rock steady

I see the BBC have now put out an article on the Brereton bid from Nice. Only a couple of days late, and only three years off regarding his age. Ben Brereton Diaz: Nice make bid of about £8.4m for Blackburn Rovers striker

If Phillips is going to be as good as many believe this is a momentous day in his career. Excited to see it!

Quality reporting from BBC. Doubt even Mowbray would go with this.

Would like to see Dack get 5 mins, personally. Perfect away performance though so far. Quality in attack when chances came and really committed defensively

Not looking overly delighted to see Sammie though. Disclaimer: by the way this is a joke obviously we have no idea what he thinks of the signing!

What is JRC's actual 'natural' position? Because I can't remember him looking comfortable wherever he plays. I'm assuming he has some kind of ability to still be at the club, but he hides it quite well.

He is no wingback, that's for sure.

Both teams hit the bar. Hegdes (I think) 20 yard drive.

My first time seeing Phillips. Doesn't really look out of place physically, but hasn't had a great deal of defending to do. Is he known to be attacking threat from set plays? Won the header for the goal and almost got on the end of a cross before that.

1 -1. poor from pears beaten from 25 yards moved his feet in slow motion

1 - 0. looked like og after phillips won header from corner.

They have some sweet transition effects though. Well, they have one.

What is Johnson's role here? Casual observer?

Bit of a shambles today. Be lucky to make it to HT here without conceding again.

Get JRC off at HT.

Perhaps not, but he has done a few fine jogs already. Some decent pointing too.

Too late to request a postponement?

Gotta be one of the worst attempts to punch a cross I have ever seen. Zero conviction. pears.webm

Let's gooooooooo

Tried staying away myself, yet here we are.

Mowbray out. Venkys out. COYB.

https://www.skysports.com/watch/video/sports/12384873/nottingham-forest-1-2-blackburn

Even if we excise Tony, the cancer remains unfortunately.

It's not just Sky, is it? Lazy all round. You do have to admire how Tony has managed to retain his reputation though, regardless of results! Reporter on radio 5 just asked if his time is up, and his response was that Rovers fans still remember the good times, and therefore lack patience for incremental progress. Suppose it goes to show how out of touch with reality the whole analysis/punditry industry is but they can get away with it, as it only really stands out as blatant nonsense when it's your club.

Inspirational words from our leader. It's that kind of insight which makes the journey worthwhile.