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Good stuff as always Bob. Makes for much easier reading knowing that we didn't have to suffer consecutive relegations.

Since when did Chaddy's word become gospel?

Jordan Rhodes, who else? Making the haters eat their words as usual.

Sounds like we're playing pretty poorly. But then with Goodwillie starting what do we expect? A bizarre decision. Get the feeling it's going to be a disappointing end to the season, though it'd be incredible if we went down with our current points total. This game and the next are going to emphasise just how much of a clearout is required at the club over the summer.

Considering Dortmund were and are one of the biggest teams in German football, average 80,000 fans a game, and despite the debt problems have still qualified for Europe in most seasons since 2003, a comparison seems well wide of the mark. They also never had Venky's, which is a handicap beyond any normal criteria. Despite their financial problems they have only finished lower than 9th once since 2003 in the Bundesliga, which was in 2008 when they finished 13th. They were never relegated, with 07/08 being the closest they've come by some distance. They seem to have got out of debt primarily by loaning money off Bayern Munich and selling their stadium. Probably not something we're going to be able to emulate. Getting in a good manager helped them, of course, but considering they were still qualifying for Europe most seasons it would appear they still had a fairly decent squad.

I would agree that we always needed to handle decisions very carefully due to our status - but we were a stable and well-run club. There's nothing hazy eyed about that, it's a fact. Pail Ince's reign of terror aside we did very well for ourselves for the majority of our decade-long return to the Premiership. This was mainly due to shrewd and well thought-out business decisions. There were errors and the lack of funding from the Trust was always putting us in jeopardy of being left behind by our rivals, but it's harsh to claim we were not a stable club before Venky's took over IMO, and I don't think it's an exaggeration to say we were doing fine, considering our league form, our squad and our position at the time.

People can only stay positive for so long mate. You get bombarded with negativity day after day and eventually even the positive things are just footnotes on an overall negative page. I wouldn't begrudge anybody taking some pleasure out of last night's result, absolutely not. But at the same time those who can't feel anything positive about the club right now are totally right to feel that way as well. When you consider the bigger picture, it's difficult to find much joy in winning a single match, whether it is a big step towards survival or not. The only way to move forward as a united fanbase in a positive fashion, IMO, is for Venky's, Agnew, Shaw and Shebby to leave the club and never make themselves heard from again. Until that happens a dark cloud will hang over Ewood - and to be honest, I fear the club will soon be eradicated entirely should Venky's stay much longer. That fear casts a long shadow over pretty much everything else happening at the club, from the games themselves to the interaction between the fans both on match day and in general.

Hmmm. Not sure about this. I mean, yes, we are awful, agreed. But "for years now" ? We've been awful essentially since Venky's/Kean took over, which is just over 2 years. Before then we were just fine. The decline of the club has been extremely rapid. Also, I'm not sure it's right to be "happy" about scraping survival in the Championship. Relieved, sure, but happy? Up until a couple of months ago we were still eyeing the playoffs! It should never have got to this point and it's quite embarrassing that it has.

You can see at the end of that clip Williamson picking up the coin that was thrown at him and putting it in his sock cuts out before he gives the thumbs up, but hilarious nonetheless.

Apparently was angry about the penalty decision, continued his protests in the tunnel and got a red card

The result that may keep us up, and if Venky's sell in the summer, perhaps the result that saves us from falling into an inescapable abyss.

Never underestimate the value of having a player in your team who is able to regularly convert penalties. An aside, if I was given the choice of beating Millwall in the cup or in this match, I'd take this match.

Was it an own goal then?

I don't even really know what Bowyer's meant to say at half time. "Try and be less sh1t?" Or he could go with Appleton's tried and tested "just don't get thumped".

We'd still lose with 12 on the pitch.

And the others weren't?

Based on last night's performance the only players I'd consider bringing back into the first team is Kaz and Henley. Bentley, Martin Olsson, Orr, Hanley and Etuhu can either sit on the bench or do a Danny Murphy and disappear.

An absolutely crucial win, especially considering the results elsewhere. Looks like this season will break records for relegation in terms of points - whoever goes down will be somewhat unlucky in that regard. Looks like Bowyer may get to finish the revival job he started in January. My mood is soured by the revelation T4E is mates with Jerome Anderson though. Why, pal, why?

He's a top player, he should have been playing all season. An utter joke that he's sat on the bench each week behind Hanley.

Jesus, how bad must Huddersfield's midfield be?

Holy shiiit, Givet starts?!?!?

I think the Brits were behind a number of the chants on Raw! Cole even mentioned expecting to hear very similar in London in a couple of weeks, so I guess WWE knew that as well.

Nonsense. Replace that crowd with a normal Raw crowd and you have a very standard show. What about this Raw - crowd aside - was so amazing or different? The crowd made this show, the writing didn't, and next week it simply won't be the same. Dolph cashing in was the only notable high point but now that's done, he'll move into a standard fairly boring feud of some sort. Welcome to the modern WWE. They haven't created a star since John Cena and aren't trying to. The characters are mostly boring and the matches are usually pretty lacklustre too.

My sincere condolences, I always had time for his posts and found him a thoroughly likeable poster.

Looks like WM was pretty disappointing. Taker/Punk looked good, HHH/Lesnar decent. The rest...not so much. The ending of Cena/Rock looks cringeworthy, and Cena yelling "THE CHAMP IS HERE" to end the biggest PPV in 2013 the same way WWE ended most PPVs in 2007 is just sad. About time people turned away from WWE and started watching the alternative - TNA. Then maybe Vince would get the kick up the arse required to shake the company out of its decline.