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Unbelievable

Are we Barnsley in disguise?

And there it is..

Let's see what Mowbray's inspirational team talk at half time brings to the er, party... Not holding my breath, as Philipl says we tend to go all rabbit in the headlights if the opposition find our nets. Is that Stuart Metcalfe I see before me?? COYB...

Something flying over Ewood just now, towing a banner... it's not those cheeky six fingered sky pilots is it?

Nah, I think we will win this one , and thereby flatter to deceive. Anything more than a 2 goal margin and the happy clappers will be talking shite about top 6 potential and going on a run and how Mowbray has turned things around. Sadly, the delusions will be shown to just that as we bumble around the bottom half of the table for the next 5 months, despite having a squad with so much more potential. ROVERS 2 Barrnsley 1 best case ROVERS 2 Barnsley 1 worst case ROVERS 2 Barnsley 1 who gives a sh1t

Maybe the end of the season would be too late, pal. Most of us don't care if TM is happy here - there is little or nothing to be happy about coming out of Ewood Park these days. We have really become a nothing club, with a no-mark manager, instantly forgettable players, and a dwindling connection to the local community that should be the backbone of the club. I really appreciate your enthusiasm and chirpy optimism for Blackburn Rovers, but it seems somewhat at odds with the reality on the ground. We should crowdfund a visit for you - I'd be more than happy to take you on a pre-match tour of the local pubs so you were suitably anaesthetised before the game

Seconded.

It has come to something when half the people you speak to about your beloved club want them to lose tomorrow so there can be a change of wastrel at the wheel. But let's face it, with the Goons & Loons in charge, it isn't going to change very much at all, until they are gone. Sadly, I'm amongst those that would prefer Rovers to get a good hiding tomorrow, so that at least there will be some logic and momentum for a new man at the helm. Unfortunately I'm also amongst those that believe the people in charge at Ewood couldn't pick a winner if they had a bloody time machine....

Ouch! I wonder which David Raya will turn up for work this weekend? I hope it's not this one

I hope we go on either a really excellent OR really poor run to be honest. I'm sick to death of all this zombie-like meandering around mediocrity. I want to be excited again when I hear the words 'Blackburn Rovers'. I long for the day when I no longer peer nervously down the M65 knowing the sixfingeredknuckledragginggoonsofalter-ego have a better manager, better players, and better prospects. At the moment, I'm not holding my breath - all the signs are there of a long, lingering lurch towards oblivion. (Am more than happy to be shown otherwise by the boys in Blue and White!) CMON YOU BLUES!

TM is long enough in the tooth in football terms to know that the basis of a hard to beat side is a core of players who a) work well with each other, b) work hard for each other and c) play regularly together. Quite why he persists with the tinkerman approach, dire defensive (or should that be defective) tactics, and a penchant for selecting players who are quite visibly inferior to others left languishing on the bench, is beyond me. So, if Tinkerman Tone turns out tomorrow, I fully expect the rollercoaster of disappointment to leave Elland Rd empty handed. If he finds the balls to select his best and most committed players from those available, perhaps we might pull off a surprise. For me Rothwell and Holtby have to be prominent in the mix, with our other best of breeds, Dack, Graham, Nyambe and Tosin. If that core plays tomorrow then COYB. We shall see.

Yup, and right there is the reason he is no longer with us

Hello Dave, switch yer echo off m8

Has Holtby made any difference to the shape of the side / style of play?

Aye, but the real question is WHY? What is actually in it for the Venkys? It doesn't make business sense, and there is no way on god's earth that they are doing it out of love for the beautiful game or the name / reputation of Blackburn Rovers.

Latest accounts show us losing £16 million in financial year 17-18, so unless Waggot has a pile of pound coins under the sofa, the absentee owners are putting in more than £1 million per month to keep this shower of shite afloat. Their total financial losses to date are £242 million, according to the documents filed with Companies House. If someone can come up with a formula that allows the Venksters to push off, then great. All I know is that the formula doesn't appear to involve magic Tony's new way of playing football, which is nothing short of shocking. There is light at the end of the tunnel - however, it may well be the torch being wielded by administrators, after the power is turned off at Ewood.

Turkeys do not, under any circumstances, vote for Christmas. Mowbray probably doesn't even acknowledge that there is a problem, either to himself, the press or the players - but it is clear that there is a considerable distance between his view of 'reality' and that experienced by the playing staff and the supporters. To me there is a resounding clamour for change. Unfortunately from the club and Pune based dupes there is a cacophony of silence (oxymoron intended)

Can't argue with any of that. Thanks for not rubbing our noses in it, Northender.

Wtf 20

I don't think that is going to be the main dampener on our spirits tomorrow. to be fair.. I can't remember feeling as hopeless and despondent about a game for some time - although it isn't quite as cringeworthy as the ignominious reversal of fortunes against our six fingered knuckle-dragging neighbours up the M65 quite yet. You never know - maybe the tide is about to turn........ and then I woke up..

According to Malcolm Gladwell in his book 'Blink', certain negative social phenomena tend to occur in clusters, as media reporting acts as a catalyst for similar behaviours amongst vulnerable individuals / groups... Just turned the PC on to see Southampton have shipped 9 goals without reply in a first team fixture this evening versus Leicester. We're doomed.... Doomed I tell ye! COYB - off yer arses, play with a bit of professional pride, and for gawds sake don't come home with the record books for Championship defeats ringing in yer cosseted lugholes.. Even so, 4-0 to the Nobenders ? at a canter for them..

The litany of transgressions is substantial, and yet TM carries on blithely and regardless of the obvious truths that everyone else can see. Difficult to fathom - but then again, this is the world where individuals can apparently justify wage demands of £450K per week (Sterling). Perhaps we just have to accept that football is a crazy world, inhabited by crazy people, and followed by (relatively) sane fans who are seen as irrelevant by anyone on the 'inside'. For me, if we get tubbed by the Nobbenders, TM needs to walk, let alone be potted. Are you listening Tony? Grow a big swinging pair of cohones, one way or the other, and allow the club to lurch to its next intriguing (but likely to be just as frustrating) chapter...

It's just a shame that there will be no one listening (in Pune)... We are so fecked. Are they just using us for money laundering?