Rothwell straigth at the goalkeeper, instead of the net... Good move though 🙂

Subs: 4 Johnson 6 Davenport 19 Clarkson 20 Edun 7 Khadra 13 Pears 14 Butterworth

1 Kaminski 26 Lenihan 16 Wharton 5 Ayala 27 Travis 2 Nyambe 3 Pickering 8 Rothwell 22 Brereton 10 Dolan 21 Buckley

If so, does that mean we can expect an attacking display with wing backs flying down the flanks at every opportunity, or a timid tippy-tappy play it endlessly behind the halfway line and seek to catch them venturing forward on the break, I wonder? Nobody knows. However, I have my suspicions what most of us would prefer to see ,;) COYB!

Port Out Starboard Home = POSH = Peterborough = Keep up!!

Turns out Brizzle bully boys inflicted significant injury on Poveda after all. How the referee allowed play to continue after he was clearly taken out by the two goons is beyond me. He was clearly targeted after having a bright spell early in the game. https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2021/november/23/poveda-injury-update/ Nigel Pearson, you are a knob mate - and I'm not referring to your much vaunted escapades between the sheets, you football style-cretin.

Anything with Simon Garner, Alan Shearer or Colin Hendry in it. Its all about the passion for Blue & White!

Such is the roller-coaster ride of Rovers' rampant and ridiculous rabble of ragamuffins, that it seems no-one (else) feels capable of stepping forward to preview the game against Championship whipping boys Peterborough United this coming Wednesday (yes, less than 48 hours away and not a word, not a peep, not a whisper of a match thread). Till now. To the Board's rescue comes the mighty, but largely clueless, keyboard warrior formerly known as Wild Irish Rover, but now oddly monikered 'WIR Second Coming' ever since a strange clash with a long gone Mod in the dark days of goodness knows when. Long ago. I digress. Wednesday evening sees the return to Ewood Park of Darren Ferguson's Peterborough United (theposh.com) with the two sides poised for an epic, if somewhat baffling, battle of half wit / half worry-wort with there being only one clear winner - the weather. Posh are in something of a tail-spin sitting at 22nd in the division, having won only twice since September, and collecting only 3 points from their past 5 games. Rovers are in much healthier shape, going into the game having taken 10 from a possible 15 points, even whilst establishing a new club record for a home defeat along the way. Ferguson is apparently regarded as an up and coming manager in the game of association football, so far being saddled with a less than glittering track record to date taking in the heady heights of Posh (currently his 3rd stint), Preston Knorr Th'End and Doomcaster Rovers where no trees were torn up, or football boots thrown in dressing room spats despite his being the spawn of a Red Devil. Head to head over the years has been unpredictable, other than to say you can predict the next game is going to be unpredictable. It looks like there has never been a scoreless draw between the sides, so perhaps lump on some cash at the bookies. No, perhaps not. Rovers' propensity to vacillate continued at the weekend of course, with the same group of players that gave a footballing and motivational lesson to a side only just out of the Premier League being harried, bruised and battered off their stride by a very poor bunch of cider-quaffing louts. Only the kwality of our Plastic Chilean mascot rescued a difficult point from our otherwise huff and puff / lack of Arte et Labore - long may El Diaz continue to bosh in the goals in such fine 'Gamst Stylie' I say. Players who have graced (or disgraced) both teams include... Derek Dougan - (Centre-Forward, turn-coat and late of this parish since 2007) (a chorus of loud boos from many a Rovers die-hard, or at least those who are still alive despite being able to recall the treachery associated with that name). Bit of a Posh Doog, at the time, no doubt. Serhat Tasdemir (Attacking Midfielder born in Blackburn) - Finding players who've been at both clubs is definitely a trivial pursuit opportunity - but apparently this chap was released by Rovers and is now plying his trade with Barnet, having made some appearances at London Road. Niall Mason (Defender / Defensive Midfielder) - early career featured a spell with Rovers, eventually signing professional terms with Aston Villa but never appearing for them, and instead arriving at the Posh via another Rovers (doomcaster). Prediction for Wednesday Evening? Heart says Rovers have to stamp some kind of authority on this one, despite being dictated to by Brizzle at the weekend - So perhaps a fine 2-0 Head says you can only bank on being baffled at the mind-games played so expertly by our gloriously deluded leader as we hurtle towards kick off. Could go either way, but based on form alone, plus the Posh' awkward 'habit' of taking the game to Rovers at Ewood, an unsurprising result might be 2-3 in Fergie time. I won't be there - am having to self isolate with the family, and can confirm that this Covid thing is real. Currently completely unable to taste or smell anything - NOTHING AT ALL - which is a weird thing. All I can say is, I still expect a strong whiff of bullshit emanating from Ewood Park in the run up to the game, but I am hoping that it will be the sweet smell of victory for the mighty Blue & White, rather than the stench of bewilderment for the few hardy souls brave enough to venture out for this one. O Come on Ye Blues!

