so if this was the case then fair play.

We did when another Scandinavian played for us....Mr MGP

Looks like he knows where the net is...

This reminds me of a book called 'Rocky Stories: Tales of Love, Hope, and Happiness at America's Most Famous Steps' where people were interviewed about why they're running up the famous 'Rocky Steps' in Philly. I bet a Rovers fans book in general would be pretty brilliant especially about a range of Rovers topics from their love of Rovers, memories over the years, away day adventures etc.

You know Rovers fans have officially gone mental when people are arguing over Gueye, Brown and Varney. Have a beer and chill! 🤣

Gueye fee was undisclosed, however, rumours are that it was £1.8m. If accurate, that would represent a slight profit on him, which is more than what we all expected we'd get for him. Bank it, learn from it, spend it (hopefully!).

Now that Cashin takes Gueye's place in the 25 man squad, I think I would do the following: Pratt - send out on loan Ribeiro - sell Forshaw - release Hedges - not register Gardner-Hickman - send back, replace with Garratt That would free up 4 slots. You could then decide if it's worth loaning out Tavares or just unregistering but this depends on injuries / attitude. Edit: I'd keep Kargbo - didn't realise he was close to returning from injury.

Good luck to him. It didn't work out on the pitch but he won't be forgotten off the pitch. I think we were lucky to get as much as we did for him. I hope the recruitment team take this as a lesson learnt when it comes to future signings.

"Shanghai Shenhua wants to build its new title-winning project around Gueye and has therefore made major financial efforts." The scout:

Unfortunately for me if I didn't support Blackburn, I would have ended up a Southampton fan and the similarities between the two throughout the last 30 odd years is uncanny. Crap owners, fans that have gone through plenty of high and many lows from the Premier League to League One, countless amount of players who have played for both Rovers and Saints, great academy, and an annoying neighbour down the road that hates your guts 😂 I'll be back at Ewood in March coincidently for the Portsmouth game.

I'm not sure how others feel but being a Rovers fan not from Blackburn is actually pretty strange. I live in Southampton and been a Rovers fan for more than 30+ years and have this affinity to the people and area of the country that is completely different from my life down here. I don't know anyone in Blackburn and I can count on 1 hand how many times I've had a proper discussion about the club with someone outside of Blackburn who has the same feelings towards the club as me. It can be quite lonely when you watch a game and can't talk to anyone about it except on social media - which can be a great or awful experience, depending on who is responding or what has happened. Even when Rovers win, you don't have that person to turn to and celebrate with. You just enjoy it on your own. It's a bit easier when Rovers lose because you aren't reminded of it because no one talks about them down here. It is strange when you're in the away end at Southampton, Portsmouth etc hearing Rovers fans slagging Southerners off....when you're a Southerner...but I wouldn't want it any other way. It's even better when you spot your friend in the home end at St Mary's giving them a w****r sign and they're smiling back. It isn't great when you're grabbed by throat outside the stadium being called a Northern so and so when you actually live and work 10 minutes down the road. Like I said - it's pretty strange! I love going to Ewood Park because it does feel like a pilgrimage to your football church to see the team you think about every day. Whether it's rainy and miserable or the sun is shining, you breath it all in and enjoy every moment - except the food inside Ewood - that really does taste awful! The flipside of that joy is having to watch the clock tick towards 90 minutes knowing that you might not be back any time soon, which makes you feel sad. The reason why I wrote all that is because it's difficult reading this post. I'm sure we've gone through similar experiences throughout our lives supporting the club from afar. Personally, I would find it very hard to stop supporting the team. I've dedicated too much of my personal life and time towards the club, however, Venkys are a cancer at the club that needs removing and if that isn't going to happen soon then you have every right to choose to do what you feel is right for you. I hope you can switch that dedication that you have for Blackburn towards something else that brings you the joy that the club has brought you over the years. Good luck.

Venky's will have to sell the club and we get bought out by cash throwing billionaires to afford those 3 game changing forwards by the end of this transfer window. Fingers crossed! 😂