Dreams of 1995

Nobody has said that. But that isn’t even applicable to the conversation being had Lets keep this simple Matty - where was Lee Carsley born?

What, that if you are born in England, you hold English nationality, you grew up in England, that you are English? There are two, maybe three, people disagreeing with that statement. I can’t see many others lining up to disagree

Good example Your son may have dual nationality depending on whether he ever took up his German nationality with it being an RAF base? Unsure But if he did take up his dual nationality, he would be defined as both a German and an Englishman

How have you figured that out? That just means that Marc Guehi is Ivorian but has qualified to play for England and so has chosen to What is so difficult to understand about this? The comparison isn’t even a good one. Guehi has lived all his life bar one year in England. Lee Carsley has always lived in England.

Chuffed that Dack has got another club Well on his way to the PL before those two horrible injuries. Shame what happens to men in this sport. The line between success and failure really is that thin

It really isn’t interesting Matty, trust me If you are born in England, you are English If you are born in Germany, you are German And so on and so on I can’t believe this has got the amount of posts it has. It isn’t that difficult to comprehend

Far too many people care about what Chaddy thinks Lee Carsley was born in England His passport will say his birth place is Birmingham He is English

I should correct my post. Any footballer to reach this level has bags of ability. They are all fantastic players But I’ve heard and from what I have seen Markanday doesn’t have enough to make it at this level. There’s so much off the ball work and that’s why most footballers end up going down the levels. They can’t maintain their fitness to a level required and as a result their off the ball work suffers. I think he’s one of them

I would be glad to see Markanday go. I have heard nothing but bad things about him in terms of ability. Great lad, wants to play, wants to improve, but he just doesn’t have the ability Football is a cut throat industry. He will find his level down there I think. The horrible part of English football is that there is genuinely very little difference between players in League 2 - Tier 4 of football - and players in Tiers 6, 7 etc. Markanday could easily find himself playing in front of 10 men and a dog before he knows it We paid £1m for him. We then got £3m I think for Phillips. Levy has had the Venky’s pants down

Anyone fixed this sky issue? Can’t see it anywhere

It's just not a good look getting rid of Peter Jackson, whatever the positive to the financial sheets In the grand scheme of things, is the cost of ditching them so close to the season outweighed by the thousands more it will generate? Probably not. It certainly won't be a deal big enough to make a substantial difference What it does do is provide an even greater gap between Club and town. Something that has been growing ever wider since the day they darkened our doorstep. The only solace one can have is in the words "one day"..........

Our midfield is looking weak on paper. If Tronstad gets an injury then it’s panic stations. We will more than likely bring a central midfielder in. A deal that may include Travis going the other way doesn’t do a lot to fix the issue though More than anything we need wingers. I reckon Eustace has really laboured that point. They are so important to how he plays I don’t think there’s an area of the pitch that I can say I’m totally happy with. You could argue the 10 role is covered quite well, given Sammie is still here. But that’s about it….and Sammie might not be here long

Surely if Garrett is to have a season at League 1 level then we are bringing a new midfielder in Or are they expecting Travis to fill that gap?

I don’t see a team being promoted with Pickering as left back. I’d say he is on the poorer side of full backs in this league. We are the only club he has played Championship football for. For context, Adam Henley had over 50 apps for us, and it transpired he was terrible I have lost count of the amount of goals we have conceded as a result of Pickering being beat or allowing the defender to run at him unchallenged. Same goes for Brittain actually, who I have lost patience with even for all of his attacking options If Pickering is the average standard for full back in this league then the standard is regressing

Blimey. We've gone back to Danny Batth He's not a very good defender. Never was, really. I can't believe people were begging to sign him last year when we had JDT With that said, he may actually be better suited to Eustace. He'd have got massacred with JDT as manager. Whereas with JE we are going to defend the box more, be deeper and invite teams on to us so we can try and break in the space behind Ayala was a good example of this kind of defender. Yes, he'd drop you a yard or three back, but in defending the box he was as good as any. Now Batth doesn't hold a candle to Ayala, but at this point it may make sense It shows how desperate we are though

If they cannot send funds from India then the club basically becomes insolvent They will have no choice but to sell, else they will fall foul of laws in the UK also It has been an unmitigated disaster for Venkys and Rovers. A partnership forged in hell. Madam must be regretting the day she ever said yes to this. It seems like she's the only one who has any brain power. The other pair just look like lost souls with too much money to throw around

When we were signing McGuire last season, I made a joke post about how it would all fall through It actually did fall through in a not so dissimilar way Experience tells me not to get excited about anything that happens with Rovers until it's printed in black & white. I like the fact we may be signing a goal scorer...I don't like the fact we have Waggott and Venkys doing the negotiation It is not outside of the realms of possibilities they fly the bloke over only to change the offer when he gets here.

This lad is 28 isn't he? It doesn't fit the "Venky model" of young and unproven. I suppose it does fit the cheap model. Either way, I'm still expecting the worse Fully expecting Microsoft to get the blame for it falling through

Men like Steve Waggott are symptoms of careless ownership He would not be allowed to get away with what he has if the owners had more than a fleeting glance at their Blackburn based enterprise once every 12 months When you look back at his time here, it has been failure after failure, with the most successful period being when he lost some semblance of control... The training ground development will go down as a failure on his part. Completely under estimated the mood of the fan base and the local residents of Brockhall The car crash interview around JDT and the coach - that's a low point, even under this lot The transfer 'errors', the stadiums' disrepair, the declining STs... all under his watch What is worse, is the man is paid handsomely for his time here. So he won't give a crap. He will continue to share a brew and biccy with the odd fan here and there whilst picking up 6 figures to basically be the fall guy of a declining business. Soon he will retire and never think of Blackburn or Rovers again. Someone else will have to pick up the pieces. It's criminal, really

That’s a bit of a mad link Will believe it when I see it though. It’s a long flight from Japan….anything can happen

Or maybe the man is going back to a Club he knows as unfortunately his body has been ravaged by injuries for him to play at a higher level? Dack is a horror story in football. Had the chance of PL football at one point. Injuries really set him back. I hope he finds some joy back at Gillingham

If they are in for Sammie, then he will go

You could say this about all posters

Turned out well for them And under Santos, it went excellently

I hope not Cooper played and was good in the Premier League. Batth was never trusted to play PL and instead loaned out or released as he fell down the pecking order Batth has been linked with the likes of Solihull Moors this year Not signing Batth was a good idea at the time. The fact we then signed McFadzean was a blow. He’s even worse than Batth Cooper is a better play than both. He will be our 2nd best defender….behind Carter