2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I've only seen the " highlights " but I got the feeling watching that and reading the comments of the people who actually saw all the game that he's lost the players.

Worst performance of the season ...looks like some of the players are not happy either Dack was certainly not happy after the game ended.

I have a remote bluetooth that can release my iphone shutter button when the phone is on a cradle in the car ..Basicaly placed on either side of the windscreen and used in conjunction with my steering wheel controls i can take a photo hands free..(its called a Mukku shtrr) but i doubt he as this set up but it can work hands free ..

Just now, Yonder12 said:

Lazy & Nervous and his technique was awful

To me he looked comfortable with a good footballing head on his shoulders ..Found the pass when needed with very little effort also read the game with ease ..

In the end it was obvious he was not fully match fit hence why he came off otherwise he would have stayed on the pitch..IMHO .

Ticket gone 

I have a spare ticket going spare free if anyone wants to pick up at ground or if transport needed I can pick up on my way through Blackburn 

I was speaking to Axel Tuanzebe on Friday and try as i might he was not for telling me anything on the Glen Whelan story ..

After a very stressful week i nearly didn't go today and if it was not for my wife telling me it would help take my mind of things(basicaly kicking me out ) well it certainly did..

I always like a visit to Nottingham and today was no exception,not sure how many away fans they were but what a cracking atmosphere we created ,i don't think there was a quiet moment from our fans all the way through the game ,on par with West Brom and Stoke ...On the game we fully deserved to win and i can still see that Rothwell shot curl in to the top corner cracking goal ,also good to see bodies getting in front of shots something that as been missing in a lot of our games ,great shape as well and to be honest a good game to watch..On the negative side ,Benno is no way a right back ,and Bell is not a left back on another day he could have cost us 2 goals now this is not just a one off with him..Big shout to Dell boy williams who  had a excelent game as did Darra  ,not seen the Raya mistake yet so can't comment but it looked a bit of a calamity ..Looking forward to the highlights for once , i also hope they show Dacks chance as it looked a good save from their 8ft keeper ..

4 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/former-blackburn-rovers-star-banned-16033566

And a bully,  mind you I tend to ignore those allegations which have become the norm in the pampered world of youth football. 

I heard first hand from quite a few youth team players who were around Bellamy circa 2005 that he was indeed a bully ....

I am astounded my TM comments targeting Joe Rothwell man of ther match for me yesterday,only one of three players that can actualy see a pass in the Rovers team at the moment.....He is one step ahead of half his team mates when he picks the ball up ,i also watched his tracking yestrday and that as improved from all the times i have seen him play..

Jim Branagan photo is circa 1985

No but Dack should have a min or so ago

Watch it a few times and all i can see is DG puting is hands out to aid his balance after a coming togethere never a foul and you only have to see the Preston players reaction to say it wasn't

Just now, Bbrovers2288 said:

He has been but no thanks, has done nothing in management. That wba team should be a lot better. 

Oh to have those running the club not scared to upset a few fans by getting rid of a club legend. Sometimes tough decisions have to be made for the greater good. Your time is up Tony 

I dont want Darren Moore as manager it was more a tounge in cheek comment based on todays result ..

Darren moore could be available hearing rumors he is about to be sacked

Just now, blueboy3333 said:

they can sack the deluded idiot who is in charge now

While i dont like the word idiot i got to admit there is some substance here as i think Tony as lost it ..Goalkeeper just stops the ball going in between the white sticks ,defenders defend ,centre backs head the ball away ,midfielders pass the ball ,strikers just score goals ..Simple Tony start with that and let the opposition worry about your team

A nice comment from Mowbary after he left Coventry .. I probably let them down by not getting in the big 6ft 4in centre-half we were after, who could have been a man and help us keep clean sheets. ...There as been a pattern at nearly all the clubs he  as managed and all apear to go the same way ,while at Celtic he once played Aiden McGeady at left back and while i like him as a person the good old square pegs in round holes with his players is going to come back again and hit him hard ..

