That "nice old couple" Hendry owed money to (I believe that was settled in court) attacked his daughter (not sure what she had done) so not sure why they are being portrayed as saints. They admitted it in court so I'm not "implying" they were guilty or anything. You can do that on here simply by stating someone was arrested these days so just wanted to make that clear. Some people say Hendry is tarnished by working with Kean and while it's upsetting how can it be ignored? Maybe he did do it for the money (or his son's position at the Academy) Dunn never seemed to get as much less criticism for defending Kean though. Wonder why?

Think the understanding was it would be brought back "effective immediately" right? Not like 10 years from now.

It was supposed to have been brought back yesterday. Did you think we wouldn't notice? Back to the dark days of Kim Jong SteB and Pol Pot Pegden? ?

Did you report this guy to the NHS for blatant malpractice? Things like knee injuries have a varied success rate. I'm no doctor (and neither have I sustained any knee injuries) but would prefer to see a specialist in this area rather than a GP. Certainly not one with that kind of lazy misdiagnosis attitude.

Sutton? East Anglia isn't exactly a metropolis don't think there's any similarity between him and Dack. OK Sutton was arrested just before he joined but I don't think he was constantly hanging around nightclubs, etc was he? Plus I think Sutton said he preferred the non city lifestyle. Dack thinks he's some playboy though if women like him maybe he is.

...well he wasn't evil incarnate. I'm almost surprised nobody's taken a dig at Coyle because he's never been a widower unlike Mowbray. People will do anything to point score where Boring Name FC personnel are involved. Hasta said I tried to score points over the Walker family in response. Considering I get nothing but grief for most part (and certainly not a ton of likes as Mike E got when he pointed out that Jack chant) not sure what points are gained from it really. Besides being right. Absolutely not though nobody sarcastically referred to Mowbray as the "outstanding candidate". Tried to find some positives though (as with Coyle who didn't relegate Bolton/Wigan from the Championship despite allegedly destroying both clubs) though he didn't succeed on his immediate goal. I didn't think Mowbray's spell at Coventry made him completely spent (considering what a basketcase their situation is/was) though hence why I've openly said he was capable of promotion last season and capable of safety this season.

Seems Venkys occasionally give interviews to the "ET Now" financial news channel. Here's one from just over a week ago but only seems to focus on their domestic business strategies, investments, etc.

Or your sons to be like them? Mowbray's gonna get thanked for his support with a knife in the back here I feel.

No Wow an oversight at Ewood. There's a surprise. Lazy staff strike again. I don't want to come across as point scoring (not that I get any likes for it anyway) saying this again but MICRO MANAGEMENT. For obvious reasons you can't fire anyone else (when it's still primarily Dack's fault) but hands on management wouldn't have let it happen. Naive stupidity is what it is and it's that what gets people burned and in some past cases the sharks circling.

It's not "under the dome" you know though being around Rovers fans sometimes feels like it.

Should point out I don't want the players to be "yes sir", "no sir" corporate puppets but there's a balance. This isn't it.

At least Dunn's gone so that's one oafish influence out the way.

Of course he's a bit green. Young players show that whoever they are at times. You think he should be shunted aside a couple more seasons until he's "ready" despite being one of the club's more potentially valuable assets.

...I believe he's called Lenihan.

Almost think at times it's better to just look at players as tools rather than people and even refer to them by their shirt numbers. I guess that just causes more disconnection though. It's no wonder he might feel a bit inflated though when even Rovers fans drone on about selling him and "record transfer", etc. Yeah there's this thing called inflation. I don't particularly like selling players (especially when it feels like the club has been used as a stepping stone) but people going on about tags of 20 million, etc? Is he really worth that much? I wouldn't personally hesitate to take 20 million if it's put back into the squad and the FUP scum won't be able to do anything about it. What's likely to be the pinnacle of Dack's career here unless there's some major takeover? Winning promotion? People wanted Shearer to stay and win the league, European Cup, etc it's not a similar blow to the club's ambitions even in the context of what they are now. We still don't even know for sure what Dack's peak is yet.

Better hope he wears protection for more than one reason.

Rovers fans used to go on about the whole "nice family club" thing though and then they condone somebody like Todd as "old school". While I've made no secret of a colder, more cynical edge perhaps not being an altogether bad thing (though I don't think Rovers fans are capable of keeping their guard up) you don't essentially want thugs attacking their own teammates, etc. There's "no nonsense" and then there's "non physical no nonsense" attitudes to take. Maybe he ought to have challenged Brown to a fight (as if that would have been authorised but Todd could have gloated about Brown backing off) or goad him into the first punch. I think Brown was insulting his Father but Todd's assaulted people elsewhere hasn't he? Others said Dugarry deserved that kick for his attitude, etc (it wasn't exactly extreme brutality either) but I think some of it was just anti-French sentiment. Really sums up how stupid and short sighted the club's marketing department is when the one player to greet Condi Rice in the eyes of the world's media was Todd. He was the one in the pictures, etc anyway. Who cares if he was the captain get somebody more notable on camera. I think Hughes and Friedel were pictured as well though...

