3 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Rangers and Celtic are two massive clubs . There’s no doubt about that. The rangers fans were the nicest set of fans I’ve ever met when we went up there.

Rangers fans are much nicer that would be my assessment as well. Celtic are one of those rare clubs with virtually no redeeming features. 

1 hour ago, Upside Down said:

Small time mentally of small time fans of a small time club.

I don't believe winning the European Cup is the pinnacle of achievement. It's a knockout competition and the PL is judged over 38 games which is usually enough to say you're the best side in the country. Leicester would be the freak instance as they most likely wouldn't have won if it was 76 games.

That being said Tottenham reached a major European final not long ago and have what is said to be the most valuable stadium facility wise in the country. They aren't a small club. How do you fix a big club with small minded fans is the question. Are they beyond repair or any attempts at help? I wouldn't say so. They could win a domestic trophy or the Europa League next season and progress from there.

6 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

Their odds weren't long. 2 pts behind Villa who were away at in-form Palace

Indeed. They had an excellent 4-0 victory in their last home game. You would think it was Villa playing Sheffield United the way some people are talking.

Not many things worse than that Norbert. Astonishing really considering the chance of finishing 4th was still there. Haaland of course is an enigma and it's so unfortunate that he will miss out on Euro 2024.

What a effortless job Man City have done replacing legends like Aguero, Kompany and Silva. Arsenal have done well to sustain their challenge this far.

5 hours ago, K-Hod said:

In the scheme of things, it doesn’t even matter, tbh.

Of course not. It's cruel really. Should they just throw all their trophies away? Get rid of the 1971 memorial? 

On 18/08/2022 at 13:37, Mike E said:

My favourite thing, as younger fan at the time of his death, was always that he had a name that was ours. As Blackburn as you could get: Jack Walker 

It might have been different regionally when he was born but Jack is an extremely popular name now. Walker does not sound stereotypically Northern. You're making it sound like he was called Bert Oates.

On 17/08/2023 at 16:59, SuperBrfc said:

I don't think anything in English Football will ever beat the Uncle Jack and Rovers story. I've shared this previously on here, but think it's most fitting today and for this thread:

 

Jack Walker Vs Ferguson = good Vs evil. You could write a Disney script comparing them.

11 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

The Director of Football isn't 'Chief Scout'.

You'd also have been better citing Wilcox 

I'm trying very hard not to lose my temper here. Just to make it clear it wouldn't be him.

No luck of the devil again?

1 hour ago, goozburger said:

You might have lost all readers beyond your first sentence. 😄

No he's probably right for once.

3 hours ago, J*B said:

We try not to use it - every time we ban someone we earn less. 

I better put in extra effort for ban number 5 then. 

1 hour ago, JHRover said:

A complete embarrassment. Tatty, grubby, unfit for purpose, laughable for a Club of this size and division, inadequate, shameful.

Can you guess whether I'm referring to that photo or the man who is responsible for it?

Totally Tacky

59 minutes ago, Sweaty Gussets said:

The devil will come for your soul if O'Brien doesn't sign...

🙄

All gone to hell since January hasn't it? 🤔

Wouldn't be a good idea for Ewood officials to use marketing tags like "Blackburn Red Devils" or "Red Devil Rovers". Old Scumford's lawyers would be calling in a heartbeat. Look at their issues with Football Manager and to a lesser known extent Panini Cheapskates.

Petrol bomb attack on Celtic (retiring) CEO's house after only winning 9 titles in a row. I said that Celtic were a horrible club couple days back and the post was removed. Yes this act has really revised my opinion and the evidence (except from idiots trying to blame Rangers) points to Celtic fans. No wonder Mowbray Magoo feels like he's in a comfort zone after managing there.

7 hours ago, Ulrich said:

Jack appears to have had a soft touch at times when he perhaps needed to be more ruthless. I'm not critising Jack, he did wonders but looking back when Kenny stepped upstairs, we should have recruited a new man. Zidane and Dugarry would also have bee nice 👍

I'm usually last person to criticise Jack Walker but I've touched on this in past. There are instances where he was too nice for sure. I've seen a video on youtube for instance where Wendy Howard actually asked him "is the club too big?". I would have fired her so fast she would have thought she was in a cannon. Jack said no by the way  😄 shockingly enough for a guy who used "think big" as his motto. Wendy did say on Twitter that she "retired" from Radio Rovers because she would have hit Kean so bonus points for that.

