I thought we played much better today. Some good football to bring it out from the back but then the play just broke down. The movement up top is poor to say the least. Gallagher needs to learn the art of running in behind. He makes these lung busting runs..but you’d need a De Bruyne / Messi hybrid to find him regularly. It’s such a wasted effort 

We should stick with a back 4. Still not convinced by our entire back line to be honest. Chrisene must be poor if he can’t dislodge Pickering, who I think is a “steady eddy” but not a player you will get promoted with. His final ball is really hit and miss. When Chrisene came I had a few messages telling me to watch out for him. What am I meant to be seeing? 

We look far better with Tronstad who has been a magnificent signing. I really do wonder if Telalovic will ever get a chance here. Gally can’t buy a goal now but this lad gets 3/4 minutes at the end to just run around for a bit

Buckley needs to play as a 10. The problem is that Sammie is better at it than he is. Buckley is much better further up the pitch, pressing and driving with the ball. He’s a downgrade on Wharton but we all knew that

Brittain puts in some dangerous crosses. The problem is that we have the shortest 6 foot 5 centre forward you’ve ever seen 

2 minutes ago, Angry_Pirate said:

I'm at peace dying on this specific hill. 

Did you see the first 55 minutes last week? What Ryan Hardy did to him in that hour was bordering on actual abuse.

I’m on the hill with you. I don’t rate McFadzean at all

6 hours ago, joey_big_nose said:

Surprised by that? I thought he was very established at that level and playing well for Palace in the Premier League? Is he injured?

What's funny / depressing is Tyler Morton has ben called up despite playing at Hull and being - as anyone can see - a much inferior player. 

EDIT - just looked it up and Adam has never played for the U-21 - just the U-20... wow. Pretty amazing a player can be sold for £20M+ and not even get a U-21 call up. Shows the strength England has now in the youth teams.  Harvey Elliott despite playing a key role for the team at the top of the table still not made his senior debut yet.

Harvey Elliott not being called up is as much a criticism of Southgate than it is testament to our strength in depth

Solanke should have had a chance this time around as well

2 minutes ago, J*B said:

The demand for housing isn’t there?! My house in the Ribble Valley has gone up in value by over 20% in 2 years, the Ribble Valley has a population problem, you can’t get a house here!

Badly worded

The demand from people moght be there, but not from the local authority

The housing in Brockhall and surrounding areas are classed as over-subscribed. There aren't enough schools, doctors etc to service what they already have. An extra 170 houses is not at the top of the list for either residents or councillors. Especially not in Brockhall Village

Would Venkys be able to sell the Club whilst the investigation is still live?

48 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Whilst on the subject does no one think the training ground sale will come back and bite us on the arse at some point ?

Seeing as it was valued at probably 3 times it's real value or is that why they only appear to have actually paid half the money into the club for it ?

I think the value of the training ground is insignificant, really. The land is pretty much worthless to developers for the medium term. No way will it be able to be used for anything other than Rovers or some form of employment. One of the big criticisms of the brockhall development plan was that it just wasn't needed. The demand for housing just is not there in this area. When Rovers first took on Brockhall it was able to get planning permission in part because Rovers stressed it would continue to be a place of employment, as that is a condition of the land following its former use as a hospital / major employer.

If Venkys sell the club they will have to put the training ground back in control of BRFC

The whole training ground development was such a bizarre move looking back on it. It was never, ever going to be allowed, so why did they even try it?

I think it more likely the payment has been approved given the next court date is scheduled for August as opposed to depending on the "Wharton money"

What makes this miserable situation worse is the Indian judiciary is known to be painfully slow. This could drag on for years. We are on life support right now. The best thing "Madame" could do for this club is to look to move it on to somebody who has the ability to fund effectively. As ever, they are not interested in what is best for the club, but only for themselves

After a brief period of positivity in Mowbray and JDT we are now looking at another period similar to that when Bowyer, Lambert and Coyle were at the club. Zero sums of money spent, zero ambition and a period which will more than likely result in a relegation

As this league moves forward in revenue and quality, we are left struggling to keep up and it is 100% down to the Rao family. They are scum. There's no better word

Go away with the Steve Kean comparisons. As Matty says, he's a millions miles from it

I like how we had a thread dedicated to embarrassing things wrote on other Rovers forums. Hopefully, they have their own topic with screenshots of this thread. Embarrassing is an understatement

They aren't the greatest of matches for us this weekend

Hudds play Rotherham, which should be a win for Huddersfield

QPR at Sunderland with Sunderland being in stinking form

Blues play Watford - we are desperate for that to be a draw

6 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

I dont think he will challenge those above him like JDT did,he will toe the party line whatever happens = "a yes man".

 

Not a lot of managers come out and slag off those above them. If any, really

Most of the time, managers - head coaches or whatever - will come out in public and feed a PR line because they know that gives them a better opportunity for future jobs. Eustace is no different

Wanting somebody to come in and immediately start slagging off the board is a bit of an odd desire for me. Even if they may deserve it

The goal at the moment is to stay in the league. If he just comes in and begins to throw his weight around then it helps nobody

2 hours ago, Tom said:

I really want to be proven wrong but I can’t take to this guy one bit.