Insurance thing as well perhaps. What if he tries to return, gets injured again and sues the club with some false malpractice claim? Paranoia? Maybe? Without cause given the last few years? Absolutely not. Or what if Samuel injures one of the first teamers in training? Not saying deliberately but there's no point keeping anybody around if their future is inevitably away from the club. Look at how the BBC for instance with older actors in some cases they can only spend so many days on set for insurance purposes. Different of course but the club's inner circle should be a closed door to anyone but those who need to be there. Then again what fans feel on here isn't essentially what the managers feels though we can obviously disagree. Providing he recovers (not an inevitability with this sort of injury however hard you work) Saw someone mentioning Michael Owen on previous page. Isn't it one of the worst kept secrets in football that Owen is a complete jackass? Still the biggest way he's stolen a living is as a commentator.

Yeah so the club can be sued for an unsafe working environment if he assaults someone.

The club already offered their support by stating his past wasn't an issue. Well his present and future is. Since he's probably going to be sold why should the club go out of it's way to offer anything? Honestly if someone pays 20 million (which to me seems over the top but it's what some seem to feel is a worthy projection) is anyone that bothered anyway? It's hard to care about players these days as it is (hence my rather cold response on the Samuel thread) and the club never admonished Evans for his attitude either. Of course if Leicester did display an interest (and he's kinda "given back" with his performances last season unlike some people who leak release clauses) it's a club that won the title 2 years ago. Some wrong steps since but the problem is that I could see someone like Dack going on strike to get their way. Nobody would do that if I was in charge because the first person to see out their contract rotting in the reserves would be the last. Any future owner needs to be cold and "no nonsense" the opposite is how you get burned to begin with. Look how that thicko Barkley treated Everton after they gave him so much support.

Could argue it's the ideal time to release him though it's a somewhat mean spirited thought. Guess there would be some kind of payoff anyway.

...while it's nonsense (this isn't the 39th game thing which the EPL have considered but taking away Girona's home fixture v Barcelona) the reaction compared to FUP has annoyed me. The latter is far worse and there ought to be an outpouring of nothing but sympathy for the clubs who have suffered from that. Including Rovers I might add who for another obvious reason (certainly the fans since we can't exactly guarantee the club's co-operation) should be at the forefront of opposing FUP.

I haven't subscribed for a while. The Torch does lack some Japanese wrestling coverage but it's not like I've ever followed it closely. I think Keller was a bit annoyed because (might have been Meltzer) made the distinction of New York Times (Observer) and New York Post (Torch). The NY Times of course being seen as more prestigious but I don't mind redtop/tabloid journalism in some ways. It's got it's upsides and it's downsides. I'm not really interested in comparing Meltzer and Keller (though obviously the former was first and Keller like many subscribed to the Observer before he started his own newsletter) but Alvarez really is a prat. He was attacking the WWE's 1998 shows as "no good" he's got a vendetta against Russo, etc. OK so does Cornette (understatement) and while that bothers me I actually like him and would prefer listening to him over Alvarez on most things. I don't dislike Paul Heyman but you never hear a word from him on how Heyman was lousy on the business end of things at times. It didn't help ECW it hindered it though obviously he's the one who pretty much elevated it in first place so... Meltzer of course prefers more wrestling (hence what's seen as his Japanese bias) but at least he's a bit fairer even if he didn't like the lack of emphasis on lengthier matches during that period. Nobody would say Raw had an abundance of great technical wrestling during that time though at that point it was alsp the only real presentation I knew. I don't mind longer matches (not like I hated Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, etc even if I actually only caught the end of Bret's WWE run and didn't watch WCW besides that Channel 5 farce) but they shouldn't be on Raw. I prefer Russo's shows and if you watch the recaps of the old Raw shows he wrote I agree with practically all of it. His analysis makes so much sense and people say the guy knows nothing? Rubbish. His 98/99 stuff had the right balance between regular matches and gimmick matches. That period for me gets nothing but the utmost praise only Breaking Bad comes close albeit different type of show. Maybe later on he went a bit more overboard at times but WCW 2000 is a better watch than much of what is put out now. Still haven't watched all of it or really watched any older shows for several weeks. Maybe I ought to get back to it. How anyone can think today's product is better is beyond me. I want to watch and like it. Not moan about it. Obviously my philosophies are not "workrate" and salivating over overrated "stars" like Owens but I can't watch 3 hours of this stuff. Don't think I watched one episode of Raw all year. Obviously I'm not a child now but missing an episode in 98/99 was devastating. It's unfortunate to lose so much interest in a show. Guess it reflects my football viewership in a way not that my disgust and frustration with wrestling comes close to those levels. Though I would say in the 90's (by that I mean 1997 to 99 because 97 is when I started watching it becoming subscribed to Sky Sports helped) wrestling was the highlight above anything else. Even football and I certainly didn't lack enthusiasm then. Of course I was aware that wrestling existed before that but my exposure was basically one video game. Which was a bit dated by 1997 so certainly didn't expect the swearing, violence, etc when I started watching actual real life shows. Obviously didn't put me off though! Lol. The Undertaker's wrestling next month isn't he? Might watch that. Really should have watched the Cena/Rusev stuff never know when his last might be.

I've been a member on the website before but never subscribed to print. Back issues mostly but there's only so many of those isn't there? Meltzer is fine in some aspects (as is Keller) but Alvarez is an obnoxious prat.

Pointless (and not very fun) fact: Vince Russo's references to "Meltzer Magoo" was my inspiration for "Mowbray Magoo". I haven't called him that for months though to be fair when the promotion challenge really started picking up steam...