The competition means a lot in Brazil and apparently Flamengo wanted Liverpool in the final. I like that. None of that cowardice about avoiding certain teams or getting "easier" draws.

Statistics can be misleading.

There's a few chapters free on Google. I'm probably not buying it because I don't know what type of stuff it will say (or for that matter anything I don't know already) but there was one comment (from a United supporting journalist) that sums up their ignorance. They go on about Shearer only joining for the money as if Dalglish (who had won titles unlike Ferguson then) was an irrelevance. Apparently Dalglish only joined for the money too and didn't have any intention or expectation of winning the League here. Yeah an absolute winner like Dalglish would have joined in such circumstances. ?

Documentary from 1992. "I'm only interested in putting Rovers where they should be. Blackburn Rovers is one of the greatest football teams in England. They are one of the founder members and we want them right back on top."

Yet BRFCS directly tags him on Twitter for the content Herbert posted.

AC Milan, who have also suffered from FUP have spoken out against this.

I remember when Roy Keane signed, snapped his leg 7 mins into 1st game and went on to be a serial killer.

23 years ago today since he was named manager. I wonder who his agents were then? Surprised Eriksson's past links to SEM/Kentaro haven't been brought up more. Maybe Jack refused to sign a bunch of players from his agent mates.

Speaking of snow and coloured balls here's a unique story I posted on Twitter other day. https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/6214992.bohinens-red-missed/

http://www.insideworldfootball.com/2019/12/13/former-fai-boss-delaney-scrutiny-uefa-role-pay-days/

Proof of that.

Wilkinson's accusing me of libel for saying he used to make up lies on premium phone lines. He's admitted this and I can gladly bring up screenshots. So let me ask do the mods on here consider that to be libel?

Couldn't have seen that coming. ? What can you expect from someone who was nicknamed "village?"

At least Wilkinson's stuff here and on Twitter is free. Unlike his time with premium phone line "Team Talk" when he self admittedly used to make up lies about Rovers stories.

He does. As do numerous other people.

What about me?

Should note that Rhodes didn't take the penalty Sheffield Wednesday got last weekend. So his confidence is probably still low as it was with his cowardice in playoffs when he refused to take one during a shootout.

So will some people "take a point" here as well? What use would that be after the draw in midweek? Blackburn Rovers shouldn't be happy taking a point from the city of Bristol which has no footballing prestige attached. Certainly not after drawing the last game or unless there's a bad refereeing setback. A point would not surprise me admittedly but that does not mean it's something to be pleased with.

Dack's apologised for the sending off apparently. Just like he apologised for no showing in court. I've said before that my feeling is Dack won't depart on good terms unless there's major changes within the club.

Obviously you mean best player and that's difficult. If you're picking one synonymous with the last decade though (and what it stood for) that would be Lowe for me. Note that the last 2 seasons are only ones that were not failures and it's after he left.

FIFA launch legal action against Platini. https://www.sportbusiness.com/news/fifa-moves-to-recover-platini-payment/

Blackburn has some wrestling history. Of course "World of Sport" had shows at King Georges' Hall but besides that WWE were at Blackburn Arena in 1994. I don't think that had anything to do with Shawn Michaels (his fan status is probably exaggerated) but like to think it did lol. WCW also had shows and the "Moat House Hotel" (which has since been demolished) was the scene of an infamous fight between Psycho Sid and Arn Anderson. Bet that made the local paper. There's also been UK independent shows including one where the ring didn't show up due to some nefarious shenanigans which ruined that promoter before he even got started. I guess people see those "American Wrestling" posters at King Georges' Hall but if any of you have kids who like wrestling and think that's THE Undertaker...well it's not. Blackburn Arena did have it's first wrestling show booked for many years last year but that promotion quickly went out of business and the show was cancelled. I doubt that's gonna make them go out of their way to book more shows.

I took a dig at people for saying they were happy with a point. Well there were at least 3 people who said that before I decided to say something about it. Then there's people were posting around the same time and since. OK in the Championship it's hard to win 5 games in a row. It's hard to expect good performances all the time but from a mentality standpoint you don't need to hear this stuff. That's why some managers play "mind games" (saying stuff they don't mean or expect without outright lying) and you hear players coming out with things "like I was glad to score 4 goals but the 3 points was most important." OK the latter is obvious BS (in many cases) but it's said for a reason. Team mentality and the fans need to play a part in that instead of showing weakness. The opposition had 10 men so yes it is a wasted opportunity even if the ref was looking to even things up. The manager should have forseen this and told Dack to be exceptionally careful or taken him off if he didn't trust him. I know people will say the same again but I can't help myself. Maybe supporters at other clubs in 6th-12th would say same thing (or maybe they wouldn't if you're paranoid like me) but this is Blackburn Rovers. Plus I despise the word "settle" and that always sets me off. I've got a thing about certain words and that's one of them. For whatever reason "I'll settle for a point" annoys me more than "I'm happy with a point". No wonder divorce rate is so high it's because people "settle" even when they aren't truly happy. So if you're a psychologist in linguistics maybe that's why lol.

So home team performs poorly and people are still "settling" for a point? I call it a waste.