That game had a draw written all over it. 85 minutes of toil followed by 10 minutes of madness yet the result was the same. No final ball at all today. I thought that the manager did well. Decent subs for what he has available and they looked lively.

I still don't get the "found out" comments? What has he been found out for? He's won everything there is to win many times over. He's not suddenly turned crap, nor have other managers twigged on how to beat him. It's pretty simple to me as I said earlier; his core players are all on the decline, and some of them have gone downhill quickly. Add in the fact that the player who makes them tick has been out all season and you end up with the current state. He'll be back, and yes he will spend boatloads getting players in to do it, but a calling him a cheque book manager sells him short. If it was solely transfer spend Man U would be up there. Speaking of Man U Ratcliffe is at it again; Guardian: Man U to close staff canteen Top brass at the club are nixing free meals for staff to save £1million per year. What a horrible man he is. How this will get them winning the league again is beyond me.

Found out? In what way? He is a genius manager. His City team is now too old and slow. Liverpool ran them ragged. I will say that his pass pass pass football is coming to its end. Long balls are now back in fashion.

Utterly shambolic defending for Swansea’s goals. Plenty of others have already said what I would about the individuals involved. I will add that Travis gave away yet another stupid free kick Gueye’s magic dust looks to have worn off. He can’t trap a bag of sand today. What does Forshaw bring to the party? 3 subs are on. 3 down as I’m writing this. Game certainly over now.

😀 I understand where you are coming from. I think that there has to be a decent manager somewhere inside Gerrard. He led Rangers to a title and an unbeaten season. That's not easy, even discounting that it was in Scotland. However, since then he's not been good. Boring at Villa, then an inexplicable move to a Saudi team without the might of PIF money that ended with a shrug. He needs to resurrect himself and what better chance to do that than getting Rovers promoted. My choices; Jurgen Klopp then Alan Shearer. Based on this list I'd take Gary O'Neil. Lee Carsley - 7/4 Gary O'Neil - 6/1 Rob Edwards - 7/1 David Lowe - 10/1 Ryan Lowe - 10/1 Richie Wellens - 12/1 Aitor Karanka - 15/1 Valerien Ismael - 22/1 Carlos Carvalhal - 25/1 Steve Cooper - 25/1

I'm glad too based on you offering up Gerrard.

He owns 25% or thereabouts. My theory is that the Glazers are having him do all this in public as he's technically local so they don't feel the wrath. The club is worth north of £5bn. Ratcliffe is a businessman who made his big money flipping companies, he will get a nice windfall if they sell. I'm sure that is hard for him to pass up. If this is not the case Ratcliffe is doing a shambolic job of running the club. I didn't see the game yesterday but not scoring against Spurs is an indictment in itself, never mind the plethora of teenagers on the subs bench.

I think that you are right. Rovers are averaging 1.5 points per game. Carrying that on will have Rovers ending on 69 points. The same as JDT's 7th place finish. On paper Rovers have a decent run in. Games against 6 of the current bottom 8. Have already played 1st and 3rd twice. Play 2nd the last day of the season when they are hopefully in party mode. Plus Sheff Wed, Boro, and Norwich at home. I will caveat this with the fact that this is Blackburn Rovers who are managerless, run by fools, and don't score many goals.

Leaving Rovers current debacle aside for a minute it seems that Ratcliffe is wielding the axe again at Man U; BBC: more redundancies at Man U Having laid over 250 staff last year Man U may now lay off another 200 to save money. I'm no fortune teller but in the world of Premier League football running a slash and burn cost cutting operation seldom leads to on field success. My cynical take is that he's doing it on purpose again to make the club look favourable to potential buyers. Although I'm sure that there are many oil rich middle eastern princes would buy it tomorrow as is. Either way, the way it looks to me is that Man U won't be winning the league any time soon.

What a surreal game. It's been a trying week to be a Rovers fan. I wasn't expecting much from a midweek away game to a team higher in the table, but I am happily proven wrong. The first half was boring with Rovers offering little, but what else from a team reeling from losing their manager? Gueye steps up in the second, bangs 2 in, and was unlucky not to get a third. All whilst West Brom did virtually nothing again. Pears did well in the last 10. 5th. What a strange spot to be in.

It would be very annoying not having US commentators.

Superbowl 2025 is on Sunday. It's always a good time over here. Kansas City are going for their 3rd in a row against the Philadelphia Eagles. Taylor Swift will be there. Kendrick Lamar is doing the half time show.

I was only commenting on your Dolan line. I don't lump them together, hence no mention of Hedges.

He was also pressing a lot on his own. He'd run toward the fullback who'd just pass it around him. Looking busy but not actually doing anything productive.

Dolan started the season well, most on here acknowledged that. Since about October he's reverted to type. He was poor last night and overall, it summed up his Rovers career; looked busy, bad decision making, a goal from nothing, then off after 60 minutes. He was at his most frustrating at the start. His foul for the free kick that led to their first goal was amateur hour. Then not 2 minutes later he was driving toward their box, had a great opportunity to put Gueye in on goal but didn't pass it and instead ran into 2 defenders on the edge of the box. As to your "lack of football knowledge" comment, are you saying that you have more than everyone else on here who's watched Dolan over the past few years? He's not good enough, but he'll leave in the summer and will be replaced by an even lesser player.