Strange to see Man United and Arsenal fixture on the opening day. I guess that sums up the lack of league titles for both of them recently and only one is likely to be anywhere near league title contention. 

3 hours ago, Proudtobeblue&white said:

I'm really sad to say this, but the only way to get the fuckers out is an empty stadium v Derby, I would stand outside shouting Fuckers out, empty ground and a massive statement. Jack Walker's BLUE AND WHITE ARMY!

135 YEARS Rovers, 15 years of pain.

I hope nobody wore that disgusting vaping/red devil logo at his memorial and that certain people were not present. 

Forest ban Neville! 

Waggott's last act was to arrange 2 pre-season games at Ewood. Foggia and America De Cali.

4 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

I'm sure there's more.

Utter disregard for Jack Walker's death from lung cancer.

Slapping a red devil on the kit. 

Anything else is an irrelevance in comparison.

They need someone to blame. How long until Whorecox takes the fall. Lancashire Telegraph hiring?

On 06/05/2025 at 06:57, Herbie6590 said:

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Sponsored by Totally Wicked.

Arsenal hand Amorim his first defeat and hopefully will also deprive them of the FA Cup at the first hurdle.

No shortage of goals in the PL tonight that's for sure.

On 03/12/2024 at 08:32, RevidgeBlue said:

Correct. No point turning out otherwise.

For a Championship level club it's not even beyond the scope of realism. Hell a league 2 club reached a domestic final not too long ago. Not to mention for some clubs it may be their only real chance of a honour or the only thing they will win (besides a lower league title, promotion or competitions for lower league clubs) in living memory. Of course because of Jack Walker (who was unfit in the eyes of that idiot who owns Accrington) that isn't the case for many people on here. 

Plymouth would have a better chance staying up if they appointed Steve Kean than keeping Rooney. That's how useless he is. Another humiliation for him today and of course none of it will be his fault. Poor Plymouth but they have brought it on themselves. No wonder they beat you a few weeks back they probably got an adrenaline boost knowing they wouldn't have to listen to the idiot on touchline at their next game after being sent off.

I don't know why Lampard gets so much abuse it was the same as a player. He always seems to get a bit of disrespect. Of course Rooney has had his detractors too (mainly from being a thick thug) but how anyone can mock Lampard's managerial abilities and defend him is bizarre. 

24 minutes ago, Oldgregg86 said:

I looked that word up and it doesn’t exist. There was a word, despication, which means an expression of despite, but the word has been obsolete since 1830

Well it exists now.

3 hours ago, 47er said:

That's a key word---destabilisation. we've never been stable since Venkys arrived.

Just eternal chaos.

Another key word should be despivification though obviously it's not a step they have ever taken. 

Seen a few digs at Haaland (3 goals yesterday) for not playing in Euros as if it's his fault. It's pretty clear that he carries that team as much as he can and if they still can't qualify with him they must not be very good! Just some nasty pundits and certain elements of media with an agenda. If he played for San Marino they would probably blame him.

Watched Italy V France last night but judging by the scoreline Tuchel must be very pleased with what he saw.

I've only ever been to one boxing card. It was for the short lived Probellum at Sheffield Arena 2 years ago but violence for the sake of violence isn't the main draw for me. It's personality (Tyson in this case and he's always been somewhat of a freak show just an extremely funny one)) but the prices for top level boxing are crazy. Maybe that probellum one is still on YouTube and separate footage of a strange crowd incident they cut out which disrupted one of the preliminaries. It's not that uncommon at boxing events apparently for fighting to take place far more common than football in this country at least.

Tyson said he almost died a few months ago too so it's no wonder he got tired.

I did see some of the women's match after putting Netflix on and that impressed me. Just a shame women's wrestling bores me to death. Speaking of Netflix apparently they had issues but it only froze once for me once before Tyson's fight and then it was fine after that. Can't really comment on the pundits because it was treated as a celebrity deal. Ranallo I was familiar with from wrestling thought he was OK. 

Tyson gets "too real" and talks of death

"Too real" apparently. For not telling a fairy story? The truth hurts sometimes. Interview Mike Tyson and what you see is what you get.

On 30/10/2024 at 22:36, Upside Down said:

Not being funny or anything but unless you're a paid up member, which only costs a tenner, then you've no place to demand such things from them.

How much of that went in Howard Walker's pocket for his "special appearance?"

If Tyson disposes of Jake maybe he could move on to his sibling Logan. That would be the right financial thing to do but perhaps the WWE commitments would prevent it. It's clear who the fans in Dallas are supporting.

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

We need to face facts, the majority of the fanbase don’t particularly care about the owners, brfcs and our visceral views are very much the outlier.

Including previous owners like Jack Walker. When are you going to say enough is enough and since when was this site visceral? Got banned for a year just for calling people parasites. 

On 04/08/2024 at 18:39, glen9mullan said:

I'm sorry Mike, there is zero excuse to not inform it was/has happened. Reports, minutes, agreed facts is something completely different.. A Democratic voice is transparency 

I've asked many questions on this thread and every one of them have been completely ignored. 

At this time I.do not believe the trust represents my views , as I can't get s clear answer.whst the trust views are.

Inviting Howard Walker to events that's what he stands for. Look at his avatar too says it all.

On 21/10/2024 at 02:12, Norbert Rassragr said:

I want to see England win something before I fucking die. We are not going to do owt with Alan Pardew or Gary O'Neill in charge. Mind you, I grew up abroad so I don't have that attachment to institutions in the same way.

Yes that explains your usage of the word "owt" it's such a common term abroad isn't it?

Tuchel referred to as the "German bloke" in the Sun in another riveting piece of intelligent journalism. Who the hell cares where he's from?

Tyson not the bookmakers favourite for his upcoming exhibition. That's interesting. Will certainly take a look at that. Live on Netflix. Should read the book by Tyson on his mentor Cus D' Amato. A strange man but not always a bad thing.

VAR check for what was a blatant penalty in the clash between Inter and Napoli. Calhanoglu smashed one in from outside the box in the first half and most people probably assumed he would convert the penalty but you can never guarantee things like that. Infact the longer you have an outstanding penalty record the sooner it is likely to end however good you are. Speaking of the stadium it's so iconic that it can't even be demolished. Napoli have also had several discussions over the future of the Maradona stadium. 

Of course Milan is no longer hosting the European Cup Final in 2027. It's a shame that ahead of the 2032 European Championships there will probably be more "mcstadiums". Some of the stadium designs in Europe have no creativity whatsoever. Do corporate demands have to mean you can't show the slightest creativity? By no means should stadiums be falling apart either.

AS Roma and Lazio planning on new stadiums too. Speaking of Roma fired their manager yesterday after just 12 games.

I miss Vince. Hopefully his new business will be of interest to me even if it isn't wrestling related. 27 years ago today since that infamous night in Montreal. Turned out to be the best thing that could have happened as it led to the McMahon v Austin feud and record popularity.

Sure their ex players bow to their every demand but who the hell do they think they are telling other pundits what to say? As for reflecting badly on the club where do you start?

As for Amorim don't know him don't like him. Hope he's a miserable failure though it possibly won't be his fault as they have no patience whatsoever. 

How long will Ratcliffe and the Glazers get along if the former (presumably) gets this "wrong". A bunch of poisonous snakes working together hopefully they go even further backwards. Ferguson will presumably have some input even if he's not their so called ambassador or whatever it is any more. Berrada and Whorecox might have some input too.