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What abuse is that sorry? A few shouts of "Mowbray sort it out" as we put in another limp performance at home to make it 11 points and 8 goals scored in 15 games - or is there something else I've missed, other than some posts on an internet forum?

He's been too far forward most of the time to play in that way. There have been countless times at Ewood where I've seen him pick up the ball as the most advanced player with nobody in front of him to pass to, with the 'wide forwards' still being closer to the touchline than the penalty area and Travis and Rothwell hanging back. He can see a pass though and I'm sure he'd do well in a deeper role (as he isn't exactly a goal threat when playing further forward). He made a noticeable difference when he first came on against Stoke, just as you could clearly tell he had some ability. I'd have maybe had him alongside Travis. Let's be honest Johnson should never be starting ahead of him in any position.

Sick to death of him. Absolutely sick to death of him.

30th June I think.

He's alright when he plays but a) is made of Weetabix and b) even if he is considered to be fit, just doesn't seem bothered about wanting to play. Going to Saudi Arabia and earning a decent whack while playing the odd game here and there would have suited him down to the ground.

I definitely haven't missed hearing that. Often accompanied by "with x games in hand".

What are they saying? Hopefully he'll have a sulk again all second half and we can do what we did against Derby....

The food and drink being poor is bad enough but who in god’s name thought it’d be a good idea to get rid of the Rovers memorabilia? Why would it even cross your mind to do that? Once that stuff is up, it should stay up, no brainer. I haven’t actually been in since the Flitcroft and Jansen event in 2010 (!) but you can tell from pictures that it now just looks….well ‘tatty’ is the correct word!

Is it Ray Stubbs that narrates those early 90s season reviews? Sounds like him. I ordered some of them fairly recently from here for really cheap - http://footydvd.co.uk . The site keeps going offline every now and then so just check but he’s back in business as of this month. Search ‘Blackburn Rovers’ in the top right search bar and the season reviews will come up from the 90s and 00/01. Great to have them. If you go to ‘Matches’ then ‘all clubs’ and find Rovers there are plenty of full 90 minute games to buy too. As for books a while back somebody lent me a sort of diary of the title winning season that Shearer kept and then released. Anybody else had or read that? I’ve barely ever heard it mentioned so get the impression it’s pretty obscure..

I actually think if he left then they'd change their tune pretty quickly ("it hurts but it was the right time for him to go", something along those lines) which of course would only become their opinion upon hearing of his departure. Then they'd just forget about him and move on to getting behind the next guy. A lot of the most ardent support for Mowbray I think comes from people, especially some of what you read on social media, who just believe that you're a better fan if you don't criticise or complain about anything at the club. Odd way of thinking but that's the impression I get.

Jansen at 1:11 here, great leap and header. Nobody was getting in Hughesy's way at 2:39 either. Great video to watch in full to be honest.

Gestede at 35 seconds in the below. Not even a half chance really.

Considering the 19 point gap I'm not sure Fulham's results matter. We're closer to 19th.

It'll be at least another year or two I think before Newcastle move on from Howe. And even then he'd probably get another PL job if he's done well at Newcastle, which he's doing so far.

5-0 now, crikey. Still don't think Everton will go down but might be a closer call than I thought....

Spot on, 1-0 up in a crucial game last Saturday and half the times I looked at the scoreboard to check how long was left there was some garbage up there instead. Daft.

That's extremely random. I had wondered whether his absence from the game over the past few years was because he didn't want to drop down to Championship level.....then he rocks up in the bottom half of League Two. Sure he could have done a lot better than that. Wish him well anyway, I'll always stick up for Hughesy after the job he did here.

‘As things stand’ he said though, throws in an element of doubt. Please don’t be off, COYB

Dortmund possibly. Bodo/Glimt's results so far this season though and last night suggest they're simply a much better team than Celtic, would be very surprised if they turned it around.

Could that joker on the tannoy stop announcing the attendances please? Making it sound like an attendance of 13k is some kind of achievement. Just put it up on the scoreboard.

Which are the two in La Liga? Madrid and presumably reigning champions Atletico? But then they're way down in 5th this year. Sevilla and Betis in the top 4 is also good to see. Italy's got the best title race out of the top leagues and Juve - presumably one of your two - were miles away last year. Bundesliga correct. Ligue Un too (Lille winning last season was great, but an anomaly).

There have been some poor sides at Ewood this season but Swansea stand out with their daft 'play it out from the back at all costs' approach. That was on the opening day and we won 2-1 (we should have had more), but if we'd have faced them like that in November or December we'd have absolutely thumped them with the form we were in then. Haven't seen Swansea since that game so not sure if they're any better now but their league position, with mainly only the stragglers below them, wouldn't suggest so. Have to be going there to win this one.

I’ve always wondered why he begins every word with a capital letter. Looks odd and must make it unnecessarily hard work when typing too….

Take that. 9 clean sheets in 11 is it? That's superb and our defence alone should keep us up there. Though we can't afford to have games where we have that 11 that ended the game or anything close to it....

They’ve been terrible for ages West Brom, even in beating Peterborough their goals came very late on. Barely won any apart from that for ages. Unless something changes there, eg Ismael leaving, we should definitely finish above them.