All I can say is that he was absolute garbage yesterday, as I noted at the time. His poor form, plus the complete inability of Lenihan to find one of our players at all with any of his forward passing, was a major reason that we got a battering from a poor side. Pearson had clearly set up his troops to try to intimidate our players - I mean, Brereton-Diaz constantly being floored, Buckley being totalled from behind in a completely reckless and dangerous way when trying to head the ball then having the same player kick his boot off the pitch, Kaminski losing his rag at their player who thought it ok to dig him in the ribs when ambling past for a corner and the kicker (pardon the pun) being the deliberate and cynical taking down of Poveda in a three player sandwich leading to him being stretchered off. Put it another way, if it had been us fouling their players so consistently and constantly throughout the game, do you really think we would have finished with 11 on the pitch? Not me! The worst we meted out was Rothwell (quite rightly) taking one for the team when their sub was setting off on a mazy and penetrating run down the middle. Clearly a yellow card, but powder puff stuff compared to their cynical game plan. In the end I felt we more than deserved the point. With a little more composure from Joe R, or perhaps a lunge by Diaz to meet Rothwell's cross-shot, we might even have nicked it. Praise to Kaminski for his agility and concentration late on - he is a super keeper, and has brought a new dimension to the Rovers style. How good was Ayala when he came on too? Someone must have stitched a magnet into the ball, as it seemed to be unswervingly attracted to his head. I was absorbed and entertained by the game - not by the quality of the football, which was poor to be sure, but by the knife-edge unpredictability of it. Let's hope there are some better performances in some areas against the Posh. COYB!

Diaz punished for getting the ball. Mowbray's reaction "Fucking Arse!" 🙂

Kaminski the man! Sharp save from Wells

Now, THAT is a finish!

DAIIIIIIIIIIAAAAAA||ZZZZZZZ!!

Lenihan is as thick as pig shite.

Laughable. Match day thread, game in progress... 9 pages 😞 Shocking. In other news, Rovers still asleep at the wheell

He takes DAVENPORT off? WTF!!??

Rovers Corner! WoOOO HOO!

I think we have to be grateful we are only one down at half time. Needs some serous attention over the break.

Rovers forward passing is abysmal. Nearly as crap as the ref's eyesight

Cameraman is a knob - cuts away from a Rovers attack to show the 4th official holding up the board for extra time 😞

Ball in the net, but Diaz marginally offside...

Wharton lucky to avoid a yellow there

Nyambe having a shocker. Slow, clumsy, error prone and now a foul throw. Now a cynical foul and yellow card. He's not interested! Davenport having a good game so far, with some cruching tackles. Bristol threatening with their attacking play - just missed an open goal! Feck! We don't have an answer to their long throws / direct balls in. If we go behind I can;t see how we would get back in at this point. Not sure why their player didn't get a yellow for fouling Buckley, then kicking his boot away, FEEECCKK 1-0

Ah, I need to go VPN then..

: Kaminski, Nyambe, Lenihan (c), Wharton, Edun, Travis, Davenport, Buckley, Khadra, Brereton Diaz, Poveda Subs: Pears, Johnson, Ayala, Rothwell, Dolan, Clarkson, Butterworth