Dreams of 1995

If Nyambe left it would be a bad move for the club. Life moves on though. He’s a great player and one of our own so it stings that bit more. He isn’t irreplaceable though. Nobody is in the world of footy, save your megastars. The thing we need to concern ourselves with now is who replaces him. We’ve picked out two decent left backs in Edun and Pickering so here’s hoping we do the same again at RB.

Funnily enough he’s built like a brick shithouse Keep all things confidential

Dutch lad I met travelling is an avid Ajax fan and his response to the right back was “built like a beast, not really great though, not bad but not great” - apparently failed at Ajax Then again he also didn’t know who Captain Van Hecke is and once told me Ooijer was crap Source: Dutch lad I met travelling

What’s your obsession with this? Chill out - bloke can post what he wants. If you take him up on it that’s on you but unless posters fecking Harvard reference their source you are all over it There’s enough pure wild speculation on here. It’s footy. If he claims to know it from somewhere then who gives a god damn. Believe it or don’t - he doesn’t have to reveal any info, doesn’t need to post anything really, just be thankful you have posters who may know something you don’t. At the end of the day if you believe it that’s on you Was once a time people used to post all sorts on here - it’s what got me into the site - but blokes like you just drive people away demanding revealing sources and all sorts of crap like they will do. Was a lad called bbrovers or something a while ago and the same happened to him. It never used to happen, and you’re the main culprit, stop it

I’d rather let Rothwell go for free in summer than go o Bournemouth now

I liked Graham but I have to agree with this part. Why do we need Wood? He is not the type of player we need right now Its been working with Buckley through the middle and Khadra and BB out wide. Get us a more polished Dolan or a Khadra we own but Wood is just a bit of an odd fit if you ask me Even if we did want a player to hold the ball up I think there’s better than Wood out there

I think it is yeah Even when I used to run in the egg and spoon race at primary school I wanted to win I would like to go up as Champions here but as you say I would be over the moon at going up. It didn’t lessen my joy at promotion at all but it would have been nice to take the trophy too

It’s better than being listed as runners up though But yeah I wasn’t personally that bothered about that Charlton game because it was mission accomplished. He still should have went for it. Just showed a bit of disrespect to the other teams and also to the Club imo.

Personally think that’s fanfare for Chileans. They love Bielsa and they love Brereton. Although that could go a different way too I suppose. Does direct running BB fit “Bielsa ball”? He still isn’t really a pass and mover and his first touch can be a bit off. Nowt that can’t be improved but I dont think he’s the striker to fire in the goals required to keep them in the Prem. might be wishful thinking.

If you sell Brereton you may as well kiss the 3 out of contract lads goodbye and promotion whilst you are at it What sort of message does it send out? 2nd in the table and you sell the most in form player in January!! I think we should give up on teams like Newcastle when they are lining up boys like Trippier and Coutinho. Other than that I couldn’t think of another Prem club who need him except the bastard dingles and that ain’t happening

If somebody tells me they want 10k for the piece of artwork that I feel is worth 1k then me not choosing to buy it doesn’t mean I can’t afford it. What it actually means is that I don’t believe it is value for money. I hold that value in a different regard to you When you purchase an asset you do so because of the value to you - whether material or otherwise. Someone may tell you it is worth that but really the only valuation that matters is the spender You might believe it blindingly obvious but I don’t think it is as clear cut. There’s a hell of a lot of players demanding money that the market cannot provide and Covid has really shown that up. Hence the vast amount of players sitting on contract offers throughout the leagues. In this case Ryan may think he’s worth breaking the managed wage structure we clearly have but our management team don’t think he is worth it. Could we break that? Probably. Do we want to? Evidently not We may not want to because we want to see where we are in the summer, or that we think we can get better value for our money elsewhere (like sparks northcote analogy), but to automatically assume that we cannot afford it means you are very open to meeting unrealistic demands and at its worst open to not actually achieving true value for money…such as eating at Northcote! It might simply be a case of we do not want to meet his wage demands because they don’t think he is a player worth paying 15/20k a week even if he and his agents do (hypothetical I don’t know his demands) I suppose the question is: do you think Nyambe is worth breaking the wage structure? Because by paying him x amount it will then bring up the market value of a Rovers contract, meaning players of similar quality / stature will expect a similar amount. I don’t personally think it is a black and white case of if we can afford Nyambe and I wouldn’t rule out the management team thinking he just isn’t worth what his demands are And even all the above aside it also may be a case of Nyambe believing he can play in a better league and wants to asses his options at the end of the year knowing he can leave on a free. Agents are advising this in the current climate of sky high transfer fees

There’s a difference between not being able to afford him and somebody demanding more than they are worth None of us really know the offer on the table but we do know that a lot of clubs have players unwilling to sign new contracts. We also know the typical advice from agents is to sit tight and wait in the current climate

Don’t, den, cos that’s exactly what will happen and we know it Form of our lives and this happens. Could see it coming the moment their gaffer got a positive test. I’m not one for conspiracy but i had a feeling they wouldn’t want this game, why would they, and you can’t help but feel we’ve been hard done by here

