I met Mr Venky in Trinidad (they have a share of the Trinbago Knight Riders cricket team). He barely knew what Blackburn Rovers is. That leads me to believe we read too much into Venky’s motives and their feelings towards the fans. They simply don’t really care - we are a grain of sand in their massive empire, one bought by/for Balaji. Quite simply - The club won’t matter until it affects them or their business.

The old Dack maybe. The current Dack is a liability.

He’s going absolutely nowhere. Tough watch again today - we’re awful. Hard not to become totally apathetic with it all. Another opportunity missed and I’m talking about the season - not this game.

Exactly.

That’s fair. But I’d argue he need us just as much as we need him. Where’s his incentive to earn the contract?

Cc Venkys

A pretty big elephant in the room is Dack. He’s a shadow of the player he was and we’ve just leveraged OUR club again by offering him a big contract. Symptomatic of how the club is run and a pretty clear example of the decision making.

Brilliant post.

Dack chasing shadows unfortunately.

We fit the perfect criteria for Castore. They go after teams/athletes with a strong heritage that are currently not 'top tier' for the big commercial brands. West Indies Cricket, Rangers, Murray etc They also make nice stuff.

Good post. I dont agree there is only investment for the 1st team though - they spend £3m a year to keep the academy as category 1.

Would Big Sam want to help rovers out though.......

I also think he would be our best option at left back, played there well a few times last year. Douglas has been a big disappointment.

You almost need to laugh. Worst performance of the season tonight unfortunately.

I’ve started turning the audio off on iFollow. Warren Lucy is laughably bad.

Rinse and repeat. ‘Played well, unlucky’ Bottom line is we can’t get results against teams above us. Going forward we were decent but the subs killed the game, very odd. Lenihan and Douglas are not up to it. I would play Downing at LB, pray we get Grant Hanley back or go back in for Kipre. Ayala can’t be arsed.

It’s available on iFollow outside of the UK. UK - Sky only.

Hard to read that crap. Horrible horrible lot.

Kaminski. Wow. He’s really really really good.

Not at the races at all today - getting battered. Fair play to Barnsley, playing v well

Keith Andrews currently on sky doing punditry.....killer Barnet! Wouldn't mess with the 11 today, hope we can find some consistency.

suspended

Sums up my feelings too - I've lived abroad for 6 years and iFollow is a great way to keep engaged. Warren Lucy aside, its a great offering. Reading the story in the telegraph this morning that Rovers have averaged only 1,200 iFollow passes per game (for context....less than Accrington Stanley & Bolton) surprised me. I do feel there is a large section of the fanbase who won't be happy whatever happens. I struggle with people who have only negative things to say, yet won't pay to watch the club instead favoring illegal streams. Not sure some have the full understanding of the economics behind all of this.

Kipre has barely played a minute for WBA. Wasn’t even in the squad yesterday.

Derby are in real trouble. Cocu must be on borrowed time