First time in a while i did not fully aplaud the team off today ,i felt defalted and just couldn't find anything positive  from the game  apart from Rothwells creativity and speed..

Lot's  already been said about our back four at the moment ,just not getting to grips with it at all..One thing i have noticed today and i am saying it from a personal level from playing the game ,in my opinion the managers negativity apears to be affecting the players..

Having now seen every apearence that Ben as played i can honestly say the lad as something without doubt and  what i see is a lad that is trying to hard ..

Anyone who as played at a semi pro level or full pro level will see what is happening with him,he panicks to the point were he is not being natural also not helping with him playing out of his prefered postion ,you make mistakes you move away from your natural instincts just to get a touch of the ball and get some confidence in my opinion once he gets that goal be it off his arse in to the net or his shin it's going to be a big lift for him....He knows the fans expect (especialy with the price tag) not his doing but it's there .We saw his sense of humor come through at Brentford when he was warming up having pot shots at goal and every time it was his turn the Rovers fan were egging him on to a go old roar when he scored he did it 3 times scored all three on on all ocassions  he gave a big grin towards the Rovers fans followed by the other Rovers players encouraging him ...One thing i personaly have noticed with him is his heading game or lack off,just does not apear to have any coaching on that side of his game...

Bell cannot defend ....

That should have been 1-0 what a awful pass from Armstrong

Sad day indeed i spent many late night discussions with him regarding football when i was  in my late twenties a lovely man he was and his wife was also very down to earth...

1 hour ago, philipl said:

Just as last week, it was Sunday when how good we were against Hull hit me and I couldn't stop smiling for three days, woken up this morning with the hammer blow of just how goddam awful that defeat was..

 

One for the oldies here, but this season is reminding me of 1977/8 under Jim Smith. Totally unexpected really good season with some stunning dominant wins interspersed with some horrific defeats. We lost 5-2 at Blackpool in front of the cameras with Bob Hatton getting 4 if I remember correctly. We finished 5th but in those days no cigar. Happily take 5th again this season but sticking with my forecast of 7th and a lot of recriminating bunnies in East Lancs.

Another parallel, mid-table bunched up that season as well and in fact we finished only 8 points (2 points for a win) ahead of Blackpool who got relegated- Brentford be warned!

 

At the risk of upsetting Stuart again, we lost yesterday in the centre of the park. For the first quarter we were hitting nice diagonals and getting Arma in to terrify their back line. From the moment they pinned Reed to the advertising hoarding, they signalled their intent and bullied us out of control in the centre. From then on it was their players being fed the diagonals to expose Bennett in particular. Our supply to Arma dried up and they could press forward without fear. Conway was a really bad sub decision, we needed Rothwell to worry them the way Dack worried them assuming he could survive the assault and battery the ref was letting go. In fact the 50th minute yesterday was the ideal platform for Rothwell to stake his case in the same way BB got to show he is the obvious forward sub ahead of Nuttall.  

 

Big job behind the scenes this coming week. Mowbray to get the heads right. The physios to repair the bodies of Dack, Graham, Evans (sounds he could be the worst from Mowbray's interview) and Lenahan plus the walking wounded of Reed, Bennett and Travis- all of whom would have been taken off injured in a more normal game.     

I certainly remember that season as i played in the Rovers schoolboy team hoping to try and get in the reserves at the time...A bad knee injury cut of any pro route i may have ventured in to ,i was freindly with one of Jim smiths  daughter for a while who would have been around 16 at the time,sure they lived near the woodlands area .

Is Jack Rodwell on his way out ?

12 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

My Rochdale pals liked him a lot. Mowbray said words to the effect that he'd " Come back from loan a different player ". I must admit I thought he was very average when I saw him play.

I watched him a couple of times at Rochdale the last match was against Doncaster when i was sat with a Doncaster scout never stood out to me and i actualy think he was subbed as well ...

Well worth the 10 hour journey to the Den and back as said  by most who watched not the best of games but TM got his tacticts bang on.We doubled up on them with their head tennis game kept it tight then hit them ...3 points and a nice journey home through the city centre enjoying  the sights.