Of course Hodgson's better than Mowbray. Would he gain promotion though? ErIksson couldn't and look at the owners he had at Leicester. Hodgson said he was sorry for refusing to resign and forcing Jack to sack him. That's more than Sherwood's ever apologised for. Harford did spend money in 95-96 and if the signings were inadequate or just not title winning standard. As mentioned on other thread recently the blame lies with Harford. 

Also the club had no choice but to keep spending in 98-99 because the injury list was so bad. 

36 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

Oh without doubt, if Andy Cole had put one of those chances away at Upton Park, Jack would’ve gone for it that summer. 

Cole didn’t and Jack didn’t and the club very quickly fell back, and our chances of a few years of competing for every trophy (until the oil money would eventually dwarf us) had gone.
 

That's probably an understatement.  

As for the "oil money" who's to say Rovers wouldn't have received any? If Jack was still alive he probably would have seen the "writing on the wall" with Abramovich (butterfly effect here I suppose) and become open to a sale. He wouldn't have neglected the sale process and sold to people who don't know what relegation is. Of course that's all the fault of Anderson not the people who trusted him enough to look for a buyer. If "trusted" is the right word because that implies they actually gave a toss.

I think Kamy said Williams warned him about Syed. Perhaps Williams stood up to the Walkers on that but thought he could handle Venkys and overcome their lack of knowledge. If Williams had objected to Venkys the Walkers may have sacked him anyway if it's correct he saw through Syed and tipped off Goldberg, etc. Either that or Anderson completely fooled him as well but nobody ever considers that scenario do they? It's always gullible Venkys how could they trust Anderson when Williams had no issues working with him until Kean got the managers job.

58 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

The Srivaddhanaprabha family since buying Leicester have been credit to the club, fans and the community 

Yes including Vichai before his death incase that wasn't obvious.

16 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

delighted that Leicester won the final. Pleased for the Srivaddhanaprabha's family, Rodgers, the players and the fans. What the Srivaddhanaprabha family has done since becoming the Leicester owners in terms of investment in the club, investing in the area of Leicester and building such an impressive training ground plus an owner who is in touch with the fans and listen to them. 

Been a real credit to Vichai since his death haven't they? Nice to see such a decent family particularly Vichai's son.

37 minutes ago, Ewood Ace said:

Devastating news. RIP to the greatest there has ever been and most likely ever will be. 

...and Rovers manager if I had my way (suggested August 2010 maybe that's where Venkys got the idea from!) but some things aren't meant to be.

5 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I remember that game really well. We looked a class act that day against a good 'Boro team. That was the moment I started to think " we're going up this season " !

 

You didn't really start to think that the day Dalglish showed up?

22 minutes ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

 

Those fans should stand for a moment in front of the statue of Jack and ask themselves what he would think and do. It wouldn't be clap.

Which they should have been doing 15 years ago.

Showing up to greet Liz Windsor (sure the LT said they haven't been to Ewood since 2013 conveniently omitting this) shows what they think of the "peasants".

I wouldn't just single Balaji out from the family. "Madame" should be held in equal attempt. As for "third wheel" I've always suspected they bully him but sometimes you need to make a stand!

They should make Balaji's son the "face of the ownership". For obvious reason I'm not someone to judge people on who their families are. That said I'm certainly not going to compare him to Jack either.

As for a "rollercoaster ride" what type of rollercoaster is Waggott thinking of? Most of the ones I've been on have several ups and downs. Not a single up (and even that's debatable considering it was their fault in first place) with endless downs and brief stoppages (purgatory)

It's not really my problem anymore though. Once I've moved from this area I'll be even less likely to visit than Venkys!

1 hour ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Members of the same "football" family were at each others' throats because some had a little knowledge and were closed down.

Some of the anti-protesters are probably same who constantly convinced themselves that they supported a "family club". That's why they don't want dissent or protest or anything that interferes with their easily content mentality. Leeds fans would never forgive Venkys. You might say "well they have stronger feelings of top flight entitlement". Well Millwall fans don't and they wouldn't forgive them either. Sometimes you need fans with a bit of hostility. Sometimes of course it backfires and they get a bad rep but there's a balance. If you ask which stadiums are most intimidating in Championship (last season anyway) Elland Road and The Den would have been up there. Even though some Leeds fans acted like it was honour for most clubs to visit when in reality it's a tired looking stadium people probably got bored of visiting.

As for "forgiving them now" some of them never felt the need to forgive them in first place! They are mugs.