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From how much the results differ from reality, it would probably be more reasonable to conclude the model is just extremely poor when it comes to accurate predictive ability.

Too many fans who inexplicably see Venky's as good owners, and have such contempt for the club they purport to love that they genuinely think Blackburn Rovers is of no interest to anybody else.

This time last season we were 6th, Val. Hadn't lost at home yet. If the squad is not worse this season, then where do we place the blame? Oh. Stupid analysis indeed.

Yeah, the technical deficiency across almost the entire squad is a massive concern. These guys need a manager to coach them in the absolute basics and make sure they stick to it. The type who can get the best out of very limited players - kind of like the manager we literally had before the current one. Ismael is for sure not that man and never will be.

Love how the "apology" was blatantly written by somebody who has basic literacy skills as opposed to Duffy. Assume the club had a word with him and provided that statement for him to post.

You know what, whilst you clearly jest, with the current state of the club I could still believe this.

Don't worry, "the data" says we'll be fine, so no need to be concerned.

Wednesday's players have put up an admirable fight considering the conditions there. Won't do them any harm when the vultures eventually come to pick the carcass.

You either fill the ground and make it extremely difficult for the ownership week-in week-out with banners, chants, game interruptions, etc (will never happen with our fans - get behind the lads ffs, etc) or mass boycott (will also never happen for the same reason as the first suggestion). There isn't really an in-between that will get any attention. Not that I think Venky's would care either way, and that's the biggest problem. Protests are only effective if it makes the owner(s) squirm. They just ignore it all as it's far away and has zero impact on anything they actually care about. It's tough to know what to do, but your typical crowd protests at the match aren't going to get their attention.

We were also told our number one target was Baradji, who may or may not actually ever play for us. I'm curious how much of his wage we're paying to rehabilitate another club's player. Someone's doing alright out of this deal, but it isn't us. Tavares also hyped up as a big talent when he joined... within two months he can't even get into this team. Embarrassing. We've made literally one signing who comes anywhere close to being at the level we need - Alebiosu. That's it. The rest are significant downgrades on what we had before.

If you work in data you know it can be manipulated to suit whichever narrative is most favourable. It isn't even difficult if the dataset is big enough and has multiple vague, stupid metrics. Anyone with eyes and a functioning brain can see we're going down.

Millwall up to 3rd with a negative net transfer spend. Difference being they didn't jettison the majority of their Championship experience nor hire an incapable manager. Just doing the basics right, something out owners haven't been able to grasp for 15 years.

He repeated the word "complicated" about a hundred times. Thinks it was a fantastic performance but also said we can't defend or score. Looked and sounded absolutely lost.

Gudjohnsen did well for the drilled cross that bounced off De Neve into Ohashi's path, but what else did he do of note? Genuine question as I barely remember him being involved in anything else. Could be that my brain is already replacing that wasted 90 minutes with other, more useful information.

Almost certainly true, but now it just looks worse for them as if they did inflate the number to make it look like we were spending, they now look more incompetent for supposedly wasting more money than we actually did. It'd be funny if the situation wasn't so dire.

What was it, £2m we spent on Taveres and he can't even make the match day squad? In our position that is appalling financial mismanagement. If he's injured then OK, but as of two weeks ago Ismael said it was not injury related.

De Neve actually does get into good positions and has pace. Unfortunately his final ball and general technical ability is far, far below this level. At best he'll get a few lucky bounces of the ball as he did tonight, but he's absolutely not the answer. Unfortunately neither is Hedges, or anybody else who could play on that side of the pitch. I feel for Alebiosu. The one player who has actually exceeded expectations, and in another season would have been judged as a genuinely great bargain pickup. Unfortunately he's come in at the worst possible time.

Imagine Will Still, Marti Cifuentes and Liam Manning will all get the chop before Ismael. At best we'll be adrift and long gone before he gets the boot. At worst he's still here this time next year as we line up to face Doncaster, sitting somewhere between 18th and 24th in League One.

Well, yes, you could argue it in that way. Just makes things even more depressing though. Genuinely think we could finish below Sheffield Wednesday. They may be having to play U18s, but some of those are probably more useful than our dollopers. A points deduction may keep them below us, maybe.

I love the big man, but he's no footballer and most likely isn't hugely motivated by these pointless end of game cameos.

Strong first half is pushing it a bit imo. We just about matched one of the worst teams in the division, and relied on a fantastic save from Toth to not be a goal down. Our goal came from a mis-hit shot from De Neve which fortunately bounced directly into Ohashi's path after the Sheffield United defence briefly disappeared into another dimension.

He came in and bombed a half-decent side out of the playoffs. Won a few games when the pressure was off - classic Venky Rovers. This season back to how he started, an absolute joke. He's just a small part of a much, much bigger problem though. Our squad has been so utterly wrecked by the people above Ismael that it's tough to see any manager coming in and turning this around. I don't know if I've ever seen such a technically deficient squad. Our 16/17 team would batter this lot.

Eustace saw what was coming, which is why he was so desperate to get the hell out of here, even if it meant going to a side who appeared to be going down. It's not being a snake, it's just possessing a brain.

Hire a failure of a manager. Put an intern in charge of football operations. Sell all Championship experience. Buy a bunch of random cheap punts from abroad. Predictable end result is predictable.

Fuck me. Pasha, Rudy, Ismael, get in the bin you absolute idiots.