I don’t get it Whether it’s playing Sunday mornings, or if injured down watching (no matter the weather), or getting to a Rovers game, I couldn’t think of much better ways of spending a day than watching the beautiful game I feel sorry for you. It must have been hell being a Rovers fan these past 10 years without a genuine love of the sport As my old man would say “you’d watch 11 snails play if you could” - he’s right. Sounds cheesy but the actual game of football is just brilliant, regardless of what you may think of other aspects of the sport itself edit - just saw your post about being pissed. Fair play, I’ll join you on that one 🍻😄🎄

They are happening despite all of what you say. If it was better managed you would see less problems. Clubs like Borrusia Dortmund have an entire stand that release flares and smoke bombs every single game. You don’t see their fans dropping down with breathing difficulties game after game. That is because it is managed, with the club, in a sensible fashion. You also see a greatly improved atmosphere at German games than you do in modern English football. Like it or not that is the perception. I couldn’t see the JW stand embracing it so if you value views above all else I would definitely be sitting in that stand hence the bigger price.

Smoke bombs are used in everything from wedding photos to fantastic displays organised by fans across European football grounds Harmless at its very purest definition is wrong, but I wouldn’t say they are dangerous Flares are different and I do accept that. They need to be used by responsible people. Though in German / Dutch clubs they are organised with the club, and therefore health and safety better managed. As usual in the U.K. we are firmly of the “stick” and not the carrot. Instead pretending strict prohibition of these items will work, even in the face of evidence that it doesn’t, and so those unfortunate accidents will continue to happen Like it or not pyrotechnics will continue to be used in football grounds. At home there’s 4 stands and they won’t be used in the JW or Riverside so I would be sitting there if I didn’t want them. When away it will continue to happen and it’s more difficult to avoid. It needs to be better managed like it is around other major leagues.

They need to chill out The atmosphere has been getting better and better. Smoke bombs are harmless. Go to a match in Europe they are everywhere

Chaddy do me a favour and don’t mention wide forward just in case Mr Mowbray sees The 3-5-2 is working wonders with Brereton and Khadra starting centrally and being allowed to drift. Them starting out wide and drifting inwards led to some terrible football if you ask me. If he moves away from this formation and this squad (barring injuries) I’ll lose my shit

And any opinion can be challenged tbf Biz We all know it’s absolute nonsense. You can only judge an opinion on who it has come from and form tells us he couldn’t spot a player to save his life. Whether it is saying Mols is better than Buckley, or Dolan is no good, or a 15 year old is better than Clarkson, we might try and justify that madness with being on the wind up but the reality might just be that the football knowledge just isn’t there. If you put forward such outlandish opinions you simply have to accept they’ll be dismissed as a nonsense.

Mowbray should have been sacked in the 17 game run at the back end of last season. It was horrible to watch. But he didn’t and he has managed to turn things around. Ill eat the humble pie and say I’d have sacked him but I have been proven wrong. No biggy. I’m not a CEO. I still believe TM would have gone at any other club. Yet here we are now, 3rd in the league and with a squad that is brilliant to watch. That might not be happening if we had sacked Mowbray because the alternative could have been a bad choice. Mowbray still has the job to do of convincing the players to sign up. If he can’t sell it to them on the back of this form then there’s problems.

Lovely stuff. This team is frightening. Relentless hounding, shithousery throughout and a touch of class to really put the cherry on top. We can win this league. Cmon Rovers!!!

Our openers are as poor as I have seen. Burns action is just all wrong imo, it is exactly what they teach youngsters not to do. The way he brings his bat down screams “edge me!!!” Hameed just isn’t test standard. Plays some nice shots and can hang around but he’ll give his wicket away time and time again We need a Root and Malan masterclass tomorrow. If they can knock 100 a piece it will give us some hope with Stokes, Pope and Butler to follow. Butler owes us. Ive woke up both mornings to watch that tripe. Don’t know why I bother.

Not wanting to lockdown every time there’s a new variant is probably pretty society orientated Looks like you have jumped in with two feet driven through anger around the virus and its effects but to be perfectly truthful it is quite self-absorbed to be assuming everybody that doesn’t agree with your method of dealing with Covid-19 doesn’t give a damn The bloke you quoted has just said he’s had his jabs and boosters - what more do you want from him? The government and their expert advisors are telling us it is safe to attend events if they do everything Chaddy has done, yet here you are calling him self centred This “discussion” is becoming silly. It’s not up to the fans to make decisions on other people’s health. If they are told it is safe to attend then it is quite ok if they do; if you do not feel safe then make your own decision and don’t attend By then attempting to claim chaddy was “wrong” about the vaccines defeating the virus is just you playing the man. Literally every public health expert in the world told us vaccination was the solution - if it isn’t then it isn’t chaddy who is wrong but the people who have told him it’s the answer. Chill out.

We have taken risks on players before and it has worked out. Santa Cruz, Benni and Bellamy all had bad injury records prior to arriving at Ewood!

And to top it off 4 clean sheets in a row Wtf