Seems an absolute yes man and for someone who said it’s a no excuse culture sure does like an excuse or two

You are one of the more reasonable posters on here, so I guess it's about time this was challenged

What has John Eustace done or said that has made you think he is a "yes man"? And what exactly do you mean by it?

I believe it is mental filtering with some people. They want to blame the easy thing, or what they can see. That is the players and the coaches. Nothing else really matters to them. The fact that the players and coaches have been downgraded ever since the Rao family bought the club does not seem to come into it

The next visible "party" are the fans. Hence, they receive the second most blame

The issue has always been that we do not have a suitable local journalist who are probing and ultimately printing the right things. I don't read the LT really. I get my Rovers news from here. The failure of the Lancashire Telegraph to really get to grips with the commotion at Ewood is a direct cause of the fan base apathy. They only read about the team and therefore only care about the team

32 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

When did I describe him as stupid?

15 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

He obviously has inherited a poor set of players but youd expect a bounce and all we have had is lifeless and soul destroying performances. He comes across as a dullard and his teams portray that.

14 hours ago, roversfan99 said:

I think playing 5 defenders throughout a very winnable home game and being pleased with a point is a big sign of what John Eustace potentially is unfortunately.

The players dont look like they know what they are doing, no one has any idea what the tactics are going forward beside the occasional hoof in the air to no one in particular. We arent creating chances and we arent keeping clean sheets. Even the set pieces are confused, it seemed like we would be going to put crosses into the box with more height under him but that mess in injury time summed up a confused, disjointed and dysfunctional performance and we did a similar corner in the first half.

Its hard to know what to make regarding his time at Birmingham, I wonder if he got sacked at a good time in terms of his reputation. His full season there was unremarkable and although they were 6th when he left, it was 11 games in and with a favourable fixture list, Rooney then followed with 5 really difficult fixtures so it might have been a bit misleading at such an early stage.

He obviously has inherited a poor set of players but youd expect a bounce and all we have had is lifeless and soul destroying performances. He comes across as a dullard and his teams portray that.

How have you managed to determine that John Eustace is stupid?

That's some judgement you have made there. On a par with Mercer and his terrace analysis of Benson

In our League 1 campaign we had Charlie Mulgrew scoring from free kicks or corners for fun. 15 goals from centre back or something daft like that

I thought we were unlucky not to win the league really. We had a bit of a shite run at some point early doors I think and that cost us. But Mowbray also threw it against Charlton I think?

We weren't lucky to go up that's for sure. Our team was a very, very good one for that level. The criticism is that we should have won that league

Shrewsbury were the unlucky team. Their purple patch also coincided with us and Wigan - with Wigan at that time being a bit of a yoyo team between the leagues if I remember correctly

In my opinion it will be Rotherham, Stoke and Plymouth who go down

Saturday is an absolute must win. Or, must not lose

The sad reality is that we do not have that good of a squad. It comes to something when McFadzean has come in and looked a decent player. He was a bottom half Championship player in his "prime". He should be a league or two below now really

1 hour ago, Mercer said:

If it was anything to do with me, it would be a basic requirement that all key employees lived permanently within a one hour commute of Ewood Park and if it was not acceptable to that individual then tough and you move on.  Over the years, I've done my share of travel and living out of hotels, short term rentals etc whilst working on assignments etc and it's feckin hard work even in the short term but to do it for years (Mowbray, Waggott etc), in my experience, it's bound to impact adversely on job effectiveness.   

Good job it isn't then

I think this is a case of be careful what you wish for, as far as people moaning about playing style

The football under John Eustace will not be as expansive as it was under JDT or even Mowbray. It will be very much about doing the right things at the back and trying to generate them counters, set pieces or moments of brilliance to get a goal at the other end

Some days it will come off - Stoke - and others you will feel a sense of frustration

23 hours ago, Silas said:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-13072173/SPORTS-AGENDA-Man-United-fans-consulted-Old-Traffords-future-Sir-Jim-Ratcliffes-INEOS-group-keen-quick-decision-PLUS-Jon-Dahl-Tomasson-quit-Blackburn.html

"Many believe the departure of Jon Dahl Tomasson last week was down to a lack of funds at Blackburn as owners Venkys tighten the purse strings.

A more stringent approach is certainly taking place. Rovers' scouts have found themselves questioned by bean counters after choosing to use the M6 Toll (at a cost of £8.90) to get to games. 

And parking charges have been queried when scouts have not been provided with spaces at certain away grounds."

 

I'm all for a good conspiracy theory, but are we really querying parking fees? Would be fairly crazy that for a multi million business. Smells a bit like BS. 

Bloody hell this can't be true

Most will use the toll around here...especially when charging it back to the company. You have to be bent out of shape to object to £8 to avoid the hell that is the M6 Jct 11 to Jct 5

On Instagram there’s a page called “plagiarism-Blackburn”

They are selling Waggott out stickers for 13p each

I don’t mind people saying the Venkys. Groups the together and over the years has become something you can aim your frustration at 

Whether it is Raos out or Venkys out, everybody knows what and who you mean 

Eustace being part of this “Coventry Mafia” is a myth

They have never worked together before. And he’s fully aware of what he is dealing with 

The delays are a bit of a joke but it’s happening