We are losing this.

Douglas ffffffsssss

I know Arna was stretching there, but ffs lad, look up once in a while - shoe in for Gallagher..

No. It isn't

WTF Douglas. Just hoof it forwards aimlessly, will you?

Fook me, Douglas has is boots on the wrong sodding feet ... AGAIN

Big Sam would laugh his cock off at the thought of coming back here, especially as he was shown the door by the same dolts who still (nominally and financially) own the place... There's more chance of Maradonna signing for us, than of the return of Fat Sam to this speak-easy..

It is fine margins in this division. Last week at Brizzle, had any of Arna's efforts been converted we might have opened the floodgates. Likewise to have Lenihan dismissed at Brentford changed the shape of the game. Getting our noses in front gives the team confidence to push on and that can be the difference that makes the difference in the championship. This evening I hope we make a return to a winning mentality. But even if we do, everyone knows it is only a temporary adjustment and that TM teams have a glass jaw that eventually always reverts to type (or should I say 'tripe'?). I think we will grind out a win tonight. It won't be pretty, and we may need to grit our collective teeth at times... 2-0 Rovers COYB!

Yes, that is a good point. Perhaps a clearer indication of our trajectory for the season might be visible after the next 5 games, when we hit mid-season. If we continue to be mid-table, then barring any miraculous upturn in fortunes, that is more than likely where we will end up. If, after these next 5 games, we are in or very close to the top 6 berths, then perhaps there may be more cause for optimism, although TM does appear to be feast or famine (mainly famine these past 3 plus years).

At least it isn't just us and our manager that does these baffling things.. see below, from today's game between Southampton and Sheff Utd. 12:27 Get Involved #bbcfootball or text 81111 (UK only) SMS Message: Utter rubbish from the blades. 3 strikers on the bench and playing McBurnie again. Wilder needs his head testing from Paul in Northwich Article Reactions

Douglas, apart from his set piece crossing into the danger area, looks a spent force. Like someone who used to believe he could cut it at the top level, but now accepts he is on a downward trajectory. Doleful and (when shooting at goal) woeful. Rovers had a few games where they had the rub of the green, but once the green has worn off, there doesn't seem to be the belief to push on. Tactically inept, is perhaps the best I can say about TM choice of subs today. What the fook was he thinking?

Substitutions are baffling. As is the lack of crowd noise - I'd wager it made a big difference to Bristol in the week, even if it was as annoying as feck..

GERT IN

bollux. Pukey

Hover your cursor at the bottom right of the post you want to like. Good start by both sides..

I think it is a reference to TM's outburst at Derrick Williams that time...

Yes, this has the feel of one of Mowbray's desperately frustrating fallow periods, to keep us safely away from any notion of top 6. Blackburn Rovers on their annual battle against promotion, series 4 re-run I think.. Canaries to nick it due to Rovers choking on noxious fumes emanating from their loyal support on this MB. Call the Police!

Haha! It was more because of the way the club was run back then; training in Pleasington, Tony Parkes with his 3 bed semi opposite Station Garage in Feniscowles, John Bailey stopping off for fuel (at Station Garage where I was working pumping petrol) on his way home from a Saturday game (in his Vauxhall Firenza no less, a less frenetic but no less passionate feeling about the game... Jim Iley because his name was the only manager's moniker that I ever heard my dad sing (probably 'cause I didn't often stand on t'Riverside with t'folks) and Bobby Saxton because he seemed to come from another age with his swarthy looks and broad sideburns... And, under either manager I'd have had the pleasure of playing alongside players of the calibre of Faz, Meccy, Noel, Kevin Hird, John Bailey, possibly Sir Roger Jones and the like.' Course most of the football was atrocious and the prospects of glory quite remote.. as one wag at the time put it, "And Blackburn Rovers take to the field, at the start of their annual battle against promotion...!"

We could do with a thumping result like this... (highly unlikely I know)

Jim Iley or Bobby Saxton

Fark

Faaaakk! Williams you tool!

Aye, the green eyed middle aged monster strikes again!

3 shots on target for us so far, to their none..

Aye, but the stupidest haircut